Pasta- My First Attempt

This morning I went out and bought a pasta machine. I really believed that by tonight I would have fresh pasta to cook for dinner. I also believed that I would have so much time after making this pasta that I would also bake a cake. Well, those were both pretty lofty goals.
I think i will have to go through this step by step.
1. Ingredients.

They look simple enough, right?
2. Now make a well of flour. Pour eggs and water in the center of the well.

That's even kind of pretty to look at. However, this is where it started to go wrong for me. While i was stirring the flour into the egg, the wall of my well broke. My counter (it is actually a large cutting bored over my stove because my kitchen is the size of a shoebox and my kitchenaid takes up the majority of counter space) was flooded by egg. I worked fast to save the ingredients. I stirred as I pushed the egg back towards the flour. It was unpleasant and a bit discouraging. In the end I won.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic and let it rest.

Doesn't look too bad, eh? I thought it was smooth sailing from here on. I was wrong. Suprise!
4. Roll the dough. Simple, yes? I put it through the machine on its widest setting. Basically, i followed the directions given to me. Unfortunately, after going through the whole process, I folded the dough over in thirds and cut nice ribbons of pasta. Then the dough morphed itself back together, each ribbon becoming a sort of long fat dumpling. I tried to unfold them to no avail.

5. Lather, rinse, repeat. I try again.
6. Success (sort of)! Out of all of that dough I managed to create 5 noodles. I felt triumphant and proud.

So I ate them.
I'm going to try again tomorrow. This time i will start with a bowl.