I don't blog enough...

...or so I've been told. I want to start blogging more, and if I had a more definite audience, I just might feel a little more inclined to do so. So here I am, armed with my Mac dictionary to check the big words I might use (just to make sure I am using them correctly), ready to start blogging.
What do you want to know? What do people write about? I don't really read other people's blogs, so this is a bit challenging for me.
How about what I did today? Seems like an appropriate place to start if I don't really have anything else to talk about...maybe I'll find some interesting topic in my recap. Let's see....I got up, sat on my computer, poked around on Facebook and emails, then went out to lunch with my friend Chelsea & her little boy @ Cafe 27 in downtown Stevens Point. Mmmm, food. Real food. Local food. Healthy food. Seems so simple and basic, no? Then why is it so complicated to find real food these in restaurants these days? Most restaurants I've worked in (you don't want to know how many different ones I have...7 maybe?) serve you fresh-from-the-Sysco-truck goodness. Everything pre-cut, par-cooked, frozen and/or shrink-wrapped with plastic so that there is portion-to-cost control, minimal prep labor, and most importantly, so it can get from the kitchen to your table in less than 10 minutes...that is, if you are at a "sit-down" restaurant, on a non-weekend evening.
Cafe 27 was packed today. Maybe because it was lunchtime and rainy out, yes, but also probably because their food is good. Really good. It looks good, it smells good, it tastes good. Now, I'm not saying I know for a fact that all their food is local, organic or even home-made, but it sure appears that way! And there's not many restaurants in town that offer anything with ingredients like quinoa (thanks for helping me ID them, Chels!) or tahini spread...so kudos to you Cafe 27. Except for the recent remodel project that didn't include much more seating - people were waiting for a table for 1/2 hour...for lunch. That says something.
See, I just had to recap to find something to blab about. The rest of my day was boring. :)

Collins lake

We spent the weekend out at Collins Lake, getting some much-needed R & R!! After movie night on Friday, Matt & I had a few friends over Saturday to ice fish (not much was caught), eat and socialize. Sunday we took the dogs out on the ice to chase the snowmobile, and I got some pretty cool "action" shots:

I got my first 2.8 lens!

Well, I am going somewhere with my photo gear purchases...I bought my first 2.8...here are some pics taken with it:

Christmas 2008

Here is my New Year's resolution: to keep up with this thing! I have done much work since my last posting, but was busy with school and the impending holiday season! I completed my first semester at MATC with a 4.0 - my first one ever! (At least that I can remember!) Hooray!

The holidays arrived quickly as they always do, and are nearly over! We spent Christmas Eve with the Lazarski's this year since my brother was not coming home from California until Christmas Day. We then went to Appleton the 25th, and had Duccini Christmas.

That weekend was my second cousin Jenna's wedding, and seeing her get married made me feel quite old! :) I remember when she was a baby. Congrats Jenna & Will!

Steve & Cailin ~ 9.13.08

Here is my first stab at blogging. Steve & I lived in Steiner Hall many years ago, we worked for the same company for a bit, and it took him a little convincing that he absolutely needed a wedding photographer!! :) He & Cailin's wedding ceremony was planned to take place atop Rib Mountain, and that it did - regardless of the fog/rain/drizzling that was going on. It was almost surreal-looking...walking down the "aisle" invloved emerging form the grey fog in the background, very cool!
They followed their ceremony with a nice dinner at the UC in Point, and a very good band played - Down Lo.

First Blog...

Uhh, ok. So here I am, blogging. Not sure if there's an art to this...or just start typing my thoughts. I am tired...so maybe I will blog some more later. So, buona notte!