How Did I Lose This

My dad bought a 35mm camera when I was in high school.  I loved getting to take pictures with it.  Of course this was when we used film and the camera did not have an automatic setting...at least not that I can remember.  But I loved getting to take pictures...until the camera died.  Apparently sand got into the mechanics of the camera and it would cost as much a buying a new one.  My dad retired the camera because at that season in his life he couldn't afford to get it fixed or buy a new one.

Skip a few years....ok...many years and I am getting ready to turn 40.  At some point before this momentous event I stumbled upon what I call...  The Pioneer Lady.  She's actually known as The Pioneer Woman but for some reason my brain forgets.  Anyways when I first found her she was just getting started in the blog world and her photo's brought back my dream of photography.  I remember telling my husband that one of my dreams would be to get a camera like hers [35 mm digital] one day and pursue photography.

Well my hubby, being the wonderful and kind man that he is, bought me one for my birthday.  He gave it to me a week or two before the actual day because we were leaving to go on vacation and he thought I'd enjoy using it.  He thought right.

So here it is almost 5 years later.  I still have the same camera and until a few weeks ago I still used the same battery charger for the camera.  But mysteriously the battery charger has disappeared.  And it is mysterious because I keep my camera bag with all the camera trappings in the same spot.  I charge my battery in the same spot.  And yet the charger has become lost.  My hubby talked about buying a new one but I knew that if we just looked hard enough we'd find it.

Nope...we still haven't found it.

The other day a friend called me up because her niece just passed her GED and she wanted to get some "senior" type pictures to celebrate this wonderful achievement.  I had to tell her that my camera is dead until I could find my charger.  Well, this friend insisted on paying for a new charger because she really wanted me to take the pictures.  [awwww...how sweet]

So, Chris goes in search of a charger.  How hard can it be.  Apparently in the big metroplex of Dallas it can be a pain.  Best Buy had one but they wanted over $200 for it...What?????  Guess it charges two batteries super quick.  I don't need mine charged super quick, but I do need them charged.  Thankfully he was able to find on online that was just like the one I had.  And hopefully it will be coming tomorrow since he had them ship it two day.

Yea!!!  I'm excited to get my camera back.  Can't tell ya how many times I've thought about grabbing the camera to take a picture only to remember it's dead.

And I know that when I get the new charger...I just might find the old one.