I need help, I'm confuzzled

[BernardandMissBianca]

Ok, so I re-sorted all my pics into chronological order. And if you know me, you should know I don't do chronological. But, I have not been very productive in the page department as of late. I think I am overwhelmed by the amount of pics I have. There are so many pics that I have less than 20 of for that particular time frame, can you believe I only have about 15 pics for the entire year I lived in Hawaii?!?!? Sad but true.... But I have 1000's of pics over all, 1 1/2 creative memories power sort boxes to be exact!

Anyway, talk me down ladies and gents, tell me it's ok to have 6 pics for all of 1992 (when DH and I met (mind you it was Dec 4th)). Do I start with when DH and I met? Do I start when I was little?
Should I not scrap in order? If I don't then what? I'm chomping at the bit to do pages, I want and need to be creative but I also don't want to regret it when I'm done. I can't really do too many pages without some form of reasoning either.


Plus mom is sorting slides and such for me, did you read where I cursed my father for shooting for slides, OY! what a pain that is becoming. The slides are getting moldy so time is of the essence but I don't have the money to print 1000's of slides right now, so I'm working on prints only.

Oh and I almost tossed the ex-boyfriend pics today, but I'm not sure if I should. What do you think???

If you've stuck it out this far, I thank you!!

[fireplug]

Now that you have them sorted. SORT them again. Pick out the ones you REALLY want to make pages with and put the others aside. Since you have such a wide range of years,just pick a atrting point and do that year.. I have quite a few old pics in albums but I am just going to "scrap" the ones I really like and go from there.

As for the slides MAYBE you could find a scanner and scan them onto a DVD and then you could save them for a later date

Good Luck!



Squid

[New England Eeyore]

I agree with Squid. When I took all the photos from my Dad's house, I had grand intentions of scrapping EVERYTHING, but now I realize that's just not practical. I now plan to take a sampling of photos from my childhood, for example, and keeping the rest in regular photo albums or photo boxes. It doesn't mean I have to throw any pictures away, just have different "tiers" of pictures.

And I also agree - what on earth was the person who invented slides thinking? Could they be any more impractical? On my recent vacation with my Dad we talked a lot about vacations from when I was a kid and ones my parents took before I was born. I "remember" certain trips because I have photos of them but others are on slides that I haven't seen since the darn projector broke when I was like 11. I've got to get him to dig them out of his attic so I can see what I'm working with.

It IS okay to only have 6 pictures from 1992. I think I only have about 6 pictures total from 1997-2000! There will be a gap in my personal history for sure.

And I'd keep the ex-boyfriend pictures, but I can't bear to throw anything away.

[LindaBabe]

The opinionated old lady here.

I would toss the ex boyfriend, unless they're your prom photos, in which case, I would keep the best one and scrap it on a single page with your memories of the event.

Weed out your photo collection by tossing the junk - out of focus - generally 'bad' pictures, the worst of the 30 you have of a single event.

Don't lock yourself in to choronological scrapping. If you don't have energy around a set of photos it's going to be tough to scrap them and you'll not be able to move on.

We took slides because they were cheaper than prints. What I did was set up the projector and my digital camera on a tripod. I projected the photos on a white wall and took a snap with the digital. It's fast because the focal length never changes. Click. Snap. Click. Snap. Now, they're all on my computer. (DO NOT use a proper screen for this - use a flat white wall. The screen will make the photos come out 'funny'.)

You do NOT have to scrap every photo. Think about the stories you want to tell and pass on. Select the photo(s) and tell the story. Done.

Good Luck!

[Lisa]

I agree with LindaBabe. If the boyfriend was tossed out of your life, then toss out any of his pictures, unless of course, he is standing next to you in a picture of your prom dress, graduation, etc.

BAMB, where are you having slides made into pictures? Somewhere in this house (I fear, DH threw them out :scared1:) are promotional Disney slides taken when MK first open and I would love to have those made into prints.

[pjlla]

I feel your pain. I have all of the "family" slides from the mid 1950's to about the mid 1970's. DH and I have been working on scanning them, but it is a VERY slow process. Our scanner can hold 16 slides at once, but after the initial scan, you need to check to see if it scanned them all (it seems to skip them if they are too dark), then do the final scan (which is slow), then unload the 16 and reload another 16. The entire process takes about 20 minutes...And in an effort to be productive, I will walk away while it is scanning to do something else, and I end up forgetting that I am scanning... so it takes even longer! But that said, the quality of the scan is good and once they are done.... they are done FOREVER!! They will be on disc and I can pick and choose what to print. I will be giving a copy of the disc to my brother, my two cousins, and my aunts and uncles. THen they can print what they choose (since all of the extended family slides ended up batched together).

