friday randomness...

i think that friday randomness is becoming a tradition. i don't usually have much to say about any one thing on fridays, so there we are.

• i have *nothing* planned for tomorrow. hallelujah!
  
• my album of my grandmother's letters is almost finished. volume 1 is complete; volume 2 is in the works. i need a couple more sheets of paper - and perhaps a few more original ideas - before i can finish... hoping to have pictures up this weekend.
  
• i'm thinking about spending some serious quality time with charlotte (camera) tomorrow. there's an absolutely gorgeous cemetary in our neighborhood with a war memorial that should provide a good practicing environment. i really need to get out and shoot. i've gotta figure out why my new lens is giving me so much trouble before i aim it at another impatient subject.
  
• a year ago, i volunteered to build a scrapbook for a friend who'd taken a trip to spain, as a "test-run" to see if i liked the whole "scrapbooking-for-hire" gig. well, i've decided i don't like it quite as much as i thought i would - because the project sat on my shelf, half finished, hanging over my head, for - well - nearly a year. last week, i decided to do something about it: i bought the remaining supplies i needed (on double-punch-day at my LSS nonetheless) and finished the whole project in one afternoon. isn't it funny how we avoid stuff we think will take forever, and it ends up taking far less time than we thought? i'm so glad that i finished this project and that i get to give it to her. now for the quilt i volunteered to make for another friend... eeks. how do i get myself into these situations? clearly i need to have children so i can set up a sweat shop. (just kidding.)
  
• my itsy-bitsy neice is turning a year old next thursday. can't believe it's been a year.
  
• i'm really feeling the "mini-album" thing lately. after my "letters home" albums are done, i'm going to put together a mini to celebrate the list of 50 things i want to do before i die. (ooh, that sounds like a blog entry in itself!)
  
• my bestest girlfriend comes home from school for the summer in 10 days. YAY!!
  
• i've now lost a total of 18 pounds. :) DOUBLE YAY!! (thanks to the good people at Applebees for making losing weight with even my dining out habits possible. i can not say enough good stuff about their Weight Watchers menu.)
  
• i'm leaving you with a photo i kinda-sorta like. these are the lilacs that i filched from my (neighbor's) tree in my backyard. ;) possession is nine-tenths of the law, right?

wedding pictures tonight/tomorrow - i promise... (for whatever it's worth.) happy friday!