Remember the problem with Blogger several weeks ago? I became concerned about losing my blog. I 'thought' for a few minutes of printing my blog, but quickly decided that would be a lot of trouble and it would be a large stack of papers.
I started looking for a company that would print my blog. I don't mind giving free advertising to the company I chose, because... I'm so pleased and happy with my blog book. http://sharedbook.com
Someone might wonder, why would anyone want to save the chronicle of a life with Alzheimer's?????? All I can say, this is our life, and among the stress and sadness, we're having a lot of good days, and I don't want to forget.............
I've posted so many pictures throughout the 2 years and 5 months since I've been blogging Moving Forward with Alzheimer's. Now I have a book chronicling our life during this time........
I'll have volume II when I've accumulated more pages....
Our book has 215 pages, an index, and it was better quality than I expected. After placing my order on line, we received the book in a week and a half.
Praise God we've had two good weeks, with only a couple of not so good days/nights thrown in.
29 comments:
What a really wonderful idea!
Congratulations on your self-published book! You WILL want to look at it for years to come, and so will your kids!
Don't forget a second volume!
Aren't you the smart little mighty mouse!
Wonderful book, and thank you for sharing the site.
This is something I plan on doing as well ... thank you so much for spurring me on. Your book looks wonderful ... will be there for generations and generations to come.
What's the link? What a Fantastic idea!!! I know I don't have anything important to publish but after almost 1000 post, I'd hate to loose it all!
SO glad you thought of doing this!
hughugs
To 'have and to hold' not just in cyberspace.. Hugs..Reassurance of a book...Safe and secure and SO precious.Pages to turn now and in the future for you and your family down generations.What a treasure.What a gift of love!And yes a second volume...
Dear Dolores you are an inspiration, Love Chris UK
This is a wonderful and lovely idea! Hey, sweetie, I would imagin doing this book also keeps you're spirits up, living with this desease, instead of going down the drain inside...you're a very admirable lady to learn from, an incredible roll model! Thank you for visiting my darlings while I was away and for the lovely and sweet comments. Love, FABBY
I LOVE this idea, Dolores! Your book will be a REAL treasure to your children and grandchildren. I am going to look into this, I never thought of it! Thanks. And I hope you ahve more good days than bad. XO, Pinky
It looks beautiful and I can only imagine the joy it'll bring to your family to sit down with a book in hand. Dare I ask how pricey it was?
So smart of an idea. Were all the pictures in color? Did they do editing? How many copies did they produce--enough for your kids?
Now that is a nice looking coffee table book. I'm sure your family will be so happy that you thought to do this.
So glad to hear that you've been having good days. I hope it continues.
Oh, that is so cool! You are in the printed word! Love this idea and the cover is fab! BTW I just love your header, great picture!
Dolores, this is fantastic! I just went to the site and ordered one for my blog about my father. What a wonderful idea - thank you so much for sharing the information.
Love
Gilda
that is so awesome....
Hi..new to your blog...Just ordered my second book. They are wonderful aren't they. I still need last year's but I need to take out a loan!! Worth every penny though!!
Delores, what a spectacular idea!! I am so glad you invested the time to record these years and the effort to print it out. A treasured family heirloom forever.
Such a hip-n-cool lady. :D
What a wonderful idea. Way to go. You rock. You will cherish this and your children and grandchildren will treasure your words and the pictures.
God is good and He is good ALL of the time.
I'll take a look at the link... I wonder if it is less expensive than 'Blurb your book'?
I think the book was a great idea!
I hope you're able to get a good night's sleep most nights. I know when my dad was still living in NJ and would come to visit I wouldn't sleep well because the last couple of visits he seemed to have trouble finding the bathroom. We'd leave all the lights on and I'd still find him wandering up and down the hallway. This was before I realized how bad he was getting. He was living in NJ by himself at the time!
That is Awsome! I saw those on another site once and thought how great it was to have all of your hard work and your thoughts Safely stored in a book.....and a beautiful one too!!! Very pretty!!! L~
We so think alike. Since I had discontinued my Journey Through Alzheimers blog I did not want to lose it and have been investigating having it done into a book. I love the look of yours. Will look into that company as well.
Dolores, I am so sorry it is so dry around there...and many parts of the country! I am sorry to tell you it is POURING rain here right now. My neighbor just came up to see all the plants she is going to water for me while we are away so she won't need to come now for a few days! Hope today is a GOOD day for you and David. XO, Pinky
Hello Delores...Glad you are having so many good days. I have you and David on my prayer list and I have been wondering about you.
The book is absolutely wonderful. What a great idea! You will have that book for years to come and even the grandkids will enjoy reading it. Good thinking!!!
Now..you and David have a good week.
Susannah
Great idea. I hope you both have a wonderful Fathers Day!!!
Dolores,
Wow, you read my mind. I was thinking about that this week too. OMG I have 777 posts I have written.
Your book looks wonderful, and I am so glad that you memorized your blog in hard copy. You are so smart.
I am going to look at that site, thanks for sharing it.
You are forever an inspiration to me.
Karen
P.S. I haven't posted in a while, because I have been busy getting ready for an art show next weekend.
I am so glad you ordered your blog book, Dolores. I am so pleased with mine too. I have 2 books now, the first 8 months of my blogging divided by 2. I think it is a very good archive of our hard work and after I am gone, I know my kids will treasure them. Love your covers. My granddaughter AJ saw the first one and was already asking me if she could have it, lol...Christine
I think it's amazing that you published this book, now all of your memories with David will live forever. Hope he had a great day today, Happy Father's Day David.
Thank you for your comments.
Hugs...Lu
Now this is an awesome way to keep a journal, make a book. I love it and good to know they did a good job on something so precious.
Thank you for your continued prayers and I send them back to you as well.
I had Blogger do my blog too, well, the year I posted the most, and am very happy with my book.I think it is well worth everyone who keeps family photos and stories to blog, and then publish, even if you keep your blog private. Somehow , scrap-booking did not come near to what I could do with Blogger.Maybe the automatic editing helps a lot and makes it easier, besides, it looks better than most scrap-booking. I don't think you'll ever regret your book, nor will your family.
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