As far as what order to scrap in..... Scrap what you are "feeling". As you know, it is hard to scrap what you are not excited about! Since you are not a chronological gal anyway, I wouldn't "force" myself into that mold. But definitely find a method to "mark" what is already done.

FWIW, if I was storing lots of physical photos that weren't scrapped, I would rather have them in an album (probably a two-up album with a few bits of journaling, just in case of "memory failure"). They would be easier to sort through (IMHO) than in boxes.

I agree what most are saying about the ex-boyfriend. I would probably save a "token" photo (in my case it was my high school boyfriend's senior photo.... we never went to a prom together). He wrote a nice message to me on the back (this was after we had gone our separate ways) and it always made me feel good to know that he appreciated me! And I always thought that SOMEDAY my kids might be interested to know what he looked like! Good luck with your project............................P

[MazdaUK]

I've just kept old BF photos in old albums - I don't care if he fades;) The only one I have any residual affection for (as a friend - long story) is in my school reunion photos so that's plenty!

How about themeing thealbums - still keeping chronology. I did a "courtship" album for DH for valnentines (No, he wasn't particularly grateful:rotfl2: ) from when we met to the Christmas before we got married. I have pictures after that, but it seemed a good point somehow (and the pics were nice ;) )

I have 2 carrier-bags full of MIL's photos stuffed under the sideboards and NO idea where to start - there's no dates on the envelopes, photos from different hols all mixed together :scared1: - and half the time she's got no idea what the photos are of. I need to go through and just pick out "face" photos (but then I'm owrried about throuwing out photos of old family homes:confused3 )

Could you get the slides put on a CD so you could choose prints as you needed them? I had a set of negs put onto a CD so I could upload them to Snapfish to get extra copies - I'm not paying 25p each if I can get them online for 10p:lmao:

[joyah]

Buffy
I too sorted chronolicgal and went OMG:sad2: :headache: I'll never get this done.

I sat down and took out just 3 months time frame (since I have 2 sets of pictures and 2 boys it worked out easy for me) and put the rest away where I can't see them. I've started now pulling papers to go with the 1 month (dec 2001!!!!!:scared: ) At least this way It isn't staring me in the face.

As for the boyfriend pictures well he's part of the past he's in my section of my highschool yearbook (we broke up in March of my senior yr.) so I have a few around but DH and I starting dating in April so he's in all the prom pictures. The 2 of them know each other and Tom could care less about him. I think it is how you look at your past and if you want to explain the whole thing to your kids. My kids know the ex and they think it's hysterical that mommy had a boyfriend before daddy.
Hang in there we'll get through it a few months at a time

[BernardandMissBianca]

Thanks for the help everyone.

I am looking into a slide scanner in the future, the purse strings are closed at the moment though. Dad just bought a new projector so I"m not worried about that, he likes to torture us with slide of the renovations of their current house.:rolleyes: So I can look through the pics as needed. Thanks for the suggestion Linda about taking pics of the projections, I had never thought about that.

I do have huge personal gaps in my pictures because so many of them are on slides, out of sight out of mind I guess. Included in those are prom pics, a Disney trip, birthday parties etc.....
That is going to be my project for winter, writing down the slides I want printed and then CDing the rest.

I think this week I'm going to go through the pics I have again. Right now they are just sorted by year, so now I will go back and at least get them on order of season or topic and go from there.
I'd really like to do another Disney trip too, I guess I need to line those pics up to be printed as well.

As for Courtship type pics Mazda, we didn't really have a courtship. DH and I met Dec 4 1992 and married April 24, 1993. He was in the Navy and had orders to Hawaii so it was get married or walk away. I have a lot of photos, just not a lot of any one particular event besides Disney. That's why I thought I could do chronological, I probably have 2-4 layouts worth for each event.

I thin I'll bring my box to Lisa's this weekend! I can sort in peace! LOL

[BernardandMissBianca]

I agree with LindaBabe. If the boyfriend was tossed out of your life, then toss out any of his pictures, unless of course, he is standing next to you in a picture of your prom dress, graduation, etc.

BAMB, where are you having slides made into pictures? Somewhere in this house (I fear, DH threw them out :scared1:) are promotional Disney slides taken when MK first open and I would love to have those made into prints.

