Writer’s Workshop: Keeping A Backup Copy

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Blogging has been one of my passions since I started my first blog online back in 2004 when Monkey Boy was born.   It has been almost 9 years since I have been actively blogging. A lot has changed since I started off as a blogging newbie.

Back then I was blogging on the blogger platform before switching over to WordPress.com and now on this self hosted WordPress blog.

I have learned a lot since I made my 1st step into the world of blogging. I know now the importance of having a back up for the blog and also backups for the template and other in both my hard drive and also a copy stored in Dropbox. It would certainly save me the trouble of redoing everything from scratch when I had to move my blog from one server to another when I had to change hosting.

Nowadays everything is online and not in hard copy. It pays to be prudent and have a few back up copies in different places so in the case that the blog is attacked by virus or gets hacked.  I triple save everything now. – Hard disk, dropbox and via e-mail. I also do a photo book yearly so that we have a hard copy to look back on when the kids grow up

Do you keep a backup copy of your blog?

Are your copies online or offline?

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Writer’s Workshop: Just Go For It-A Picture Pefect Dream

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts mama kat's writers workshop

I have been having a dream. Not so much like when I dreamed a dream  nor my long term dream of being debt free and getting my dream car. A smaller but more attainable dream. Something which I can have in my arms. A physical entity to add to my collection of fancy toys.  A tool which I can use to document the growth and milestone of the kids. Something which allows me to capture all the  happy and sad moments and build up long lasting memories for the kids.

It would be an item which I need to do extensive research on as it would be a long term investment. There should be room for potential upgrades and keeping up with the latest in technology. Even though I do have a  similar item in my possession it doesn’t deliver the quality and speed which I require. R was not that approving of this big ticket purchase but it didn’t bother me as it was going to be my purchase. Something which would be fully funded by my online blogging efforts.

I  set it as a goal since the start of the year and was happy that it has taken me half the time I estimated to reach this goal. The dream has come true and this little baby  has been added into the family.

  Welcome  my latest addition- Canon 650D

I can already seen an improvement in the shots I take ( see the collage above)

What dream do you have?

Has it come true for you yet?