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Ok, since hubby and middle child are off to a conference, I am cleaning out my craft closet. At the same time I am going through tubs and albums in there and finding pictures for my middle son's graduation video. Now, prior to the digital age, my negatives are organized by dates in photograph boxes. I also have picture albums until we hit the digital age in 2002. Now after that, it is spotty. I have a few albums I've done. We do have all of our pictures backed up digitally in several formats. I also have a CD of all the pictures organized chronologically.
Now, here is what is NOT organized....
I had great hopes of scrapbooking... We have taken 2 to 4 family vacations a year or anniversary trips or something. So I would buy scrapbooking themed stuff, have the picture and all the brochures in a sack... So I probably have 20 sacks like that. ( Like our family trip to Disney world with the album, all the Disney theme stickers, tickets, etc or the camping trip to Yellowstone) I have quit doing that, but the 20 half started ones are in there. I also have 3 giant tubs of memorabilia. As I was looking through there I found letters from various grandparents and parents, many of whom are now deceased. I have programs from college graduation, med school graduation, choir programs, etc. I found my acceptance to college and report cards they mailed to my father. ( Before the current, you have to get permission from your student to see their grades age...) A letter my granddad wrote to ask for admission to college in 1932. Tons of pictures, some I took, but I believe many of these are ones other relatives sent me over the years as well as all of those sports picture packages and such.
I don't know that I will take the time right now to organize those tubs. However, when all of my children are gone, what is the best way to organize all of this??? I'm sort of at a loss. There is just so much stuff. I could have spent hours reading the letters that were in there. My 8th grade diary was in there!!!!
Now, here is what is NOT organized....
I had great hopes of scrapbooking... We have taken 2 to 4 family vacations a year or anniversary trips or something. So I would buy scrapbooking themed stuff, have the picture and all the brochures in a sack... So I probably have 20 sacks like that. ( Like our family trip to Disney world with the album, all the Disney theme stickers, tickets, etc or the camping trip to Yellowstone) I have quit doing that, but the 20 half started ones are in there. I also have 3 giant tubs of memorabilia. As I was looking through there I found letters from various grandparents and parents, many of whom are now deceased. I have programs from college graduation, med school graduation, choir programs, etc. I found my acceptance to college and report cards they mailed to my father. ( Before the current, you have to get permission from your student to see their grades age...) A letter my granddad wrote to ask for admission to college in 1932. Tons of pictures, some I took, but I believe many of these are ones other relatives sent me over the years as well as all of those sports picture packages and such.
I don't know that I will take the time right now to organize those tubs. However, when all of my children are gone, what is the best way to organize all of this??? I'm sort of at a loss. There is just so much stuff. I could have spent hours reading the letters that were in there. My 8th grade diary was in there!!!!
I've also got all the family geneaology stuff thrown in there for good measure. One day, I'll have it all organized, I swear. *fingers crossed*
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