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The Jensen Project Premiers this Friday Night, July 16, on NBC – Win a copy of the DVD/soundtrack!
[The contest is closed. Nancy is the winner!] Walmart and P&G will air the second in their series of family-friendly made-for-TV movies, The Jensen Project, this Friday night, July 16, at 8 p.m. on NBC. Secrets of the Mountain, which premiered in April, is the...
Visit me at (in)courage today! {pretty please}
Y'all, I look like the biggest goofball in my first vlog at (in)courage today called Basic Photography Tips for (in)courage Readers. So..., if you want to see me hiding in my bathroom shooting a video on my laptop and sounding dorky, just click over, okay? Happy...
Hebrew National’s Better-Than-A-Picnic at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park on July 24
Hebrew National's final 2010 Better-Than-A-Picnic picnic will be held at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park on July 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. I will be co-hosting the event with Mishelle, Stacey, and Renee. Not only will there be all the hot dogs, fruit, and...
Welcome to My Studio
Inspired by Zack Arias's white seamless tutorial and needing to take head shots for a friend's daughter who is involved in acting, I recently ordered two light stands, a crossbar, and a roll of white seamless. My dining room and our computer room both have large north...
Cool Kids Clothing from Parigi Group, Plus an Apple Bottoms Outfit Giveaway!
[This contest is closed. The winner is Henria O.!] Once kids get old enough to care about their clothing, our ideas of what to wear and theirs often just don't match. Moms want quality and kids want cool. With brands such as Apple Bottoms, PUMA, Akademiks, and LRG,...
A Son Who Will Be Missed When He Goes to College
Our 19-year-old son graduated high school last May, but because housing wasn't available at the college he'll attend, he's been home with us for a year and will start school next month. You would think a teenage boy at loose ends for a year is a recipe for disaster,...
Easy Layered Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert
The first time I ate this dessert, I had no idea it was made from ice cream sandwiches; I thought it was something amazing and complex in its multi-layered glory. I'm going to walk you through preparing this delicious and extremely simple dish, guaranteed to win...
Mr. Toad, Frog Went a-Courtin’, or some other title appropriate for these pictures
Flickr is undergoing some formatting changes, the biggest of which, for me, is the ability to easily grab code for 640px images. Within minutes of noticing that change, I added 50 extra pixels to my main content column, which then meant that I had to add 50 extra...
The Bird’s Nest in My Front Porch Light
Last year we noticed a bird building a nest in our front porch light. My 15-year-old son wrapped some packing tape around the bottom to block the bird before it could lay eggs. Unfortunately, he was too late. We later noticed bird's feathers stuck to the tape, and...
How to Identify a Blogger
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...
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