New Addictions
I mentioned in my last, mushy, self-absorbed post that I have discovered Snapfish. Actually, I've known of their existence for awhile as they send me e-mails on a regular basis. More often than some of my friends (and no, J, I don't mean you, promise).
I made Annika a very cute book for her second birthday. It was so delicious to reminisce and browse through all those pictures of her, from hot off the presses to last week. She sure is a little doll. Except when she takes her pants off and refuses to put them back on. Or spills chocolate milk on her carpet. Or starts screaming randomly when I do something crazy like buy eggs or put books in the library bookdrop.
Anyway. I finished picking her photographs, arranged them all in the book (or Snapfish will do it for you), picked a theme, made some cunning captions, uploaded everything and voila! Snapfish will be sending me a hardcover book in 5-7 business days. Or thereabouts--APO takes a little longer.
Then, I decided to embark upon the "Three Years of Josiah" book. I am still in mid-2006 and have over 100 photos. We took a lot more photos of Josiah...which isn't surprising given that he was our first and I had time to take pictures. Heck, I had time to construct elaborate backdrops and costumes and poses for Josiah. Not so much for dear Annika. I still have quite a bit of work to do on Josiah's tome, but at this rate, I'm sure there will be 200 photos in the book, which will weigh 12 pounds, 14.6 ounces (aka: Baby Theobald's birth weight) and cost $98.55. Plus tax.
Other new addiction: ancestry.com. Wow. What began as a means of compiling all the bits and pieces of family information I have has become a nightly venture into the great unknown. Or perhaps, the great known, as I am finding out things about my family that are very interesting. Ancestry.com does a lot of the searching work for me. When I enter in a person's name, birthdate, death date, etc., Ancestry automatically searches for records throughout the world and puts a tickler on each person. There are copies of passenger lists from ships arriving in the US from Bremen. There are birth and death certificates, marriage certificates, US Census records, WWI draft cards. Ancestry also will tell you if any of the names in your family tree match names in other people's family trees. I sent an e-mail tonight to a lady who has my Grandma Thielhorn's uncle and grandparents in her family tree.
Anyway. Ancestry and Snapfish, please forward my royalties to...
Kidding.
I made Annika a very cute book for her second birthday. It was so delicious to reminisce and browse through all those pictures of her, from hot off the presses to last week. She sure is a little doll. Except when she takes her pants off and refuses to put them back on. Or spills chocolate milk on her carpet. Or starts screaming randomly when I do something crazy like buy eggs or put books in the library bookdrop.
Anyway. I finished picking her photographs, arranged them all in the book (or Snapfish will do it for you), picked a theme, made some cunning captions, uploaded everything and voila! Snapfish will be sending me a hardcover book in 5-7 business days. Or thereabouts--APO takes a little longer.
Then, I decided to embark upon the "Three Years of Josiah" book. I am still in mid-2006 and have over 100 photos. We took a lot more photos of Josiah...which isn't surprising given that he was our first and I had time to take pictures. Heck, I had time to construct elaborate backdrops and costumes and poses for Josiah. Not so much for dear Annika. I still have quite a bit of work to do on Josiah's tome, but at this rate, I'm sure there will be 200 photos in the book, which will weigh 12 pounds, 14.6 ounces (aka: Baby Theobald's birth weight) and cost $98.55. Plus tax.
Other new addiction: ancestry.com. Wow. What began as a means of compiling all the bits and pieces of family information I have has become a nightly venture into the great unknown. Or perhaps, the great known, as I am finding out things about my family that are very interesting. Ancestry.com does a lot of the searching work for me. When I enter in a person's name, birthdate, death date, etc., Ancestry automatically searches for records throughout the world and puts a tickler on each person. There are copies of passenger lists from ships arriving in the US from Bremen. There are birth and death certificates, marriage certificates, US Census records, WWI draft cards. Ancestry also will tell you if any of the names in your family tree match names in other people's family trees. I sent an e-mail tonight to a lady who has my Grandma Thielhorn's uncle and grandparents in her family tree.
Anyway. Ancestry and Snapfish, please forward my royalties to...
Kidding.
Comments
Good luck on your ancestry seach. Wouldn't it be something if some of them were in your vicinity?
Nice crack about Tot 2 weight. Thank God it's a C Section, or else I'd be crying instead of laughing.