[Kathie]

Everyone has pretty much covered what I had to say! There are a couple things that I would recommend--keep your pages simple. I really like the ones that chose the same design throughout the year. I used different templates and changed elements by the month to keep them different but cohesive and in retrospect even that was too much. The simpler the page the easier it will be in the end. Take lots of "extra filler shots" to use on the days that you just don't manage to get in a single shot. There is a list somewhere and I jotted down things from that and took those that I would have loved to have seen from my grandmother's life: shoes by the door, my frig, my grocery list, the grocery store, where we work, the yard, the house, etc. Take those when you have a chance and keep them in folder to pull from--there will be days you will be grateful.

Journal. That is the hardest part of going back and catching up is not having something to journal. Although the digital photo file has a date and pretty much helps you recall what you might want to jot down for that day, it really helped me to use my journal and facebook entries when I had two (or three) weeks to catch up on.

HAVE FUN!!