Camera

So here is "One" good thing! I took my Camera over to Best Buy (the place I bought it) and the dude clicked a few buttons, reset all the settings... and said "take it home and see if that fixes it."

Looks like maybe it did :D Yay for not having to spend 5 billion dollars just to have it looked it! I guess the real test will be after a take a few more pictures to see if it continues to at least take decent pictures. Here's to hoping!

Update:

Yup, definitely better!  Glad it was just a software issue! :D BTW this is Goober weeding grandma's flower bed to earn some moola.... he wants to buy the new Lego Harry Potter game. :D

Early Christmas

So, Jer... being the doll that he is... gave me my Christmas gift early this year. Mostly cause I had family in town for Thanksgiving. :) You see, back in the day when digital cameras where new and film cameras were still in mild usage I bought this camera....

It has gotten a LOT of use. It's nearly the same age as my marriage. It has been dropped, stepped on, dripped on, and I don't even remember all of the cruel and unusual punishments it has been through simply by being my camera.

It is scratched up, banged up, and the protective shudder that is supposed to close when it is turned off sticks sometimes.

This:
Is my new camera (picture taken with the old camera). It has oodles of doo dads, but is still easy to use!!!! I'm in heaven... just ask my family... over Thanksgiving I took a LOAD of pictures just to "play" with it. :)

Thank You Jer!!!

Pictures

I took this shortly after getting Goober out of bed,
and though I love sunrises
I don't like getting up early enough to see them!

This is Goober shortly after coming home from school.
he lost his other front tooth during lunch that
day and was totally stoked that they gave
him a cool box to keep it in.

Pictures

EB

Missy

Goober

Loads of Pictures!

Warning: Loads of pictures!

This one is of Missy and Goober playing the Wnnie the Pooh game on Gma S's computer. They both love this game.

This is Gpa S giving Goober a ride on the lawn mower

Mr J and The Energizer Bunny watching Gpa Mow the lawn

Mr J waving a the mower... and The Energizer Bunny waving a the mower.... they are so funny sometimes.

EB riding with Gpa S on the lawn mower.

Mr J and EB watching the lawn be mowed!

EB on the deck.

Mr J

Ummm yeah....

So this came home in Goobers backpack today....

So then I was confused. Cause I paid for these.... where did those other pictures come from?

Well apparently I'm one of the only parents not clued in on the scheme to get my money by the schools/photography place. If I want to keep them I have to pay "X" amount of money. Thing is, I already cut them apart, then let Goober and Missy have one each. DOH!!....

Guess I'll be sending in that money, cause the ploy of sending home something with a kid that you haven't paid for and then requiring payment.... yeah, it worked on me.

*Grumble grumble grumble.*

Goobers "Class" Pictures.

Ummm I thought "Class" ment his WHOLE CLASS. Apparently I was mistaken... weird. I always remember class pictures and kinda thought as a parent that one would be nice to have.... kinda hope we get one.... oh well.

And why do kids always put on the doofiest smiles for professional pictures???

Anywho, here it is.

Really? REALLY? You let me wear WHAT as a child???

As I scan, scan, and scan some more, I have seen some pretty atrocious pictures of myself over the years. I understand that all of us at some point look at ourselves back "in the Day" and think "What in HEAVENS NAME.... What is THAT on my HEAD!?!?!?"

Hairstyles I get. I understand that in my lifetime the same hairstyle may not come back again (hopefully.... please shoot me if the "I sprayed my bangs and ran into a wall as fast as possible" look ever tries to make a comeback.... or the full on lady mullet..... *gag*). But I have started to see some styles come back. Certain prints on shirts. The fact that tight tapered jeans are now back in style again ...

(I think they are in.... or maybe they are just on their way in... though I do pray that soon they will be on their way OUT again. Please, OH PLEASE don't let Hammer Pants ever make a comeback. EVER)

Still I have to look back and wonder why my mother allowed me to wear certain things. Or my hair certain ways.....

take this, for instance:

What kind of PANTS are those???? I know I was monstrously tall for an eleven year old, but EEEEE GADS. And WHITE.... WHITE PANTS.... Need I say more?

And here is one a couple of years later:

What son of a motherless goat picked out THAT SHIRT? for a school picture? REALLY? Was I attempting to go Southwestern? or just add a little cowboy into my awkward years... and what is UP with my hair? I think I gave up trying to do my own hair at this point in life..... kinda early seeing that I was only thirteen years old.

Needless to say I look back on most of the pictures of myself that I own and cringe. Mostly because they are all either pictures that I took (that are crap BTW cause what eleven-year-old do you know that can actually take a decent picture with a FILM camera.....) or they were pictures taken by the school. :P

Also I look at many of the pictures and wonder where that girls mother was, cause.....

EW

Watch I just jinxed myself, when my kids get to be that age I will try to step in and correct fashion faux pas and they will simply roll their eyes and continue to wear whatever they want.

Hey!!!! Wait a minute, I had two older sisters around at this point....

WHERE WERE THEY?!?! Oh yeah, I have vague recollections of one doing her hair for two hours each morning... and they other tackling me to try to pluck my eyebrows.

mmmmm explains a lot doesn't it? ;)

To the siblings and the mamacita: Love you guys, and keep in mind I have MANY bribery pictures of YOU too!!! MWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Scanning, Scanning, and .... what the...

Ok, so today I finally decided that I need to scan all of my old school film pictures onto my computer then after that onto an actual CD for safe storage. I have boxes of these pictures...
Ew. Anyhow, I finally decided it was time, since I'm trying to avoid other huge projects right now. You know, like de-boxing the garage so that we might actually fit a vehicle in there. I mean WHERE DID WE GET ALL THIS CRAP? Anyhow, as a way of procrastinating I decided to take care of the old pictures... starting with the ones from the 9th grade. Ugh.

I know I am a bit behind, but honestly we have never owned a scanner till recently. My parents took pity on me a few months ago, right before their trip to AZ and gave me there old one... Actually, I think that may have been more for my dad's benefit than mine. Kinda hard to scan things in from the mail and send them to AZ when you don't own a scanner, eh? :)

Anyhow, today I've been scanning photos, while going through last years filing.....

Wait. WAIT! DON'T JUDGE ME!!! I AM NOT A PRODUCTIVE PERSON. :P On the rare occasion that I do get an inkling to do stuff, gosh darnit I'd better do it! Cause it ain't happenin' again for another millennia honey.

Ok, back to train of thought....

As I'm going about minding my own beeswax, and the kids are arguing with each other in the background about who said what wrong.... I hear this noise coming from the scanner.

BWMWAWAWmmmmmmmwwwwwww ah ah ah ah

Holy mackerel is that thing going to EAT my pictures?

Nope turns out it's only a noise, no harm done to the pictures. Even the ones on the computer turned out good.

So other than that noise all is good.

Though Jer does insist that it sounds like computer constipation. niiiiiice honey.....

Great Website

ok, so I've been looking around for a while trying to figure out how to simple add a picture as my background here. Needless to say I had a hard time finding a site that explained how to do this on Blogger. Well, I found one. And dare I say it's a pretty good one! So if you want to truely customize your blog here is a site to help you!

Be warned I will be playing with my page for a bit so if it is different every time you look at it for a while, don't be surprised! :)

G's Pictures

This is me, obviously .... though what I was thinking when I pulled that face is beyond even myself!

M playing with the blind like she isn't supposed to .... mmmm

M's undies. She has been doing wonderful at keeping then dry :) Horray ... less diapers in the house!

Somehow he got her to smile ... all I ever get is horrid faces pulled at me!

The flash is a bit close... but hey, he's 4 right?? :D