Scanning Is Not My Thing!

I borrowed a friend's negative scanner about 2 months ago and have been scanning negatives since then.  Every night, every weekend, as I'm sitting and watching TV and working on the laptop, I scan.  I scan, I scan, I scan, and then I scan some more.  It is a long, boring, tedius task.

The scanner has an autoload feature where you can preview all four frames on the negative.  That takes about 30 seconds.  Then I scan the first frame and it does another preview/scan and takes about 2 minutes.  I repeat that for each of the frames.  Boring, boring, boring and time-consuming.   

Then today ~ after 2 months of this ~ I find that I can batch scan each strip.  DUH!  DUH!  DUH!

When I batch scan, I preview and make sure all the frames are good and then select them and scan.  It makes my intervention significantly less so I can actually get things done while I'm scanning. And, it seems as though it takes a little less time.  I cannot believe that I just figured it out.  But, I guess better late than never.  I only have about 100-120 more rolls to scan so any time-savings I can find is wonderful.

I think once I get these done, I'm going to scan all the old pictures that I have that don't have negatives so I have a backup of them in case they fade.  I'm finding that a few of my negatives have begun to fade so I'm glad I'm scanning them now.  I just wish I had found batch-scanning a little sooner.

It's fun to 'see' the old pictures come to life again as I scan them in.  Can't wait till I'm done so I can start playing with photoshop on them!

Back to scanning!  Maybe when I'm all done, scanning won't have gotten the better of me!

About Me - Q&A

I saw this on Anji Patchwork's blog http://anjipatchwork.blogspot.com/ and decided to steal shamelessly. 

1 What time did you get up this morning?  7:30
2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls
3. Last movie you saw in the theater?  I Am Legend (Will Smith movie)
4. What is/are your favorite TV shows?  Eli Stone, American Idol, Two & A Half Men, Greys Anatomy
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?  English Muffin with strawberry preserves, milk, vitamins
6. What is your middle name?  Lynne
7. What food do you dislike?  Beans
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?  Don't listen to CD but favorite I-tune song is I'm Not Going to Write You a Love Song
9. What kind of car do you drive?  Chevy Tahoe
10. Favorite sandwich?  Ham or turkey on wheat bread with a little mayo
11. What characteristics do you despise? dishonesty
12. Favorite item of clothing?  No real favorite clothes right now - too fat to like anything.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go?  Alaska
14. What color is your bathroom? white with lighthouse decor
15. Favorite brand of clothing?  No preference
16. Where would you want to retire?  Oregon
17. Most memorable birthday?  17th - my friends threw me a surprise party.
18. Favorite sport to watch?  Basketball (NBA)
19. Furthest place you are sending this to? My blog
20. Who do you expect to respond?  No one since I don't have a lot of readers.

21. Person you expect to respond first?  Don't expect responses
22. Favorite saying?  "It is what it is"
23. When is your birthday?   November 27
24. Are you a morning person or a night person?  Morning!
25. What is your shoe size?  Size 9
26. Pets?  1 dog - Sha-sha - Rhodesian Ridgeback
27. What did you want to be when you were little?   I wanted to be an executive secretary
28. What are you today?  Software tester
29. What is your favorite candy?   Not really a candy eater but I guess White Chocolate Resee Cups
30. Your favorite flower?  Anyhing purple
31. What is a day on the calendar you are really looking forward to?   My son's graduation in June.
32. What are you listening to right now?  Watching TV right now - Myth Busters.
33. What was the last thing you ate?  Pizza for dinner
34. Do you wish on stars?   Oh yes
35. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?  Purple or Red
36. What is your pet peeve?  Leaving milk in the bottom of glasses.
37. Last person you spoke to on the phone?   My mother
38. Do you like the person/people you are sending this onto?  I like anyone who might actually read my blog
39. Favorite soft drink?  Diet Coke.  I don't drink but if I did, Strawberry Daquari
40. Favorite restaurant?  Bonefish Grill
41. Hair Color?  Brownish Red
42. Favorite day of the year?   Christmas Day
43. What was your favorite toy as a child?  My Betsy McCall doll.
44. Summer or winter?   Fall, really but between the choices, summer.
45. Hugs or kisses? Hugs
46. Chocolate or vanilla? vanilla
47. Do you want your blog friends to carry this on?   I would love to have others post theirs.
48. When was the last time you cried?  Last night watching Eli Stone (the show moves me)
49. What is under your bed?   Just carpet - it's actually clean!
50. Who is the friend you've had the longest?  Sheli Dryfuse - 17 years
51. What did you do last night?  Had dinner with son & husband then watched tv and read blogs
53. What are you afraid of?  Having cancer again somewhere in my body
54. How many keys on your key ring?  1 - my car
55. How many years at your current job?  7 weeks but before that 35 years.
56. Favorite day of the week?  Most definitely Friday
57. How many states have you lived in?  2 - Illinois & Ohio
58. Do you make friends easily?   Not really.
59. How many folks will you send this to?   In all honesty - maybe 1 or 2 but I can hope for more!

Down and Up Again

I apparently can't read the numbers on the scale - either that or I ate too much this week.  The official number today was 309.5 ~ up from last week but still down from the start.  So, I guess I should still be happy but....

I did eat some chips last week - had a horrible taste for something salty.  But they are gone now and I won't be buying more.  Other than that, I actually eating healthier than before.  Sill hurts to walk - my leg/knee is killing me - so I haven't really excerised.  However, I'm going to call the doc this week and see what's up with it (besides too much weight).  I absolutely need to exercise. So that's my goal for this week - to at least start.  It won't be much but it will be a start.

I've quit eating in the cafeteria.  I only have purchased food from there once since before the holidays.  It's way too expensive and not very healthy.  I'm taking lunch - usually a sandwich, apple, and orange.  Or soup and fruit.  Much better and I don't feel deprived at all! 

So I'll keep pressing on and maybe soon I can report that I've lost 10% of my body weight - that would be a good thing and it's a reasonable goal to start with. 

So until next time...

7 Down

304.5 this morning.

I've decided not to weight myself everyday and stress about the small stuff but rather once (or maybe twice) a week is all.  So I pleasantly surprised when I've dropped 7.  I really haven't done anything except what what I eat.  Now, if I could only convince myself to exercise, I would really start seeing the pounds drop.  However, I'm in a catch 22 situation - my knee hurts really bad - so bad that it hurts to walk, sit, bend it, or anything.  So exercising will be difficult.  But the reason it hurts so bad - or at least part of the reason (I believe) is because of my weight.  ARGH!

But still - 7 is a good start.

Until next time...

Happy New Year

  Finally!  Here's the pictures of me at my current, absolutely disgusting weight ~ 311.5 lbs.  It's SO time that I start doing something about it.  I am so disgusted that I've allowed me to get like this - I feel miserable all of the time, I can't walk well because my knees hurt, my self-esteem is at an all time low, and I don't like it any more.  So, time to get up off my fat rear-end and do something about it.  So as embarassing as it is to post these, here they are.  Wish me luck on my quest to be a "normal" weight again. 

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