Hummie's World

Busy Owner Commenting on Digital Scrapbooking Gallery Layouts

2010-01-02T12:40:00.002-06:00

THIS is how Firefox balks at me, as a busy owner of a digital scrapbooking site who is committed to commenting on every layout that comes into the gallery, because there are too many active windows open.

I just found it funny when it came up with that message and had to pass it onto you!

Recipe for a Happy New Year

2010-01-02T12:22:00.000-06:00

Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate, cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the pasthave them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time.

Cut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts. Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time.

Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing don't do it), prayer, and one well-selected resolution.

Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.

Freebie Part 6 of 10 --and Testimonials

2010-01-02T11:58:00.002-06:00

Another class for Course 2 began on January 1st here at Hummie's World (read details here), but as always, I allow people to sneak into the classes late for about a week before I close the class off to new registrations. So there is still time for you to join!

Also, there are many self-paced digital scrapbooking courses always open, to paying and non-paying members (see guides here) and we thought it a great opportunity to share a few remarks from the digital scrapbooking students with you in hopes that others would be encouraged to join a class.

We have been sharing some remarks each day for 10 days as you collect this wonderful winter tag collection created by Dawn.

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I also was a Paint Shop Pro user until I met up with Hummie. I still do use PSP 10 sometimes. I have them all up to 12, but like 10 the most. I started using Photoshop Elements with Hummie and now am totally hooked on it. I use 8 right now, but I do some of the work in Photoshop 4. Hummie is a great teacher and I love to learn. I love the way Hummie teaches a technique and then tells you to make a layout to go with the technique. It makes you think out of the box. Every technique she teaches is down to a level that you can understand and if you don't understand it she will help you with it. She is a great teacher and a great person to give her time so freely. Margaret (Margaret)

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Preserve the World

2010-01-01T10:07:00.000-06:00

He told the people during the Sermon on the Mount (and ultimately us), "You are the salt of the earth?" Your first thought regarding salt may be that it is used to flavor food. But another use for salt, especially in Jesus' time and culture, is as a food preservative.

What a wonderful New Year's resolution. Jesus calls for us this year (and every year) to add flavoring to the world. Where there is anger, add peace. If you run into hatred, pour love on the situation. If you encounter hurts, heal the wound with compassion. Season hopelessness with hope through Jesus Christ. Add a faithful flavor to the faithlessness of the world.

Jesus also calls us to be a preservative in the world. We can't do this on our own, but only with the help of the Holy Spirit working through us. In this age when commitments are short-term and faithfulness is a filthy word, we can be examples and encouragers of these attributes in others. God wants to share His life and Word through us, the salt of the world.

What a gift He has given by salting us throughout all seasons of life! If you feel that your life or faith has lost its saltiness, there is hope. Salt, the seasoning, cannot be recreated to be salty again if it loses its taste. But with the Spirit's power and the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, you can be recreated to be the salt of the earth that will last beyond this world and into heaven.

We are the salt of the earth! I think I'll reflect on that as I get some water to drink after eating all these salted peanuts!

May God bring out His saltiness in you, as He lives in you through this year and into eternity!

Happy New Year!

Freebie Part 5 of 10 --and Testimonials

2010-01-01T09:49:00.004-06:00

Course 2 begins today here at Hummie's World (read details here), but as always, I allow people to sneak into the classes late for about a week before I close the class off to new registrations. So there is still time for you to join!

Also, there are many self-paced digital scrapbooking courses always open, to paying and non-paying members (see guides here) and we thought it a great opportunity to share a few remarks from Subscribers with you in hopes that others would be encouraged to join a class.

We have been sharing some remarks each day for 10 days as you collect this wonderful winter tag collection created by Dawn.

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Hi Tina,

I imagine my 'testimony' is similar to many others: I obtained Photoshop Elements; I went through some training DVDs and created some pages; but once I discovered Hummie's tutorials I learned SO many new things!

Since coming to Hummie's World, I've had my first 120 page book printed, and I'm half-way through my next one! : )

I appreciate the organization of her tutorials. I've not been a fan of video tutorials before, and still really like to have written ones to refer back to, but I've learned to appreciate her careful instruction, and sometimes I do like being able to back up the video and watch a section again.

I appreciate her teaching style - she goes at a speed that lets me catch details I can really use. I've learned so many 'shortcuts,' and even hard-drive conserving tips, from Hummie.

