I struggle with this too. I'm usually caught up until April and then we have 2 birthdays in the family and spring break...and I fall apart!!! It's nice to hear that I'm not all alone in this, and I really appreciate hearing all the strategies to keep moving forward.
I have made the decision to buckle down and plow through the two heavy weeks from this summer that I had skipped. I'm about a third of the way through the first of those weeks. It's been a battle! I keep telling myself to keep it simple because all of the photos from that week will be going into a photo book (we were with my parents in Missouri that week and I'll be making them a gift book for Christmas)... but, man, it's still been tough! (And my page looks like a jumbled mess of photos, but it's getting done, right?)
It's often hard for me to put this into action, but every photo doesn't have to be scrapped for PL. Get these weeks done Tracie so you'll have tim for the Missouri book for your parents!