Good plans...

bad execution... The idea today was to drive down below and check out a Whole Foods Market and have a nice lunch. The first problem we ran into was the fact that our directions were WRONG!!! I downloaded them through Google Maps and it sent us down the wrong road. So we spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out where we were and were we needed to be going. Once we finally found where the market was we needed to eat first and we had talked about going to Claim Jumpers for lunch. We couldn't find the darn place and we finally called information for their number and received directions. When we finally made it there the kids where HORRIBLE, the food was not great, and the service was bad. So all around a pretty bad experience. From there we went back to the Whole Foods Market and Desirae just flipped out. She wouldn't put her shoes on, then she wouldn't walk. At one point I thought I calmed her down enough to enter the store but as soon as we got in there she went off again and I had to talk her back to the car. The ENTIRE time we (Desirae and I) were in the car she yelled and screamed saying she didn't want to walk but that she wanted to see mommy. I was bout ready to unglued... The ONLY saving grace is that they had free internet so I surfed the net from the car while she was screaming...

After that I figured I needed to do something different so we drove down to Canoga Park, to Canoga Camera, so I could buy some ink for my printer (they have the best price around). Anyway Denise was able to talk me down on the way there, because I was going to go buy one of those Nikon 12-24 DX lenses from the stress of the day. Instead I bought the ink and a real background stand. The stand is REALLY NICE and a bit more sturdy than my other kit. The pole on the other one is good but my lightstands are very cheap. So this is going to work out VERY well. In the picture the stands are NOT all the way up and the pole is NOT extended all the way out - it will go 13 feet.

Anyway, it was a LONG day that just didn't go the way I intended...