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Protecting Your Camera From Mother Nature

Don’t leave home without your camera. How many times have you heard that reminder prior to leaving on vacation? Personally, my camera is one of the first items I pack. I don’t dare leave home without it. In fact, there have been occasions when I’ve had my camera case primed and ready and completely overlooked packing the proper toiletries. That said you shouldn’t be surprised that I have done a ton of research regarding camera cases and other accessories. Since my family travels to Hawaii a couple of times a year (and we practically live at the beach while we … Continue reading →

The Job/Employment Blog Week in Review for Feb 10 – 16

Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for February 10 – 16. This is our way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week! Last week, the 3rd to the 9th of February, we started the series on how to become a blogger for Families. We finished that series this week and also covered how to keep the job that you got with Families.com! I hope this series was helpful to all blogger hopefuls. If you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in … Continue reading →

How to Keep the Idea Well Primed, Part Two

Part One was posted yesterday, in case you missed it. Yesterday, I talked about keeping an idea file in your computer. Today, I wanted to talk about some ideas particular to being a Families.com blogger. First off, Families.com asks that you write a Week-in-Review blog each week, for the previous week (from Saturday to Friday.) If you want to see a Week-in-Review from the Jobs blog, check one out here. I have found that since the set-up is the same each week (Lisa asks that all Review blogs follow the same outline, which she gives to you) I can simply … Continue reading →

How to Keep the Idea Well Primed, Part One

This is part of an ongoing series about becoming a blogger for Families.com. If you missed the beginning of it, please check it out here. Yesterday, I talked about the magical moment you’ve been waiting for: Getting hired by Lisa! As I explained yesterday, there is usually a waiting period between when you get hired and when you start posting the blogs, though, which is the perfect time to stockpile blogs. Many people apply for a topic because they love it, but once they get hired, they get overwhelmed with the thought of having to write about this same topic … Continue reading →

You’re Hired!

The moment has come: You have done everything you should have (meaning, you followed my explicit written directions down to the letter and you have written great sample blogs) and luckily for you, your chosen topic was open and needed a new blogger covering it. You get the magical e-mail from Lisa–you have been hired! What now you ask? Easy! First and foremost, you read the Blogging Handbook that Lisa will send to you via e-mail, from cover to cover. When you first open up the .pdf file, I’m sure you’ll gulp like I did: That handbook is 118 pages … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween! Monsters & Ghouls & Workouts Oh My!

Good morning and Happy Halloween – if you’re like most families, you’re probably laying in the candy to hand out to the trick or treaters tonight. Be sure to incorporate some other items to give out so that you aren’t overloading the kids with too much candy. Little canisters of play-doh or other small toys like plastic rings are a great idea for the trick or treat crowd. Still others of you are probably going to be on the run getting the kids ready for their Halloween parties at school (not to mention that school is going to be on … Continue reading →