Back to Basics

I love social media. I love keeping in touch with people through the web. However, before we had all the technology & expedient ways of connecting with each other, we had --- visitations! You know, when people would come and visit you, or you visit them, and that's how you would catch up with them! There was no, "Oh I saw what you posted yesterday..." or "I see you've been busy...." -- it was a REAL conversations!

Not only were there actual conversations, usually, there were photo albums! And that's something I miss DEARLY.

I recently had some visitors and I wanted to show them some pictures of before and afters of our house. No, they didn't have a FaceBook, Twitter, or Instagram. AND I didn't have any tangible pictures. SO guess what I had to do? That's right, pull up my FB account, let it load, click my albums, get that to load, and scroll through the pictures on a tiny screen. Let's just say that.... the moment passes quickly when you do all that!

So, I've decided that from now on, I will make and have a photo album.

For me, I chose to do a yearly album, and call it our YEARBOOK. Basically, in it, I organize pages by events or seasons, that way it's SO much easier to get it in order.

If you are my FB friend, you'll notice how I am a VERY active participant. :) Mainly because, FB helps me organize my pictures into events and seasons! So at the end of the year, when I'm ready to make my tangible album, it's a PIECE OF CAKE.

I use the website: PICABOO.COM

I do not pay full price for my albums. I keep up with Groupon.com to see deals! My albums have cost me $9.99 - and that's 20 pages of color, hardcover, 8.5" x 11", & free shipping!

So why don't I print pictures and stick it in an album like back then? Well first off, it's cheaper (with the Groupon deal) to put it in a photo-book. Second, remember when your parents/grand-parents had albums with missing pictures? Yes, we all do. And I hated missing pictures! Having a photo-book makes it IMPOSSIBLE to conveniently take pictures! Thirdly, the website I use keeps a copy online... so if I LOSE a yearbook, I can just order a new one!

I feel like it's SUCH a good thing to have tangible memories at hand. Not only is it a neat thing, but it helps us, as humans, see our progress in life! Think of it as a "Look at what we've accomplished" or "Look how far we've come" books! Studies show that the more you can see what you've been through, accomplished, and achieved, the more likely you will be happier and have a positive outlook on life! :)

Here's Justin and I's 2011 & 2012 yearbooks! So far I've kept up! :) Can't wait to start 2013 yearbook!
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