Home movies digitized! At least the VHS and VHS-C tapes. I think I must have some smaller format tapes (mini DV) lurking around somewhere and will try to find those. But I've got all the movies of the kids when they were little, including various plays/band performances that they were in. Plus my own childhood movies (copies of copies, I'll take the original film to Costco to be transferred in hopes of getting a better copy for posterity later. ) I'll transfer these to individual thumb drives for the kids for Xmas, and a copy for them to give to their father.
It's been a weird trip down memory lane watching these videos. A lot of happy times when the kids were little. Yet I can see the roots of ex's changes. And when I see him apparently happily playing with our oldest son as a toddler, I wonder how often his mind wandered to the pregnancy aborted by the woman he slept with on the night before our marriage. That must have been tough for him to live with that secret during those years. (Both of us were raised Catholic).
I also look at those movies and think what an idiot my ex was. I was f-ing beautiful in those days. Seriously - no makeup, long straight hair, very slender, I look like a Renaissance madonna or something. Yet he thought my thighs were too fat. His craziness. I never took it onboard. He was lucky to have me. Some people can have all the ingredients for a happy life and still not be happy or appreciate what they have.
I also ordered a few items online for Xmas presents - still have a lot of shopping to do but it's a start.
