Decided I needed to get back to posting on my Blog. Since I last posted I have been busy with scanning in all my old photos and taking classes in how to improve my scrapbooking skills. Also, a couple of months ago I bought a new camera. I had been using a Sony H10 that I'd gotten about 4 to 5 years ago and I really did like it, but it was real slow on taking photos. Especially when I wanted to take one photo after another. I was finding that while the camera took great photos of things that were still, it wasn't so good at taking them of a moving target like an eighteen month old grandson. I got more pictures of the back of his head then I did of his face.

So I did a lot of online research of various Canon, Nikon and Sony cameras. Finally I decided to check them out at Best Buy. Of course if you've ever looked at any of the new DSLR's you would know my problem. They are all similar, yet they are all different, and they all cost oodles of money. Then I picked up the new Sony A55. It had gotten really good reviews online so I was familiar with the new features, but it was they way it felt in my hand that really sealed the deal. Since I never buy anything without comparing prices, etc., I also checked  it out at a couple of local camera shops. One of them didn't carry it, but the other had just gotten it in and had it marked down $50. Unfortunately, I still didn't have quite all the money saved up to buy it so I had to pass on it.

Then I got an idea. I went back to Best Buy and told them that the other camera shop had it for $50 less. The manager came over a short time later and said that I could buy it at the other price. So I bought it right then and put the extra on my card. They were also having a special where you could get a camera case, battery, card and cord for $50, so I bought that too. Win all around for me.