I spent 6 hours at her house last Tuesday labeling the backs of photos with dates and names and then sorting all the photos by year. This took us all day!
When I went to her house today we were able to take all the outdated photos from her picture frames, wash the glass, then put recent photos in the frames. I had ordered a bunch of 5x7s for the frames and gotten prints of several photos we could use for other frames, plus I've emailed Robyn and Amy about getting 5x7s of their families made as well. This was no small task!
Andrew was home from "work" (he folds towels for .36 cents an hour) with a cold. The poor guys hates going to "work" but gets bored if he stays home all the time, plus my mom is tethered to the house if he's home constantly. He loves it when he gets a cold and can stay home and watch Funniest Home Videos or movies from his Disney collection. Poor guy.
My mom made us a really fantastic lunch of French dip sandwiches and salad; oh how I love having someone else make lunch for me!
I remembered to take a self-portrait this week (I can't believe I forgot to last week) and am disturbed by how red and white my skin is, what's up with that?
I had about 10 minutes to spend with Amie after leaving my mom's house (this is the view from Amie's front porch, you can see my parents' house in the distance) before Landon and I (I let him skip school to play with James today because James didn't have school) had to head back to pick Whitney up from school.
It was a productive day, but the time flew by. Next week we should be able to move on to sorting the photos by month and maybe, just maybe start putting them in albums.
**Did you give any gifts of service this Christmas?
How do you organize your photos?
How often to you change the photos in your frames?**
How do you organize your photos?
How often to you change the photos in your frames?**
Comment Window Tidbit: I think we're going to have breakfast for dinner. It's 7:00pm so I guess somebody should do something about dinner. Aargh!
21 comments:
What a great idea! I need to remember this for next year. I really like it. That is so nice you go out every week like that. That is where I am jealous that I am not close enough to my mom to do this for her. I could give her years of service with all the help she needs.
What a thoughtful gift! It is the kind of overwhelming task that someone would never get done for themselves but will be wonderful when it's done and hopefully easy to maintain after that.
My kids love BFD as they call it. They want to have it once a week.
What a lovely gift of love!
I am always trying to one-up Fred on giving service! It's difficult for sure, as he is the master.
Your mother is so pretty!
Hey! We had breakfast for supper, too: toast, scrambled eggs, bacon and fried potatoes.
What an incredible gift of service. I think photos are so much easier and fun to work with when you have a partner to verify, reminisce and validate. What a gift. What a gift. What a gift.
In so many ways.
I enjoyed Andrew's details. I'm glad he has a job to provide purpose and variety to his day.
I think gifts of service that require one's time are the most meaningful and thoughtful gifts. I remember when you gave Michelle the gift of taking Eva every week and I was so impressed. You really are generous.
It is great too that you get to spend that time with your mom.
On an unrelated note--why is Andrew only getting paid 36 cents an hour? Couldn't they even pay him a couple bucks an hour? Who does he work for?
What a great gift to give your mom. I didn't give anyone that nice of a present.
I never can decide if I want the old photos to stay up to remember the good ol days and add more frames with current pictures- but then you have too many frames scattered about. Maybe I should update mine. Will you travel to NY and help me do that? :)
My photos are only organized on the computer since 2001. I really need to find some sort of online photo (AND video) storage that I can transfer everything to for safety. Any suggestions?
By the way, do you know that the Price's live very near your parents too?
wow- what an amazing gift! especially from you because you are good at organizing & it will actually get done!
how do I organize photos...?? hahahahahahahahahahahaaaa
i wish someone would make lunch for me. everyday.
:)
view from amie's porch= BREATHTAKING!
Love your gift of service. I really wish I were close enough in proximity to my mom to do something similar.
I organize my printed photos by year and then in rough chronological order. I don't really stress about getting it too exact.
I still have lots of empty frames and outdated pictures up in my house. It is really a shame. I'm a photographer for Pete's sake!
I bet your gift of service was your mom's best Christmas gift this year! It looks like it was the perfect gift for her.
I've always put my photos in albums. I'm up-to-date with my albums but I'm starting to rethink my process. No one ever looks at the albums to I'm wondering if it's necessary to make printed copies anymore. Maybe I'll just have my CD's in case anyone wants to make a copy of a picture I have? I don't know! In the meantime, I'm still printing them out.
I think Andrew is adorable! A friend of mine has a daughter who is autistic. She recently got a "job" and is flourishing because of it. I think it's great!
By the way, I can't thank you enough for the good mail you sent me. It literally made my giddy with excitement! Thank you so much Jill!
I think these are the best kinds of gifts, period. So selfless. And here you are doing something for your mom that she feels incapable of doing for herself, it's amazing! You're coming to her rescue. You seem to have a gift for doing that. I wish I could come to my mom's rescue...
That is a great idea for a Christmas gift. I love it when people give me their time!
When Griffin was receiving a LOT of special ed services he went to a "special" school and the older students - adults - had a laundering business in the back. Towel folding and the repetitiveness of it all is actually really good for them but I can see how Andrew might not like it. I can relate to kind of liking sick days. If you're not TOO sick it's fun to stay home and just relax! I have all of my Alzheimer's patients fold towels all day long too. You can have them refold the same basket over and over and they don't even realize, yet it keeps their mind busy.
sandwiches and salads ALWAYS taste better when someone else makes them. it's a universal fact.
you are so great, what a fun gift. i would offer this to my mother, but her three giant bins of rubbermaid containing all memorabilia since they were married, makes me cry and run screaming. maybe some day....
Great gift, Jill! I'm sure your mom appreciates the help. That sounds like just the kind of job that's much better done with two instead of one.
That sounds like a daunting task. She is lucky to have you help her!
We LOVE having breakfast for dinner. I especially love it because my husband is usually the one who makes it!
It is a great gift. I didn't give gifts or service or really any gifts at all this year.
Cute self portrait... thanks for not making me do one in my non makeup state... I figured it must be pretty bad since you didn't even mention it. Ha.
Thanks for bringing Landon out! Such a treat for those guys.
This is a serious Christmas gift! I say that you do this next year for Pink Christmas and I will pay Kristi to strap the two of us together! I am SOOO behind on my photos - my little Hunter doesn't even have a baby book and he is 6. Pains me when he asks to see his book. Honestly - I can't even write here why he doesn't. I have the time - but you will die why I can't put it together...
This is an amazing gift for your Mom!
I think that gifts of service are the best! Especially those that really make a difference in our lives - whether emotionally or physically...
Hello! Amie has some amazing property if that is her FRONT yard! How wonderful!
Great gift idea Jill!
wow what a labor of love. My pictures are in serious chaos and it is a goal of mine this year to get a handle on mine!
What a labor of love! It sounds like a satisfying project to do with and for your mother.
Comment window tidbit = SO funny and true for me, too!
This is the best gift of service ever. What a huge help!
I love French Dip sandwiches. Mmm...
this is such a fabulous gift. I hope the photos I gave you are helpful and not more time consuming...i know I gave you a ton.
I love it when someone else makes me lunch too.
Cute photo of you and your mom.
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