Too many pictures just laying in the drawer!

Pictures can really pile up over the years. I just found an entire envelope full of pictures a few days ago, that I had forgotten I had. Of friends, some still known, some as a distant memory. And that is not to count the photo albums and what might be lurking in the depths of crawl spaces or closets to say the very least. Of course, I haven’t take any pictures in many years of myself or allowed any pictures of myself to be taken outside of identification purposes. Lets just say that I don’t have a good relationship with cameras. And even if I am a very technologically inclined person, a lot of technology tends to be something that is rather beyond the pale for me. Something about picture based technology, and all of the improvements with it, really does seem to slip underneath my radar more often than not. And I really do have no reason why this might be. Just the fact that it does tend to happen a lot. That is just how technology is. Its for many people and for some it is not.

I started out really good with my pictures in albums but I was picture crazy. I now have them in albums and show boxes. I tried to sort them a couple of times but I would get pretty far into it and then find a picture that belonged 3 albums before..LOL..I would have to rearrange everything. I actually liked the idea of getting the kids together to help you with organizing them. I might have to do the same with mine.

It is a shame that people don't print off as many photographs these days, because it would seem that photo albums are a thing of the past, at least in the physical sense anyway. I make a physical album for each year of my life, and will print off only the best photos of everything that has happened. This will usually include photos from people's birthday, or Christmas, or from holidays, and I find it nice at the end of each year to be able to go through the photos that have been taken and decide which ones are going to be put into the main album.

well, learning get no age, even though the interest get wane for a certain period. there are times we get realize that we need to learn something about the latest technology although we get hesitate for thinking those new learning are only confine to the young generation. learning got no limit and age s not a barrier. do not be shy to ask fro other even though they are younger than you to teach you so you could do it alone for many times without asking them anymore. being self reliant could not be mistaken as being knowledgeable. sometimes we need to go beyond the things which we think could not do but with perseverance another learning opportunity open up for better appreciating self.

At certain point my eldest (now 28) left home I gave her all her pictures, all the pictures of your family (albums) and the dia's I made incl. the projector. I did the same with number 2 (now 26). Number 3 (now 21) is less interested. I never really had the time to start an album so my eldest made it for her and gave it to her as a present. Next to this I only have a wooden photobox with pictures for her. Pictures of my youngest two (8 and 6 years old) I first saved on cd. Some years later I dicovered I was not able to read those cd's anymore so started printing a part of the pics and put them in an album. So my son and daughter both have 1 album of each year. At a certain point (think age 12 or 13) I will quite with that too. Why? Because they have memory and they make pictures themselves. If they leave I give them those albums as well. I don't make or print any pictures for me anymore. 25 years ago my house was full of it and I had some great camera's. Now I have a more simple one, still make pictures very frequently (I also use the camera as a scanner) but most of them I throw away after I printed some for my kids or someone else. Just like you it's not really that interesting to me anymore. So do like I did: give the pics to your kids, or the one who loves to have them.

Sadly...it seems that couple of years I haven't printed any pictures.All are digital!!!

Maybe you could ask your kids to make a project out of it and help you? Pull in some money together and organize everything in photo albums, make copies for the kids even, and ask them to print out all those that still need to be printed out and developed. It is a lot to handle, and a lot of time to take to do it, but with a little help... Plus it will bring back memories.