I also appreciate her feedback. Her encouraging 'warm fuzzies' have made me keep moving forward. Getting comments from Hummie and all of the rest of the community at Hummie's World is a highly motivating factor for me.

I also appreciate VERY much the fact that Hummie has an 'open' gallery. It's so nice to scrap with what I think will best bring out the photos, rather than trying to find a 'legal' item from my collection to use, as I've had to do in other galleries in the past. Since I can't afford to buy a kit just to post a layout in a gallery, this is a pretty big deal.

I also appreciate Hummie as a person. Her posts often 'hit the nail on the head' in expressing things I've felt. Her personal testimony as a Christian, as a mother, as a flower garden person - all of these add to the appreciation I feel for her.

Blessings!

Anita Bennett (AnitaB)

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Sign up for the Themed Thursday Classes! (For Paying and Non-paying Members)

2010-01-01T09:22:00.003-06:00

I worked hard yesterday setting up the Themed Thursday classes as a self-paced class. You may now go back and begin with the first set of classes if you would like to join us. I know there are several people who have been anxious to join this class.

You can find the new index guide and instructions on this page.

It's New Year's Day! What a better time than to re-commit to your scrapping goals and join some classes.

We have plenty of them here at Hummie's World--for both paying and non-paying members.

Everyone is welcome. You can use any products as long as your layouts in the gallery are a part of the activity in the forum, so there are no excused not to join us!

To read more about all the classes and challenges that you can join here at Hummie's World, each to earn an icon by your name, please see this page: http://www.hummiesworld.com/lists.html

New Beginnings...

2010-01-01T09:06:00.000-06:00

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

2010 New Year's Resolutions

2009-12-31T22:10:00.004-06:00

Do you make New Year's resolutions?

(We interrupt this blog post for an important announcement. This image was stolen from ScrappinCop. It's okay, I'm sure she will still be my friend. It's good to have cop friends in scrapping places.)

I never used to make New Year's resolutions. I guess I was like most people and figured I would never keep them anyway, so just didn't do it.

However, last year I made a resolution. I resolved for 2009 to not join any groups of people in which I have to commit to design mini-kits as freebies for my blog or any other activities with deadlines.

I am happy to report that I kept my resolution! Not only that, but I remember it being hard to break the habit, but now I am glad that I did.

So, in the spirit of last year's resolutions, I have decided to make a similar resolution for 2010. I need to simplify my life and start scrapping more. So I resolve to not create any more big events for my forum in 2010 that require deadlines and a lot of work.

Yes, in 2010, we are going to continue doing the same thing many of us are doing -- just scrapping, learning, and inspiring each other. No Amazing Race Scrapping event here; no Scrap the Guy contest here; no St. Louis Digi-Gathering this year; nothing that overwhelms me and overtakes my life.

I want to feel free of burdens for it is in those moments that the artistic, creative side of me comes forth. It is in those moments that ideas come flowing forth to inspire others. It is in those moments I can blog about daily life and maybe make a difference in someone else's life by my words. It is in those moments that I feel good about myself. We all need more of those moments. How will you gain more of those moments?

Feel free to drop by my forum and make a commitment for your own resolutions. Sometimes just declaring it makes it happen. So, come with me and declare!

I wish for you all a very happy and blessed 2010.

Book of Me Challenges - Set 2 - Ready for you to do!

2009-12-31T22:02:00.002-06:00

Tina has been at it again! The second set of 20 Book of Me Challenges is up and ready to go!

I know she is excited about encouraging you to scrap about yourself.

For each set of 20 that you complete, you will receive a special icon by your name.

Please read this index page for more information. Won't you join us? Any products can be used, so there are no excuses!

Registration is in the forum here.

Freebie Part 4 of 10 --and Testimonials

2009-12-31T12:14:00.002-06:00

God's Promises for the New Year

2009-12-31T11:06:00.000-06:00

I will bless you (Gen 12:2)
I will not fail you (Josh 1:5)
I will heal you (II Kings 20:5
I will guide you (Ps 32:8)
I will instruct you (Ps 32:8)
I will teach you (Ps 32:8)
I will deliver you (Ps 50:15)
I will satisfy (Ps 132:15)
I will help you. (Is 41:10)
I will strengthen you (Is 41:10)
I will uphold you (Is 41:10)
I will hold your hand (Is 42:5)
I will not forget you (Is 49:15)
I will comfort you (Is 66:15)
I will forgive (Jer 31:34)
I will restore (Jer 10:17)
I will be y our God (Ezek. 36:28)
I will put my Spirit within you (Ezek 36:27)
W will save you (Ezek 36:27)
I will love you (John 11:21)

It depends. . .(a post all about advertising...really)

2009-12-31T10:34:00.005-06:00

I so enjoyed every comment on my recent "underwear" post. Hubby and I sat here cracking up at each one of them.

