Administrator password recovery

Hello,
I purchased my iMac in 2008 and at that time recorded my adminstrator password on the Mac cheat sheet.  I have since upgraded to Snow Leopard and then Lion.  I went to make some changes to the accounts (family computer) and now my administrator password is not recognized.  I have never changed it that I recall.  What can I do to get in and reset the Admin. password.  Thanks.

OK, I was able to recover my adm. password.
Now the reason for all of this is that my wife's email acct. was not letting us email from iPhoto.  So in the course of that she was unable to remember the email acct. password (the one that she remembered was not it) so now we are back to the real problem.  Should I repost this problem in a different forum?
I don't know how to recover her .me password is the main issue right now (I think)
I use my Mac often but I am not real Mac savy, so I appologize if this seems stupid.
Thanks.

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