Some Things I Learned Today

I learned a few of things today.

1.  Wayne Waterman can be easily persuaded to read about the upcoming royal
     wedding.  He knows all about why there will only be one ring at the wedding.
     He knows what that one ring will be made out of.  He's an expert!

2.  Sad news today......Michael Buble got married today.....sad, sad day!

3.  Girl's Volleyball Championship Dinners can be very exciting and a good way to
     spend your evening.

Finally Approved!

Today I received the e-mail that I have been added to the Disposable Memories Project's Flickr group.  I uploaded my first 2 pictures to the pool here:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/disposablememoryproject/.  Check it out!  Their Flickr group has a lot of pictures of where people have left cameras and a bunch of pictures that have been taken with cameras.  I can't wait to see the photos that are taken with the cameras I dropped.

Photo Project

I finally heard back from the Disposable Photo Project people.  Their e-mails instructed me to let them know when and where I dropped off the cameras; also, they wanted me to upload pictures of the cameras in their new locations.  I tried uploading pictures, but they have to allow me access.  I keep waiting, but they haven't given me access yet.  They e-mailed me today and I sent them the information - hopefully it will be listed on their website soon!

Camera Update and A Couple Goals

I went to Pitcher Park today to see if the camera was still there.  It wasn't.  I don't know if someone picked it up and is using it on some kind of awesome adventure or if it was thrown away.  Hopefully it's on its way to some kind of great location.  We'll see!

I also decided on a couple of goals that I'd like to work on:

1.     After tonight's games, get better at softball!  I would love to be able to hit
        consistently, but I'd also like to be a better fielder.
2.     I'd like to learn how to speak Spanish so that I can understand it and be able
        to communicate with others.
3.     The gym opens on May 1st - My goal is to go there........a bunch of times......
        and workout.

These are just a start, but hopefully there will be more to come!

I Dropped My Second Camera!

Today I dropped off my second camera for the Disposable Memory Project remember?:  http://disposablememoryproject.org/.

This one I just dropped off.  I put it on the checker board table in the park.  I put it on the table, took a picture and then just walked away.  I kind of felt like I was leaving something very valuable behind.  I know that the camera only cost about $5, but it still felt like I was just walking away from something really important!  I hope that someone will pick it up and have some fun with it.

I Handed Over My First Camera!

Today I handed over my first camera for the Disposable Memories Project!  I gave the first camera to Hannah Guebert - she came down for a visit this weekend!  I was so happy to see her and really glad that she is willing to take on one of the cameras.  I think it will be interesting to see where this camera goes from here.  I know that some of her friends live in other parts of the country and that they will be going home for Spring Break so, I'm sure that this camera will probably travel out of California.

It was very exciting to hand over the camera today.  I'm very excited to see where it goes from here.  Tomorrow I plan on dropping off my other camera at a park (maybe Pitcher Park - not sure yet).  It will be a total surprise on where that camera ends up since I have no idea who will pick it up and what they'll do with it.

New Project

I would say that one of my goals is to travel to different places.  The furthest east I've ever traveled is Pocatello, Idaho.  I have been to Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho and California (of course since I live there)....that's it - that's all the traveling I've done in my entire life.  One of my goals that I've had for a very long time is to travel to all of the states in the United States.  I don't know when I'll be able to afford that or have the time to do that so I'll just have to do my traveling through other people's experiences for now.

I have found a way that I can sort of travel to different places though.  I have been getting e-mails from a really neat website:  photojojo.com - it's a website that sends out a newsletter about 2 times a week that show different things that you can do with photography.  Its most recent newsletter talks about different things to do with disposable cameras.  I read through the different ideas and thought that some of them would be fun to do, but not anything too exciting until I stumbled upon the Disposable Memory Project.  I clicked on the link and I was immediately sold!

The project seems simple enough.  You contact them through their website:  http://disposablememoryproject.org/ and sign up to be a part of the project.  I bought the camera (actually 2) and made the sign and have it ready to go.  I haven't decided where I'm going to leave the camera yet, but I'm sure something will come to me.  I actually did have an idea that guaranteed the camera would leave Southern California - I thought that I should drive to the airport and just hand it to someone and tell them to take it with them.  This sounded like a really simple way to get the camera out there until I realized that I would be asking a perfect stranger to take a package from me onto an airplane.  I don't think I'll be doing that!

Check it out!  It sounds like a really fun thing and the pictures I have seen on their website are very interesting.

Here's what my camera bag looks like:

What to blog about, what to blog about!

So, what do people blog about.  I follow a lot of blogs, but they're done by people who have had tragedies happen to them or who are on a mission.  I haven't had any tragedies (THANK YOU LORD!) and I am not on a mission.  I want to blog because it seems like a fun thing to do and I do actually really enjoy reading other people's blogs, but I am absolutely lost on what to blog about.

I have really been lost in a lot of things lately.  I don't see a sure path in my life right now.  I have to choose my own path, I guess.  I have a lot of things that I would like to have accomplished by now, but just have not.  There are many things that people my age or younger have already done that I am so totally far away from accomplishing.  I have to remind myself all the time that life is what you make of it and even though I feel "behind" on things I have SO many things to be thankful for.

I think that I may use this blog as a way of setting goals and working towards accomplishing them.  I think that it would be really helpful for me to share what I'm working on and get the support of people in getting my goals done.  I would also be interested in hearing goals that other people have.....maybe these goals could inspire me and anyone who reads my blog (not sure how many people that would be).

New Blog

So.....I'm going to try and write a blog.

We'll see how this goes!