IPhoto Deleted Albums Showing Up in Desktop & Screensaver Settings

I use a MacBook and an iMac. I keep all of my images on my iMac, but when I'm out and about, I import to the MacBook from my camera. Recently, I consolidated my library (First time since Leopard) and put everything to my iMac. I deleted all of the images from iPhoto. When I opened up my Desktop & Screensaver preferences to change my desktop, under the tab for iPhoto Albums, I all of the deleted albums. If I select them, I cannot remove them, and the images aren't there. I am guessing this is somewhere in the system, but not sure how to get rid of this issue. Thanks for the help!

Dustin
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I use a MacBook and an iMac. I keep all of my images on my iMac, but when I'm out and about, I import to the MacBook from my camera. Recently, I consolidated my library (First time since Leopard) and put everything to my iMac.
How did you do this? Export from MB and import to iMac? iPhoto Library Manager (IPLM)? how?
I deleted all of the images from iPhoto.
On which system - the MB or the iMac (I'm guessing the MB but not sure) ? How did you delete all images? Using iPhoto and dragging to the iPhoto trash then emptying the iPhoto trash? (this is the proper way) Or some other way?
When I opened up my Desktop & Screensaver preferences to change my desktop, under the tab for iPhoto Albums, I all of the deleted albums. If I select them, I cannot remove them, and the images aren't there. I am guessing this is somewhere in the system, but not sure how to get rid of this issue.
Is this on the MB or the iMac (again I'm guessing the MB and that you expect there to be no photos or anything else there on the MB - that everything is on the iMac - and that you have carefully verified that)? The answer will depend on what you did (above) to get here
Is iPhoto working perfectly on both systems except this? can you see all events and photos within the events that should be there on each system?
Again I'm assuming that at this time you want all photos on the iMac and no photos on teh MB but please verify.
LN
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