Lessons learned from old family slides
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 4:57PM When my mother cleaned out her house, I inherited all of the old slides from the 1960s-1990s (YES, 1990s) that my father had been accumlating. I snagged a couple of GroupOns to scandigital.com, which scans slides into digital format. Those GroupOns run out very soon, so I've been going through them to find gems.
I can't wait to share some once they're in digital format. For now, a few lessons I have gleaned:
1. If you get a haircut and you think "I'm not so sure about this," wait 30 years. You'll REALLY hate it then.
2. We really don't change much from our earliest selves. When I was three, I seemed to like eating, playing pretend, wearing strange hats and scribbling things on paper. Talk about a novelist in the making!
3. Take more pictures of your entire family together. I think I've found three so far. And they're all treasures.
4. In fact, taking the time to document family events, and to properly archive the files/prints, is NEVER a waste of time. These photos of my childhood are one of the best gifts my parents will ever give me.
5. If you are contemplating wood panelling, don't. Just... don't.
Just you wait, I have some AWESOME photos to share with the world. Don't worry, family, I will make sure you are cute in the pics I post. I may not be, but YOU will be...
Reader Comments (1)
ROFL on #5! Can't wait to see these "cute" pics of me :P