So Much To Say: books

Looooong story short, I received a promo offer through our bank to get a free Kindle Fire. Well, when the promo code came through, it turns out I had several options to choose from, not just a Kindle Fire. There were iPod Nanos, iPod Touches, a fancy scale, a panini press, a Kindle fire, and a few different gift cards...one of them being a $200 Amazon gift card.

So here's what I was trying to decide between...was just getting the Kindle Fire OR getting the Amazon gift card and buying a more basic model of Kindle. I'd heard pros and cons for both. The Kindle Fire is basically a tablet, so it can do a lot more. The Kindle Paperwhite (the slightly more basic model) is easier on the eyes. The other idea that I came up with, was saving up my money and using the gift card to help pay for an iPad Mini. My mom has one and I love it. It's a great size and a really quick little tablet, with the ability to download the Kindle reader app. I just couldn't decide which one I really wanted!

What it came down to for me, was that I really did not want a tablet. It took me a couple hours of thinking to figure that out, but when I thought about it long and hard, my phone does everything a tablet does. Yes, it's small in comparison, but I can surf the web when I'm not at my computer or look stuff up just fine on it. Plus, I am eligible for a phone upgrade soon, so when I have that brand new phone, I really won't need a tablet.

So, I went with the Kindle Paperwhite. I'm really happy with the decision that I made. :) With the remaining amount on the gift card, I'll but a case for it and (yes, this is super lame, haha) a steam mop. I currently have a Swiffer mop with a reusable cloth pad, and I just feel like I wet it and it just pushes my mopping solution around. I don't actually feel like it cleans anything! I did a lot of research into steam mops and I feel really good about the one I picked out. It basically heats up water really, really hot and uses it to clean off any stuck on or dirty residue on the floor. Our floors get kind of gunky (especially under Jonah's chair...wonder why?) so I think it will help get our floors so much cleaner. So there. I'm totally giddy about buying a steam mop and I'm not afraid to say it.

In other news, I haven't been very good about taking photos on the regular camera lately. It's always more convenient for me to just grab my phone and snap one with that, so that's where most of my pictures are. But I have an AMAZING camera, so I do need to use it. I'm really jonesing to take some classes and maybe get another lens, in an effort to beautify my everyday photos a little bit. Maybe someday, I'll even shoot in manual! If I know how to use it right, and well, I feel like I'd use it more.

But, until then, here's a few recent photos from my phone. Because blog posts are just kind of boring with no photos. :)