So I haven't blogged anything in quite awhile...not even our numerous, wonderful vacation pictures.
Here's the story: After getting feedback from others who were using the updated version of Picasa (the picture program I use/blog from), I decided to download the new version. After it downloads, it's supposed to pull all the pictures from your computer and organize them into files. After I opened it up, I realized it didn't pull most of my pictures from the last year. So, I tried to go back to my old version of Picasa so that I could export all the pictures from there onto the new version...though I wasn't sure why it hadn't done it itself.
Problem: my old version of Picasa was gone. Along with every picture I've taken since September of 2007.
Solution: Haven't found one yet. When I think about it too much, it makes me sick to my stomach. Yes, there were tears and gnashing of teeth.
I still am not sure if they can be found somewhere on my computer or not. Heaven knows I've spent hours trying, along with sessions on the phone with my dad or Tricia or Kindra, suggesting ways to search. But we've still come up empty.
I try to keep things in perspective: I haven't lost my children, just pictures of my children. In the scope of everything that goes on in the world, it doesn't even register as a "horrible event."
The good news in all this is that I didn't yet unload my camera from vacation. So those 900-some pics are all safe and sound. And, I have blogged "the best, the most important" stuff over the past year, so it's not a total loss.
But, pun intended, I'm feeling a little camera-shy. I need to download Picasa again (I had uninstalled it, hoping my old version with a year's worth of memories would show up again), and I don't feel like going there until I have exhausted every avenue of finding my pictures. My last avenues being 1. Beg Eric for help.
2. Bribe Dustin and Christy with coming over for pizza and let Dustin at my computer. And quite frankly, we've been too busy to do anything about it since we got home from vacation, with getting school up and running, showing the house, etc, etc, etc.
So, I haven't done anything. I suppose by this weekend I'll have recovered sleep enough from this past weekend's worship conference I was at to try my other avenues (that's a fair warning, Eric and Dustin, to feel free to come up with an excuse not to answer phone calls or emails from me. I understand, and won't take it personally-I promise). And when I don't have any hope of finding my pictures, I'll get on with my picture-life. And it's not like I don't have other stuff to blog about that requires no pictures whatsoever...like why our house if for sale, what our plans are, how Jacob is doing health-wise, etc. But I'm just sort of mentally stuck without a way to manage my pictures yet. But, hang in there with me, and we'll try to get over this before too long! Thanks!
3 comments:
wendy, i use picasa, too, and andy thinks that picasa only organizes pictures, not stores them. so your pictures should still be there on your hard drive somewhere. maybe try searching the jpegs or something? have you backed up your computer recently? we had a scare like this before, too, but thankfully didn't lose any pix - so now we are constantly backing up the hard drive cuz i'm so paranoid! you will find your pictures. but i so feel your pain - we have so many pix on picasa, it's ridiculous, but i would be heartbroken if i lost even one. you will find them!!!
Okay I can't figure out how in the monkey you add people as friends on here, all so lost in this whole new blogger world.. Oh and adorable photos my dear.
Hey no you misunderstand weirdo!! I know how to leave comments, I just can't figure out how in the world to add ppl so like I have links to your pages on the side of my blog like you have for "friends and family". Moo.
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