You should know that this is not the blog to come to if you are interested in fashion or glamour. Not gonna find it here. Nope.
Today for your viewing pleasure I made a video about mowing the grass. Just makes you want to live my life, doesn’t it. [I wish they had a sign for sarcasm.]
My mother-in-law usually mows the grass but she is recovering from back surgery. She’s doing very well, but she can’t mow yet. My husband was going to do all the mowing, but the brake line broke in his truck. So since he was fixing his truck and my brain was not working Sat. morning I decided to help him out and mow a couple acres. Continue reading →
Posted in: Activities/Hobbies.
Tagged: mowing · tractor
Today is my homeschool in-service day. My children will start their classes tomorrow. We made all the heavy decisions in the spring and I just need to do some sprucing and sorting. My munchkins are super excited, and I’m…a little excited. A bit sad that summer is coming to an end, but a bit glad that we’ll be back to our stricter daily schedule.
This is my third year of homeschooling my children and I’m definitely not as stressed this year. I’m just realizing now that I didn’t post about my daughter’s graduation. She did a great job with only half as much practice as my son had. So I have one first grader and one second grader this year.
How are your school preparations coming? Do you have to buy supplies and/or clothes? Will you be sending them off to school and finally getting a couple hours to yourself? Are you panicking because your homeschool materials didn’t arrive yet?
Talk to me please!
Posted in: Activities/Hobbies.
Tagged: homeschool
Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone;
But there’s half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on,
Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea.
And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: just a flash and it is gone;
But there’s half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave
Till you wouldn’t believe the volume of the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget;
But there’s gladness still a-swelling, and there’s joy a-circling yet,
And you’ve rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word.
by James W. Foley
Posted in: Sunday Poems.
This week I’m highlighting some blogs that I like, but they don’t update every day. That’s life. Things get busy. God bless the creator/inventor/whatever of feed readers!
If you have a gmail account you already have a feed reader. There are lots of other free feed reader services. I’d love to hear your favorite one. A lot of blogs will send updates right to your email as well. If you want to subscribe to a blog look for the RSS symbol - mine is directly under my header on the right side. All you have to do is click on it and pick which service you want to use. If the blog does not have an RSS symbol [and any serious blogger should have one easily visible] you can copy the url and manually add it to your feed reader.
Then next time you want to check your favorite blogs all you have to do is open your feed reader and it will tell you which blogs updated and how many updates. Most times I read the updates right from my reader. Just remember that bloggers love comments so occasionally click through and leave some comment luv! Continue reading →
Posted in: Blogging.
That’s not a misspelling in the title. It’s the way Chris Gallello spelled the name of the company he founded to improve photos and preserve memories.
What does Editingg do? They take the photos you send to them, work on them, and send them back in just a few days. Following are some of the adjustments they can do. You can see for yourself on their samples page.
- Basic adjustments
- Eye enhancement
- Background blurring
- Deblurring
- Facial touchup
- Object removal
Here’s a before and after of a picture they did for me. Continue reading →
Posted in: Activities/Hobbies.
Tagged: giveaway
Are you going to a summer get together? Why not take some puppy chow to share? Everyone in my family likes it – including the puppy.
Seriously, it’s quick and fast with no oven required. It always gets eaten. It has chocolate – what else do you need? Continue reading →
Posted in: Activities/Hobbies.
Tagged: cooking
What is BlogHer? It is a women’s blogging conference – lots and lots of women that work online in many different ways! Here’s some quick numbers:
- 6th annual
- 2 packed days, not including BlogHer business, [the schedule is from 8 am - 6 pm but it never really stops]
- 2400 attendees, not including those that just came to party or hang around the edges
- 99% women
- 100 sponsors and 2 floors of Expo hall booths
When the conference tickets were still the early bird price I sold a video to cover the cost and bought the ticket. My thinking was that I could always sell it for regular ticket price later and not have any loss. Then I started pursuing a sponsorship. I was able to get train fare through a company I make videos for, but it looked like I’d only have one day. I prayed and told the Lord that if one day was all I should go I would be content. I didn’t say it was easy, but I worked at telling myself that there were many women that didn’t get to go at all and one day would be more than they would have. The week before the conference MomTV gave me enough sponsorship for one night at a hotel! Woo-hoo! Continue reading →
Posted in: Blogging.
Tagged: BlogHer
‘Twixt failure and success the point’s so fine
Men sometimes know not when they touch the line,
Just when the pearl was waiting one more plunge,
How many a struggler has thrown up the sponge!
Then take this honey from the bitterest cup:
“There is no failure save in giving up!”
Author Unknown
Posted in: Daily Life.
Since I’m away at a conference I thought I’d see what feeds I have that are conference related.
My top pick is Blog Conference Guide for the (Un)Experienced. I first “met” Tamera in the text chats of the MomTV shows. Then we talked in real life at Blissdom. She created a whole site with blog/social media conference tips for newbies & pros alike. This site will help you keep track of what conferences there are and where, when tickets go on sale, and even contests to help you get to a conference.
Most conference web sites have a blog on their site somewhere. They are not usually updated often, but if you add it to your RSS reader you will see the few times they update and stay in the know about the conference.
The way I first learned about the Blissdom Conference was because of BlissfullyDomestic.com – which I happen to write for. The site has posts on any topic imaginable and is divided into six main sections. However, when you subscribe you get all the posts so don’t get overwhelmed by the high numbers of unread posts. Just scan through and see what interests you.
Posted in: Blogging.
Even though I haven’t been keeping very good track of my munchkins reading times for points… I have taken them to some of the library programs.
In July we went to an outreach program from Zoo America. I took my camera, of course. Here’s some video clips of the animals they brought to the library.
Continue reading →
Posted in: Activities/Hobbies.
Tagged: library · zoo
