coming out of the closet

This may come as a shock to most of you, and those who know my pathetic weakness will just be amazed! Here it is:

I actually DEVELOPED a digital photo for the first time since we got our camera (4 years ago).

There. It's out in the open. I have saved photos from countless weddings, milestones, family vacations, births, etc. for 4 YEARS and until today had not developed a single one--that's Rachel's entire life. (Her baby book only has professional pictures in it.) I'm NOT a scrapbooker. I have dozens of CD's filled with pictures waiting to be developed. It's just not been a priority for me. (Face it, I had 3 kids in less than 4 years, and there was NO WAY I could've gone into a store with a CD and spent time figuring out which images to develop.)

I've had the philosophy that, "Hey, we have only a handful of pictures of our ancestors and that suits us fine. When all is said and done, how many pictures of us will matter?" So, a professional picture once a year or once every few years works for me.

So, what made me step up to the plate? We were asked to send in a recent picture of Seth for a kindergarten spotlight. He hasn't had a picture taken professionally for at least a year (minus soccer photos), so I was up a creek. I'm glad for the excuse to get out and actually DEVELOP a photo.

And of course, the process was embarassingly simple. Upload to Walgreen's website, submit order, confirm it and you're done. Literally 10 minutes later I got an email saying that the pictures were ready in town for pickup.

Will I start a new trend and actually develop digital images? We'll see...