High Stress Level- We Hit A Snag

I think my stress level last night was about as high as it has ever been. Things have been going really smoothly with this whole process, so a smart person should have seen it coming. It isn't anything major (like we failed the home study), but it is a set back at the worst time.

I had spent many hours perfecting my text for the profile. That was my main focus. I also went through and picked pictures of everything we needed. My parents sent me a bunch and my brother and sister-in-law had me pick a ton from facebook. Dusty asked his family as well and they sent us a ton of great pictures. I thought that was handled. I emailed the graphic designer on Sunday afternoon that everything was in dropbox and ready.

On a slight side note Dusty and I are heading out for the first "real" (meaning not to visit either family althought that is fun too but isn't the same) vacation in 4 years. We leave today after work. We had worked in overdrive to get everything done before we left so that we were not pushing things back a week. The plan was to have the planning conversation with the designer tomorrow on the long drive and while we were in waiting mode be having fun on vacation. WRONG!

I get an email at 5 pm last night which I didn't check until 9 pm because I went to the barn to ride after work, then we had dinner (hot dogs yum!) and then took the pups for a walk. There was an email from the designer saying that she liked the pictures. They were fun and non posed. BUT....she can't use them becasue they are low resolution and screen quality not print quality. :( She also mentioned that any picture from an online source such as facebook or shutterfly can not be used.

The good news is that I had swiped a bunch of my own that I had the original for from facebook because it was easier and I was already there swiping pictures from my sister-in-law. The problem is that beyond knowing that I can't use ones from those sources, I have no clue what really designates a good quality picture. It could be that my small digital camera just doesn't take high resolution pictures. If that is the case, we are up the proverbial creek.

Of course all this would have been nice to know BEFORE I uploaded all the pictures and annoyed family the first time. The email made a comment about how some people just have bad pictures and end up with nothing usable. Well, if this happens a lot don't you think an email or conversation about quality should be done at the beginning of all this???

This all meant that I became a mad woman last night and stayed up until midnight knowing full well that 5:30 would come awfully early this morning. I went through the storage area and found all the original cd's that I had burned pics to and re-uploaded them. I also found our honey moon pics (there is 1 in particular that I really want in there) and uploaded those. I re did everything that I could and made new folders titled take 2. There are some I am missing and need to find the memory card for those that was in my car and I didn't feel like getting. The problem is that while I can avoid the facebook ones, I don't know if a 35 mm camera (allbeit a very high quality camera) put onto a cd is considered high resolution or not. I also do not know if either of my 2 small digital cameras are.

AHHHHHH!!!!