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Help Me Pick a Pic!

Help Me Pick a Pic!

This summer I get to travel to Charlotte, NC to attend the Type A Parent Conference (it’s for bloggers).  One of the fun things that the conference planners are doing is a photo contest for a calendar that each attendee will receive at the conference. I get to submit one (and only one!) photo that I used in a blog post during 2011. Obviously this is not a photo blog, but I found some fun … Read entire article »

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Understanding Blog Stats

Understanding Blog Stats

Happy Monday all! Today I have a post up over at: The post, Understanding Blog Stats, is a primer about blog statistics – where to find them, what to look for, and how to improve them.  So, if you’re a blogger, or are thinking about becoming one, come on over and check it out. Last week I wrote about the Arkansas Women Bloggers’ NEW website.  I do hope you’ll come over and Join Us! … Read entire article »

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Arkansas Women Bloggers

Arkansas Women Bloggers

As we step into the new year with all of our new goals, projects, and wishes sharply in focus, I wanted to take a moment to tell you about Arkansas Women Bloggers (ARWB). ARWB has just re-launched the website, and it’s a great place to read blog posts and find blogs from all over the Natural State.  And, if you happen to be a blogger (or a wanna-be blogger), you’ll find a community where you … Read entire article »

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Resolution: Practice What You Preach

Resolution: Practice What You Preach

Whenever we would boss or criticize one another, my mom used to tell my siblings and I, “practice what you preach.” It’s always been good advice. I had the opportunity to write about this concept from a mother’s perspective in an essay published in the January issue of Little Rock Family magazine. What if we, as mothers, practice what we preach more often? Well, let’s just say I have my new year’s resolutions cut out for … Read entire article »

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Cheap Sally votes count 2x Today!

Cheap Sally votes count 2x Today!

Hi Everyone!  As many of you know, I am competing in the Cheap Sally Bringing Home the Bacon contest.  As today is Black Friday, Cheap Sally’s favorite day of the year, every vote that I receive today and also on Cyber Monday (11/28) will count as two votes! Please take a second and Vote For Me!  You can either go here or click on the cute little piggy bank logo at right. It literally takes about … Read entire article »

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Heifer Ranch’s Global Village: A “Think Tank” for World Food Day

Heifer Ranch’s Global Village: A “Think Tank” for World Food Day

For most of us, three square meals a day is something we take for granted. But, thousands of people are dying of hunger across the world every day.  Yesterday, October 16th, was World Food Day and also Blog Action Day, a day in which bloggers all pledge to blog about the same subject in order to create awareness.  This year’s theme is FOOD. Here in Little Rock we have the privilege of having access to many … Read entire article »

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