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    Vacations in the United States You Must Experience

    July 23, 2024 - By 

    The United States is a huge and diverse place with beautiful locations to visit. Whether you want time in a big city or a nature-rich vacation, you can find everything you could wish for in the U.S. I find I like vacations with a mixture of both! I can’t wait to share about my recent trip to San Francisco, where we got the big city feel, but also enjoyed some time on the California coast driving on highway 1. First, it is important to consider who you are going with. You should all have a conversation about what kind of…

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    Can Stress Cause a Miscarriage? What Every Expectant Mom Should Know

    September 10, 2022 - By 

    Pregnancy can be both exhilarating and bewildering for a woman. Alongside joy, many expectant mothers also experience deep concerns, especially when it comes to protecting their babies’ health. One widespread fear is whether stress can cause a miscarriage. With countless old wives’ tales and stories circulating online, it’s easy to understand the confusion. This article will explore the factors of miscarriages and why sleeping equipment like pregnancy and maternity pillows are essential for expecting moms. Understanding the Fear: The Common Link Between Stress and Worry For many expectant mothers, stressful moments at work or at home can spark worries about…

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    Making the Most of Your Time at Home during COVID

    May 14, 2020 - By 

    A couple weeks ago after watching church online, since we had everyone gathered around the TV in the living room, Rob brought up making a schedule for our family. Now each of us pretty much follow a daily schedule of our own to ensure we get things done, but when Rob and I stopped and thought about the weeks that had already gone by and the time that was ‘lost’ it made us realize we needed to do something. Now it wasn’t really lost, because I assume that we were all doing things we enjoyed whether it be together or…

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    How to Find a Penpal

    June 26, 2017 - By 

    One of the things I used to do growing up was writing to a penpal from far, far away. I got to thinking earlier this year that over the summer, I wanted to try to do some penpalling again. So I began researching it. I came across several sites where those that are interested can find others interested in penpalling. Here’s a list of places you can find penpals. Penpal World – this is the one I found to be the best and easiest to use. Swap-bot Interpals Penpal Snow Global Pen Friends You can also go to instagram and…

  • 10 Tips for Better iPhone Pictures - Here's a few simples things to remember to make your iPhone pics better!
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    10 Tips for Better iPhone Pictures

    February 26, 2015 - By 

    It’s Thursday, so I’m looking back at my New Year’s Resolutions. Today I’m getting real with one of my resolutions. #2…There are just some days that I can’t for one reason or another carry my big camera with me. In most situations, I at least have it in my car, but again, there’s just some places and times, I can’t or don’t feel like lugging it along. So with that being said, I think most of us these days have a decent camera phone. If you have an iPhone 5 or greater, they take really darn pics, considering. Today I’m…

  • Ideas to Help your 365 Project be a Good One
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    Ideas to Help your 365 Project be a Good One

    February 3, 2011 - By 

    The other night I had one of those nights, where I just laid in bed and couldn’t stop tossing and turning and my mind was just flying and made it impossible to sleep. I for some reason got on the subject of the 365 project, trying to think of things to take pics of. I’ve tried doing the 365 project for the last several years and eventually I get burned out. I actually started coming up with ways to make it more exciting. I got up and started writing…. Experiment with lighting, focus, angle, aperture, bokeh, depth of field (DoF),…