Today I find myself dreaming about next week on this day. My kids start school next Wednesday and it’s the first time both will be in school all day. I’m already thinking about the projects I can dig into starting with my photos. I was scrolling through my photos to get one for Wordless Wednesday but instead found myself dreaming of getting this big project underway.

I’m a stickler for organization and backups. I like the fun scrapbook stuff too and I fringe in it but it’s not my primary device for recording memories and photos. My plan will likely evolve over time but right now I have a set idea of what I want to have done. I want digital backups of all my photos including all those that were taken long before the digital age. I also want printed copies which means a lot of catching up since the digital age for me. My goal is to get them all organized chronologically both in my software, backups and photo books. By organizing first I’ll know how much space I’ll need for books and I will buy a nice looking set with room for future additions. I’m ready to lose the many mix-matched folders I have now. Then I can enjoy doing specific books and projects with my digital scrapbooking and regular scrapbooking. It’s an elephant of a task but I keep thinking about how happy I’ll be with the results. I remember my first taste of this when I started making digital copies of all my many handouts, etc. The reduction of clutter, ease of finding what you were looking for, backups, etc. was priceless. It’s time now for me to tackle the more important content of photo memories.

By the way, I’m loving iPhoto. I’m waiting on my replacement Adobe Photoshop 6 for my Mac, but I may not use it as much as I thought I would the longer I play with iPhoto.

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