Lisa I am probably going to talk to the people at Photo Connection of Colchester, they used to be Willimantic Camera and Video. He's a bit pricey but we had some photos restores for MIL and he did a fabulous job. I'll let you know what he says.

[BernardandMissBianca]

I have professional portraits of me when I was little, tons of them actually from each sitting. Should I use the originals or have copies made to use?

I will scan them onto CD first in case of an accident or something I'll have more copies but could I use the originals?

[BernardandMissBianca]

Buffy
I too sorted chronolicgal and went OMG:sad2: :headache: I'll never get this done.

I sat down and took out just 3 months time frame (since I have 2 sets of pictures and 2 boys it worked out easy for me) and put the rest away where I can't see them. I've started now pulling papers to go with the 1 month (dec 2001!!!!!:scared: ) At least this way It isn't staring me in the face.

As for the boyfriend pictures well he's part of the past he's in my section of my highschool yearbook (we broke up in March of my senior yr.) so I have a few around but DH and I starting dating in April so he's in all the prom pictures. The 2 of them know each other and Tom could care less about him. I think it is how you look at your past and if you want to explain the whole thing to your kids. My kids know the ex and they think it's hysterical that mommy had a boyfriend before daddy.
Hang in there we'll get through it a few months at a time

I almost started pulling papers last night but the kids were around so it wasn't possible to spread out.
I think I'll go pull stuff for the 1992 pics, they are only from New Years Eve so that should be easy to do! LOL And I'll need to find embellishments too, which is easy, I have enough stuff to open my own store! LOL

[joyah]

I'll come shop at your house then. Mom's stuck in Quincy with all my new stuff (nana had another stroke and other issues) I have one more quilt class tomorrow night and after that I'm tackling the piles that I've pulled waiting for the iron to warm up. I keep reminding myself that I didn't learn to run I had to walk first.... baby steps and I'll get there.
Soon it will be winter and husband will be grooming snowmobile trails everynight and I will have more time i hope anyway.

[calanniebu]

I have no words of advice but I wanted to at least chime in for moral support! :-D

[MazdaUK]

Do not crop original pics if they are vintage:rolleyes1 Either mount with a frame over to hide and space, or else put them in a photo mounting sleeve so there is no adhesive touching them if you are worried.

[Faerie]

My professional photos of my as a child are all from 79 on (I was born in March of 79) and I just put them in my album.

I need to get all the photos my grandmother had and spend a weekend with Papa to talk family heritage and who is in the photos. If only flights would go down. I'm spoiled, I won't spend more than $200 to fly to either Providence or Boston for a weekend.

I know that Grandma spent a small fortune getting slides made into prints a year or two ago. I was told she ID'd all those when she got them back. There still a lot of slides from trips she and Papa took (Grandma owned a travel agency for 35 years and they did a lot of traveling) that I need to deal with as well as old old pictures (from when Grandma was a baby in the early 30's)

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'll come shop at your house then. Mom's stuck in Quincy with all my new stuff (nana had another stroke and other issues) I have one more quilt class tomorrow night and after that I'm tackling the piles that I've pulled waiting for the iron to warm up. I keep reminding myself that I didn't learn to run I had to walk first.... baby steps and I'll get there.
Soon it will be winter and husband will be grooming snowmobile trails everynight and I will have more time i hope anyway.

Hugs to Nana, I hope she gets better!!

As soon as DH gets back out on the road, I'll be all set. He gets in my way sometimes. He took 2 weeks of at Xmas so his job is to gut the dining room, I'm taking that space over for a craft room. I'm tired of not having space to work, we have a big table in the living room but we eat there too so I have to constantly clean up mid project. If I can spread out I might get more done!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I have no words of advice but I wanted to at least chime in for moral support! :-D


Thank you!!! :hug:

Do not crop original pics if they are vintage:rolleyes1 Either mount with a frame over to hide and space, or else put them in a photo mounting sleeve so there is no adhesive touching them if you are worried.

Vintage?!? I'm old but I'm not that old! :rotfl2: I'll probably use clear photo corners for those pics but seriously I have like 30 of the same picture. Mom always bought the biggest package there was and gave out the pics. As people have passed away, most of those pics have come back to the original owner.

[Queenie]

As people have passed away, most of those pics have come back to the original owner.

