Its an absolutely beautiful day in my city today...it was the same yesterday and after four months of freezing temps, being snow bound, rainy day after rainy day, I feel as if this break of sunshine is a real inspiration.
My family are all happier, less moaning and more fun, kids are all outside playing and having fun. Its like a release of happy endorphines have been blasted out of the sky

My Clients and potential customers are more happy to chat on the phone and 'weather'...

The best way to properly back up your WordPress install is;

1) get and install http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup

2) secure a gMail address that will be used solely for database backups

3) configure the plug-in with your gmail address and set the schedule based on how frequently you post and how frequently you receive comments.

4) occassionally delete old backups from the gMail account.

Were you expecting more steps?...