Technology Makes Me Cry

So you are probably all thinking to yourselves, "Why have we not seen any pictures on Jenene's blog for ages and AGES and a long LONG time?!"

Well, I have a good many reasons and excuses. But mostly it boils down to the fact that I don't like the desktop computer.

You see, we now have two computers in our house (I think I have mentioned this before, but just in case you didn't remember). One computer is a very old laptop. And one is a basically new desktop. Art's dad is the reason behind that, and we are very grateful. So anyway.

I still prefer the laptop, and Art prefers the desktop, which works out well for us, but that's not where I'm going with this.

The reason I like the laptop is because I can curl up on the couch with it. I get comfy, I cover myself with a blanket, and I pull that laptop on to my lap (duh) and I'm very warm and cozy. I often have food or drink beside me on the couch, and I can also watch TV from that spot. I'm set! (And, yes, I can watch TV and be on the computer at the same time. That's what commercials are for).

This is often my position for many an hour, every day. BUT. This doesn't help me at all when I want to deal with my pictures. Because that laptop is so old, that it doesn't recognize my camera when I plug it in. So I have to upload my pictures onto the desktop computer instead. While sitting on a chair far less comfortable than our couch. And I can still have the blanket, but it's not the same. And also, I have to use a mouse with the desktop, and I much prefer the touch pad on the laptop.

Do I sound whiny and spoiled yet? I know, my life is so tough. This uploading-my-pictures-onto-the-desktop business wouldn't actually be such a bad thing if the screen wasn't so dark. I can't see my pictures properly, and it really bugs me. I don't know how to edit them, because I'm not seeing them the way they really are. So I try my best, put them in a post, and then go back to the laptop, log on to blogger, and see what the pictures actually look like. If I need to edit them further, I have to copy and paste them from the blog onto the laptop, re-edit them, and then put them back in the blog.

I know that I kind of have all the time in the world, but can you see what a pain-in-the-neck this is? Blogging takes mere minutes when all I have to do is type up all the words in my head. But to show you guys all my pictures? It takes hours.

So tonight, I spent three hours on the desktop, uploading, editing, and organizing my pictures from the last four months. Over the next week or so, you will get to see ALLLLLLLLLL of them. You will be inundated with pictures. I am going to try and publish one post, every day, and it will be a post FULL of pictures. I'm warning you: the posts will be long, mostly because the pictures are a bit dated, so it wouldn't make any sense to try and split the pictures between several posts.

Are you ready? Are you excited? You should be. (Okay, even if you pretend, that's good enough for me).