| Tweet |  Delicious |
Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
18 Comments:
Denise,
If you have the extra funds, you could find a local Creative Memories Consultant who incorporates private sessions as part of their business. I had a friend/consultant help me, and though I still don't have them in albums, they are now organized by child and in order...just a step away from an album. It can be pricey, especially because you'd likely end up buying their products as well as the consult time...it would be one those things you choose to afford....but not as fun as chocolate or new earrings. :-)
Beverly
To be honest I have no answer to your question.
I too have a box (not as big as yours)of unorganised photos, and I have no idea when they will be organised. Not to mention all of the digital photos that I have taken over the past year.
I have nothing like your 'excuse' though. I am single, no children, so the photos are all scenes, friends and family. I find there are other things that take prority over sorting photos, such as taking more photos ;)
I hope you can remember what/who they were all of and where they were taken when you do start to organise them.
One solution is scrapbooking. You get to socialise while creating memories that should last for a long while. It will also encourage you to sort them out. For ideas just google Scrapbooking for the layouts that people have created.
Try this:
1. Get several boxes (one for each child and you).
2. One night while you're helping the kids with homework, watching TV, etc. sort out the pix into the boxes.
3. Then, schedule some time with each child and let them help put the photos into the albums. You'll spend some quality time with each one and get your albums done, too. If it's not perfect, it's OK, because they helped.
(Of course the children have to be school-aged to really help.)
What do you think? Is it do-able?
Page
Oh I feel your pain! LOL I have a box like that only mine is a huge round tin. I made it as far as putting most pictures in a bag that belongs to each child. I hope we get some good answers here! I know I will NEVER have the time to do it.
LOL! I LOVE that picture! I'm the worst when it comes to organizing pictures. Hubby does all that (yes, he's the organized one). Unfortunately, I'm the one everyone grumbles behind at the grocery while I dig through the bottomless pit of my purse in search of a coupon which has been reduced to bits.
My vote? Let the kids grapple over them when they're retired and have nothing else to do. You can find what you need when you need them, right? Okay, it may take you a few days, but you'll get there.
It's just not worth the pain.
My mom had that problem. It wasn't until all us girls were out of the house that she pulled it out and began to sort them. In fact, we "inherited" pictures of ourselves with scrapbooks to put them in.
I've gotten that way too, but my box isn't too big and most of the pictures are in albums, the boxed ones are the copies. Right now, my computer is holding/storing all pics. Oh, how I love the digital age.
I'm a former Creative Memories consultant and agree with what Beverly suggested. Photos left in their envelopes and in boxes with be damaged over time. Even if you don't have time to put them in albums, take the photos out of the processing envelopes and store them in photo-safe boxes.
Sorting photos is a HUGE task. Start by sorting by year. Break that year into 12 months, and put pictures into piles for those months.
When you sit down to watch T.V. or feel bored, grab a month and put the photos in order. Ask your family to help. Not only will you get the task done quicker, but you will have a marvelous stroll down memory lane.
Me, too, Denise. I stopped with photo albums in the late '80s.
I love to take pictures, but stopped with the print stuff when it began to overwhelm me.
Tony gave me a digital frame for Christmas! I love it. It's the new way to go.
As for old pictures, I wish you well. ;)
Hugs, R
Denise,
I love the picture! Not only do I have one of those boxes, but my mother has a HUGE one that I know I will inherit one day and I don't even know who half the people are! Many aren't labeled or anything!
Blessings
Michelle
Good ideas everyone! I especially like the idea of involving the kids. It might be fun for them to remember things they did when they were younger.
I have so many beautiful Creative Memories books...filled with vacations, birthday parties, babies being born. Then, Elle came. The poor girl will know she was born, but not much else. I don't even have time to take snapshots, much less print them or put them in a book.
Do you have one child that is more thoughtful - hangs on to their toys longer, etc... (don't you have all boys?) - maybe you can also "pay" him to sort for you. He'll enjoy looking at the pictures and won't think its a chore, plus he'll get $$ or some other treat.
(That's if the idea of getting them all involved doesn't work out)
Kristin,
My younger sister always complained that there were LOTS of photos of me (first child) and none of her (arrived six yrs. later).
Now that she has her own home and children, she's filled her house with photos of herself and the rest of the family.
Keep an eye on Elle. She may do the same. :-)
Oh heavens Judy, I'm making a narcissist, that's what you're telling me? LOL She has one photo book that she goes thru again and again, and she knows how to find a camera, so you may be right.
My dad just took a darling photo of her in a red crepe dress for Christmas.
As im a creative memories consultant i was going to suggest what Beverly did also.
we have what we call a power sort box which hold lots of photos but you can sort them into catagories. so they are at least sorted. One suggestion is start with your latest photos and then work backwards (says me who also has the piles of photos)
Oh and chocolate is all part of the package you always have it on hand when at a workshop.
This is where you find a dear, trusted scrap-booking friend and turn her loose! Then you'll be both blessed and surprised at what she's done with your treasured memories, and she can take a walk down memory lane with you as she works:-)
Ooh, I feel a novel idea about to burst forth! You can have it:-)
I have a box just like that LOL! (Maybe more than one.) I bought the most inexpensive photo boxes (they look like shoeboxes) at Walmart in the aisle where they sell photo albums. They cost maybe $3 each or thereabouts, and they hold a *lot* of photos. They also stack neatly on a shelf. Someday I'll write on the back of the photos and put them in some kind of order, but for now, at least they're out of that box! There wasn't much box left after our two cats decided to make it a scratching post LOL!
~Susan
Post a Comment
<< Home