Knight Time: January 2009

Monday, January 26, 2009

Not good!

I love my camera. It's small enough to carry in my purse. I use it all the time for work so it comes in handy to just keep it with me.

So Friday night we were enjoying a "Family Fun Night" and I had taken a couple of pictures. I put the camera back in my purse and later went to retrieve it. This is what I saw when I turned on the camera:

Crap! So amidst the fun, it looks like my camera took a blow and this is the result. Kind of artistic isn't it though?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Stupid DMV!!

I hate stupid rules and even more so when my tax dollars go to support these retarded policies. It was time to renew my drivers license and I had received notice that I could do it by mail. Well my birthday came and went and I forgot to send it in. Once I realized this, I was totally paranoid that I was going to get pulled over. And since I have apparently lost my talent for talking my way out of a ticket, I wanted to get the thing renewed as quickly as possible. I noticed that the renewal notice had an option to renew online. So, I went to their stupid website and walked through the process but there was some code that was missing from my renewal notice-of course.

I didn't want to chance sending the thing in and waiting for the new license to come in the mail. Since I was over in the area (after taking an hour long spinning class-and mind you, I don't dress up for the gym) I decided to the pay my fee and be on my way...not exactly. Now the wait was pleasantly short, I don't even think it was 5 minutes. But once I paid them and the bureaucrat was almost done with me, she says, "Now I just need you to step over to the camera for your photo." What??!! I explained that I didn't need a photo- I was eligible to renew online so why did they need my photo now? The one I already had was perfectly awful and I still looked the same!I looked to her for some sympathy. After all she was a woman and as far as I know, a human. Well, no such mercy from her. In fact, I could even read the bit of delight she took from my frustration that I had to get a picture taken when I was clearly not in any shape to be in public, let alone photographed. She stated that anytime you go in the offices for a renewal, they have to take your picture. Blah, blah, blah....something about fraud...blah, blah.

How dumb is that? So I really had no choice. I couldn't come back after a shower and finish the process. I was trapped in their stupid rules.

Jeff took great delight when a couple of weeks later the envelope arrived. He even committed a crime and opened my mail to see the thing. I guess it's not as bad as Nick Nolte's mugshot, but it's right up there. He's threatened to do something awful with it, but I'm sure he knows better. I think it might get lost...Stupid DMV!!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Great To Be Eight!

With turning eight, Cara was old enough to decide that she wanted to be baptized. It was such a great day for her and we are so proud of her decision.

She was able to wear the same dress that both my mom and I had worn when we were baptized.

Her daddy baptized her

I can't believe how fast she is growing up! We are so grateful for all the support of family and friends who came to share this special day with us. I made my first movie for the program. It was easier than I thought it would be. And since I was pleased with how it turned out, I thought I'd share it.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

An American Girl B-Day

My Cara turned Eight on Friday. She decided she wanted to have her party at the American Girl store. So she invited a couple of friends and we had a "Girls Day." Those of you who don't have girls who are into this, may not be able to understand the "experience" so, I'll illustrate for you :)