Getting Organized!?

For the last two years I have cleaned out, cleaned up, painted and generally fixed things up. So now that things are together, like with like, it's time to get them organized. One of the first things that I have started, is to get all of the digital pictures in one place--on one harddrive. I've used an external drive to collect them from various places. I'll probably even copy those that are on CD. There's even a plan to start to scan our non-digital photos, but that is getting ahead of myself.

In this process I've also been sorting other digital files. I'm not known for my wonderful filing system, except for my research, although I am trying. Time is always on our side with this one. If you wait long enough, it doesn't need to be kept anymore!

Enjoying Cub Scouts Again

Tonight I had the priviledge of being pinned by my youngest son with a mother's Webelos Scout pin. When they get into Webelos you lose track of what they are doing because they work on their requirements with their den, not so much with the family as they did when they were Wolves and Bears. But for some reason I still got credit for helping him with the accomplishment. Hardest thing is to actually get him to the den meetings since they are at the same time as so many other activities and too far away for him to walk. It's so different from when my oldest boys were in Cub Scouting and so was I.

I started out as a Bear Den Leader for my oldest son's Bear Den. Our next son was close in age, so I contined as the Bear Den Leader for him too, as well as serving as the Cubmaster. Our youngest son was born while I was Cubmaster. I loved being with the Cubs. For five years I served as a Cub Leader in some capacity, until I graduated to Scouts where I served for eleven years.

Tonight was a fun pack meeting. The boys received their awards...quite a few of them. They talked a bit about important things like citizenship and caring for others. Families came together. And my son was glad I was there. He thinks I'm a great Mom. And frankly, I really don't care about any other opinion.

Loved This One!

I love the idea of a blog...hoping that I might refine my writing to something that others would want to read. Sometimes I think just a journal would be best, then I don't have to worry about anyone else reading it. I could write without too much worry. There are many times that I would like to write, but just don't have the time to polish it to feel that it is Internet ready or even worthy to be written. This cartoon made me realize that perhaps no one is reading it anyway, so why worry? You can find this and other Savage Chicken post its at: http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2005/12/read-my-blog.html. Love the chickens!