New Beginnings: Kim, Kris & Irene.

What a Weekend!


Kim & Kris got hitched and Irene got spawned in the Eastern Caribbean. The Monday morning news editors are jockeying to give both stories the visibility they deserve, and while there's a shortage of data to predict the future of Hurricane Irene and its potential affect on the U.S. mainland, there's plenty of information (and more to come) about the Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries wedding.


When you're a star on reality TV or a professional basketball player, everything you do--good and bad--is documented on film, videotape, and in print. No so for the rest of us. We have our favorite photographs and some video of our kids and grandchildren growing up, but our entire collection of video doesn't get close to the amount of  video taken from multiple angles of the Kardashian-Humphries gala affair. 


Imagine, the images from your kids' lifetime don't add up to those of an evening of a lifetime. More important, when there's huge commercial value to your video, there's a plan to take care of those images so that they're protected from loss. With Irene swirling in the Caribbean this week, they'll be plenty of heartbroken people who lose lots, including their family's wedding photographs, as wind and floods invade the security of their homes. 


As you make a plan, build a kit, and stay informed in anticipation of a natural disaster, give some thought to how and what photos, video, color slides, and documents you want to protect . . . . unless your last name is Kardashian or Humphries. Then you can let others do it for you. If you're on your own though, check out our Important Things Index or the EvacuPacket, a Do-It-Yourself kit. If you decide to buy one, commemorate the first hurricane of the 2011 season and use coupon code ZCBA3B to save $10.00.


Have a memorable day!

Bye-bye Emily.

Greetings from South Florida!

Yeah! We dodged Emily!

Boo-o-o. The National Weather Service added a couple of storms to its prediction for this hurricane season.

What have you done to protect the things you want to enjoy and ensure that they're available for your children to enjoy? Digitize now. Take the photos on display in your living room. If you have the negatives or files and you've locked them away in your safe deposit box, good for you! If you’re like me, and you don’t know where they are, it would be a good idea to scan and make digital files of those photos now.

After all, if those photos are on display in your home, they’re the ones that you like the most. Make sure that they’ll be there for your children and grandchildren . . . all your grandchildren because once you replicate a photo electronically, you can make as many duplicates as you want. It’s easy.

Have a memorable day.