But wait! It gets better!

I've been intending to share this for a few days and this is a great excuse. Back in October, I added Google Adsense to the sidebar of my blog. I always cringe when I see these Google ads and NEVER click on them. So I've always thought there was no way I could ever make any money by having them on my blog and, most especially thought they would give a bad vibe coming from my blog as one where I am out to make money (which many of the blogs that are full of ads are just out to make money).

Anyway, before I finish babbling about Adsense, I wanted to share with you what I spotted on my blog today that has me laughing. Apparently, Google crawls through your posts and finds related material to place in the Adsense ads.

Check out what it found to relate to in my latest "underwear" post? One day later, my blog is advertising bladder control products! Ha ha! Oh no! And now I'm making a second post about it and the crawlers are going to reinforce that this blog is about bladder control and probably continue to advertise it more! He he he. Oh my. I'd better watch what I blog about, right? Are you laughing as hard as I am?

So, I want to thank everyone who is clicking on these ads. I put them up on the sidebar of my blog and supposedly in the "feed" for the blog and apparently someone is clicking on them. I installed them back in October and then never went back to log into my account until just the other day. Wow! What a surprise I had waiting for me!

Now, however, I'm having to jump through all kinds of hoops just to get the money sent to me. They sent me a pin number by snail mail that I had to enter, I had to fill out tax forms online, I had to allow them to call my phone and then I entered a special key number into their site, and now I'm waiting for them to make a deposit into my account so that I can go back to their site and tell how much they deposited. Seriously, I had to go through all this kind of stuff with Paypal for a week and I'm not sure which site is "ostensibly safer."

Go ahead. I double dog dare you to click on that bladder control ad and not laugh! (and tomorrow's ads may now be about dog bones.)

I'm playing around with a search engine bar that is supposed to be a type of ad also. It is at the very bottom of my blog for now until I get it working right. It is supposed to search my site only, but at first it was not working. Then I had to learn how to add a "site map" to my account. I had NO idea what I was doing. I've seen that setting before in the Google Webmaster Tools, but never could figure it out. By George, I think I finally got something working the other day. It's really supposed to help people find my site to have a "site map" but a SEO I am not!

By the way, for all those non-techy people, did you know that SEO is not what you think it is! I learned this about two months ago (but was too busy to blog about it). I always though of those big-wig people who made a lot of money in big corporations, but did little work, and wasted their money on high class living whenever I heard the word "SEO." Apparently, a "Senior Executive Officer" is a less common use for the abbreviation. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and people make a career of being SEO experts.

There are crazy things one must do for a site to get it indexed for search engines appropriately, such as using the right keywords, but yet not too many of the same keyword, in your writings on your site. Uh? That's like the legalese of "included, but not limited to" phrase. Is there really any right answer?

I also signed up for AdWords back in October and I see that I paid them $5 to purchase ads. AdSense and AdWords can be confusing. AdSense is you making money by having other's ads on your site. AdWords is you spending money to put your ads on other's sites. I'm afraid to log into my AdWords account to see if it was a waste of money or not. Hopefully, I won't forget to deduct that expense off my taxes. I'm betting $5 didn't go very far or bring anyone to my site. Maybe I should take my AdSense income and turn around and use it for AdWords?

Validation

2009-12-31T10:02:00.002-06:00

I saw this video on Cathy Zielske's blog and just had to pass it on to make sure you had seen it too. Don't we all need some validation? What happens if we don't get validation? How quickly can a little validation change someone's demeanor?

Have you validated anyone today? It's easy -- just start with "You are. . ." and the rest should roll right off your tongue.

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.

2009-12-30T13:15:00.006-06:00

Two years ago in December a complete stranger gifted me with kindness. Please read about it in my blog post here. It is really what the world should be about. I used that calendar throughout 2008.

I bought a new one for myself for 2009. Today a co-worker was standing by my desk and some impromptu conversation came about regarding the thought for the day. I read him my calendar for the day and a sudden idea hit me. I grabbed from my desk the calendar from a few years ago, hereinafter known as the "calendar of kindness," and explained to him the story of how it was gifted to me.

