It started out nice...

Today WAS a good day. It started out that way. When I woke up it was about -10C out and no wind and I thought, ok, this is good. See, it has been so bitterly cold for the past - well, forever - that I only go out if I have to and then do what I have to do and get back inside. So, today I thought if it was so nice and "warm" out, I'd go and do some shopping and put gas in my car, etc. and it would be good. And it was! There weren't nearly as many people out as I thought there would be (well, I was out before noon, so that makes a difference), so it didn't seem like a jungle or anything. I went to Michael's and had a good roam through the store. I even found a pattern for a shawl that looked like it would be nice - I've been looking for one for quite some time. I found some other stuff and the line at the till wasn't unreasonably long, so I was happy. I went to Roger's and found a couple of movies I'd been looking for. I really was having a good day. I picked up the pictures I had finally had developed and a pair of pants I had ordered from the catalog. After getting groceries, I finally arrived home. I was still feeling fine and got the groceries put away and all that. I tried on the pants and they were miles too big! No, I haven't lost more weight, they just were huge! Bummer. When I finally had a minute to sit, I decided to look through my pictures. Now, I have to explain. I haven't gotten them developed since Evan's birthday party, which was October 23rd, so there were LOTS of pictures! Needless to say, I did not feel like standing and going through each one to check for red eye or whatever at the store. As I looked through them, I was a little annoyed that some were poorly lit. They looked yellow and some were fuzzy. I know my camera isn't a real expensive one (it's a Kodak digital and usually I get pretty good pictures.) I think part of the reason is that I tend to zoom into take pictures rather than get up and go closer. This is because if you do that with the kids, they are usually on the floor and I can't get down there, plus when you move, they stop what they are doing. Well, you know what I mean, I'm sure. Then, a lot of them were Christmas Eve pictures and it was pretty dark in the church. Then on Christmas day, my camera started to make noise and I found if I turned the automatic focus off it stopped ticking. Anyway, I knew they weren't great and I had deleted a lot that were really crappy before I got them developed. I kept some that were just so-so. I was ok with them, then Dale looked at them. I know I am just being touchy, but when he complained about them, it really hurt my feelings - like I wasn't a very good photographer. I really like my little camera and usually the pictures turn out pretty good. Isn't that stupid? After that, everything went downhill. I was trying a new recipe for roasted potatoes and they didn't cook right. I had decided on pork cutlets and they were frying perfectly, but got done too soon, so weren't as nice as they should have been fresh from the pan. Then, I wanted to put one of my pictures on my blog that turned out pretty cool, but I realized I deleted it before uploading it. It seemed like one thing after another. It just seemed like my good day went away and a crummy one took its place. I guess I will just have to say, "Oh well, tomorrow is another day.". Hope your day is going well!