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From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Review & Giveaway: Yo Baby Yogurt

June 30, 2009
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**Update: This giveaway is now closed. HandyMan drew names – and the winner is Sprittibee! Congrats! Shoot me an email, and my friends at Stoneyfield Farm will get your prize out post-haste!**
We’ve been making a real effort around here to eat better. It started last year after reading some articles [...]

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Migrating from Blogger to Wordpress – My Experience

June 28, 2009

Are you considering moving your blog from Blogger / Blogspot.com to Wordpress? Here is my experience with blog migration.
I bought this domain back in November 2008 and made the move in June 2009, so it wasn’t an overnight experience. That said, it doesn’t need to take 7 months either. I was dragging [...]

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My Neighborhood

June 27, 2009

ISO 800 85mm f/9 1/800sec

ISO 200 70mm f/9 1/200sec

ISO 200 55mm f/8 1/40sec
**This shot above, “Soybeans”, is entered in Dawn@MHSH’s photo contest sponsored by National Geographic and Energizer. You [...]

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Oh, that little tear…

June 26, 2009

… it might be my undoing!

Isn’t he delicious?
It’s Friday again at I ♥ Faces. Time to take a good photo and try to make it great.
Here is the before:

And here they are side-by-side:

Now it’s your turn. You can go download the original, and take your own shot at editing the photo at I [...]

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Look who moved in.

June 24, 2009

In case any of my neighbors are reading – this is why we still have our Christmas wreath up in June. Once her little ones have moved out, we’ll take it down. By then, it may be time to put it up again. In the meantime, we’re banished from the front door. [...]

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We have a winner!

June 24, 2009

That was a fun blog-warming party. Thanks for the warm wishes for the new place. Quite a few of you have asked about moving from Blogger to Wordpress. I will have a QnA coming up soon. It’s not too late to get your question answered, shoot me an email or leave [...]

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My blog is what?!

June 20, 2009

These arrived in the mail in a package addressed to my boys. I’d just like to thank my friend J for a moment for keeping up the pretense that those would actually be eaten by my children. Thanks, J! I love them! The boys love them!
On Friday morning, I wake up [...]

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I ♥ Faces Friday Fix-It, 6-19

June 19, 2009

Don’t forget to enter for your chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card below!

It’s time to take a shot at fixing photos over at I ♥ Faces!
How does it work? Amateur photographers submit a photograph that is good, but could use some WOW!
Final:

This week it was that little bundle of pink. [...]

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You did it! You found me!

June 17, 2009

Ohhhh, yay! I’m so glad you’re here. Welcome!
These are the new digs of Life With My 3 Boybarians. Thanks for stopping by.
Some things to note:

The URL has changed to http://my3boybarians.com
This blog has pages – love that feature. You can find them up in the nav bar.
I installed Google friend connect. [...]

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10 Things I Rather be Doing Today

June 12, 2009

10. Reading New Moon. Again.
9. Baking cupcakes. I have no reason to bake cupcakes. I just think they are pretty.
8. Taking a bubble bath at ~110 degrees with a fresh issue of Real Simple with no one interrupting me for an hour.
7. Having a sleepy newborn over so [...]

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Out and About

June 11, 2009

Wanna hear something funny? After all that about my sidebars and cluttering them up with stuff so I can enable you to become an Amazon Prime member, get terribly addicted to illy, finally breakdown and order Photoshop and Lightroom? Turns out some of you on Firefox can’t even click through my ads. [...]

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To Ad or not to Ad. That is the question.

June 10, 2009

I gave a workshop today on blogging at AWI. My last point was: Should you or should you not advertise or accept PR on your blog? Looking around lwm3b you can see which decision I made. But I’ll humbly agree it’s not for every blog nor every blogger.
Turns out, very few [...]

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How to allow bloggers to respond to your comments:

June 8, 2009

Has this happened to you?

One of the most frustrating things about blogging is getting a comment or question, then having no way to respond. If you use Blogger and leave comments on blogs… please, please follow these steps to make sure bloggers can respond to you! I did a post not long ago [...]

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Yuuuuummmmmmy. Is it November yet?

June 6, 2009

Look, I live in the arctic tundra so I’m not going to wish away the only and fleeting few months of warm and green we have…
but oh. my. stinkin’. heck.

I need a fan.
Don’t miss a post! Subscribe to lwm3b. In a reader? Come [...]

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Friday Fix-It: My take on photo editing

June 4, 2009

I do love mesome Photoshop.

I have a soft spot for little boys. I’m sure moms of girls say that about little girls, but boys are just my thing.
So that cutie’s pic started out a little… flat. It’s a well-composed pic. Such a darling, mischievous little smile. This photo [...]

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10 Blogging Mistakes

June 4, 2009

Are you making any of these blogging blunders?
1. Being totally anonymous.It isn’t necessary to reveal confidential information like your last name or city to establish that you are a real person. But revealing something about yourself lends your blog credibility. As your reader, I want to know what we have in common, [...]

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Picasso’s Smile

June 1, 2009

These weeks of this toothless smile are going so fast. I can hardly stand to think we won’t see this smile again. He just looks so adorable, I wanna box him up and keep him forever. Just. Like. This.

What stage do you miss the most?
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End of the Year: Our School Year in Review

June 1, 2009

Judging from the emails I’ve been getting lately, many of you are wrapping up your school years, too. I have gotten a handful of emails asking what worked for us, what didn’t, and what I’ve got up my sleeve for next year. What?! You all think I have a plan?! [...]

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