An Update.

This month is almost over and I have written nothing but two posts about my camera. (I could write about the gas prices, global climate change, or the upcoming presidental election but those issues don't impact my life on a day to day basis like the health of my camera) It continues to give me the error and I continue to twist and pull to fix it. The pictures are still acceptable so we won't be taking any action as of yet.

Tricia has been back to work for three weeks by the end of today and finally Zachary is falling into a somewhat predictable pattern. He wakes. He eats. I change his diaper. He coos, squirms, and has tummy time. He gets fussy. He goes to sleep, sometimes. And during these sometimes he stays awake and requires holding, rocking in a chair or walking around to assist him into a deeper sleep.

When the predictable behavior happens, I'm able to clean the house, clean myself, make dinner, put out the buffet spread (Lois and Dylan's all-day meal) and complete other household tasks like - playing with Dylan, going to the park, changing Lois's diaper, and writing and posting pictures to these blogs.

Zachary is/and has been sleeping through the night since day 4 of his life. (Please don't send mean spirited comments or you'll be cursed with a non-sleeper.) I know that we've been lucky with Dylan and Zachary

Dylan continues to be a bit more whinny and needy, especially when it comes to mommy-time but we expected that. Overall, he's a great big brother and loves to play with Zachary whether it's touching his body parts and naming them or pretending to eat his toes. The past two mornings, they've watched Sesame Street together laying and sitting side by side on the couch, covered with the same blanket.

Camera - It's fixed...I think.

So the lens had been stuck open and the picture on the LCD screen was very blurry. After a few seconds the camera would beep and LCD would read, lens error, restart camera. When I restarted the camera it would produce the same blurry picture and repeat. This was and sometimes still is my problem. My advice. Don't buy a Canon Powershot CD1000 digital ELPH or any camera that has a lens that telescopes every time you turn it on or off. (That is if you ever plan on taking it out of the container) I will have to preface this by saying, it takes great pictures and I love it but there is a serious design flaw.

Here's what I found when I googled it.....paraphrased of course. After looking on various chat rooms regarding my error message, I've found that I have a few options to explore. Number 1, remove the battery, put it back in and then restart. No dice. Number 2, hit (with moderate force) on a the end where your battery is housed. This didn't work for me but fixed the problem for some people. Number 3 and the winning option, twist and pull(lightly) on the telescoping lens and it with click and all will be better. That is until it gets stuck again, and it has. Great design! A word of caution, don't toggle from camera, to video, to picture review while the camera is on....it makes the lens go in and out, gets stuck and gives this error alot! Number 4, send it to Canon. If a warranty would cover this problem, which it appears by reading these chats that it doesn't, you could send it into Canon. Since I don't have a warranty, I took it apart and looked at it just long enough to realize that I should put it back together. For the record, it's not a good idea. I was able to get it back together and it still works.

So far, no need for a new camera, but I've added it to the budget.

Lens error. Restart camera.

My day is officially ruined. What will I do? My camera won't stop giving me this message. I think I'm going to cry. Never mind, Zachary's awake, he'll cry for me.