Today is apparently Picture Day here at the Chappysmom house. Because, look! My Shutterfly order came.

I’ve been really neglectful about ordering prints of my pictures these last, oh, eight months. Mostly because my photo album was full and there was no place to put them.

My favorite albums are Hallmark albums–I like the size, like the self-adhesive pages, and like, most of all, the post-bound albums that you can make thicker and thicker as you add more pages, something you can’t do with a three-ring binder. A post-bound album you can basically keep adding to until the thing is too heavy to move. (No, really, it’s best that you don’t ask me how I know that.)

Anyway, so finally, last weekend, I made it to one of the very few Hallmark stores left in the area and bought myself a new album and three packs of refills. Ready to go! And then I uploaded and ordered prints of 133 of my favorite photos from the last eight months.

But, the part I’m most excited about is the specially-printed hardcover album. See, when I ordered my 2GB Sandisk memory card from Amazon a month or so ago, it was connected to a special promotion that included a free, hardcover, 20-page photo album. Which doesn’t sound that exciting, right? But it is! Because that’s 20 pages that are already printed with your own pictures, with your own captions. How fun is that?

So last weekend, after I’d uploaded my 157 photos, I set up this album. Red “leather” cover. Thirty-one pages (I paid extra for the extra 11). And my very own pictures. In a book. I was so excited when it came today! It looks pretty marvelous, too. I’m really happy. (Oh, and Sandy? I put a bunch of sky pictures in there, too, which I’ve taken on your behalf. They look just fabulous at 8″ by 11″. Thank you for getting me started on this!)

I also got a cd from Your Music today. The original Broadway soundtrack from Into The Woods, which I’ve wanted on cd for a while, but was really hard to find. But when I did a Google search for it, this site came up. Have you heard about this site? You set up a queue of cds you’d like to have, and then each month they’ll send you one for $5.99. If there aren’t any albums in your queue, you’ll get charged anyway (but they send reminders so that won’t happen). How nifty is that? It’s a great price for a cd–especially one that I couldn’t find anywhere else cheaper than $25. Convenient. Easy. Cheap. So far, at least, s’all good.

Oh, except for my Creative Zen, which crashed again today and didn’t come back even after several reboots until I attached it to the computer….

And the knitting? I have been knitting, and even have the toe of my first Trekking sock done (Oooh!), but it hasn’t been exciting enough to blog about . . . this weekend, though, I’ll get you some fibery pictures, okay? Something? Even though I’m going to be sorthing through a lot of photos….

Have a good weekend, everyone!

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