Where are my albums in iPhoto 11?

I recently purchased iPhoto 11 and installed it on my MBP 10.7.5.  I previously had numerous albums, now they do not show up and I don't know how to recover them.  Anyone know how to display them again?
AHHH! Why won't my OS update in the description below!!!  It is a MBP 10.7.5 NOT iOS7. Sometimes this gig is so frustrating!

Try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
     User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Lion and Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and check for Albums again.
NOTE:  In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
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