Just a couple thoughts...

No picture to share this time around. Just a few thoughts. Hubby and I have been working our tails off to make sure our biz is working properly and even pursuing another huge project. It was going pretty well. Today was the day he brought it to the contact. Seemed like it was going well, seemed like it was ours. Later that day he had to go back and talk to another department and ran into the guys' assistant. BLAH! She asked if he wanted his paper back... wtf. I have been working my fingers and my mind just constantly and she wants to give it back. Well apparently we have the answer. We're too expensive. Did they honestly think they were going to get it for free??? Please! I have put in many hours just for the proposal only to have their cheap execs shoot it down in less than a few hours.

I do understand cost is an issue, but ya know they approached us. This wasn't our idea. We didn't set out to "take them" or anything. I just can't help but think they were just wanting handouts. I can't for the life of me figure out why this bugs me so much. I guess I had too much invested. Time, not money but still isn't time money?

Anyway, Cub 1 & 2 are headed to cheer camp at the end of the week. It seems like that time has come so quickly. I know it will pass just as quickly as it came, so I'm not concerned. They are both super excited. We still need to find another suitcase. Wouldn't you know the suitcase we find is pink with yellow flowers. I was kinda hoping we could use it as a family suitcase. We already have one black one, is it too much to ask for another? I suppose I could buy the pink one, but I really don't feel like carrying pink luggage if I ever take off again. LOL

AUGUST 15th officially I begin eating like a healthy human being again. Please hold me to it somebody. Give me the strength, the will power and enough guilt to keep me in line. I have ate horribly in the past 3 months and get this. 20 lbs. I have refused to step on the scale and now I know why. How freakin' scary is that? So I need to hop back to it. That is far too much. I was thinking 10 lbs tops, nope double. No more fast food crap, no more restaurant eating, no more krispy kremes, no more, no more, no more. The one thing I have kept up on is my water. Even on my worst days I still had good water intake. YAHOO me! Gotta get the praise in somewhere or I'll feel like a total loser.

One last thing. This is just a random thought with absolutely no bearing on anything. A long time ago, I wanted to get an awesome 35mm film camera. I still to this day never got that camera. When it came time to get a camera I bought a super duper crappy digital camera. I can't even remember the name. What I do remember is that the salesman swore to me it was an up and coming company which was frontline digital technology at the time. This was 2002. It was a crappy 2.1 mp Yippee, right??? Well anyhow, I loved that thing, I loved the instant gratification, heck I even printed these crappy pictures on my inkjet printer. Woohoo styling now. This kept me content for about 2 months. After that, I wanted more. I wanted faster, I wanted clearer pics, I wanted colorful pics. I bought a kodak 3.2 mp 3 months after my first purchase. Oh wow was I impressed. The pictures were so clear, so vibrant, so awesome. NOT!

When on earth did we become so used to getting things right now that we give up quality. Is it really that important for us to be instanty pacified by these ridiculously poor images? It's funny at the time, I thought the pics were great. Looking back, I'm so embarassed. From there I went to a Canon Digital Rebel (300d, not 350d) it was the best out there my money could buy at the time. It seemed so fast, it seemed so clear, it seemed so color perfect. I still have that camera, but use it hardly ever. I used that until I read about the 20d and I just HAD to have it. Again, oh how fast, oh how clear, oh how color perfect.

Finally, TODAY... I am content for now but I know technology is growing at such a rapid pace they will eventually get back to the quality which was once expected in just your average 35mm camera. It's just a matter of time. Until then we just use what is made available by all the companies and wait for the next big whoopity doo camera. It keeps us wanting more, that's for sure. *sigh* I just need to win the lotto. Too bad I don't play.