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I've been having a lot of fun with pictures recently.

I'm not one to want to get my photo taken, but I've relented over the past several months in order to have some record of the wonderful first 5 months of my marriage.  I cringe sometimes, at the photos, but I have taken a "that's me - then" attitude, with a wait-and-see slant for next year.

I bought a Lexmark all-in-one on Black Friday and then while I was out getting labels for Christmas cards at Office Depot the other day I scored a box of 250 4x6 photo sheets on clearance for $4.  I wasn't sure if they would work, so I only bought one.  I should have scooped up the remaining ones, as well.

I've printed and printed and printed some more, bought some photo albums and started putting them in and describing them in great detail: who it is, where it is (including street name and address, if I know it) and when it is.  I want to look back and *know*.

I'm only printing out the best few - not of me, but of the subjects in general.  The rest I've got stored on the 250GB external hard drive - God I love that thing.

I sprung for a 1GB SD card a couple of weeks ago, which holds 500+ pictures.  Then there was a hell of a deal from Buy.com on a 2GB one, so I purchased that, too.  It hasn't arrived yet.

I also got a new camera bag and a cardreader.  I hate lugging around the Easyshare dock, and the USB cable that is supposed to fit the camera for transfer doesn't.

I don't know if I mentioned work last week, but it was crazy cool.  We had our monthly celebration meeting and I got not one, not two, but three honors:

1.  Top sales person in my department - picture on the wall out front, plus a $40 gas card.

2.  Office attitude award - a "trophy" to keep on my desk for a month, plus a $40 gas card.

3.  Team spirit award - another "trophy" to keep on my desk for a month, then I get to pass this one on.

The two gas cards got added to the other two gas cards I won for sales for the prior months.  The gas station they are from is the only one of its kind in the area and it's not exactly on my way anyplace.  Irish used one of the cards on Friday when we were on the way out to his parents' for dinner.

Speaking of Irish, his present is wrapped and under the tree.

And speaking of the tree, we named him Lester.  It fits.

Christmas shopping is nowhere near done.  We have to sit down and make some lists.  I have to finish up my Secret Santas, one this week and one next week.  We have three parties that we're attending this week: one each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Maybe two on Saturday, but we'll see how the first one goes.

The Christmas cards are nearly done.  I completed the last of them last night.

I went to the post office at lunch yesterday for postage and the line was out the door so I left.  I went back after work to get postage out of the machine and all of the seasonal packs were sold out.  I ended up buying "Crops of the Americas" so our Christmas Cards are going out with pictures of beans and hot peppers and corn on them.

And so it goes.