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Both of my parents are now gone.  My Dad passed away nearly 20 years ago and my Mom almost 4 years ago now.  I miss their phone calls, the concern they had for me, learning about my ancestors, and hearing their voices.  <\/p>\n

I remember when my brother joked with me, “we’re orphans now.”  Though I’m sad that I have no one who raised me around, I feel better knowing that I did take the time to get to know my Mom better while she was still alive.<\/p>\n

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Documenting My Mom’s History<\/span><\/h2>\n

About 10 years ago, before I started WellConnectedMom.com, I had the intense desire to document my Mom’s life.  I wanted to know all about her.  Knowing that she’d never miss a week without her hair perm appointment, I wanted to know when she first starting perming her hair.  I wanted to know the details about how and when she first met my dad.<\/p>\n

You see, as children, these questions never enter our mind.  After all, it’s all about us, no?  As I grew into adulthood and began to appreciate my parents more and then suddenly lost my Dad in my 20’s, I began to value my upbringing and childhood…and those who raised me.<\/p>\n

So I came up with a list of questions, (similar to these), <\/a>to ask my Mom and I began interviewing her with my video camera rolling.  As she answered my questions, I typed them into my computer.  You see, I didn’t really need the video to capture her words, I had my typing for that.  <\/p>\n

I captured the video so that one day I could watch her animated reactions to things and relish seeing her talk to me one more time…after her passing  I am blessed to still have these videos.<\/p>\n

At one point, I had a lot of written answers about my Mom’s life and some great video footage, but I needed pictures.  At the time, I had tons of pictures, but most of them were in cumbersome photo albums.  It took a TON of time to un-affix them, scan them, and put them back into the photo album. I’m talking hours and hours.<\/p>\n

The good news for you, is that you won’t need to do this for your albums.  In our Mother’s Day Gadget Gift Guide <\/a>this year, we highlighted a great family mobile scanner product called Flip-Pal.<\/p>\n

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Flip-Pal – the Family Mobile Scanner <\/span><\/h2>\n

The Flip-Pal<\/a> family mobile scanner is just that – mobile.  No wires, no heavy scanner that you can’t easily lift and take with you.  The Flip-Pal is very lightweight and can even be placed in your purse or backpack for on-the-go.  Great for scanning pictures at your mom or dad’s house, your sister’s house…or upstairs in your house, where your photo albums are.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a picture of my husband’s great grandparents, I recently scanned in.  It captures their youth and the fun they had together.<\/p>\n

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There is no need to be connected to a computer, the Flip-Pal houses a SD card to store all of your scans.  Scan pictures, documents, coins, jewelry, medals, documents, the kids’ artwork and so much more.  I love the flexibility of this scanner.<\/p>\n

Flip-Pal knows the value its family mobile scanner brings to your life and interests.  They have a number of bloggers writing ongoing articles on their website with regards to crafting, genealogy, preserving, connecting lives, scanning tips, and more.  Dependent upon your interest, there’s a wealth of information on their website.<\/p>\n

I had the opportunity to meet Flip-Pal’s Marketing Director while at CES<\/a>.  I loved her enthusiasm for what Flip-Pal can do.  I gelt her genuine interest for helping families preserve their past.  Flip-Pal is not a big conglomerate, big-spending company, it’s still owned by the inventor of the Flip-Pal. <\/p>\n

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Scan Yearbooks and Photo Albums Easily!<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Flip-Pal family mobile scanner is so versatile, you can take the lid off the top of the scanner, turn the scanner upside down, and scan photo albums, magazines, newspapers, and yearbooks with it.<\/p>\n

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I decided to take out my Dad’s old yearbooks and scan the pictures so we have them in our family digital collection.  I scanned in several pictures of my Dad in different activities.  I have a number of other yearbooks I plan to scan it while I’m waiting for my kids during their gymnastics’ class.  I just load up my backpack with my Dad’s old yearbooks and the scanner and I have a mobile office with me!<\/p>\n

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Stitching Software<\/span>
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As a part of the Flip-Pal family mobile scanner, wireless version we tested, Flip-Pal’s Toolbox 4 software was included. I was a little hesitant to test it.  You see, Flip-Pal allows you to take pictures that are too big or long and scan in sections of it.  Their stitching software will stitch it together.  I had my doubts, but I tried it several times after scanning in pictures from my Dad’s old high school yearbook.  These pictures above are the two scans I took.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the picture I got after the software stitched together the two scans.  It looks great!<\/p>\n

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