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How I Edit Guys

August 28, 2010

Please note: This is how I edit guys. Not necessarily how anyone else does or how you should, but what works for me. Photoshopping is a hot topic: whether it’s appropriate, ethical, alters reality, etc. If my photos were going on the cover of TIME magazine, this might be relevant. Since they aren’t, I can [...]

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Homeschool Class Pictures 2010: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

August 27, 2010

I’m not sure why it took a homeschool meme last year to make me realize the importance of homeschool class pictures, but now my biggest regret is that we don’t have them for the first 16 years of our homeschool. This is the beginning of year 18 for us and our second year of class [...]

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Images I Love from Today

August 20, 2010

Today the kids and I attended Braves’ Homeschool Day at Turner Field. Another post will probably follow, but for tonight I want to show you some images of my youngest that were captured and have smitten me. Please don’t look too closely at the hair line on my selection here. I’m a busy gal and [...]

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I’m 1st Runner Up in the Solo Cup Photo Contest!

August 17, 2010

When I heard that Solo Cups was having a photo contest, I decided, “Someone’s got to win it, and it might as well be me!” and started brainstorming creative uses of Solo Cups. I had the idea of making hats with the cups, but my dad expanded it and said to incorporate our dog into [...]

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Family Photos 2010: All Together for a Moment in Time

August 5, 2010

The past couple of weeks have been bittersweet. We’ve often had all 10 of us together, as our oldest son has been doing summer work in town and coming home with my husband in the evenings, but we’ve been preparing to take our second son to college, out-of-state. Life as we know it will never [...]

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Our Atlanta Hebrew National Picnic was Better-Than-A-Picnic, and I’ve Got the Photos to Prove It

August 4, 2010

On Saturday, July 24, I had the pleasure of co-hosting the Hebrew National Better-Than-A-Picnic at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park with Mishelle, Stacey, and Renee, and Emily of The Motherhood flew in for the day just to help us. The heat index was over 100°, but that didn’t stop the fun, food, and fellowship. Thanks to [...]

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What Brings Me Joy

August 3, 2010

Daughters who are also best friends… The (in)courage gals and our silly email threads… Best friends you can be silly with… Online friendships turned real-life… [Photo credit: Jo-Lynne] And these really require no words… This post is part of SOYJOY‘s What brings you joy contest. Learn more here.

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Your Child Needs You to be a Parent (and then you can be a friend)

July 19, 2010

Communicating with teens is not always easy. One of my biggest problems is a tendency to want to project a maturity of thought onto my kids beyond their years, and being dismayed when they don’t achieve it. We’re all a work in progress, and it takes time to get “there,” wherever “there” may be. Unfortunately, [...]

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Backyard Baseball

July 18, 2010

Through the kitchen window, I spied three of my boys and four neighbors playing baseball in our yard. The side of our house has been converted into an unofficial baseball field where games are played most sunny summer afternoons. It’s so fancy they’ve added an on deck bench. Not too fancy, actually, but the bench [...]

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