The XShot – So Mom Can Be In The Pictures Too

If my photo albums are to be believed, I’ve never been around on Christmas morning.

I’ve also never attended a birthday party for my kids, stayed home for their first day of school, or gone on a family vacation.

As far as photographic evidence is concerned, I don’t exist.

I am not a neglectful mother.  I do, in fact, relish these memories with my children.  I just happen to be the only one who relishes them enough to take pictures. As the person behind the camera, it’s rare to find me in our family photos.

It’s also rare to find pictures of me traveling.  I have hundreds of pictures of buildings and landscapes and interesting tourist attractions.  But few of those photos feature me in any capacity other than “unseen photographer”.

But all of that is about to change thanks to the XShot.

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Friday Flops: Laptop Bag doesn’t fit laptop

I hate it when the things I buy for myself don’t work out as planned.

I was so excited to find this Relic Laptop Bag at Kohl’s.  It was on clearance sale for $11.00 and it seemed like the perfect fashionably geeky tech gift for myself.

I have to take my laptop back and forth to work.  It’s a pain in the ass.  When I saw this laptop bag I figured at the very least I could save myself some hassle by being able to use it as a computer bag and a purse, as opposed to lugging a laptop bag and a purse back and forth to work.

And it’s cute.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t actually hold a normal sized laptop computer.

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