My camera arrived in the mail today. At three. P... M......... Ok, that isn't late at all but when you've waited a week for something you desperately want it feels like forever. I was like a miniature shnauzer pressing my head up to the front screen door every 10 minutes or so this morning waiting, just waiting, for the 'brrrrr' sound of the UPS van to pull up. If I had a tail it would've wagged incessantly... I had to manage my time effectively so what did I decide to do? Well, bake biscuits, of course! Bear in mind that I have no idea how to bake biscuits, nor have I ever attempted it but this seemed like an appropriate endeavour for 9:30 am anyway. My mind jumped immediately to the taste of a fluffy, hot, buttery biscuit and how good it would be with some bacon and eggs... Come 1:30 this afternoon on batch #2 of the biscuits I was just praying they'd come out edible so I could eat my lunch. Batch #1 put the hardness of hockey pucks to shame (I still tried to eat them) well by the end of batch two they still looked nothing like the picture but, hey, they didn't make me gag and that was a triumph in my eyes. Well after lunch I had to get the baby down for a nap. Lo, and behold, the UPS package was primed for when I leave the room. The baby, just on the edge of slumber, started wailing as I poked my head out the front door to make sure my mother signed for the package (she got roped into this biscuit making deal upfront). So I get back to Lyla, who is now screaming, and I know my camera is sitting on the table outside. I haven't gotten this excited since I got a barbie dreamshouse......so I bring the baby out of the room and try to console her, meanwhile trying to strategically open the camera with my mind alla Uri Gellar, but to no avail. Luckily my mom was happy to play with the baby while I played with my new toy.

I was sure I'd be snapping great shots and blowing people away with my artistic vision in a matter of minutes........Flash to reality and 15 minutes later I'm scanning the pages of the manual for the instructions for how to put the camera strap on.

I'm in trouble.

All the literature I read online prior to buying this piece of equipment said how it was idiotproof. Learning would be easy while you snap away taking amazing photos on the auto settings. I CAN'T EVEN INSTALL A CAMERA STRAP!!!!! I feel a bit lost off the bat.

Anyway, I still went out to the park after, and I feel like I got some great shots (even if I did have to tape the shutter to my finger) ...Hey eventually something sticks right?

Here's some photos: