Tuesday, March 27, 2007

My good, good friend...




....Also known as my camera...is in the shop.
March 11th was the fateful day that ended in frustration and dismay when my camera refused to cooperate and autofocus on my precious baby girls. Over the next few days, I continually tried to get it to work, but it stubbornly refused. I played around with manual focus a bit, but it just doesn't work with a crawling baby and a toddler. I'm nowhere NEAR fast enough to catch them in focus. I started to wonder if I would have any pictures for the month of March. I need not have worried. In those first 11 days of the month, I had managed to click 197 images. Not bad if that's all I end up with for the month.

So, we broke down and took it in, hoping and praying that they would be able to just flip a switch and fix it. No such luck. Their estimate was $150-250. Ouch. AND 1-2 weeks. DOUBLE OUCH. I'm so lonely for it. Eventhough it hasn't been working well the last couple weeks, it's still been in my possession. Totally different knowing that I don't even have access to it. I'm quite amazed at how attached I am to that silly (beloved) object.

When we went to drop it off, DH just ran it in while the girls and I stayed in the car. As I handed the camera over to DH, I half jokingly said, "goodbye good friend." B proceeded to grill me about my friend and why I was saying goodbye. Sheesh. It did bring the whole camera issue into a bit of a better perspective for me, though. It could be worse. My camera could be dead. :)


In memory of my beloved "friend":







4 comments:

Butterfly Mama said...

I have to comment because they are just so cute, and I hope your good friend returns safely and quickly (cheaply too) home to you all!

allison said...

Those are two very cute pictures :) I've been wondering where you disappeared to, so I came to check here for you! Glad to see all is well, except for the camera of course.

SarahRachel said...

I love those pics! Yeah, I miss my camera very much when I don't have it! Even when I'm charging the battery sometimes I get lonesome for it. Are we a tad too attached!? ;)

Kristie said...

Those are very cute pics!