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    DIY Birthday Cards

    I have to confess that I have done a terrible job sending birthday cards this year. By “terrible job,” I mean that I literally didn’t write anyone’s birthday on my calendar at all. So I don’t even know when I’m missing a birthday.

    Wow. Not knowing what you don’t know is a really awful place to be.

    So, I’m going to rectify the situation for the second half of the year. Better late than never, they say.

    I’m feeling inspired to make homemade birthday cards. If I make enough of them for an entire year, then everyone can get a handcrafted piece of goodness (but they’ll be made in bulk,

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    Scrapbook Update

    As Matt and I gear up for our next vacation, I’m realizing that we haven’t added our last vacation to our Living, Growing Scrapbook. For Spring Break, we took a road trip out to West Texas to visit Big Bend and Marfa. Good times!

    Hmm…I should also upload pictures from our Mother’s Day trip to Indiana and whatever cute, random pictures we’ve taken of Hoss in the past few months.

    This scrapbooking system works really well for us. I upload the pictures to Snapfish, find a coupon on retailmenot, and then have them mailed to our house. We simply use double-sided tape to stick our photos to

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    Lessons Learned: Photography Class

    Image courtesy of Bob Krist for National Geographic

    I went to a photography class a few weeks ago, led by two travel photographers for National Geographic. Although the class was interesting and entertaining, I would have learned more if I actually understood the basis of using a DSLR camera. Unfortunately, this class only comes to Houston every once in a while, so I had to take it before I take my basics of photography course. I just tried to write down everything I could, so I can go back and read it when I have a more of a clue.

    Here’s some of the useful stuff they shared:

    1. You can
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