Photos

Just this year I have gotten into scrapbooking.  While it is fun, I have managed to spend a small fortune on this hobby.  My scrapbooks don't look as good as the ones you see in magazines, but I enjoy looking through them.  My major problem with making these books, is that I have been really slack in the past about writing names, dates, events on the back of the photos.  So now I am forced to try to come up with these important items.

  I have came across some photos of  people that no one in my family can decide on who it is.  That is great.  Alot of the photos are like of a great-grand someone or another.  A few are people I knew in school, but can't remember their names.  I know, it's sad.  But what I find really sad is that for me to have their pictures I must have felt (at the time anyway) that these were important people to me. 

So, let this be a lesson to everyone.  At the very least write names on the back of your photos.  One day you will forget names, or your kids will wonder who the heck the people are -- relatives, friends, etc....-- and if no one is around to ask then there is no way to hold on to those memories.

Also, by not putting pictures all in one place I have managed to lose a few.  But I have also came up with some really funny ones that I had forgotten all about.  You wouldn't believe all the places I have found photos.  GOT to keep them all in one place.  This is important for several reasons.  With the fires in Calif right now is the best example.  If you have to get out and leave everything behind, MAYBE you can grap your photos (if they are all together in one place) on your way out the door.  You can replace everything in your house except for people, pets, and photos!