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Camera Phone Friday: It’s Almost a New Year Edition
1. Our Elf on the Shelf swinging from a cable after TPing our Christmas tree 2. Bowling with the family 3. Bowling with style 4. Bonfire & marshmallows Do you ever get cynical about new year's resolutions? I do. After two years carrying around the same one, I...
Technical Difficulties
I've had a couple of technical difficulties lately that I wanted to share with you: first, I not only haven't been getting email notifications for new comments, but also my comment responder plugin (which emails you a copy of my reply) quit working with the newest...
Camera Phone Friday: Home Sweet Home Edition
1. Phineas & Ferb LIVE, 2. Straight No Chaser @ryansongs, 3. @SNCMusic rocking Atlanta!, 4. @SNCMusic signing autographs after the show, 5. Oooey gooey cinnamon rolls from @thepioneerwoman in the works!, 6. A friend's 17' tree By the end of the day today we should...
Concerts Done Right: Straight No Chaser
I occasionally apologize to my kids about the music of their generation, where popularity is garnered by bad behavior instead of talent, by style rather than substance. My parents reminisced about artists who wore suits on stage and whose dress and behavior showed...
A Sunday Scripture (What Christmas is All About)
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. ~Matthew 1:21 It's not about wrapped presents, decorated trees, or how much shopping and baking you've done. This is what it's all about.
Camera Phone Friday: 2 Weeks Until Christmas Edition
1. Making friends #HelpPortrait, 2. Strike a pose #helpportrait, 3. Gathering around the (3 wk old) baby #helpportrait, 4. Oh, baby! #helpportrait, 5. Our first dog #helpportrait, 6. Christmas Festival (my daddy tunes the piano!), 7. Dressed for success: debate today...
A Gift Given, a Gift Received
This year's Help-Portrait wasn't my first time to photograph this quietly dignified man in his electric wheelchair, wife standing by his side. But this time was different. After I'd snapped a few shots—thinking we'd finished—he said, "I want to stand." Honestly, at...
Win 4 Tickets to See Phineas and Ferb LIVE in Atlanta!
"Mom! Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" I have no idea what that means, but my kids randomly shout it all the time. At least I've finally realized they aren't talking to me. What they are talking about is Disney's Phineas and Ferb, a much-loved TV show...
Last-Minute DaySpring Deals for Christmas!
Today I feel a little bit like Santa. Or at least an elf. I'm an affiliate with DaySpring, and last month they asked if I had favorite items that I would like to offer to My Home Sweet Home readers at a heavy discount in December. I chose items that I personally enjoy...
Camera Phone Friday: Help-Portrait Edition
1. Oh, my goodness I love this idea! (now to open the box...) 2. Our Elf on the Shelf made off with the Charlie Brown Tree & the stockings this morning 🙂 3. Surely sweet tea is the official drink of heaven 🙂 4. Just lost a front tooth, in time for Christmas! 5....
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