Storage

So apparently all the pictures I've taken in the past few months are going to remain trapped on my camera for quite some time. I am sure the cord to transfer them to the computer is somewhere in storage...maybe I'll find it before 2011 is over?

On my laptop, there's a slot to just put the memory card in and get the pictures uploaded...but where is my laptop? Oh yes, in storage.

I bought a little converter thing that plugs into the USB port and then you put the memory card in and you can upload the pictures like they're on a flash drive. Well, I accidentally broke that that converter thing so I bought a new one. Now the new one (identical to the old one) isn't recognized on my computer at work or Kory's laptop at home...so that's $22 spent and still no way to get the pictures off my camera.

I think I'm going to have to go dig through all the boxes we put in storage and find the cord or my laptop. Whichever I discover first will be fine with me. You may have seen my status on FB a while back explaining how the two boxes labeled "Mandy's Winter Clothes" that I pulled from storage actually contained sheets, towels, pajama pants and formal dresses...so I have no clue where my actual winter clothes are now.

Well, I know they're in storage. It seemed like such a great idea to put all the things we didn't need to use in storage since it wouldn't all fit in our smallish apartment. However, several times a week I wish I had something that is in storage.

Also, when I say "in storage", I don't mean inside a storage unit that we rented. I mean in the church office basement. The church offices are in a huge 3 story building that used to be a department store. We were told we could store anything we needed in the bottom floor for as long as we needed. That worked really well for us.

Or at least it did until there was a sewer leak/flood in the church office basement. Yeah...so there's no telling what condition some of our stuff is in. When we went to pick up the winter clothes, I didn't really find anything that had been damaged but I did find one box that was falling apart and really dirty/smelly. (Yes, I know it's not close to winter yet, but I have no long-sleeve shirts or jackets and it's starting to get chilly in Oregon at night.)

So there ya have it. I guess I needed to rant about storage today. Thanks for listening.