Where are the memory collectors?

You hear of bill collectors but where are the memory collectors. I will admit that things in our house hold have been a bit chaotic since adding another baby to the family. I have had a few bills slip through the cracks but I am immediately aware of the problem. A water bill got sent to the tax collector (they have the same name-) and I knew something was up when we got a notice that our water was going to be turned off. I ignored the budget for a few months but then I was itemizing receipts in February from October; needless to say Christmas was long gone.


However since I got pregnant last year my precious productive time when Alex is napping from 1-3 pm disappeared as I joined him for the afternoon on the bed. I was shocked in mid June when I went to post ultrasound pictures on our family web page for 2010 was blank. I tried to fill the year up and make up for it, but I never got those 6 months updated. In fact in that period of time Jacob was baptized and the pictures were never uploaded to the computer, they were erased months later when we assumed that everything had been backed up. No one else took pictures that day. Here is a picture of Jacob 1 year later.

Everything else in my life has deadlines. Church stuff, money stuff, homework, but there is nothing sending red flags that our memories are being lost. I have spent the last few days busy driving, running errands, and cleaning. I was determined today to dedicate the day to the computer and mostly my kids pictures. This post are my meager results. My baby has been crying all day, my sister is in Japan in the middle of the earthquake, our credit card has been stolen… These are only adding to my list of fun things that happened yesterday and I never want to repeat the 24 hours before that.

Sometimes I think in Facebook mode- like "this would be a good status post…" but I rarely ever post because I don’t really want that much information public or but the time I think about posting 3 days later the moment is gone. In January I tried writing status posts in my journal. I really liked it, something to show for that day instead of a year of naps. I had to catch up every few days, but I kept it up. Then February happened, my status list is now on my fridge with short word reminders but if I don’t write down my thoughts soon those shorthand notes will mean nothing and the memories will be lost again.

So send me to the memory collection agency please. I need a few deadlines to put the journal writing, scrapbooking, blog posting, back on my priority list. I also think a daily dose of caffeine would help around lunch time, but for now we will just try a dose of motivation to not lose any more pictures.



Click Here for more pictures of Nathan's Blessing Day. Today was one step in the right direction, however I have stayed up way too late which means I am going to need a nap tomorrow.