You’ve seen some of my older family photos if you’ve read through my blog posts. I’m able to share them with you because they’re digitized and safely stored in my FOREVER® digital space. This photo of my grandmother when she was 4 years old was taken well over 100 years ago. You’ll learn two…
Here’s why organizing your family’s photos and other memories is so important. A friend of mine went to his childhood home and helped his father, a widower, clean out his attic and he came across a dusty shoebox. Toss it, right? But he opened the lid and saw dozens of envelopes packed together. He pulled…
You see the photos and videos piling up and wonder, “How will I save all of these memories?” As a photo coach for almost 30 years, I tell my clients this simple truth, “Don’t try and save everything.” Save your most meaningful moments in one safe, secure place. I use FOREVER® because it’s guaranteed to…
High school football season is almost underway. Where will you store the photos of your athletes? My grandfather played and this is what he looked like suited up in 1924. This photo’s now 99 years old but it’s safely stored and my great-grandchildren, and their children, will be able to access it. Read on…
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 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…
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,…
You find a postcard from your trip to the Grand Canyon or that special vacation you took to Italy decades ago. And you want to save it for your grandkids and their grandkids. How do you safely store it? That’s what I’m tackling this week. Postcards from the past are memories worth saving just like…
Imagine your wedding photos and videos being available for a great-great-grandchild and their children to view in a hundred years or more from now. It’s possible with the right kind of digital storage. The digital age is awesome. Look how easy it is to send files through text messaging and email, upload photos and videos…
Did you capture some photos and videos of the eventful 2022 holiday season with exceptionally snowy and icy weather in places like Buffalo and Seattle? It wasn’t all fun and sleigh rides with flights delayed around the country and drivers getting stuck in snow drifts. In my previous home of Pasadena, the Rose Parade was…