well hello!

I sure do hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday with their families and friends! I certainly did :) Christmas came and went sooo fast this year- but it seems to go by faster the older I get (life in general). In the days since Christmas I have been cleaning up around the apartment, as well as finishing up with my holiday visits with friends. 

This Christmas (as far as gifts goes) has been the best ever!!! I made that Christmas list just for fun, but between my family, Chris' family, my secret santa at work and my friends- I literally got just about everything off that list!!! I can't even believe it. Everyone was like- "you made it soo easy for me, I just picked something off your list!" hah! I also got ALOT of dachshund stuff- which you can never go wrong with by me :) I have many thank you notes to  write this weekend!!!

Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris.....he spoils me. I got a new Macbook Air from him last Friday (he sold my Macbook Pro- which was just a little over a year old) and used that money to help pay for a new air. (The macbook pro was HUGE and passed down to me when Chris got a new laptop- and I was used to my 13' macbook before that, so I liked all the power that the pro had but wanted to down size on all the bulk). On Christmas day, he gave me the Fuji X20 (the black and silver one), with a tripod and the camera bag from Modcloth that was on my list as well!. He told me that I have everything I need to make my blogging dreams come true! hah He's soo sweet to me :) 

So I have been playing around with my camera the past few days too. I took a film photography class in college and a couple of graphic design classes as well. So I'm not completely lost using a camera, or photoshop but have ALOT of learning to do. Using the camera is quickly coming back to me though! I haven't ever had a camera this nice- but haven't had anything but my phone to take pictures with in over 4 years (and well my photographer boyfriend). Needless to say I am SOOOO excited to have this camera! 

Until next time! 

-xoxo,
court

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