Sitting on the floor at Borders

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I’m sitting on the floor at Borders, in the children’s section. We are waiting on the younger kids to make up their minds about what book they would like us to buy. Such is how this Saturday is going.

A lot of time has gone by since the last post and that’s because I’ve been super busy in the new job, as well as completing my teaching for the summer. I’m thankful to report that I am really happy with the job change. Sure, it’s been a bit stressful but I feel like I’m fitting in and contributing in measurable ways. That makes me feel good.

In a few days, Keegan will start college. I think Michele is planning to start up homeschooling again for the younger kids. I’ve been busy on weekends scanning old slides and film with my nice new scanner and am pleased by the results.

  • Mike

    Hi Steve,
    which scanner do you use and would you recommend it? I’m thinking about going for a mixed film/digital workflow for my photography.
    Thx,
    Mike

  • http://www.familymanlibrarian.com FamManLib

    Hi,

    The scanner model I asked for (and got) is Canon CanoScan 8800F Color
    Film/Negative/Photo Scanner. Yes, I *do* recommend it, wholeheartedly. The
    entire process of scanning film negatives and slides is tedious at best and
    that’s true with the scanner, too. However it is faster than a previous
    scanner I used (from HP) and I especially like the fact that it features an
    “instant on” lamp, nice templates for the various types of media you want to
    scan, and that it comes bundled with Photoshop Elements.

    Steve