Photo Mishap

What a bummer!  A big, big bummer!  What a big, fat, awful bummer!

I was downloading pictures from three different cameras, hundreds of pictures, months worth, when I accidentally deleted all of the pictures from one of the memory cards before downloading it.  I sat there stunned, thinking "Did I just do what I think I just did?" Yep. I did.  I tried to think of what might have been on that particular camera, but I couldn't think of anything that was missing, so I thought I was OK.  I reassured myself that it was probably just a few pictures that Emma took of the dog, or something like that, and I'd never miss a few pictures of Olive, right?  Just now, though, when I started to blog some things that happened in July, my sluggish memory started to return and I realized that I had deleted some good stuff, stuff I'll be sad to never see again. 

I wanted to blog about how much fun Del had on his birthday and show some pictures of him opening his favorite gift, four seasons of Jag (he loves that show and has become addicted to his dvds).  Nope. Can't do that.  I deleted all of the pictures.

I wanted to blog about how I almost won a Nissan Cube in July.  There were 250 people chosen through radio entries and each of the finalists came to the Nissan lot for a big party.  There were so many yummy things to eat, catered by several restaurants!    The drawing was in reverse: the last person's name to be drawn was the winner.  I was number 242!  There were only 7 left after me!  I almost got it!  Instead, I got a prize package for a trip to Bear World, free golfing in Ashton, a free car wash, and a free pizza.  Not bad, and the day was lots of fun.  We were able to catch up with several old friends, including Neal and Esther Larsen.  Neal does the morning show on the radio station that I called in to, and they used to be in our ward.  We also saw Amy and Jeff Mansfield, Cheryl and Brandon Quinn, who also used to be in our ward.  They were in the running to win, too, and I took pictures of them all.  Del took a picture of me as one of the 10 finalists with my hand on the car.  I was excited to post all of the pictures of my exciting almost-win.  Nope.  Can't do that.  I deleted all of the pictures.

I wanted to blog about my fun dinner with Samee and Jeremy Beck and Martie and Jason Hill.  It's always so fun to see friends from high school, and we don't get to see the Hills very often.  They brought their beautiful new baby, and we all had a fun time catching up at Chilis.  When we were leaving, we had a man outside take a group picture of us.  I was really excited to post it so Becky could see how much fun we had without her and be jealous!  (We invited her but she was on trek with their ward, roughing it in the woods!)  Nope.  Can't do that.  I deleted all of the pictures.


What a bummer!  A big, big bummer!  What a big, fat, awful bummer! But what a good lesson.  I think I'll double-check the memory cards next time!  I wonder what else I'll remember that was on that memory card?