Posts by Gina Conroy
Keep Your Family Safe Online and Win an iPod Touch!
PENSIEVE has a great review up about Norton Online. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to protect my kids online and monitor their viewing. Norton Online is an answer to prayer.My kids are spending a lot more time online lately and since I moved the computer from the kitchen to downstairs, I can’t keep…
Read MoreFresh Air Fund Needs Host Families
Check out this link and host a child this summer!
Read MorePinching Pennies: New Uses for Coffee Filters
When it comes to the writer’s REAL life, every penny counts. Here are some tips for making good use of that stack of coffee filters in your cupboard. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make great covers. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.…
Read MoreBook Overload!
Yikes! Its so hard for me to say no, especially to books. But I think I did it this time. I’ve taken on more than I can read, and now (after being on vacation for five days) I’m trying to sort out the book tours and reviews that I owe. But I’ll try and get…
Read MoreThe Move
Married about two years, my husband and I clearly felt we were supposed to move. However, nothing about a move made sense. We both had jobs, we only had one car but we were managing, and we had a cute little apartment. I tried to rationalize why it wasn’t a good idea to move.…
Read MoreBiggest Loser Reality Check
Ever dream of going on the biggest loser and learning how to eat better, prepare healthy meals and literally exercise your butt off? Well, according to this article it ain’t all it’s baked up to be! Good old fashioned healthy eating, portion control and exercise is still the key to permanent weight loss!
Read MoreLove Languages
Since this is the month of love and Valentine’s Day, I decided to post about Dr. Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, which I recommend to read. I read an interesting book about the language of love we use. In the book, The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman was insightful and interesting. But most…
Read MoreAllie Pleiter and BLUEGRASS COURTSHIP
I am usually the spokesperson for what I term my “highly interruptible life.” I try to embrace the flexibility of my writer’s life as a gift, even if everyone else isn’t ready to see it as such. There are still the irritating folks who seem to believe I just jot down a few poignant chapters…
Read MoreNothing Says LOVE like YOUR Time!
Maybe it’s because we have less money to spend than usual. Maybe I’m tired of all these holidays where advertisers are begging you to buy their stuff. But I’m tired of adding to this American consumerism during the holidays and while I believe in stimulating the economy, I don’t believe in spending $4 on a…
Read More10 Things I Wish I Had Known by DiAnn Mills
1. Research doesn’t mean a jaunt to the library or sailing through cyberspace. It means a trip into your characters’ lives. 2. Some critics are like boo birds that sit on their lofty power lines and crap (mess) on those beneath them. 3. When I grow up, I will know the difference between lie and…
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