Or, the bonus at work arrived earlier than I thought it should. See, last year the bonus came in the first half of December. I thought that was the standard time; I was wrong. Instead, bonuses are supposed to come out around… well, now. Ok, not today but at the end of September.
Anyway. Christina and I have been talking about this year’s bonus and what to do with it. Yes, some of it went into savings. However, savings was admittedly on the tail end of the list of things to do with the bonus.
Here’s a list of the things we did with the bonus:
new camera (I’m looking for a hobby)
new hard drive for computer (to make space for more pictures)
new DVD writer drive for computer (to back up all our important pictures and files)
new music player for Chris (’cause I have been known to borrow Christina’s)
new vacuum cleaner for the house (ours is not working so well these days)
pay bills (but none of them needed the bonus in order for us to pay them off, so this isn’t much)
put in savings (what was left after all of the above)
So, in a way, Christmas has come early.
Also, for the new camera, here’s a few example shots of what I’ve been able to do with it:
The Fish, a common subject. Ignore the dirty state of the tank.
A sunset picture. I really like doing landscape pictures.
A friendly spider taking down some of the population of grasshoppers.
A rainbow that Christina alerted me to. About ten minutes later and this was gone.
And of course, Aleah. I love this shot with just her face in focus. I think it captures the motion well.
Check out The Gallery for more pictures, or click on one of the pictures above for a bigger version. Full size versions are available and they are huge.