Mar 26 2003
blather
A couple weekends ago I *finally* got around to sending my poor digital camera off to Nikon for repairs (it’s been broken since October 
). Turns out that it requires “Major Repairs” (whatever that means; they don’t specify the details until the thing is shipped back after fixin’), to the tune of roughly 1/3 of the original cost. Yuck. However, with the weather becoming warmer and Spring starting to show signs of arriving, I’ve been hankering even more for some picture-taking excursions, so I bit the bullet and gave Nikon the OK to fix. I still love playing with the Pentax I inherited from my grandfather, but I crave the instant gratification of the digital camera. Hopefully I’ll have it back in my grubby little hands in a few weeks.
Another reason I want my camera back (NOW!): I found Photo Friday [via Screenshot] , a site that issues weekly themes for pictures and receives URL submissions from participants. I could spend hours browsing through the various sites listed, many of which are photo blogs. There are some seriously talented people out there.
Looks like Theme Thursday is a similar site.
Husband’s company recently closed their office in Marlboro, reshuffling folks to their other building located in Westwood. As this adds 20-30 minutes to his commute (probably an additional 45-60 minutes during rush hour), he’s been working 95-99% of the time from home. I’m jealous. This seems to be working quite well for him, as he’s getting as much, if not more, work done as he did from his office, and is also tackling some of the house/yard projects we have on our list (*many* points to Hubby this week, as he has managed to rid our front yard of all the leaves that we didn’t remove prior to the arrival of all the snow). He’s also found a lovely stain for the replacement baseboard molding, and has been working diligently on installing that in the kitchen and in the living room where we had removed the previous nasty stuff nearly a year and a half ago. Pictures shall be forthcoming (as soon as I get my camera back! maybe sooner, if I use Husband’s camera). I’m hoping to also join the ranks of telecommuters, at least 1-2 days a week, once I start school (hopefully in July); nearly 95% of all the work I do I can get done using our home network, and 2 days at home will buy me at least an extra 2 hours (more likely 4+), that can be used for studying, or for catching up on puttering that won’t get done the other days (cuz of work, commute, & study). Keeping my fingers crossed.
