Moving pictures from the LG 800 phone to a computer?

I have a 4 GB Micro SD card on my LG 800 phone. I have several pictures I want to move to my computer. I've pored over the instruction book ( A serious disappointment for sure) and I still have no idea how to move the pictures to my computer. I have a Micro SD card adapter, I have my phone storage set so the pictures are supposed to be sent to the SD card. When I plug it in my computer it says it has a completely free memory and shows nothing has been saved on it. Can anyone tell me how to get the pictures off of my phone and onto my computer? I'm super irritated right now.