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I've been longing for a better camera for a while now. I finally got brave, sold the one I had, winced, and bought a Canon 50D. It was one of the riskiest things I've ever done with my money!

 I bought it off Ebay with only 20 seconds remaining! So glad I did though!

 I asked the guy I bought it from why he was selling, and why so cheap. He told me that he bought a large pallet of professional series store return cameras, and was afraid he wouldn't be able to sell it soon. Hence the low price. I received the camera, but didn't have a memory card, so I had to wait an agonizing week before the one I ordered got here.

 When I finally was able to use the camera, I noticed the shutter button wasn't working all that well. I would focus by holding the shutter button halfway, and then press it all the way down when I was ready to snap the shot. But it would pause... then take the picture. That was really weird, and I kicked myself, thinking, "Duh! This is probably the reason it was so cheap!" It kept getting worse and worse too! It got to the point to where I'd press the button all the way, and it would do nothing!

 I wasn't about to spend hundreds of dollars getting it fixed. I went online and for about 2 days just looked up the problem and possible ways to fix it. I guess it's a common problem with Canon 40, 50, & 60D's. So finally I looked on.... wait for it... this is good... You-Tube... (I love that place) ...and there were 3 or 4 videos on how to fix the problem. 2 of them showed you how to take your whole camera apart. Scary! But I would've had Dad do it. But he was pretty busy and I didn't want to wait. And the other 2 videos showed people pouring a little bit of 99% isopropyl alcohol into the emptied battery compartment. It goes right through the shutter button and pretty much dissolve all the junk inside of there. And with it being such a high percentage of alcohol, it evaporates quickly, and doesn't ruin your camera! I decided to try it, even though pouring liquid into the camera scared me half to death! And.. drum roll.... it worked! I prayed so hard that night! Thank you God! I'm so relieved! Now I have a practically brand new camera with no scratches, and it's amazing! I... just have to figure out how to use it! Lol. It's just a tad bit more complicated than my last one! Here's the link for the video I watched.

http://youtu.be/7VQ6oKFxSzA
And the other one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCca7Tjqmdc

 

Glove Shirt

 Do you get tired of hearing screams coming from the backyard where the kids are playing in the snow? You pull on your boots as fast as you can and rush out ready to call 911, only to find that he or she only got some snow down their sleeve... or their glove is falling off? They think it's the end of the world! 

Well, I came up with something that helps a ton!

First I bought a long sleeve T-shirt from Wal-mart and a pair of gloves.

 Then I took a toilet paper roll, and stuck it inside of the glove. This will keep you from accidentally sewing the sides of the glove together.

 Then I laid the sleeve down flat, and measured it with the glove. The shirt sleeve ended up being a little bigger than the glove.

 So I sewed the sleeve using a straight stitch on my sewing machine.

 Then I cut off the excess. You can now surge the edge if you have a serger. If not, that's fine. 

 Now I put the sleeve over the toilet paper roll, and matched up the edges of the glove and sleeve and started sewing with a needle and matching thread. I just used a whip stitch. 

http://www.holiday-crafts-and-creations.com/whip-stitch.html

Continue whip stitching all the way around until you come to where you first started. Tie a knot, cut off the thread, reach down through the sleeve and retrieve your toilet paper roll, and then admire your handiwork! Just have the kiddo put this glove shirt on first, and then his bigger winter coat. This contraption will majorly help to minimize the tears! Thanks for reading! Hope it helps!

- Jennifer -