The Curious Mom

Caring for yourself can get expensive, never mind other beings depending on you. When you’re living on a budget, a few of life’s luxuries get left out of the shopping basket. Actually, quite a lot of them are considering the price of everything nowadays. We look up and down the shelves looking for the best deals, we go online, we shop in thrift and charity stores. However, that isn’t going to find us everything we want, and sometimes what we really want is a pet to run along at our feet with us. 

Try Something Small First

Okay so what you really want is an adorable little kitten, or a puppy that can loll about with you in your downtime, yet that’s unrealistic to aim for straight away when you have a spending limit on a four legged friend. 

Obviously, you’re going to have to go smaller as a result. Try something like a goldfish or hamster, as they’re low maintenance pets, yet still require a lot of our input to keep them happy and healthy. Watching a fish swim around its tank is a nice backdrop to getting some work done, and can keep the kids entertained for a while. Similarly, the hamster is fluffy and can run up and down its nightclub-like enclosure, which is great for building upon. 

Capturing life’s magical moments is something everybody does - you can call it ‘taking pictures’ if you like! This is one way that families, friends, and just about anybody can document the most special moments to look at later on. Now, you definitely shouldn’t spend so long looking down the lense of a camera that you actually forget to enjoy the moment with your own eyes. However, knowing the best way to do it will save you so much time, hassle, and money. 

Invest In The Right Equipment

If you’re going to take the best pictures, then you’re going to want to invest in the right equipment. You don’t necessarily need to buy a screen for your background (just use the outdoors or your home) or a ring light (just get outside), but you will want a camera and a tripod. If you purchase a camera without a tripod, then you’re either going to always have one person missing from your pictures, or always going to have to ask somebody else to take it. Not ideal! A tripod means everybody is included and that the camera stays steady.  

Now, when it comes to choosing the right camera, you need to consider your lifestyle and needs. Do you mind having something big and clunky for the sake of quality, or would you rather purchase a canon camera that is a little more portable? Think of the ways you’ll be using this camera most and know what is important to you. 

All kids like to scribble and doodle a lot of the time. I'm sure you can remember getting in trouble in class when you were a kid for doodling in the margins of your notebook! But what about when your child starts to show more dedicated and significant interest in their artistic endeavors than that? If your child starts to show some real promise as a little artist, then that can be incredibly exciting. Of course, you want to support them but knowing how exactly can often be pretty difficult. However, it doesn't need to be. Here are just a few simple things that every parent should try in order to help their child embrace their artistic talents.

Technology is usually designed in such a way as to improve one’s daily life as much as possible. How much it achieves this is often up for debate of course. But there are certain trends and advances which we must all agree are particularly adept at making certain things in life a lot easier. Many of these are things which we no longer recognise, perhaps even take for granted. But focusing on them every now and then can help us to appreciate how much they are really doing for us, and that will ensure that we know what to look out for in future. Let’s have a look at some of the best tech trends which make life a little easier every day.

The Wireless Device

Something which is becoming more and more popular as time goes on is the use of wireless equipment. No matter what it is, not having wires attached to it can really make a world of difference to how we live our daily lives. Increasingly, we are seeing a move away from wires more and more, and that is hardly surprising given the way that they can get in the way. Whether it is wireless headphones from the likes of Headphonesaddict.com or wireless keyboards and mouses, this is something which reduces the amount of clutter and stress surrounding the technology in our lives. It will probably not be long before almost everything is wireless, and it will be interesting to see what a difference that makes.

As we age (something that seems to happen with a greater rapidity as the years pass on,) it’s easy for us to become more self-critical. After we are well entrenched in the family routine, and we have achieved most of what we wanted to do in our life, sometimes worry can set in. Are we aging gracefully? Do we really look as good as we could during our years of maturity? Why should I continue to make an effort? These are questions you have no doubt asked yourself, and sometimes they don’t have easy answers.

As we get older, this tendency to question ourselves and compare ourselves to others may grow, and become quite distressing. This is not the way it should be. After all, if you have a home, a family and even a job, the maturity years should be even more cause to celebrate. You have managed to acquire and conform to a life situation that many would be jealous of, and not only that but you’ve likely experienced all manner of beautiful things during the course of your life, enough to give you as much confidence as is possible to receive. You have nothing to prove to anyone because you have already proved to yourself that you are worthwhile and independently strong.