last night we decided to go check out the asylum haunted house with C&C. i can't remember the last time i went to a haunted house, and i'm sure it was nothing like this one. i know it's fake, but it's still pretty freaky, and realistic! the dude with the chainsaw that kept following me, yeah, that was a bit too real for me. we were with a group of girls, probably around 12, and they were hilarious. i was glad they were walking in front of us tho! they also have a haunted corn maze! no thank you! i was just glad i didn't have any nightmares last night. happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts...

so, we've been talking and pre-planning our trip to europe (finally!!). and W insisted that if we go, we would need a new camera. we both knew our next digicam was going to be a digital SLR, and W found a scorching deal on a canon EOS 30D. it was waaaaay more than i was planning to spend (we were originally looking at the digital Rebel XTi) but i figure, a good deal on these things don't come around everyday. this way we'll be more than prepared by the time we go to europe.

now, on to our exciting european vacation! still in its early planning stages, but we're hoping to go to berlin to visit my friend M (her and hubby are living there, going to school), then hop on over to catalonya, spain to check out the formula 1 spanish grand prix. we'll hang out in nearby barcelona for a few days. then hop on over to the little island of sardinia, italy for the world rally car rally d'italia sardegna. we'll explore the little island (which i've read is quite lovely) a few days to wrap up our exciting european racing adventure! the 2 racing schedules worked themselves out perfectly! i would have loved to see the WRC race at the acropolis in greece, but that's several weeks after our planned trip. and as much as i've love to stay in europe for a month, i don't think that's gonna happen. so now i'm on a mission to learn conversational spanish and italian. hahaha...

so i'm disappointed that michael schumacher has decided to retire THIS year, so we won't get to see him in action. but i think next year will be quite interesting, with not only a new breed of young drivers, but drivers switching teams. and i'm REALLY excited about seeing WRC live! they always drive thru the cutest little towns in europe, and i'll get to be one of those crazy fools hanging out of the tree to take a picture! hahaha, not really.