The Blessings of Blogging: Intro

Well, last night was the culmination of two-and-a-half days of exhausting preparation for a presentation to our local support group entitled "The Blessings of Blogging." It was exhausting simply BECAUSE I only had two-and-a-half days to prepare for it, having volunteered at the last minute!! (I guess God's timing keeps Him chuckling...)

But, I'm a Last Minute kind of gal. I guess that's why I would have been good in the advertising industry (my major). I understand  that "I want it yesterday" approach.

Did I mention I created my first-ever Power Point too? Amazing what you can accomplish if you don't sleep!

I entitled it "The Blessings of Blogging" because the more I participate in this form of communication the more I realize how many ways blogging can be a support both for the blog writer and blog reader. And it can be a powerful, but often overlooked tool for our homeschool students.

I figured  why limit my thoughts to the 100+ women in our group, so I'm sharing it here. I'll be breaking it down into several posts so keep on the look-out!

And check out my page at the top, Notable Blogs, with the list of over two dozen great blogs, and blog-creating links for both you and your kids!

Did YOU attend the presentation? If so, thanks!

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How to Cure a Headache

It's nice to have a blog to work on when you're supposed to be giving your head a rest. In a lot of ways I did anything but. But it gave me the excuse I needed to spend two days fiddling and tweaking and finally until I finally got everything the way I imagined it to be.
I had so wanted 3 columns. At Three Column Blogger , I met the man of my dreams who easily, step-by-step, took me through the process of converting a typically boring Blogger template. He even can tell you how to adjust the width of the columns.
Now that I had my 3 columns, I needed a background to fit. But I still had to have a bird theme. And feminine, but not too cutsie. Some searching and I found my fairy godmother (after finding Prince Three-column) at The Background Fairy Today's entry was the Vintage Bird which I retinted in my Photosuite editing program. Et voila.
What do you think?