OCD about Photography

I am OCD about many things. So this post will have to narrow the list down a bit. Specifically, one of my many neurotic fixations focuses on my photography organization. Maybe I'm not as OCD as I think I am because a person who is mental about this issue wouldn't stop till their system was perfect. Mine is not perfect. But it's getting there.

Since KT's birth, I have been meticulous on organizing her photos based off of her age. The system has been refined ten times over and is still going through final edits. I upload everything to my Flickr site for back up and easy sharing, and even lately I've had to file those photos differently. Tagging and Labeling. I'm trying!!!

The digital age is so....exhausting for lack of a better word.

And if your photography, that's coming from 3 digital photos and 2 iphones wasn't enough, factor in all the other photos of your kid from OTHER people's photo sharing sites and you have a huge frickin' mess on your hands.

Had to vent.

Gwyneth Gloria Queer (1926 - 2012)

One of the last photos I took of her. November 2011.

My Granny passed away last month. It was expected, but yet, not. Another victim of dementia in my family. That makes 3 now. I only have on grandparent left. If that doesn't bring things in to perspective, I don't know what will.

I spent several summers in Florida with Granny and Pap.  The took me, JR and my other cousins on numerous trips to Disney World and countless trips to the beach in Vero. I have strong memories of her. Memories I hope I'll hold on to throughout my lifetime.

I'll miss her. Rest in peace, Granny.

February 1, 1926 - April 2, 2012

Here's the obituary from the local paper:

Gwyneth Queer

Vero Beach

Gwyneth G. Queer, 86, died April 2, 2012, at VNA/Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Elizabeth, Pa. and lived in Florida since the late 1950s.

She worked in data entry for a local fruit company.

Survivors include her daughters, Susan E. Forsythe and Cynthia L. Horner, both of Vero Beach; sons, John T. Forsythe of San Antonio, and Robert A. Forsythe of Vero Beach; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, John A. Queer; two brothers and two sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3375 20th St., Suite 100, Vero Beach, FL 32960.

Services: Services will be private. Arrangements are by Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach. A guest-book is available at www.lowtherfuneral.com

There Are Many Reasons

There are many reasons that I miss living in the country. This is one of them:

Harvesting Green Beans with Mimi. Check out how many!

This bean won LARGEST bean of them all.

Dropping them in the bucket to take home!

I want KT to know what it's like to be a country girl. This weekend she helped grumps find bugs to feed to the chickies, rode on the donkey (atv), went to see the horses (neighbors), fed the deer, picked green beans in the garden, played on the porch and ran through the field.

I see no better advertisement to move back to the country than that. 

A Blog About Wishing I Would Blog

I love coming across random blogs. People who so freely give access to their personal online journals. It's like an awesome book with interesting characters.

 

I giggle. I laugh. I comment on their wittiness. And I always say, huh, I wish I could write like that. I wish I could keep a constant flow of posts. I've got useless, but interesting, crap to talk about. Always. Why can't I just keep up with this thing.

 

Oh, life, you fickle thing you.

 

My days are non-stop from sunup to sundown. Weekends are packed with activities to keep a 2 year old entertained. And in the spring? Hello? Activity heaven.

I've got this list in front of me at home. You know, the REMINDER list. Read.

• Don't forget to buy So and So wedding gift.
• Don't forget to buy So and So baby gift.
• Edit Pics.
• Upload Pics.
• Pin on Pinterest.
• Update your blog.
• Buy a Book. (*avoid reminder list*)
• Do something with all those pins on Pinterest.
• Pin the current book you are "supposed" to be reading to your Pinterest Board
• Remind Yourself Read the Book you Bought. 
• Edit down Pinterest boards so they are more functional/manageable. (*and so you don't feel so guilty that you haven't done much with them*)
• Read your personal email.
• Clean out your personal email.
• Clean out your OTHER personal email.
• Respond to/Clean up Facebook Messages (otherwise known as EMAIL). 
• Hey, there, don't forget to update your blog. 
• Build a photo book (this one has been on this list for well over a year).
• Buy an iPhone Case.
• Buy a Bathing Suit.
• Lose Some Weight.
• Pay the Bills.
• Balance the Budget. (*insert meltdown here*)
• Previous Book is Boring, Buy new Book.
• Edit Pics.
• Upload Pics.
• Remember your blog?
• Set some Goals.
• Meet one of the Goals.
• Make a list of Goals.
• Then Add to your Reminder List to reference your goal list (*insert head explosion*)
• Buy an iPhone Case. (last one broke)
• Do a blog post.

......
......
..... and it goes on and on.

Now duplicate this list and add work related items on it and that's what I face every day when I go into work.

Is it self defeating to make these lists? I'm all ears.