May 2010

Today is the 4th anniversary of starting my blog, but you get the gift today at (in)courage

May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day! Today is the fourth anniversary of the start of my blog, but I’m giving you the gift—a free desktop wallpaper—at (in)courage today, as I ponder the question, “Why am I here?” I know most of you are out barbecuing, hanging at the pool or the lake, or other holiday fun. If you [...]

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Easy Duotone Images in Lightroom at Blissfully Domestic; KelbyTraining LIVE; Baseball; a Reminder; and my 4th Bloggiversary. In that order.

May 28, 2010

Duotones You may have noticed that I’ve been particularly partial to duotones since Photoshop World in March. Scott Kelby showed an awesomely easy way to create them in his Lightroom Killer Tips class. Check out Easy Duotone Images in Lightroom at Blissfully Domestic to see how it’s done. KelbyTraining LIVE Speaking of Scott, I attended [...]

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Join me at Scott Kelby’s Photoshop for Digital Photographer’s Seminar Tour in Atlanta!

May 27, 2010

Tomorrow Scott Kelby is bringing his Photoshop for Digital Photographers Tour to Atlanta, which means this is your last day to register! NAPP members get a $20 discount, so if you’ve been holding out, this is a perfect time to join NAPP. My referral link is always in the sidebar and gets you not only [...]

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Sweet Shot: Lucky Sweatbands

May 25, 2010

The combination of training and studying for the high school-level class I’ll be teaching at Classical Conversations next school year, and wrapping up my boys’ spring baseball season is leaving little time for blogging. I couldn’t resist sharing this shot, though. The 15-18 year old players on my son’s baseball team are convinced that these [...]

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Straight No Chaser “With a Twist” CD Review and Giveaway

May 21, 2010

[Contest is closed. The winner is Kathy at Just Another Day in Paradise.] If you saw my recent post about attending the Straight No Chaser concert here in Atlanta at Center Stage, you know what SNC fans my family has become. We’ve listened to their latest CD, With a Twist, almost continuously since receiving it. [...]

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Sweet Shot: Retro Mercedes, plus some sweet stuff from Kodak

May 18, 2010

Another sweet shot from the Allure of the Automobile exhibit at the High Museum: For more Sweet Shots, visit Life with My 3 Boybarians! If you’ve got a baby, here’s something sweet from Kodak that you won’t want to miss: free photo birth announcements, plus a special promotion for My Home Sweet Home readers: Buy [...]

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Random Things in Front of My Camera Today

May 18, 2010

Out the van window: (Random trivia: In what 80s movie does Danny DeVito get distracted by a billboard and yell, “Cows!”?) My son, who walked a mile with me and then ran eight: Happy concrete: Eighty-six year old grandmother who loves watching her grandson’s baseball games and knows everyone on the team and the umpires, [...]

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Mother’s Day with the Family at The Homeschool Post

May 14, 2010

Know how I showed you all those hot cars I saw at the High Museum on Mother’s Day? See the rest of the story, the family shots, today at The Homeschool Post. I’ve got a bunch of books to price before a used book sale this afternoon; a pizza party at the park with our [...]