I gave him the calendar, told him to use if or a year, and then at the end of next year, to give it to someone else. It is my hopes that the "calendar of kindness," like a boomerang, will eventually some day return its kindness to the man who gave it to me. Do you think it will ever make it?

Here's one of my favorite quotes that I keep in the sidebar of my blog:
I expect to pass through this world just once. Any good, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-being, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.--Drummond

What can you do kind today? Why not start your own "pass it on" bit of kindness today. Go ahead. Look around your house. What do you have that you never use any more that you can pass on to another and ask that person to pass it on when they are done with it?

Start your own boomarang of kindness today and share with us in the comments what you have done.

What a great way to end the year, huh?

For the New Year

2009-12-30T11:25:00.000-06:00

H old fast to your faith (Hebrews 4:14)
A ssemble with the saints (Hebrews 10:25)
P ray earnesty every day (1 Thessalonians 5:17,18)
P ray for great blessings (Malachi 3:10)
Y ield not to temptation (1 Thessalonians 5:22)

N eglect not your talents and opportunities (Galatians 6:10)
E xamine yourself daily (2 Corinthians 13:5)
W ork diligently for the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58)

Y ield your members to righteousness (Romans 6:11, 16)
E exercise yourself in godliness (1 Timothy 4:7)
A im at sinless perfection (Hebrews 6:1)
R edeem the time (Ephesians 5:15, 16)

For all the times they goof up. . .

2009-12-30T09:30:00.008-06:00

For all the times they goof up . . .

....sometimes the guys can be thoughtful and bring a smile to your face.

I always find it odd that so many people enjoy reading my personal life ramblings that I write on my blog. Kind of creepy actually. It has been so long since I have been able to write real me posts on the blog and I don't know if you have been missing them or not. I've just been so busy with life. So many times I think of things I want to blog about, and even take photos for them, and then never get around to blogging about them. I am feeling my load a little lighter all the sudden and am hoping to get back to doing some things I loved doing before.

So, what is this note about in the photo?

Well, I've been sick for over a week now. Actually, I was sick for a few weeks, got well for a week, and then was sick again. I'm one to not get sick very often, so I'm ready to be over with all this sickness!

For over a week, I've had this annoying congestion stuck in my chest. No other symptoms, just this annoying coughing. Of course, when I talk, the air only glides over the congestion and makes me cough more. So annoying!

Some of you may find this as TMI (too much information) and some of you may get a good laugh and be able to laugh along with me. So read on or stop here. This is your warning. There is no turning back once you continue on. Here it goes: Every time I cough, I pee.

Sigh. Yep. Giving birth to three children has left me with one of the weakest bladders on earth. For the most part, I can usually just deal with it. However, sudden pressure is non-deal-able.

I've run out of the larger, thicker feminine pads. The thin ones just don't do the job. I've changed my underwear so many times in the past week that I think I need to invest in underwear stock of some kind and head out and purchase more. I've gone through dress pants, jeans, and shorts at a regular rate. The word "depends" keeps coming to mind and I cringe.

Seriously, this coughing as GOT to end!

So, last night, around 1 a.m., I refreshed myself ready for bed in comfort, only to sit down on my bed and sneeze. Ugggggggggg! Well, that fresh set didn't last long. I was so mad and frustrated I got up and smacked my fist on the bedroom door, grabbed my last pair of underwear, and grumbling I headed straight for the bathroom again.

I think every guy should have to wear a feminine pad at least once so that they can understand and sympathize with what we women have to go through. It takes what seems forever to just peel the paper off of the sticky part and then sometimes there are several parts that need peeling because they have these fancy "wings." Who ever thought up those "wings" must have been a man.

Once peeled away and exposed, the sticky parts always seem to want to bend up onto each other like magnets and adhere to each other. Sometimes you can salvage the whole pad and careful unstick it from itself, but sometimes you have to throw it away, totally wasted of time and money, and start over with a fresh one.

Oh goodness, let's not even mention if the sticky parts turn up upon placement and some of that tender hair gets caught up on the sticky parts. It is like a puzzle trying to figure out which direction the things go and which parts get folded whereto. What a gamble it is to guess whether you place the pad further towards the front or the back -- a bet I always seem to loose as I can never remember which is better as centered certainly never works well. You know what I'm talking about, right?

