Backing up important files: Works for me Wed.

After reading Janie's at Southern Lagniappe's post about what she would save in case of a fire, and the one she posted the other day about getting a new computer, I made sure my picture and other important files were backed up! It had been a few weeks since I did this. I think I'll start backing them up the first of the month, so it will be done on a regular schedule.
I bought this My Passport Essential by Western Digital to use to back up files. It is so easy to use, and plugs into the USB port in front of the computer. It is so easy to transport files and it holds quite a bit! It holds 320 GB...so there is plenty of room! It's like having 320 thumb drives all in one compact case.

I have literally thousands of pictures. I can't even bring myself to delete the ones that are not so wonderful. I am in the process of scanning my favorite old photos and backing them up digitally with this product. It has made it easy to transfer pictures both old and new to my daughter's computer and pictures she takes to mine.

How do you back up your files? Do you do it on a regular schedule? Share your tips with us!

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Works for me Wed: Cleaning products I like and a funny joke!

How many of you like the Swifter products? I just love my battery operated Swifter Sweeper! It has a little cup that picks up loose dirt that can be emptied, a filter, and uses the dry swifter cloths.

It has to be charged, and I keep it in the garage plugged up and ready to go all the time. The only problem with it is that the charge only lasts about 20 or 30 minutes...so if you have a big house, you might not be able to do everything at once.

Connor loves to do my floors when he visits me! Here's another product that I like....just be careful with this one. It took the glaze off a spot on my cabinets, but works great on the door facings and spots on the wall!

Since we're on the subject of cleaning, here's a cute joke I got from a friend through an email:

A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when Steven a tall, exceptionally handsome, extremely sexy, middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him.The young-at-heart man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her. (As all men will.)

Before she could offer her apologies for staring so rudely, he leaned over and whispered to her, 'I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20.00......on one condition' Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The man replied, 'You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words.' The woman considered his proposition for a moment, and then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with her address.


She looked deeply into his eyes, and slowly and meaningfully said...

'Clean my house.'

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