I know that feeling, I have about 10 of each of my school photos. Sadly my high school didn't do portraits or class photos so I have no formal pics of me after age 11 when I finished primary (elementary) school. Plus I never went to prom as I changed schools halfway through my final school year. Woe is me! :lmao:

I'm still scanning all our old family photos and it's sending me crazy now. My mum literally has an entire wardrobe filled with boxes of photos and slides going back to the late 1800s. I now have thousands of them stored on my computer (and backed up externally) and no idea how to get them organised. Right now they are just by the people in the pics but I think I need to go chronological as it's getting way out of hand. Luckily mum was so desperate not to have to do the scanning herself that she bought me a new scanner with an attachment for doing slides.

As for actually scrapping any of this lot, all I can say is :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: There just aint enough hours in the day!

[Lisa]

PD for Nana, Joyah.

Faerie, the next time you come to Providence or Boston, you need to let BAMB, LoganandTylersMom, and I know so we can try to get together.:thumbsup2

[BernardandMissBianca]

PD for Nana, Joyah.

Faerie, the next time you come to Providence or Boston, you need to let BAMB, LoganandTylersMom, and I know so we can try to get together.:thumbsup2

YES!!!

[Faerie]

I'm from SE MA - Taunton. I usually have a rental car and at least a half day free :D

[Lisa]

I'm from SE MA - Taunton. I usually have a rental car and at least a half day free :D

Just a hop, skip, and a jump, as opposed to FL. :laughing:

[Faerie]

So true! I haven't been up there since April and I need to

[MazdaUK]

I think the CM advice is clear corners for everything before about 1974. Does that help ;) And of course don't crop poleroids(sp?) :rolleyes1

[BernardandMissBianca]

So true! I haven't been up there since April and I need to

I hope this is a happier trip than April too.

[Faerie]

Me too, which is why I need to get up there. Papa's nearing 80 and my Grandpy (mom's dad) is 87. Stupid fuel prices are driving airline prices up. Southwest releases flights today so we'll see what they have

[BernardandMissBianca]

Me too, which is why I need to get up there. Papa's nearing 80 and my Grandpy (mom's dad) is 87. Stupid fuel prices are driving airline prices up. Southwest releases flights today so we'll see what they have

Memere just turned 90, we missed the party because DS7 was ill, didn't want to get any old people sick so we need to visit with her soon. She's just up in Framingham so it's not to bad of a drive but I won't drive in MA unless I have to.

I feel your pain with the fuel prices, I couldn't lock in for our oil so we are going to be hurting!

[Faerie]

Well even just released southwest flights are $122 each way

[BernardandMissBianca]

Well even just released southwest flights are $122 each way

ouch! Still cheaper than driving though. Is that through PVD?

[bearbear]

My father in law gave us slides of when he was in Vietnam. They are neat to look at and I wanted to make a scrapbook for him. DH bought a thing to go on our scanner and that is as far as it has gone.
:rolleyes:

[Faerie]

ouch! Still cheaper than driving though. Is that through PVD?

Yeah, that's every weekend from now until May 9th. This is craziness. I wouldn't drive. From here to Tallahassee is about as far as I'd drive. Jet Blue into Boston is just over $300 roundtrip. Oh well, I'll keep looking

[BernardandMissBianca]

Yeah, that's every weekend from now until May 9th. This is craziness. I wouldn't drive. From here to Tallahassee is about as far as I'd drive. Jet Blue into Boston is just over $300 roundtrip. Oh well, I'll keep looking

What about BDL? Or Worchester? Can you fly there?

[SusieStone]

Personally, I would not chunk the old boyfriend picture. There is someone it will mean something to -----Virg had a girlfriend in college plus life for about 6 years. i am really hoping she resurfaces with some pics. JMO

[Faerie]

What about BDL? Or Worchester? Can you fly there?

I usually fly into Boston or Providence, Providence is about 35 minutes away, Boston an hour or so (I usually get in late at night). I'm not sure how far another airport would be

[MazdaUK]

If it makes you all feel better, we are paying over £1 per litre for diesal and nearly £1 per litre for petrol (literally only a penny or two in it now).

Hmmmm, what with the exchange rate and all no wonder you never some on a fly/drive to visit :lmao: :rotfl2:

[Faerie]

Post 9/11 I was able to fly roundtrip on Delta Song from Fort Lauderdale to Boston for about $125 including taxes. I did a lot of weekends for a couple of years then.

I went up last December, Southwest for $189 which I could do, but for a weekend I refuse to spend more than $225 or so.

[BernardandMissBianca]

If it makes you all feel better, we are paying over £1 per litre for diesal and nearly £1 per litre for petrol (literally only a penny or two in it now).

