I have to say, I am completely hooked on WordPress. I absolutely love this software, and hey you can’t complain about the price – FREE.  I’ve been doing alot of playing around with it.  I find I learn more by doing, then by listening how to do it.  So I’ve set myself up with a WordPress demo site and for the past 6 months I’ve been using it as a learning tool.   Playing with themes, customizing headers, adding widgets and plugins, I’ve learned so much, but the bottomline is it’s really not that hard.

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Okay I broke it!  I don’t know how but I did! 

Remember that nifty new digital camera I wrote about in my blog post Memory Keeper.  Well unfortunately I no longer have a medium to use for memory keeping.  I have to say I have the worst luck when it comes to digital cameras.  It doesn’t matter whether I spend $200.00 or $500.00 the outcome always seems to be the same…broken!

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The other day my 3 year old daughter was grabbing some mail off the table, and my husband instructed her not to touch.  My lovely little girl proceeded to say “No, it’s my email.”   She’s definitely her mother’s daughter. 

It did give me something to think about though.  My daughter will never know a time when there wasn’t email or the internet or Blackberry’s or all the other technology that is at our disposal.  I guess it’s the same in terms of me never knowing a time when we didn’t have Television or a telephone.   The technology has just shifted that’s all.

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I really have a fantastic team!  Every now and then you will see they will come out to play sharing some fantastic information.  So, let me welcome my assiststant and MJVA Associate,  Karen Greenhalgh to the VA voice for her first guest blog post.

I bought my Blackberry Pearl 8120 in November and since then I can say my nickname for it has been my “Crackberry”.   It’s an addiction (well to me it is), organizing both family and work schedules, contacts and playing even the odd game while waiting in the Tim Horton’s drive-thru line has become a lifestyle. Keeping up with E-mail that I can reply to instantly while away from my computer, Shhhhhh don’t tell Michelle (she thinks I live at my desk).

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I absolutely see the value in Twitter, I do.  It’s a great way to stay connected, see what other’s are up to and get some great tips and information in a succinct, direct manner.   Love it!

I’ve met some great individuals, found some awesome resources, yet I’m still trying to find my place in it all. Ever found yourself in a crowded room, not sure whether to come out, or simply sip your drink in the corner and hope that someone talks to you?  Sometimes that’s what I feel like when using Twitter. 

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Last week I purchased a new iPod, the iPod Touch and it has to be one of the coolest gadgets around.   I was in the market for a new mp3 player and as I was researching different brands, I immediately fell for Apples iPod Touch.  It was love at first sight!

Not only is it the sharpest looking mp3 player I have ever seen with it’s cool touch screen, but it does so much more than I ever thought an mp3 player could possibly do.  To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure it is an mp3 player. 

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