March 2009 Edits DONE!

March 2009 edits finished.

Thanks for all of your kind words about our sick family. We are still sick, but I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel. My boys love the fact they are getting to watch Little Bear for hours a day because Mommy does not feel like reading and entertaining them all day. I feel like Bad Mommy, but I will get them back on a normal schedule when we are all well again. :-)

I was reading comments from yesterday's post, and I found this jewel from from Joanie...
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I have a thought for you. I'm a Grammie now, my kids are grown and living *independent-responsible-adult-lives*. But there were years with 3 babies in 21 months that I was grateful I just found time to take the photos! I would get them developed, look at them once and then file them away in by baskets. After they'd just flown the coup I took several months and got 17 years worth of photos into the albums. It was a wonderful journey into the past and I remembered all of those hard days with joy.
So what's my point? I'm glad that I made time for my *babies* while they were still home and I could enjoy them... those photos can wait... go enjoy your boys and don't stress!

She is so right. Sometimes I get so caught up in stressing about all of my unprinted photos and never-looked-at videos that I forget about the whole point of why I had kids.

I need to stop obsessing about catching up with everything (photos, videos, housework, yardwork, letters, organizing closets, etc) and just enjoy being home with my two amazing boys.

My wise husband once said "Sure, a woman can do it all, but not at the same time." So I resolve to continue working on my edits, but in the evenings after the boys are in bed, and not obsess about my self-imposed deadline. And I also resolve to not take so many photos in the first place. This digital age is killing me!

I am also worried about buying the millions of albums I will need to store all of these photos. But after reading Joanie's comment, I have decided to get some photo boxes and store them in there for now. I will have plenty of time to add them to albums in the future. Or at least I can take my time doing it.

And I am not going to even think about the boxes of photos I have in my closet from my pre-digital life. Just breathe Rita!

Thanks Joanie, for the gentle reminder and wise words. You put everything back in perspective. :-)

Oh, and I also wanted to thank my readers who suggested getting Blog books printed through Blurb. I had never heard of them. What a great idea! If I had the time I would keep a personal blog (and not just post up here!)... Maybe one of these days. Rita, just breathe... :-)