Hmmmm, what with the exchange rate and all no wonder you never some on a fly/drive to visit :lmao: :rotfl2:

believe it or not it's probably cheaper for me to fly to see you than it is to fly from here to Florida!!!

Gas is up to $3.15 a gallon here. ERGH! I heard California is up to $5 in some places. It's nuts!!! My home heating bill is going to break the bank this year.

[party of 3]

PD for Nana, Joyah.

Faerie, the next time you come to Providence or Boston, you need to let BAMB, LoganandTylersMom, and I know so we can try to get together.:thumbsup2

hey don't forget me! i'm right next door in little ol' rhode island!

[New England Eeyore]

I feel your pain, Faerie. When I bought my AP last year I hoped to be able to sneak away for a long weekend here and there, but the airfare costs made that impossible. I haven't broken $200 for BOS to MCO in a loooong time.

But this talk got me thinking. What about planning a little mini-meet for us New Englanders maybe after the holidays? Somewhere in Southern MA might be central for CT, RI and MA. Would anyone be up for that?

[party of 3]

i am!!!

[Lisa]

Po3, I didn't realize that. I go to Providence once a year to the post office for a business meeting. How far are you from there?

[calanniebu]

I would definatley be up for a mini-met here in Boston after the holidays. Maybe we could find a crop or something to meet up at?

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'm game!!!

[party of 3]

Po3, I didn't realize that. I go to Providence once a year to the post office for a business meeting. How far are you from there?

maybe 20 minutes. do you go to the big post office right off 146?

[ScrapperKimmyD]

Hi. I'm new to this forum and haven't read all the pages of responses here, but I can tell you of my experience.

I started scrapping Dec. '96. I started in chrono order. Then I decided to add in some other specialty books like Christmas photo cards from friends/family, then a Christmas album that has all the stuff and only did the highlights in my yearly album. Then added in vacation albums (you know, Disney trips take up whole entire albums - can't fit that & the year into one!)



If I had to start over again, I'd do it differently. I'd do JUST specialty albums.
Birthday (maybe one for each kid and one for us parents)
Christmas
Camping trips
Vacations
Friends and Family
Each kids school days
Each kids everyday/through the years

Others that I've done and would do again if I had to start over:
My life before DH
DH's life before me
my heritage (which includes my old boyfriends)
DH's heritage (includes his old girlfriends and ex-wife)

I think breaking them up rather than chrono seems less intimidating and overwhelming.

And it makes more sense to just look at your Christmas album instead of hauling out ALL the chrono albums just to see Christmases throughout the years.

So there's my 2 cents. :goodvibes

[Lisa]

Funny, ScrapperKimmy, I started doing my albums that way, but now have switched to chronological order. That is what is so great about the creativity process, we can change our minds as we go.

[Faerie]

Okay girlies - I may be doing a weekend in early February, I need to see if I can take a Friday off and if I can, I'll be booking it - $248 RT on Delta, non-stop both ways

[ScrapperKimmyD]

Funny, ScrapperKimmy, I started doing my albums that way, but now have switched to chronological order. That is what is so great about the creativity process, we can change our minds as we go.

'Cept my mind has a really hard time with making that change in the middle of it all! :rolleyes: I "needed" to do it in 2000 or 2005 or something nice and even. I'm really stepping outside of my box doing it when I am! :scared:

:)

[BernardandMissBianca]

I do have a single books for xmas, the dog, each of the kids through the years and school, heritage, animals, wedding, and WDW. I'm not big on birthday parties so we don't really need a whole book for those. some stuff is doubled up in chrono and the kids individual books, like school functions and parties.

I have found that since I decided to go chrono I don't take as many pictures if one event but I do take more pics monthly. So instead of 50 pics of the corn maze I have maybe 12, but then the pumpkin contest and halloween, and leaf piles etc. So the time frame is expanding, for a better through the year book.

I think it will actually work out well. I got through 1992 and wedding pics in 1993 at Lisa's yesterday.

Kim I'm stepping inside the box. I'm not a chrono kind of girl, I don't do orderly. LOL So it has been a huge change for me but so far I'm really feeling it.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Okay girlies - I may be doing a weekend in early February, I need to see if I can take a Friday off and if I can, I'll be booking it - $248 RT on Delta, non-stop both ways

Very cool!!! keep us posted and we'll try to have a mini meet somewhere in Mass. maybe. We need to start scouting out stores for a crop or something and lunch!

