Maria!
   GOSH !!!
 if you need a new air conditioning that should come first !! ( specailly if you live in a hot place as i do ) just enjoy what you have then!!

     For now =BE EXCITED with your nikon 7900 ( which i have.) i have personally discovered THAT if it is on macro mode it is a magical little box hehe.
   i shoot on maco mode 70 percent of the time
    heck i even do landscapes on macro mode at times that cam really has a punch in that little flower setting under scene .. all those bridgeport shots i did . macro mode .LOL..now you know my little hangup  that coupled with my artistic background gives me so many possiblitys.. alot of my pov shots are simply putting the cam on whAT ever the HECK i can find to steady it ..the ground- the wall by the tree .... i am so used to getting killer shots on that mode that its hard for me  to move to another cam and have a million other things to think about . ( but i need to i am at the point wheree it calls to me and i AM DYiNG TO LEARN LOL ))
     when i shoot i am primary focused on  an interesting Subject composition light and keeping the darn thing still as i can LOL...i always try to get a balence of dark and light in my compos. play with your nikon 7900 on that mode in a new  and unexpected way s and it will be fun untill you can get the slr.  If  my background dosnt have the dof i want  i make two copies one with a glassian blur then clone the sharp area from the second copy over the ares i want.  lol but i am sick of doing that sometimes i sit there and play with one picture for 5 hours . i want to learn and do it right the first time!!  but seriously you have the best pocket cam for the money i feel . THAT 7900  won awards two years in a row and so pick it up and give it a big kiss and go out and play!!hehe... another thing to think about is with the pocket cam you can get away with much more.. when you go out people dont mind if you take their pics they are not threatened i can go in a mall or casino and people think i am just an over zealous mom that is camera happy .  then when i am with Georgia  ( georgy on here who is my best friend and teacher ) .when we are out and about..and she has the big guns out people treat it differantly and are worried about why you are taking thier pic .. harder to get around things the whole photographer steriotype is there that i feel can get in the way as people are parinoid out there..hehe...
just a few thoughts this morning as i am drinking my coffee....
 hope all my rambaling here gets the point across
 by the way i love your king charles spaniel avaitor ..whatta sweet babyee!!
 what beuatiful dogs you have !! i have a cocker spaniel and she is my baby and goes with me everywhere lol she is sittting here right now licking my foot!! LOL!!..
 love ya kimmie!! :O)

kimmers ♥ :O)