Inspiration
in-spi-ra-tion: 1: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation 2: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions 3: the act of influencing or suggesting opinions What gives me inspiration? I read lots of things that attempt to influence or [...]
Inspiration
in-spi-ra-tion: 1: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation 2: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions 3: the act of influencing or suggesting opinions What gives me inspiration? I read lots of things that attempt to influence or [...]
Bowling for Gnomes
I enjoyed making this cute bowling set from the pattern I found here. I taped the gnome shapes onto clothespins to help them stand up. Nathan and Katya used tennis balls to knock them down. Katya thought it was funny to see the men fall over, and liked to push them with her hand as [...]
Baylor Music Studio
I’m so excited for the new school year! I learned so much at Suzuki Institute in June and am looking forward to putting lots of new ideas into practice starting in September. I met with several of my students’ parents to share my ideas and they were very kind and receptive. If you’re interested in [...]
My Sister's Keeper
I’m not a big movie theater fan, but I am glad I went with a friend to see My Sister’s Keeper when it was released a few weeks ago. I’ve read the book twice and it prompted an exellent discussion at my book club a few months ago, so I was curious to see if [...]
Website
I follow Smashing Magazine’s blog, mostly for good graphic design ideas, but my favorite thing about the site is the wallpaper gallery they provide every month. Over 50 destop wallpapers each month, in a huge variety of styles and subjects. They are all unusual or distinct in some way, and I have a lot of [...]
Trying to Be a Programmer
OK, so I’m not that great at computer programming. It has taken me two days to figure out how to customize the header of my blog. Tons of trial and error, cut and paste, checking forums for ideas, loading and loading again to try out my changes, but I managed! It might not seem that [...]
New Theme
Like the new look? Hate it? Don’t care? Leave me a comment if you have an opinion–I may be messing around with this over the next few days, if for no other reason than because there are so many cool themes out there it seems a shame to use the same one all the time! [...]
Post #300
Wow–this is the 300th post I’ve made on this blog! That sounds like a lot! I started blogging in March of 2007, so that makes a little less than 150 posts per year. Too much? Not enough? I guess it depends on who you ask. In honor of the 300th post, I will address the [...]
On Our Bookshelf
As a different way to give you a slice of our life, I offer this glimpse at what we are reading around our house today: Check the book info here: http://www.janbrett.com/bookstores/gingerbread_friends_book.htm Nathan really likes these Jan Brett Gingerbread books (this is the second in her series). The pictures are very detailed but the story is [...]
