Goodness, for some reason I didn't see your reply until just now (10 months later!)
As it happens, I stopped using iPhoto Buddy quite quickly, because it turned out to be not as useful as I'd initially thought. I now just keep my photos organized in folders in the Finder (titled by date +...
Thank you to AlanR for your recommendation of iPhoto Buddy. I'm quite frustrated with iPhoto and it seems that this program will address some of my issues with it.
I just heard of this forum today, and am delighted that it is here. :)