I don't know about you, but my fatness leaves very little room between my thighs and the pads are immediately scrunched up into a wad upon pulling up my underpants. Seriously? Only models have that wide space that fits pads perfectly. Am I right?

So, what's up with that note in the photo above? Dearest hubby leaves for work earlier than I do and he was so thoughtful to take the time to gather all of the whites (a/k/a underwear) and put them in the wash for me so I would have a fresh set to take me into the day. I did not see it at first, but when I went in to take a shower, there in the bottom right-hand corner of the bathroom mirror was a surprise note from hubby. It brought a smile to my face.

For those who have been reading my blog since its conception, you may recall that clean underwear is a repetitive problem of mine. Here's my first post on the subject. It's always a good laugh to go back and read that.

So, I guess this is the part in my post that is supposed to turn into a bathroom babbles. You may recall the many previous posts that always seemed to be popular in this series. There always seems to be something great going on in my bathroom. I'm not sure why. It's kind of weird.

Yes, I'm grumbling today. I've been grumbling for days actually. My poor hubby has had to listen to me grumble. Most often, he never responds to my grumbling, just not answering and putting into practice that selective hearing all wives are familiar with.

However, this time he responded differently:
1 Peter 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

Now, wouldn't it make all marriages better if we all responded with hospitality towards each other in all situations? When was the last time you asked your spouse if you could fill his drink? Or do you always wait on him "hand and foot" and grumble while doing so? What can you do for the others in your home today to offer them hospitality without grumbling?

I'm thankful that my congestion has finally moved from my chest to my nasals. I actually feel worse today, but any movement is a good sign. Hopefully, it is moving out and away -- gone for good soon.

Leave your thoughts in the comments please. You know I love to read them and it encourages me to write more.

A New Life for the New Year

2009-12-29T23:48:00.000-06:00

A man approached a woman in a restaurant and gleefully exclaimed, "Dorothy! It's so good to see you! I see you have a new look. I like the new color of your hair. Your new hairstyle becomes you. Your new makeup certainly highlights your loveliest features. And I'm impressed with your new clothes and how well they fit you."

As he finally quit gushing, the woman said, "Sir, I think you have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Helen."

He immediately said, "Oh, so you now have a new name, too. Wonderful! Wonderful!"

The fast approaching new year reminds us of newness of life that comes through Christ. "If anyone is in Christ," St. Paul wrote, "he is a new creation, the old has passed away, behold the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17. The Apostle further says: "put off your old nature...and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness" Ephesians 4:22. What better advice could Christians heed?

Freebie Part 3 of 10 --and Testimonials

2009-12-29T23:23:00.003-06:00

There is a new Course beginning at Hummie's World on January 1st (read details here), as well as self-paced courses always open, and we thought it a great opportunity to share a few remarks from Subscribers with you in hopes that others would be encouraged to join a class. There are even Subscribers who lurk and have never joined a class. Therefore, we are going to be sharing some remarks each day for 10 days as you collect this wonderful winter tag collection created by Dawn.

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Hi my name is Jana and I'm a new comer to Hummie's World, having only found out about her site just a month ago! But I have to say what a treasure chest of information I have landed into! There are classes that you can take at your own pace, which have the most amazing video tutorials that go along with each lesson as well as written instruction that match the videos. Hummie covers all the basics and goes through in her latest class learning how to design for yourself. I have used Photoshop for about 8 months and I have learned so many new things, that I never even knew about. Lots of new short cuts and just really cool things to try out! I'm looking forward to going through all of her classes, even if it is just to practice up on my own skills, because they are so well written and easy to follow! I think that anyone from a beginner to an advanced user could benefit from Hummie's lessons. They are just great! Come join us for some great fun, friendship and learning!

Jana (jlynn)

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The New Year Prayer

2009-12-29T09:03:00.000-06:00

Dear Master, for this coming year,
Just one request I bring.
I do not pray for happiness
Or any earthly thing;
I do not ask to understand
The way Thou leadest me;
But this I ask, Teach me to do
The thing that pleaseth Thee.
I want to know Thy guiding Voice,
To walk with Thee each day.
Dear Master, make me swift to hear
And ready to obey;
And thus the year I now being
A happy year will be
If I am seeking just to do
The thing that pleaseth Thee.

