Wanna See My Baby Pictures?

I am smack dab in the middle of importing thousands of pictures from the firewire hard drive back onto my ibook and into iphoto. I have used it a couple of times before but I am not big on learning how to actually use things like that on my own. I am a visual learner. If he sits here in front of me and sets it all up and then shows me exactly what to do to get things the way I want it then I can repeat it over and over. As long as there aren't more than like five steps. After that it just seems like too much work again. Like on the back of the shampoo bottle. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. I can do that. Three steps. It is quick and painless.

Secretly I can't figure out why I don't like to just play around and learn to use these applications more. I keep saying to myself that I don't have time with that whole Mom gig I got going on or that I have too many dishes piled up or too much laundry blocking the hallway. I know it is just because sitting here figuring it all out would just be one more reason I am still sitting here. My ass isn't getting any smaller people.

However, the other day I was really determined to drive over and take some footage of the new house. When I came home I made a little iMovie to send to my friends and family in an email. It was so completely simple that I sat here and tried hard to get myself all confused complicating it. When I finally just started clicking randomly I ended up with a shaky (my filming-while-driving skills need work) but cool little thirty second clip of the house and yard.

I am going to use iPhoto. I am going to get all of these files imported and then I am going to make scanning all of our prints my top priority...wait... one of my top five priorities this summer. I am going to make slideshows and movies and export cute pictures of all of us formatted fast and easy into emails and annoy everyone I know. It is going to be huge! Massive. You watch!

Posted by gwendolyn on June 18, 2003 at 11:23 PM