Michelle...when did you go away to Colorado? And here I thought I was keeping up pretty well at least until the past few days. [g] I enjoyed the photo tour. The mountain shots came out really well. I also enjoy a little rustic and elegant together. You did a nice job catching the light in the landscape photos. Of course photo #1 with the cactus in the chair is very humorous and inventive. Some people are so talented! Thanks for sharing! pm2

Hi puglvr1 I was thinking of you when I was having my fill with the best mangoes! I had one fruiting on the side of the window, they were gigantic. They told me that one of the best was a "black mango", not in season. Jack Fruit, Nesberry, June plum and Otaheite apple were in season. The best wild papayas on the road! The pictures are from Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The Mahoe waterfall is inside the Coyaba gardens. And yes, we did go to Dunns Fall and it was a hard climb! Especially being next day that we did the Mahoe. I saw your picture of the Lychee fruiting, nice! In Jamaica I saw some giant Lychee trees and I bought the Lychee liquor. I will let you know how it tastes. I saw a cooking demonstration of jerk pork and chicken with a mango and papaya salsa. I can't wait to make it. I want to go back...already. Silvia

Most likely, the format of the card has been corrupted. The images may or may not be recoverable. If you are lucky, extremely lucky, the only problem may that the last file written to the card is open (not properly closed) and the 'end of file' marker is missing. Depending on what the person at the resort photo desk did, the card may be unaltered, or permanently messed up. Your best bet is to take the card out of the camera and insert into a card reader connected to your computer. If you can view some of the files, copy these to your hard drive or CD. [That's 'copy', not 'move'] Do not perform any operation that writes to the card including delete. This could compromise the format. Many camera makers use a properitery format not understood by conventional PC equipment. To insure the card does not get written to, set its slide switch to 'lock' or whatever verbage they use. With the switch moved to lock, the card can not be written to, only viewed or copied. Be sure to move the switch back before inserting into the camera. After you have copied as many images as you can, clean up the card by formating in the camera. Make several shots and view these in the camera. Erase these shots and repeat. If the card performs well, it is probably ok. However, if it is the least bit flaky or you are not secure with it, discard it and go with a new card. Memory cards have come down in price. Things that can corrupt a card: 1. Pull it out of the camera when it is busy. 2. Pull it out of the camera with the camera 'on'. Many cameras likely provide a safety feature and keep the card closed until needed, but we can not be sure how the operating system si written. To be safe, never insert or pull a memory card when the camera is on. 3. Do not touch the card contacts. Static charges can harm. Also, a fingerprint on a contact may interfere with it making an electrical circuit. 4. Never allow a 'write' operation to the card while in other equipment. Writing to the card may comprimize its format. You might get by with a 'delete', but we can not be sure about this. 5. Old card. These cards do go bad with age. Many of these cards have an internal "keep alive" battery, usually a lithium cell good for maybe 10 years. A tiny amount of charge is required for the memory junctions to retain their state. When the battery dies, the card does too. When you buy a card, look for its date of manufacture or warranty expiration date to get a clue of how old the card is.

stepmonster, Your feelings are legitimate and i understand you fully and completly for ''feeling like you really don't like this child'' I felt the same way towards my eldest daughter for years, and years, and years. Still feel some anxiety towards her but less and less. I used to tell myself i really didn't like this stepdaughter. I didn't like this about her, didn't like that about her and yet I didn't even see her half as much as i saw the other two stepchildren. Today, i know howwever, that one of the reasons i didn't see her as much as the other children is because she didn't like me and didn't want to be around me. Only around her father. I was a threat to her! She made me feel like i had intruded in her life. Her father never, never would refuse anything she wanted and even if it meant getting into a big argument with me. The best advice i can give you is this : really, really try hard at disengaging yourself from this child. When he comes around, let dear husband discipline him as much as possible. Plus it won't take long that he won't want to come over to your house himself. He's going to find all kinds of excuses for not coming over especially, when he sees that you will not be responding to his every demand, want, etc. etc. etc. Remember, you may want this, or that in relation to this child. Maybe its not what he wants. Let him come to you a bit, show him you are not a dog and can't be treated like one. When he is mean to you, ignore it! My oldest SD made fun of me for years and years and years in front of her father and her other two siblings. Believe it or not! Husband would agree with her when she made fun of the way i spoke in English. I took it for a while until one day i told her she had better keep her mouth shut was she was ahead because if i had to correct her English writing, she would see that I wasn't that bad in English and plus i told her I at least could talk two languages while she could only talked one. I had never told her anything before for fear of hurting her. One day i said enough is enough! Another time, i made a birthday cake for her daughter. She made fun of the darn cake for hours. Once again, Hubby joined on the fun with her. There were 10 ppl in the room and nobody else made fun of my cake. I was really, really upset. The next morning i took the rest of the cake and threw it in the garbage. Hubby came home that night and saw the cake in the basket. He never said a word. This year, when it was this grand-daughter's birthday again, hubby asked me : are you going to do a cake for her. You should have seen my reaction, my eyes grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I told him to forget about a homemade cake. I would never make one again! Haven't to this day. Talk to your husband and if you see things are not getting better, work really, really hard on distancing your self from this child in a polite way until he shows you respect. Keep posting.