I’ve been telling everyone about my Creative Memories Storybook software and I still totally love it. I’m still in the process of getting my picture vaults all organized in Memory Manager, which will help me create some pretty great stuff in Storybook. I feel as giddy about this software as I did when I decided on getting a Kindle!
This is just one of the ways I am trying to unclutter my life and the new house. I also feel a little bit “greener” - the amount of paper used just gets to me sometimes (some of that may stem from my work life, too). I will be getting rid off all of my scrapbooking supplies now that I have transitioned into only doing digital scrapbooking. I’m not sad about it at all. I’ve been downsizing for almost a year and haven’t done any hands-on scrapbooking in a long time. It’s not that I don’t love using my hands to create…I actually have other outlets that let me do that…it’s just that I want to create and store everything in one place. I can still go to crops as long as I have an outlet for my laptop, so I’m not worried about having to craft alone 
I also feel like I have been creating more now that I have it on my laptop! And if anyone is wondering about what happened to everything that I had previously scrapped…you may actually cry out in shock. I took digital pictures of everything, made sure they were good pics, and then…I recycled ALL of my past scrapbook pages. I just don’t have the storage space. I can still look at them digitally, though!
The other way I started to unclutter is the Kindle. After waiting for a very long time, bothering Deb with questions and playing with her Kindle, and checking out the Nook…I finally decided to purchase one after the new year started. I’m so in love with it! I have some “real” books still on my shelf that definitely need to be read and passed on, but I’m making progress.
My next task is to go through every photo I have printed. Scan the ones I don’t have digitally and decide what to do with the rest.
After that it will be my music library. I am going to go through all of my cds and cross check them with my iTunes library. After I know I have everything I want…I will decide what to do with the cds.
One thing at a time. Slow and steady. That’s the only way to make yourself feel accomplished!
Note: I always back my data up on an external hard drive. I will be doing it more often now that my laptop will be holding all of my precious memories and music. I may even by a back up external hard drive. They always say, “back up your back up”!
