Replaced, but not forgotten

The stolen camera was never recovered. Some crack addict probably shot up the whole wad of cash he got when he pawned it. Degenerate.

My mourning period ended and due to the fact that backorders do not in any way amuse me, I jumped in the car and drove to the nearest Best Buy to replace my D80. I am impatient like that. Bill was all “You need to wait” and I was all “Wait for what????? The second coming? Bill, I know that Jesus wants me to have this camera. NOW! I need it”. I got the want -vs- need talk from him….”Gorilla, guerrilla. Big difference.” It did little good. Want won.

I also called our insurance agent and got a rider on our home owners policy for the dang thing. It cost a whopping $17 a year to insure with a $50 deductible. It makes me sick to think that for such a small cost, I could have had a replacement purchased by the insurance agency. One hell of alot cheaper than forking out the money for the cost of a new D80. If you own a nice camera, do yourself a big favor and drop whatever you are doing and get it insured. I can testify that if it happened to me in a sleepy little town, it can happen to you. Also, buy a good backpack camera bag that does not say “Canon”, “Nikon” etc on it. A camera carry case is advertising its contents. A backpack is less conspicuous and doesn’t scream “I am an expensive camera…please steal me”.

Did I need this camera? No. I didn’t. I need food, shelter, and the clothes on my back. Not a camera. Yes, there are many things that I don’t need. Regardless, I have found something that really interests me, and have enjoyed very much taking nice pictures of my family.

Alert and looking for squirrels

Even the dog.

Now, I promised house photos, so here is one of the most important area of our home….the coffee station. It even trumps the bathroom that is MINE, ALL MINE!

Coffee station

Stay tuned for another sunrise shot tomorrow.

Oh, and a redesign of my blog in the next week or so.