I am now a proud mother!

... of an Olympus Evolt E510 Digital SLR Camera!

Isn't she precious?

You're looking at a large part of my summer earnings, but definitely a good buy! (Don't worry, I did my research). This will really come in handy with my job at The Cluster, and it will allow me to take a Digital Photography class, completing my photography minor. As soon as the battery charges, I'll be posting some photos with my beautiful new Olympus!

New House on New Street

Begin rant.

First of all, how do any of you stand uploading pictures to this thing? The photos are inserted at the top, where they clearly do not belong. And then you have to move them down, but it's completely impossible if you have a vertical picture above a horizontal picture at medium size because you can't drag the top picture far enough to make it go below the horizontal picture! To get these photos on here after the first one, I had to upload them to a hosting site, then copy and paste the HTML. Grrr!

Rant over.

So my good friend Emma and I are now living in an adorable two-bedroom house, only minutes from campus by foot, bike or car. Prepare yourself for a virtual tour!

This is the view from the creepy, vacant house across the way.



Sorry these photos are gigantic. This is our living room that you see as soon as you walk in the door. We have yet to decorate it, obviously.



If you turn to the left as you walk in the front door, you'll see my room.



Here's my desk, where I will do much studying.



Don't hate on the craft corner!



Closet!



This is the mantel in my room. There are mantels all over the house, even in the kitchen.



And speaking of the kitchen ... voila!


Next to the kitchen is a sunroom and dining area, which I love. Definitely my favorite part of the house.



Another view of the bookshelves in the sunroom.