Store Photos and Videos of Your Aging Parents and Adult Children Safely and Permanently
In a half hour, I’ll show you how to easily and safely store a lifetime of memories that you’ve collected from your parents and your children. But first, read why I’d like to do it. I’ve been a photo coach for 30 years and I know why our memories are so important in situations like […]
Decluttering Tools to Organize Your Family Memories for Peace of Mind
Decluttering your home is never a one-and-done task, is it? The right tools and an organizing system will help you corral the stuff you gather and keep your home feeling comfortable and keep you distressed. How many times have you seen bills, sticky notes, and other papers scattered across your home office desktop but figured […]
Why Our Family Histories are Valuable Treasures to Research and Safeguard for Future Generations
You stumble across a black-and-white family photo of a great-grandmother baking bread during the Great Depression or a grandfather shipping off to war. Our family histories are worth researching and storing in a safe place for those born in future centuries. This Independence holiday week, here’s a brief glimpse of a family who laid the […]
Read This if You’re Looking for the Best Home Business
Are you looking for the perfect home business, or the best home business to operate that fits your lifestyle? There’s a difference. I don’t believe there’s a perfect home business, but I do believe you can operate a business full-time or part-time that matches your personality and is professionally satisfying. For me, that satisfying home […]
Safeguarding Your Most Meaningful Independence Day and Summer Photos and Videos
Where will you safeguard and store your Independence Day and other summer photos and videos? Remember marveling at the burst of reds, blues, oranges and other colors in the fireworks displays going off on the Independence Day? What are your favorite memories? In Pasadena where I lived for many years, a major celebration takes place […]
Here’s the Best Way to Organize and Preserve All Your Photos, Videos, and Other Memories
Decluttering and organizing your home reduces your stress and boosts your personal quality of life. Clean up clutter and you’ll reduce stress and boost your self-esteem, as noted by a New York mental health expert, linked to in the article at the end of this post. Closets, garages, and family rooms or spare bedrooms get […]
Researching Your Family’s History … for Future Generations
We look back when researching your family’s history but preserving your family’s stories also means looking forward. What do you want future generations to know about you and what life lessons you learned? For example, a friend of mine is now a young grandfather. When he was a kid, his grandparents lived in a home […]
Here’s how to permanently save and store your summer vacation photos and videos
A quick search of top vacation spots in the U.S. and Canada shows that national parks and Hawaii top the list for U.S. News and World’s Report Travel section. Glacier National Park was given the top spot while Maui came in second. Grand Canyon National Park came in third and Honolulu-Oahu came in fourth. Yellowstone, […]
Here’s Why Photo Coaching is a Unique and Profitable Home Business Worth Building
Here’s why I chose photo coaching as a home business that’s been profitable for me and my family: I remember the feeling of leaving the corporate world with its structure and entering the new world of being a stay-at-home mom with my toddlers. My husband and I knew the arrangement would be best for our […]
Make Your Memorial Day Weekend Last for Generations to Come
Here’s an easy way to organize and store memories of Memorial Day weekend and other summer moments like July 4th and moments in and around the home. If you’re swatting bugs while camping, attending a Memorial Day parade, or hanging out at the house you have plenty of older and newer memories to save and […]