I am so excited I can hardly hold it in. So I decided I won’t hold it in any longer. I was invited (and said YES!) to speak at the Casual Bloggers Conference in Salt Lake City in May! I will be speaking with other fabulous women about social media as well as teaching my…
Archives for January 2010
The World May Never Know….
What is the answer to that age-old question? How many licks DOES it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? Have you ever tried to find out the answer? This weekend, I over-heard my teenage daughter talking on the phone with her friend. She said, in all seriousness, “I was…
How Wheat Works
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine. I love wheat. I have buckets and bags of whole wheat in my storage room and a wheat grinder in my kitchen. The year that CandyMan gave me the wheat grinder for Christmas, my friend said…
Give Me Your Best Shot – Holiday Recap
Since this is my carnival, I can make up my own rules every once in a while, right? I have been itching to share a few more of the pictures from our Christmas trip to Florida. I’ve posted a few here and there, but there were so many more that I wanted to share. And…
You Capture – In Review
The theme at I Should Be Folding Laundry’s You Capture this week is 2009 in Review, and I couldn’t resist posting a few of my favorite or most memorable photos from the last year. Winter: Reese’s famous ham bone surprise A visit from my mom for Twizzler’s 8th birthday Twizzler’s baptism The beginning of my…
It’s a Mom’s Duty
A few days ago, something terrible happened at our house. Those of you with children will understand the gravity of my situation. We lost Doug. Can you see the love in Twizzler’s face for his favorite dog? This picture was taken almost exactly a year ago. Doug has been Twizzler’s security, his friend, his sleeping…
The Santa Hat Picture
The traditional Santa Hat picture is one of those annual traditions that my kids don’t know they love yet. Ever since AJ’s first Christmas, I’ve lined the kids up, stuck Santa hats on their heads, and made them smile for the camera. OK, I take that back. Not even I can make my kids smile…
The Mode Dial: Get to Know Your Camera With Bloggography
For quite a while after getting my digital Canon Rebel, I happily kept it on auto mode all the time. I honestly had no idea what all of those other modes were for. But when I decided to become more serious about photography, I knew that I needed to learn at least a little more…
Not Me
Now that we’re back to our normal schedule of school, work, and all that fun stuff, I am happy to report that I did not sleep in past 8:00 every morning for the last 2 weeks. I totally stayed on my schedule of waking up at 6:20. I am not one of those lazy vacation…
The Power of Hope
It’s amazing how messages sometimes come at just the right time. When I watched this video this morning I felt grateful. Grateful because I recognized that my hope has been restored. A couple of months ago, I had lost my hope. I was consumed by despair because of the stresses of our current situation. Starting…