This & That; Dog & Cats

On Friday we got out Internet hooked up, after a couple AT&T employees came out and fixed things. Aside from catching up on some of my more favorite shows, I am reflecting on enjoying the time when I don't use the Internet. I have found that I can easily keep myself occupied. It helps me get handmade scrapbook cards created, errands run, dishes cleaned and put away. I read more (magazines) and we hike a lot.

Michael has been doing sooo amazingly great with eating healthier and losing weight since we moved. Its almost funny how the past few days he has wanted to go hiking in the morning and in the afternoon. But due to the fact that it has been non-stop drizzling since Thursday (not counting yesterday when the weather was nice and cool and sunny), we haven't spent as much time as Griffith Park as the past weeks. Yesterday after our first time at Runyon Canyon - with our Full Sail friend, Gaby - the three of us went to Pinkberry for frozen yogurt. Gaby and I each got a mix of Chocolate Hazelnut & Salted Caramel, while Michael only got a small cup of fresh fruit with honey!!  
I am so incredibly proud of him.

 I don't feel "safe" bringing the fancy Canon camera on hikes with us- nor do I want to have a heavy backpack attached to me for an hour while sweat collects under my shirt.. Gross.. I have only brought my Polaroid camera to the trails so far. However, last night after buying a really chintzy camera at Target and not liking it right away, Michael returned it and bought us a better one instead (also at Target) ~ a Samsung ST66 with a 5x zoom and 16.1 megapixels.  Its nothing too fancy, but will be way better to take on hikes and the beach, instead of hoping they turn out okay from the lame camera on my cell phone. Here is a cute Test Photo that we took last night just to see how well the camera worked:

I'm sure it will be more in focused in natural lighting. We'll test it out soon! Anyway, so I don't really have many pictures yet. Aside from our neighbor's stray cats when I see them sleeping on our deck or just sitting around outside through our window. When their literal "cat fights" begin at night, it strangely sounds like a baby crying. That shouldn't last too much longer, now that Michael recently purchased a water gun as his new weapon of attack.

The black kitty's chipmunk face always makes me laugh! & these are only a few of the cats I have seen. I'm positive there are at least six more.