01.31.09 at 7:47 pm by Kara_S
*Update 3/11/09: I wanted to add a little note to this post because Kelly is chatting about how to dress cute for less today. My favorite way to save money on clothes is to shop the mid-season sales racks.
Have you ever noticed that department stores often change their clothing seasons long before the weather changes? (Bathing suits in January just don’t appeal to me! LOL) Usually by mid-season, you can save 50-75% on clothing prices.
Right now it might be hard to find really good deals since the spring and summer clothes are out in full force. However, if you wait until late June, early July, you can get some great deals and still wear the clothes for a couple of months. This post is about the winter deals I got in mid-January.*
Have I mentioned how much I love JCPenney? Their clothes are fabulous! Now, I know some of you may not agree with
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01.30.09 at 7:16 pm by Kara_S
Have you seen Christian Writers’ Market Guide 2009by Sally Stuart? What an amazing resource with a wealth of information! In previous years, I’ve used the regular Writer’s Market (I actually just got rid of my 2003 edition), and I have to say that the Christian Writers’ Market Guide 2009 is easier to use by far.
The guide breaks the writing market into three broad categories – book publishers, periodicals, and specialty markets (greeting cards, gifts, software, games, CD/DVD/Video).
The book publishers section starts with a listing of topics and the names of publishers interested in that topic. Over 150 topics are included ranging from autobiography to fiction for teens to marriage to self-help to worship resources. What a great way to find publishers to target!
Following the topical listing is a detailed listing of each book publisher. The alphabetized listings detail contact information, basic guidelines, special needs, and lots more for each publisher. A separate section is devoted
Continue reading A Must for Every Christian Writer & Freelancer
01.28.09 at 4:12 pm by Kara_S
What do you think of my new blog design?????
I wanted something different, yet classy. Does it work?
I created the header with digital scrapbook pieces from Jaelop Designs. She has beautiful elements and papers if you enjoy creating scrapbooks, and the best part is they’re FREE! Jump on over and check out her site.
I do have one question for the techie people out there …
I want the lines between my sidebars to continue all the way down the page. Right now, the lines stop wherever the last item in the sidebar is. Does anyone know the correct HTML to do that?
My current code for the middle sidebar is:#sidebar-wrapper { width: 190px; border-left:1px solid #000000; padding:1.0em; float: $endSide;
I tried adding a border with padding to the main wrapper section, but the line is always too close to the post text or it pushes the sidebars off the page.
So, yeah, needing some help.
01.28.09 at 9:22 am by Kara_S
Baby Mandy, a tri-color Beagle. She’s about 2 months old in this photo.
Beagles are a lot of fun. Mandy loves dragging sticks into the yard. I think this was the teething stage.
Who could resist such sad puppy eyes?
The ever curious Beagle nose.
Mandy’s doggie siblings, Sadie and Spot. They play hard every day.
Hmmm…this is what that curious Beagle nose will do. Gotta follow that smell.
Beagles require exercise especially if they overeat. Mandy’s favorite exercise is chasing the 4-wheeler through the fields.
And when the day is over, she knocks on the mud room door to spend the night inside, all cozy on her dog bed.
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01.27.09 at 8:11 pm by Kara_S
Lady Faith Westcott, M.L. Tyndall’s heroine in The Red Siren, has turned her back on God and on man. Having witnessed the hypocrisy in the Church of England, her older sister’s abuse at the hand of her husband, and her own mother’s untimely death in childbirth, Faith determines never to marry and to gain enough wealth so she and her two sisters will never have to depend on man or God again.
To that end, though a lady by day, she becomes a pirate by night and begins her sordid career off Portsmouth when she attacks and plunders a merchant ship commanded by the young Dajon Waite. Humiliated at being defeated by a pirate and a woman no less, Dajon returns home without cargo and ship, and his father expels him from the family merchant business.
After a brief sojourn into debased society, Dajon rejoins the Royal Navy, where he finds comfort in the strict rules and
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