James was always involved in sports and music. I have found music programs and sport schedules scattered in our files. Unfortunately, I was not very organized when the kids were small. The digital world we live in makes it much easier to file these memories so we can search for specific items. My process is…
Memories?
How do you protect your memories? Because we live in tornado alley, I have many of my most treasured books in the basement in plastic tubs on heavy shelves that are anchored to the cement walls. I know that won’t save them in the worst of storms but was always hopeful that it would help….
Family Recipes, a tradition shared.
Do you have recipes that have been used in your family for generations? My Mom was a country girl; I was one until the end of my sixth grade, when my parents moved to a small town outside of Omaha. I always helped Mom cook supper so making gravy and mashed potatoes were second nature. …
Family Traditions
Do you have any family traditions? Most families have some yearly traditions around the holidays. Our family has had one weekly tradition that has carried forward into the next generation. Friday night is pizza night. I can’t remember exactly when we started; but the kids were in grade school. I love to cook. Kids love…
Memories
This weekend, I managed to find time to scan more of our slides. This project will take many more hours to complete but I hope to accomplish this task by the end of this year. The box of slides had pictures of our son at six weeks old. Jim was in Florida on business and…
Protecting Our Memories of “The Trip of A Lifetime”
In July, our family took the Trip of a Lifetime! So many memories – so much to share. These are just the highlights of our trip: Like I said: “The trip of a Lifetime.” But how will I organize all the photos and capture the memories? There are over 4, 700 pictures! That’s overwhelming! During…
I don’t know what I would do if I lost my pictures in a tornado! (hurricane, flood, fire or hard drive crash)
Recently, my husband, Jim & I attended a local chapter meeting of The Compassionate Friends (https://www.compassionatefriends.org/), a world-wide organization that provides friendship, understanding and hope to parents, grandparents and siblings who have lost children. During the discussion, one person said; “I don’t know what I would do if I lost my pictures in a tornado!”…
The Importance of Memories!
When our kids were babies, I had my hands full. They were two and a half years apart in age and a whole world of difference in personalities. James was quiet. He stuck to me like glue. He would be in the kitchen when I was in the kitchen. In the family room when I…
Protecting Your Photos and Other Files
We store photos on our phones, SD cards, USBs, computers, external hard drives, and in the cloud. There are many services that seem to protect us with automatic backup to the “cloud” or to external hard drives. Free “cloud” storage sounds like a great idea but please read the Terms of Service – before trusting…
Organizing Family Memorabilia
I have to admit, I am a OneNote junkie. Yes, I use OneNote to organize everything. Why do I love OneNote so much? What I love about OneNote is the ability to gather many types of files and links in one place. For example, in my notebook “Family History & Photo Notes, ” I gather…