July 2011

Camera Phone Friday: I’m at the Southeast Homeschool Expo Edition

July 29, 2011

I‘ll be working at the Southeast Homeschool Expo at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre in the Quaver Music booth this Friday and Saturday, although I’ll look different since I had a LOT of hair cut off today. At the moment it’s a sassy new do. Tomorrow—when I’m fixing it myself—well, who knows. It’s probably best not [...]

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The Southeast Homeschool Expo is this weekend! See you there?

July 27, 2011

The Southeast Homeschool Expo is this Friday and Saturday at the Cobb Galleria Centre here in Atlanta. I’ll be working at Quaver Music’s super cool, techy booth (your kids will love it). Classical Conversations will be represented, too (I’m a Challenge II tutor—approximately 10th grade, but appropriate for students in grades 9-12). Our Cumming location has spots [...]

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Our Moe’s ilovequeso.com Flashmob Video

July 25, 2011

You know you have awesome friends when you can talk them into flashmobbing at Moe’s, not only in the middle of the free kids’ night crowd but also on the one day of the year when they’re offering free queso. The lines were long and the emotions high as our group waited to perform. An [...]

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What’s Floating My Boat: Summer 2011 (and a request)

July 23, 2011

Recently I put together a list at (in)courage of some of my all-time favorite books. These, however, are the reads and CDs I’ll forever connect with Summer 2011. Recently finished reads or currently in my book bag(s) or on my iPad: Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcey—Because I like to think. Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider—Because I’m [...]

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Camera Phone Friday: Flashmob Edition

July 22, 2011

We had a busy, busy week: Classical Conversations tutor training in South Carolina on Monday, flashmob at Moe’s (I’ll post the video link when available!), Classical Conversations Challenge II parent meeting and dinner at my house last night. Grocery Game list | Impulse purchase = root beer floats tonight | Played “midwived” for 107 points. [...]

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Do You Know Where Your Audacity Is?

July 21, 2011

Justin: You used to be so…audacious, bold. People would stop in the street and watch you walk…You think you’ve lost it, but I can still see it. [Justin to Birdee in one of my favorite movies, Hope Floats] au·dac·i·ty –noun 1. boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, [...]

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Camera Phone Friday: My Son has Left the Country Edition

July 15, 2011

Camera Phone Friday is a wee bit late this week—9 p.m. on Friday night kind of late. That’s what happens when you’ve got a lot going on: my son left the country for Thailand today and I took my aunt for dental surgery. Oh, and I forgot it was Friday. That might have something to [...]

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Quick Tip for iPhone Users

July 14, 2011

Maybe this is something you already know, but then again, maybe you’re just like me and this will be news to you… I told a friend of ours who works at the Apple Store about an iPhone app that I’m beta testing; it drains huge amounts of my battery when the phone isn’t in use. [...]

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Great Deals and a New Product at DaySpring

July 13, 2011

I ordered each of my daughters one of my favorite tote bags, each in a different design, from DaySpring at the end of April because they were on sale. I later found out that these bags are on clearance—when they’re gone, they’re gone—so I ordered three more. Now I’m considering stocking up for teacher gifts [...]