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Tuesday Tunes: Simone Dinnerstine

Erica — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:37:50 +0000

I have a weakness for piano music. At age eleven I began saving for a piano. By age thirteen I had close to $300 saved. Around this time, my parents found out about my savings and my passion, and for my thirteenth birthday, they bought me a piano and a year of lessons. I took [...]

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kID Sure: Keeping Your Kids’ Identities Safe

Erica — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:55:19 +0000

Did you know that by the time kids are old enough to use their identity, many of them have already had their identity stolen and used? How unfair is that? Your high school graduate tries to apply for a college loan, or to get their first car, and already has a bad credit score? Yes, [...]

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Tuesday tunes: Hallelujah (Shrek Song) by Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes and Holm

Erica — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:18 +0000

To say I’m addicted to these guys is a major understatement. I wish I could buy a CD, but it seems they are individual artists who sometimes get together to perform some cover songs… My favorite version of this song can’t be embeded in a post, but you can watch it here. Here’s a live [...]

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Top 5 Tech Gadgets Every Mom Should Own

Erica — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:50:09 +0000

Guest Post by Kimberly Wilson 1. Smartphone—If you don’t own one yet, go get one—right now. A smartphone may seem a little intimating at first if you’re used to the simple phones but your life will forever be changed for the better. What makes a smartphone so special? First off you have on-the-go internet access [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: Somebody That I Used to Know

Erica — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:47:30 +0000

Someone I know shared this on Google+. I hadn’t heard the song before, but I was intriguiged by the discription… 5 people playing one guitar. I HAD to watch! I’ve played it sooo many times since then, have found the original version by Gotye as well as other covers, but none that I like as [...]

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Hosting: The most important decision for your blog

Erica — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:20:07 +0000

Guest Post by Joe Pawlikowski Usually important decisions come at some point further down the road. They come once you’ve settled in and have a feel for the lay of the land. Unfortunately for bloggers, the most important decision comes before a word is written. It comes before research, it comes before picking a theme, [...]

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Blogging from the road

Erica — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:40:39 +0000

Sitting in traffic in Texarkana, TX. Headed east for a little working vacation. Hubby’s company has sent him to their Ohio plant for a week and he has to drive right past my family’s part of Kentucky on his way, so we figured we’d make a road trip out of it! I love working from [...]

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Sarah McLachlan School of Music – Free download for Christmas!

Erica — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:02:59 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Sarah McLachlan and I was so tickled today to find this free download of a Christmas song she and her School of Music students recorded!! Download at spaceonthecouchfortwo.com Watch on YouTube: Read my review of Sarah McLachlan – Laws of Illusion! It’s still one of my favorite CDs of all [...]

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How to customize the Read More or more-tag in WordPress

Erica — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:53:46 +0000

If you’re using the more tag to customize the length of post excerpts shown on your front page you can also customize that default Read More or Continue Reading text that people click to open the full post! This can be used to your advantage! Grab people’s attention with a catchy link and make them [...]

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Learning about ISO, Apture and f-stops, and Shutter Speed

Erica — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:06:37 +0000

I’m a newcomer to the DSLR world of photography. I’ve owned more cameras than I can count, starting with a 24mm as a kid and working my way up to a fancy Sony point and shoot. Now, I’m the proud owner of a Canon Rebel T3 DSLR. The issue? I’ve been shooting in automatic mode [...]

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