I'm Ticked!!!

No, I don't have ticks, I'm just ticked off. Want to know why I'm ticked? My niece, Kim, had her traditional 4th of July cookout yesterday. Since her Dad's birthday is on the 5th we always celebrate on the 5th.

On my way to her house I was proud of myself that I remembered my new camera and even my cellphone. I'm always walking out of the house without my cellphone. I have even put a big sign on the garage door saying "Cell Phone" hoping that would be a trigger to remind me to pick up my phone.

Kim always has her granddaughter on the weekends, so I was excited about capturing more pictures of her. Reese will be three on the 24th of this month. Reese is my great great niece. I'm too young to be a great great anything. Right before we ate I pulled out my camera to take pictures of the wonderful food we were about to eat. I focused and pushed the little button. Nothing happened. I thought maybe I was doing something wrong. It is a new camera and it was possible I had something set wrong. I double checked everything, focused and hit the button again. Still the camera did not shoot. I looked at the message on the view window and it said "NO MEMORY CARD"! Oh, I was ticked. Then I remembered I had left the memory card in the card reader when I uploaded the pictures of the landscaping. I guess I'm going to have to add memory card to that sign on the garage door. {smile}

We had hamburgers cooked on a charcoal grill. I couldn't tell you when I had a hamburger cooked like this. I had forgotten how good the charcoal make the meat taste. The sides included potato salad, macaroni and cheese, fresh green beans and potatoes, birthday cake, cup cakes, cherry cheesecake, and brownies. Everything tasted so good.

After we ate Kim showed us some Photo Storybook slides she had made of Reese. It's hard to believe that just a year ago, Kim barely knew how to turn a computer on.

In order to share pictures of our 4th of July, you will just have to come back next year and hopefully I'll remember my camera and the memory card.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.