The Empire Strikes First

Hello friends and acquaintances. Beautiful weather we're having right? That's always my go-to thing to say at the store when I feel like I need to talk up the customers. Yeah, it's stupid but for the ones that kinda linger after their transaction is complete, I feel like I have to say something. Sometimes customers tell me what they're doing today without me even asking. "So today, I picked up my kids, then got dinner ready, THEN..blah blah" okay okay. So anyways, not too bad of a day off. Great day to take Mia and Remi to the park. Lots of big kids there today. No one for Mia to play with, even though she was saying "hi" to everyone. They loved petting Remi though. He was flashing his big lovable eyes at them. The same eyes that roped us into adopting him. For dinner, spaghetti tonight. Always tasty. Mia loves playing with the noodles and sauce. Mia got a swing set last weekend (thanks Grandpa and Memaw Ridenour!) So now we'll be able to play on the swings every morning!

Time for some good old fashion ranting. For the record, I seriously dislike cell phones. Why? because they can be nothing but a pain in the ass, for both Jill and I. My last cell phone didn't even make it a year before the battery just crapped out and I had to replace the battery..Yet THAT battery also crapped out. So last year, I picked up a new phone. This current one turns it self off and restarts every once in a while. NOT fun. Why are the cheaper cell phones (through AT&T) made horribly? Is it a ploy to buy some 2-300 phone? Jill's phone isn't much better so we're hoping that once her contract is up in MARCH, we can get out of AT&T and get on a family plan. Why? Well I feel like for the money I pay for my cell phone, I'm not getting enough bang for my buck. So lately I've been researching and reviewing different companies and plans to see what's the better option. I also feel like I'm going to be dropping some good $ on some new phones for both of us. Would love to get an iPhone, but I dunno if we'll be able to afford them. May have to get some phones a tad cheaper or something. I just want a good quality phone that doesn't have as many issues as my previous ones. Any recommendations?

The dog portrait is getting OH so close to getting complete. Can't wait to rid this beast and get paid dudes!! Next project will be a picture of a hockey player for my pops followed by (possibly) putting together a Tumblr site for my art. I've been meaning to build a proper site and my friend Micaela recommended Tumblr. It'll take some time, but it should turn out great. I also need to update and upload some photography work to my Thrill Factory Facebook page.

Thats all for now-Later, thanks for reading!