New Course 2 Challenge & a Freebie

2009-12-28T17:56:00.004-06:00

I cannot believe I actually scrapped! As often I do, I like to make a technique challenge for Course 2 out of my layouts and this is what I have come up with for the next one--a pie chart shaped layout! Can you believe this is the 69th video in Course 2 in the Susbscriber Area? If you do them all, what inspiration is hiding in there! I'm waiting for someone to take this a step further and to get creative with an arrow pointing to some text -- is your imagination churning yet?

I'm really feeling a bit like my load is lighter now than it has been in months! It feels SO good -- and maybe you will reap the benefits of my lighter load.

Goodness, with nothing going on with my blog for a while, we are suddenly full of freebies! I hope you are finding them all. This is the second grafitti paper made from the photos my son took for me a year ago as a Christmas gift. I sure wish I had more time to get them all out to you. I thought it turned out really cool with my layout though. I love the lighting and the angle of it.

You can download it here for a limited time and then it is permenantly in the Subscriber Area (which is only $5.50 per month-- yeah, yeah -- you're tired of me saying it, but new people here need to read it, don't they?).

Improve....

2009-12-28T14:03:00.000-06:00

Most people want to change the world to improve their lives.

What a wasted effort.

If they would improve themselves, they would be better off and so would the world.

Make a resolution this year to improve yourself.

Finding Others on the Internet with Like Interests

2009-12-28T13:46:00.006-06:00

When I was moving my Look to the Lord blog to this blog yesterday and checking out everything in the sidebar to make sure I had transferred over everything necessary, I rediscovered MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog. I became members of the two communities years ago and there are probably blog posts around here about them. In fact, one of them indicates I joined in February of 2007, almost 3 years ago (boy does time fly!).

I used to have the widgets in my sidebar. I remember when they first came out how cool it was to see avatars in my sidebar of those who had visited. Eventually, however, most likely due to lack of time, I removed them from my sidebar.

I thought I would blog about these two services once again as I am certain there are many readers to this blog now who are new to blogging and have never heard of the sites. I put the widgets back in my sidebar, for now. I am mostly concerned that they make my blog take longer to load.

However, if the time and effort is put forth, they can be a great way to find people with common interests that like to blog or even just finding other blogs of interest for your reading enjoyment. As always, there are internet marketers that will have to be ignored, but I guess that's all part of the learning experience.

What are your New Year's resolutions?

2009-12-28T09:02:00.000-06:00

Here are some simple rules you may wish to follow in making yours.
Make no resolutions having anything to do with losing or gaining weight.
Make no resolutions having anything to do with smoking.
Make no resolutions having anything to do with buying things.
Make it spiritually oriented.
Make it involve relationships with others.
Make it deal with lifestyle changes.
Make it something you have been meaning to do for some time.
Share it with someone that will hold you accountable.

Freebie Part 2 of 10 --and Testimonials

2009-12-27T18:59:00.002-06:00

There are new courses beginning at Hummie's World on January 1st (read details here) and we thought it a great opportunity to share a few remarks from Subscribers with you in hopes that others would be encouraged to join a class. There are even Subscribers who lurk and have never joined a class. Therefore, we are going to be sharing some remarks each day for the next 10 days as you collect this wonderful winter tag collection created by Dawn.

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I have been a member of the Hummies World forums for a little over a year, but didn't become a subscriber till January 2009. I honestly cannot begin to tell you what took me so long to subscribe! Once I did, I started digging right in, and I have learned sooooo much, I can't even begin to tell you!!

I came across the digi world by complete accident. I was looking on google for something TOTALLY unrelated, and came across something about digi scrapping through scrap girls. So, I looked them up, and started to slowly learn what this whole thing was about.

When I first started, I was using Microsoft Picture It 10. I was doing ok.... but that all changed when I got my copy of PSE 6!! When I got it, I was completely confused, and so, I began my search for tutorials on how on earth to work this seemingly hard piece of software. In comes Hummie, with her gentle spirit and incredible teaching. I started going through her free tutorials, then I finally made the subscriber choice and I have been learning more and more ever since!! So much so, that now- some ladies in my church want me to teach THEM how to get started!!! This would have NEVER happened if it weren't for Hummie!

I am, and always will be, a subscriber to Hummies World. You can't keep me away!!!!

~Dawn Miller (dawn)

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First Designer Class Freebies!

2009-12-27T13:19:00.006-06:00

The first downloads from the designer class at Hummie's World are coming in! Don't they look awesome? You can find the download links in this thread.

I want to encourage you to visit the blogs of those in the class. Many of them are brand new to blogging and would appreciate your comments so much.