A few times every year I try to go through closets and cabinets in an effort to clear clutter and keep my home "somewhat" organized. This spring is a little different. We are planning to sell our current home, which means I'm doing a complete clutter overhaul!
We are lucky to have a free place to store items I'm not quite ready to part with. These mostly include clothes and toys that will be handed down to my youngest daughter from her older sisters, keepsake items like photos and baby books, and holiday decor. I'll talk more about these projects in later posts.
My main project this week has been organizing my digital photos and videos, backing them up, and storing them on an external hard drive as well as discs. I am giving my old gigantic desktop dinosaur of a computer to my dad, and I don't want to bog down my laptop with all that data. Losing these precious memories is a huge fear of mine, and yet I have neglected to keep them safe, secure, and organized. It is a time consuming process, but I can multitask by doing laundry or crocheting on a current order while files are transferring, so it's worth the time spent to have the assurance that I won't lose a single photographic moment of my daughters' childhoods.
There are some great suggestions to accomplish this task with as little headache as possible here.
In the midst of this project I decided it was time to backup the extensive music collection my husband and I have acquired throughout the years. Many of our albums were in iTunes despite the fact that we've been Android users for over three years. I'm currently NOT tackling those selections, but I am going disc by disc (yes, I'm so old I have a collection of CDs!) to upload the remainder of our music to the external hard drive. I plan to do a little more research on the best way to rip the music from iTunes, since I'll need it in a more usable format. If any of you out there have useful suggestions please share!
Now I'll return to my daunting job. Wish me luck! :)
