You Want Warts with That?

I'm a worrier by nature. My better half says I've always been a worrier. I've worried about moves, and kids and money (a lot about money), worried about my Mom, worry now about my Dad, worrying about my son coming home and if he'll be okay with going back to school, (also worrying about his emotional well being since his dog is very sick), worried about I'll wear to his wedding next year...good grief. When we were away last winter I was worrying about the house and the 'stuff' in it and if it all burned to the ground what would I be sorry to lose. Came down to the old photos that we'll never get back and my finished quilts. I vowed I would do something about the photos before we went away again and so this past week I've been working on how to burn the family photos onto CD. I have had an album put together for a few years now (interesting mess that made at the time...it just spread and spread). I managed to trap everything into one album complete with who they are, when and where the photo was taken etc. Not fancy but certainly functional (remember the runner bean). I struggled and clicked and read the help sections and finally managed to get the photos to burn in chronological order and ended up with 3 cds, one I will give my daughter for her information, one to my son for his information and the last one I will probably put in our safety deposit box (kind of a sad commentary on my 'valuables'). It was interesting to look at all those old photos, to see a youthful self and wonder where she went. To see in a matter of seconds the birth and growth of my two children, to see us with our dogs now long gone, to see the last photos of my Mother and my Father-in-law, to see how much my Dad has aged in the last couple of years. No wonder I'm struggling with these days before 60.

As for the quilts....well if I lose them I'll just have to make more...all the while worrying about the pattern to chose and the colors to put into them. Nothing like worrying into the future.