Day's we have off in Feb:
15 - Friday
18 - Monday
19 - Tuesday

[Faerie]

I need to do a bit of swapping around, but if DBF doesn't mind doing Valentines Day dinner a night early, I am looking to fly up Thursday night the 14th, going home Sunday night the 17th.

Because I'll be flying, I won't want to pack too much for cropping, but I'm all for getting together somehow!

[Lisa]

Feb. vacation for us is the week of Feb. 18th. I have a crop Feb. 2nd in CT, and a CM conference Feb. 9th.

Keep us posted when you book.

[Faerie]

Well I'm booked, but for a week earier. Delta must have caught on you guys have Feb. break! I'm flying up late Thursday, Feb. 7th and I have an 8:20 flight out of Boston on Sunday the 10th to come home.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Cool, I need to go jot that down on the calendar. I don't want to take up all your family time so maybe we can just do lunch and some retail therapy or something.

Lisa, I think you need to get out of the conference!!! LOL

[Faerie]

I would love to get together with you guys, I'm sure we can squeeze it in (I was able to take Friday off so I have a day more than I usually get!)

[Lisa]

Faerie, and Buffy, my conference starts Friday afternoon in Springfield, MA. I could meet up with you Friday before I head to Springfield.

Po3, I am not sure if it is the post office off of 146, but it is considered the big post office. I'm not sure where Rt. 146 is. If you told me the name of the street it is on, I would recognize it, but at the moment I am having a big brain poof. I think it starts with an L, maybe Locust Street. Does that sound right? I know it isn't far from 95. This post office has a drive thru window. How cool is that?!

[party of 3]

Faerie, and Buffy, my conference starts Friday afternoon in Springfield, MA. I could meet up with you Friday before I head to Springfield.

Po3, I am not sure if it is the post office off of 146, but it is considered the big post office. I'm not sure where Rt. 146 is. If you told me the name of the street it is on, I would recognize it, but at the moment I am having a big brain poof. I think it starts with an L, maybe Locust Street. Does that sound right? I know it isn't far from 95. This post office has a drive thru window. How cool is that?!

i'm not sure lisa. i think the one i'm thinking of is on branch ave. not sure if they have a drive thur or not ~ but you're right~ how cool is that!

[moikturtle]

Oh and I almost tossed the ex-boyfriend pics today, but I'm not sure if I should. What do you think???

My recommendation for the ex-boyfriend pics...if you don't care to keep them all yourself (which is completely understandable), my suggestion is that you contact one of his relatives if you are able to and give the pics to them. My mother had a boyfriend she had dated for four years in her early twenties. When that all ended, she really did not care to have pictures of him. She didn't hate him or anything, he just wasn't a part of her life anymore. So she contacted his mother and gave her all of the pictures of him from when they were together. His mother was very grateful for this and appreciated the thought.

My own grandmother threw away nearly all of the pictures she had of my father without warning, so I'm not a huge fan of throwing pictures away. Having had that happen, I would be overjoyed if I found out someone from my dad's past had pictures to offer me. So, consider giving that a try...I'm sure it will make someone happy.

[BernardandMissBianca]

My recommendation for the ex-boyfriend pics...if you don't care to keep them all yourself (which is completely understandable), my suggestion is that you contact one of his relatives if you are able to and give the pics to them. My mother had a boyfriend she had dated for four years in her early twenties. When that all ended, she really did not care to have pictures of him. She didn't hate him or anything, he just wasn't a part of her life anymore. So she contacted his mother and gave her all of the pictures of him from when they were together. His mother was very grateful for this and appreciated the thought.

My own grandmother threw away nearly all of the pictures she had of my father without warning, so I'm not a huge fan of throwing pictures away. Having had that happen, I would be overjoyed if I found out someone from my dad's past had pictures to offer me. So, consider giving that a try...I'm sure it will make someone happy.

No more living relatives that I'm aware of. I did search for them on veromi.com and they do live near by but I sealed those doors with double padlocks, tar, hot glue, etc a long time ago. I can't and don't want to go there.

I know how you feel about tossed pics, that's why I'm torn. My grandparents tossed boxes of pics when they moved into a retirement home. Thankfully mom was able to save most of them, I vividly remember our nightly dumpster dive as they cleaned out the house.

sigh, I guess I will keep them and file them away into the before my life really started album.

[Lisa]

The ex-BF may want the pictures so he can do a "What was I thinking to let her go album?"

[party of 3]

The ex-BF may want the pictures so he can do a "What was I thinking to let her go album?"

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


lisa that is way too funny!!!!