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Unboxing my YesVideo DVD

As part of my Ambassadorship with YesVideo I was given a gift card so that I could use the service through CVS Pharmacy. I brought 8 8mm film reels to the pharmacy, they contained footage from various early events in my life like my first Christmas, my Christening and more. If I ever actually saw these on 8mm the memory of that is very fuzzy. What I did recognize while watching the DVD was that we had many photos of those same events. So in addition to the 8mm camera my parents also shot still of these events as well. While the technology of capturing memories may have changed over the years it is nice to know that my kids will also have video and stills from the major holidays and events of their lives. They’ll just have a crazy amount to pour over when they grow up.

So I unboxed, or rather unbagged my DVD from YesVideo and here it is

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Soon I’ll Be Reliving Some Childhood Moments


Photo-A-Day #2837

Today I went to CVS to drop off some 3″ film reels for conversion to DVD. As part of the YesVideo group of Blogger Ambassadors I was provided with a gift card to try out the service. I’ve done the service in the past and have been very impressed with it. I was happy to find some film reels from my childhood, my early childhood. I found my first two Christmases as well as my first birthday and a bunch more reels of fun stuff. I am looking forward to seeing these again because I am sure that I haven’t seen these since I was in my teens. It will be great to see these again for the first time in a long time. Continue reading Soon I’ll Be Reliving Some Childhood Moments