my new toy

A few weeks ago my little pocket Canon camera decided to die on me. I bought it from Best Buy though and purchased the Geek Squad protection plan so I took it in to be repaired. They called me to tell me it was "unrepairable" and were going to credit me to buy another one. So down to Best Buy I went and picked out my new camera! It was definitely worth the protection plan for me and all my electronics as I don't always have the best luck with them.  :]

I am so excited to get out there and take some great pictures! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and let this be another work week that flies by.

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national yoga month

September is National Yoga Month here in the US. I have been meaning to get back into yoga for quite some time but it always seems to slip away from me. While in college I took yoga as a class and it was a really good experience and gave me a lot of great basics and foundations for my practice. From there I took yoga classes at the gym and bought a couple of pilates dvd's as well to practice at home. Last year I fell in love with bikram yoga but it can be a little expensive between paying for a gym membership as well as paying for the yoga studio that offers bikram. This month however I jumped on the ball and I found a really great deal from Groupon for a local studio that just moved in near my house. I know a lot of studios all over the country are offering a free week pass at their studio for you to try different classes during the month of September. I would highly recommend searching for a studio near you and giving it a try. Bring your girlfriends or maybe even your guy and get ready for a wonderful experience.

I would love to hear if you are planning on trying yoga out or if you are already a yoga master, leave your comments below!

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a few from labor day weekend

I hope everyone had a great three day weekend! As you know, I had my first camping experience this weekend to celebrate the holiday and it really was a lot of fun. It was different than what I was expecting but for the most part we were completely prepared and weren't going "ohhh, I wish I had brought that" which is very good.

On Saturday, our first day, we spent almost the entire day just out on the lake. We had a little bit of trouble as the plastic oars from my parents old little raft had all cracked and failed on us while out in the water. There was a general store with a restaurant on site so luckily they had one oar to purchase. We used that and it was a bit better but still it was a little difficult to get around on the small raft. Brett gave it his all fishing off the boat and caught three fish! They weren't that big but we still brought them back to BBQ and eat with our dinner.

Sunday we drove out to Columbia where they have kept the town and have shops and business's open as if it were 1850. These towns were developed when the rush for gold started and everyone came out west to strike it rich! I had been there once on a school trip and I have wanted to go back and see it again for awhile. There is a stagecoach tour that you can take, visit any of the old general stores, ice cream parlor, blacksmith, bar's and saloons and of course panning for gold. It is definitely worth a visit if you are ever in California and interested.

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