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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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How to Identify a Blogger

June 30, 2010

As I was walking out the door this morning, I took a look in the mirror and giggled. To the untrained eye, I looked like an ordinary mom. To the trained eye, however, I had blogger written all over me. Here’s a shout out to my online (and some real life) buddies whose wares adorn [...]

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I Saw the Light (waiting until the cows came home)

June 18, 2010

Some of you may remember a post I wrote in February about taking the following two images and combining them to make a composite image, the one I wanted. This tree is about a mile and a half from my house, and it seems my fixation on it admiration of it hasn’t decreased. Since I [...]

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Lightroom 3 (and my Adobe Success Story profile!); NAPP’s Lightroom 3 Learning Center; Zack Arias’s Free Creative Live Workshop: It’s a Great Week to be a Photographer

June 12, 2010

After months of suspense, Tuesday morning Adobe announced that Lightroom 3 is available! The retail price is $299; however, if you homeschool, go to this page and scroll down to where it says Home Schooling to find out how to prove your eligibility for an education discount. With the discount, it’s only $89!!! (I have [...]

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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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Tomorrow I Become an iPad Owner

May 11, 2010

It seems too good to be true, but it is. I’ve been accumulating the funds, little by little, and the last piece of the pie should arrive with the FedEx man tomorrow, at which time we’ll jump into the car and race to the Apple store! Upon entering, I plan to search for a good-natured [...]

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What It Truly Means to Teach

February 24, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what is involved in both the teaching and mentoring of a child, or anyone for that matter. Sprittibee and I will be speaking live at the Heart of the Matter online conference this Thursday on “How NOT to Homeschool,” which obviously leads me to ponder the inverse. Also, [...]

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My BlissDom Moment with Harry Connick, Jr.

February 8, 2010

My husband was in the room when I read that Harry Connick, Jr. would be at BlissDom. Thankfully, he’s a good sport and understands my love for Harry. Still, it was a moment that no husband really deserves to witness. The next night he announced at dinner, “Kids, I want you to know that your [...]

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BlissDom ’10: Follow Your Bliss

January 5, 2010

I am crazy excited to be not only attending, but speaking at BlissDom ’10 next month in Nashville. Thursday is a full day of Wisdom Workshops, and Mishelle, Deanna, Angie, Jennifer and I will be leading the one on Photography (check out the workshop agenda here). Here is our session description: Photos can take your [...]

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Christian homeschooling mother-of-8; Photoshop and Lightroom enthusiast; photographer; Southerner; web designer; NAPP Evangelist for stay-at-home moms, bloggers, designers, digital scrappers, and homeschoolers. Use promo code DAWN when joining the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and get a $10 discount plus Scott Kelby’s Photo Recipes Live DVD/book combo FREE.