Okay- it has happened. I am ready to throw this computer out the window and stomp on it a few times! I am sure that all of you have been on the edge of your seat just waiting on more wonderful adventures and wondering why I haven't posted since Wednesday.I mean I've almost been back 2 weeks and have only written 2 blogs! Well- Instead of asking me-- how about you ask this big ole black box in front of me? It has decided that it truly has had a mind of its own! And it is going to prove that to me if its the last thing it does! (And it may just be the last thing it does before I throw it away!)
Before I started posting I spent a TON of hours getting my pictures along with 2 CDs from my friends down here that went with me, organized in order. I Finally got them organized and picked the best ones, erased the not so good ones (even though a blooper blog may have been funny) and put them in one folder---and was all set to just copy and paste to my blog. Well, on Thursday I received the 4th and final set of pictures from my friend in Utah. Somehow after I had finished downloading her pictures- I erased all of my pictures from the other 2 CDs! How?! I have no idea. My computer got tired of working long hours I guess. Maybe he wanted overtime?! How was I to know?
So, I had to re-download all of theirs...and put them back in order and re-erase the bad ones and re-pick the ones I wanted. It was long and tedious, but I did it. However, it was extra tricky because they were all completely out of order this time. Some of Sicily's pictures were in Crete's and then all of a sudden there was one from Ephesus etc...they were a mess- so that took extra time to put them in order. THEN to top it all off, all of a sudden the original pictures re-appeared in perfect order...except in 3 different areas (for the 2 separate CDs and then my own pictres that I had originally downloaded). Is this making sense? Because it isnt to me! So I didn't need to re-download and re-put in order etc... it was basically done for me! How? NO idea.
All I know is that I did a lot of extra work today during my lunch break that was not needed. So tonight I decided to abandon Picasa and go straight to my pictures and compile the original 2 CDs + my pics into one folder again and put them all in chronological order. After about 1 1/2 hrs I finished it and went to play games with friends. After returning- I opened "my pictures" and BOOM it was all back in 3 separate places again!!! Why do I even try to organize them?! None of this would have happened if they hadnt got deleted in the first place! Those first 2 blogs were slick without too many problems!!!
So... long story short. I THINK I have figured out what is going wrong and I should have this problem fixed in the next 2 days and then the blogs will start flying. I guess the good thing is that I have looked at these pictures SO much that I basically know which ones I want to use and what to say!
Wish me luck because if I do it all again and the computer randomly mixes them up again...I may have to do something drastic like...buy a MAC!!!
2 comments:
Don't give up. I am impressed with your blogging. I just posted about Rome and it took me forever, and it was short and not nearly as insightful as yours. I just put in your cd, fun pictures! What a great trip.
Learning how to work with your computer is a life skill. Organizing photos can be a big pain. A Mac isn't the worst thing in the world. It's a bit expensive, but says that you're willing to spend for something hip. Kevin has done some impressive video/photo editing with his Mac and it doesn't look like he would have anything else. Just remember to cross your fingers before you start it up and you should be fine.
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