Team Jones

It was a while back now that I realized my camera was missing. MISSING!!!

The last I remember, I was using it liberally while Saunders and Katie were in town. We visited Tempe (the red and black football game), we went to Sedona (the struggling seagull), and we drove for hours as we enjoyed lots of singing and dancing (the ever-infamous travelling band).

I must admit, I haven't resorted to turning the house upside down to look for the camera. After Saunders and Katie left, I didn't think of my camera again for a few weeks, when it was time for me to make a long visit home to Georgia. I wanted my camera to take pictures at the two weddings that we were a part of, and as I was packing hastily the night before my flight took off, I couldn't find the camera. Anywhere!!! How can a camera just go missing? This one did. I figured I would find the camera once I got home, but it never popped up anywhere. And I still haven't taken the time to turn the house upside down to look for it. It doesn't seem to be in any of our three-or-so black holes in the house, so there's really no telling where it is. Saddest thing of all is, it's got my 2G memory stick in it, chok full of great pictures of our visit to The Grand Canyon with Vicki and Grandmama, our visit to Sedona with Saunders and Katie, and sooooo much more... even Katie Anne's first birthday party! And now, I have nothing.

*pout*

So, how am I posting all these pictures on the blog and on Facebook? The camera on my phone is pretty good. And since my phone seems to be a bit easier to come by on a moment's notice, I haven't really missed the camera all that much. Plus, the camera was trying to crap out on me in Sedona... but that doesn't mean I don't miss it!!!

Here is a random compilation of pictures I have taken with my phone while on the move:

Carlton found great humor in this car tag while we sat waiting in a drive-thru: "O RLY"
See his "proof of humor" in this, this, and this link.

Carlton found it a bit disturbing, but this place was advertised by the local morning news variety show hosted by, I kid you not, Patty Kirkpatrick and Kaley O'Kelley. This $0.99 only store even sells legit bottles of wine, herbs and spices, and even dairy, frozen goods, and fresh veggies! I did quite a bit of Thanksgiving meal shopping here:

Here's Vespa during a hard day's work. This is her absolute favorite toy. We call it The Donut. It's just a meat flavored raw hide, but it's perfect for her to stick her little paw through, and hold it down as she bites and pulls:

Georgia experiences The Snowbird Effect as people from the northern states drive through, and on down to Florida. In Arizona, there is no "driving through." They own their second houses here. And they've started showing up... in brightly-colored, floral-print shirts.