USE XMARKS!! it is the best way to do it, just set up an xmarks account which is free, add xmarks to your browsers there is a version for all browser types and it will save all your bookmarks and faves for you to a webpage you can log into at any time from any pc but it also automatically syncs all your pcs so that every one has the same updated bookmarks. When you do the new pc simply add the xmarks to your browser on that pc and tell it to sync and voila everything is now on the new pc. could not be easier. It does it all for you at the touch of a button. Here is a link that might be useful: xmarks

oceanna, Amazon Marketplace is the place on Amazon.com where you buy and sell used books. You know on an Amazon item page where it says something like "87 used & new available from $4.89" with a clickable link? That takes you to Amazon Marketplace. I use it a lot because I'm too cheap to pay retail, I just can't see the point of spending $35 (most of these deco books are SO expensive!) for a book I can get for something like $6. I've been disappointed in the libraries in the last four towns I've lived in - one of the prices you pay for small-town living, I guess. paint_chips, I have no idea what half-price.com is? I was referring to half.com, which is a non-bidding subsidiary of eBay that's pretty much all books and music. There's a lot of current stuff there as well as older things. Hamilton also has a surprising number of current books, more than one would expect of a remainders discounter. I always found the rip-pages-out-of-magazines thing to be kind of messy and hard to organize even in binders - that is why I scan them. We needed a new printer and it was very nearly the same price for the all-in-one as it was for a plain printer, and it's been very much worth it to us for the copier function alone so I don't have to schlep off to Kinkos just to photocopy something! I can also scan my various inspiration-type pics from books without tearing apart the book (sacrilege!) or trying to remember which book has a certain picture. (I back them up on CD or a flash-drive every so often.) The standard setup of folders and subfolders makes it easier for me to keep track of what is where, and the thumbnail photos make it almost a no-brainer once you follow a logical cascade such as Home Decor -> Inspiration -> Kitchens -> Craftsman.

I purchased 8.5x11 photo paper so I can print photos. I have colored construction paper for printing cute cards. Business cards and return address labels. Get a 3-hole punch for printing recipes & putting in a binder. Now don't forget to go on Ebay and buy extra ink cartridges for this thing. Have fun with it! And yes....an mp3 player is sooooooooooo worth it. The black Friday sales should provide one for about $10, 2mp. You can download lots of free music on the internet...

I'm another who really enjoys the old photos. And, I really need to do something about preserving my collection. My late husband and I have been the 'family historians' on both his and my side of the family, I have photos that date back into the 1800's. This is my maternal Grandmother, circa late 1890's, I think. She passed away in the 1920's, before I was born. And here is my paternal Grandmother, circa late 1800's, not sure of exact date of her death, probably between 1900 & 1905 or so. And here are my paternal grandparents with a baby girl that passed away at a very young age. I believe this picture was taken before my Dad was born in 1900. I had never heard anything about this child, until I came across this photo a few years ago. And of course, it was too late to ask my Dad about it. Rusty