Mom Snaps

Soon my DSLR Canon Rebel will be four years old and out of the good warranty. To celebrate four fine years of service, I’m thinking of retiring it – i.e giving it to my husband – and buying a new camera. It makes sense to choose another Canon since I already have a couple of lenses and really want to buy another one soon.

I love my Sigma telephoto lens and hate the small lens that came with the camera. So I’m in the market for a smaller lens. I thought about checking into renting a lens before buying one to make sure that is the right lens for me. But I worry about not using it enough in four days to offset the cost of rental. If two of those days are work days, then most of the day will be gone. I would really need a longer time to evaluate a lens – which could mean I might rack up the money to buy one in rental fees.

I’ve just begun to think about a new lens – like today. So it will probably be a few months before I actually buy a lens. Any suggestions on a small range lens for a Canon Rebel?

Even though there are many benefits attached to working from home, there are in fact a few steps required in order to make these benefits possible.

Such steps include establishing a good working environment and one that is separated from that of your home life. Create an office and utilise this space wisely, close the door of this office in order to block off any distractions such as television, other members of the household and also food temptations.

Having an office space that is separate from the rest of your home will allow you to shut the door on that work space when you are finished for the day, which in turn will allow you to enjoy your weekends and evenings. This way you won’t feel like you are at work when you are at home.

The best thing about working from home is that those who do so are able to cut out the commute, this doesn’t however mean you should get into the habit of commencing work later that normal, nor should it mean taking extra breaks or partaking in other distracting household chores.

Another must-have investment for your home office is a work telephone; many clients may come to the conclusion that because you work at home you will be in to answer their calls at any time, even after office hours. You should therefore invest in a separate phone line and one that comes complete with an answering service informing clients that your office hours are now over.

Working from home has an assortment of pros if tackled in the right way; one of the main benefits is the savings made on child care and fuel. Having the ability to work the hours to suit yourself and still being there for your children is every parents dream. Workingmums.co.uk the online community is a great place for mums to discover franchise opportunities which will suit their needs. Visit the site to discover more on working from home opportunities.

In what probably will be a vain attempt on my part, I plan to start a week in pics blog post on Sundays. This will be sort of a brain dump of all the things I’ve taken pictures of and have half-baked blog ideas for. If I just roll them all together, then maybe it will be something worth viewing and reading. So this is the first week which covers April 24(Easter) to April 30. In the coming weeks I will probably toss in some older pictures to clear out my mental to-do list.

An Easter pic taken with my phone. I started out the day with my Canon Rebel but by the time it was down to egg hunting, it was getting pretty heavy.

Rae found a bug when we were babysitting her little cousin. She loves bugs and crawly things. Sometimes I wonder how we are kin.

Saturday we went to a rugby game at the university. It was interesting. I didn’t understand a lot that was going on but still fun. Rae posed after the game on the sideline.

Afterwards we went to Books-a-million where it was a lot cooler. Rae round the perfect princess hat. I love their big hats they now carry. I’m sure they have a big price tag, too.

I thought this was really cute as I’m not much of a twitterer.

And this is something I need for my husband -

That has been our week. Now I feel better for sharing those things that I thought were most interesting.