I've Had a Lovely Day

I slept in to 7.45 this morning...I haven't done that since I was pregnant! Last night some work came through so I did that until 10.30 (I didn't have to, but I figured I'd get a start on today), then blogged for a while before going to bed and reading.

I needed to go out again today, my daughter's moving tomorrow. I'm giving her a hand and said I would organise lunch for whoever is helping...therefore I had to get some salad stuff. I really wanted to get a digital camera card so I could take more photos than the camera holds and put them on the computer. The first shop I went to yesterday treated me as if I didn't know what day it was let alone operate a digital camera.

My problem was, I had 22 shots on the camera before I had a card. I wanted to put them on the card so I didn't lose them, then transfer them to the computer. The young girl there told me it was not possible and I'd lose them. I was a little upset about that, not only at her attitude but because I had the last pictures I'd taken of Oscar on the camera.

I gave it a miss and went home. Today, I went to Kodak, which is what my camera is. What a difference in attitude. Jason came over with a lovely smile asked if he could help and I explained what I wanted. Again, I had the camera with me. No problems to Jason. He took the camera, pressed buttons, handed it back and told me the photos were now on the card. They were, too, I've just uploaded them onto the computer. What a difference in attitude...and I told him and the lady who was at the desk that I would be coming back because, a) they smiled and 2) they were so helpful without me feeling like an idiot.

I started to head back to the car. Unfortunately I was waylaid by a sale so I stopped to have a browse. I'm very glad I did. I'd been looking for a plain black, fine knit, long sleeved top. I found it...and better still, it was reduced from $50 to $20. I wasn't going to pass that by, especially when it was exactly what I wanted.

Then back at the carpark, which was totally full, a car was cruising down the "aisle" I had parked my car. I caught the driver's eye and pointed to where I was parked, indicating that I was leaving...well, she leapt up and down, flung her hands in the air and generally looked absolutely delighted. I just about fell over, I laughed so much...it was nice to know I'd made someone feel that happy.

Now that I have my camera going properly here are some photos for you have a gander at.

These are of a storm front that came through a few weeks ago. Unfortunately by the time I got home, the best had gone, but the clouds were shaped in huge drops that were just hanging there...I got an email last year about this phenomenon and I was so excited to see it here. From what I can remember though, we never actually got that storm...it hit somewhere else.

This is a rose that Toni and Darryl gave me for Mother's Day two years ago. Isn't it beautiful?

These are some of the last of Oscar...unfortunately I could never get a photo of him without his "Garfield Look", as I called it. I can imagine him thinking...Oh, God, not again...sigh.