What's up with all the ink cartridges?

So I am doing my best at catching up with all the scrapbooking I have been putting off for a while now. Jackson doesn't even have one yet; and I think the last time I put a picture in Oakley's she was 6 months old. Anyway, today I woke up with a mission... to print the pictures up. I didn't go to the gym because the kids have had a horrible cough; so I had plenty of time today.

I went downstairs and began printing them off, but after about 2 pictures my Kodak printer was out of ink, so I replaced the cartridge. Then things were off. The cartridge went out again, that one didn't have much ink, cuz it ran out quickly. So I went to plan B, send it to my regular printer and put the photo paper on it. The pictures were of such poor quality that I decided to run to Walmart and buy more ink for the Kodak printer. I went there with all 4 kids, bought the ink, came home, opened the package and realized I had bought the wrong kind of cartridge. AAARRRGGGHHH!

I just have one question... WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF INK CARTRIDGES OUT THERE? Okay, 2 questions... CAN'T THEY JUST MAKE THEM ALL UNIVERSAL?!

So here I was again. I tweeked some things and began using my HP printer again. (Luckily I had bought the hp paper while at Walmart). I ran out of that paper and started using another I had and the printer kept having paper jams. Needless to say, I have thrown in the towel for the time being because at this point Jackson and Oakley are both down for a nap and I am tired of working on the computer.

The good news is, at least I have some pictures to start working with for Jackson and I just happen to have a blue empty photo album.

I sure do wish I was better with computers!