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2010 at 2:14 pm | by Kristin Chesemore
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Summer is almost here for the Chesemore family. School ends next Friday and I am excited to have my three boys home for three months. They can hardly wait for Summer Celebration, hours of swimming, and ice cream at Jimmy Cone.
My boys don’t know it yet, but I also have some serious goals for their summer—and topping the list is Scripture memory.
At these ages (6, 7, 10), kid’s minds are like sponges: they absorb and retain information very easily. So I want to soak my three little sponges in God’s Word all summer.
One of the most effective (and fun!) ways to help kids memorize Scripture is through song—and that’s why our summer soundtrack will be Seeds Family Worship.
I know I’ve blogged on this before, but I love these cd’s. The music is upbeat and fun to listen to (even for a mom!). And what better way to make good use of those drives to and from the pool or ice cream and especially long road trips.
Seeds Family Worship has kindly offered girltalk readers a free download of one of their songs (my son, Owen’s favorite): “The Good Song.”
Hope you enjoy the song, the Seeds CD’s
, and your summer!
5:24 p.m. Seven Years
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I’m interrupting myself—and my general comments on photography—to answer a question which I’ve received a lot: “what kind of camera do you use?”
Up until a few months ago, I was shooting with the Nikon d70. This past February it died, and I made the upgrade to the Nikon d300s. I love it!
But my favorite pieces of equipment in my camera bag are actually my lenses. The lens is as important—if not more so—than the camera in achieving a good image. I have the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 and the Nikon 105mm f/2.8. (You can find comparable lenses for the brand of camera that you use.)
My 50mm is on my camera 75% of the time. If I could recommend you buy one thing to improve your photography, it would be this lens. It is a fixed-lens which means it has no zoom. Your feet become the zoom—don’t worry, you get used to it!
Fixed lenses produce sharper images. And that little “f/1.4” means that you can shoot with a very wide aperture. Translation: you can shoot in low light situations without using a flash. There are more advantages than the two just mentioned. Google, and you will find more than you can read.
(This lens has a cheaper cousin known as the 50mm “f/1.8.” It’s cheaper because of that little “f” number again. Not a big deal. Simply means that with the “f/1.4” I will be able to shoot with a tad less light than you.)
My 105mm is fun. It took me many birthdays to save for. It is also a fixed lens (I like those no-zooms). It’s a telephoto lens so I can be far away from my subject while seeing them up close through the viewfinder. It produces a really beautiful soft and hazy background, which I love. It also has macro capabilities so I could take a picture of a single eyelash if I really felt like it. Hmm…don’t think I’ll ever feel like it.
Hope that answers your questions. Feel free to keep ‘em coming.
6:42 p.m.
Tomorrow a new conversation starts up in another corner of the Internet. Author Lydia Brownback (she’s also our much-beloved editor at Crossway!) will host Tuesday Talk—a live devotional time via video.
We hope you’ll take advantage of the opportunity to get to know this godly lady and discuss one of the most attractive—and endangered—qualities of biblical womanhood: purity.
Here are directions to the conversation:
Join Crossway and Lydia Brownback for Tuesday Talk—a new interactive Bible Study on Facebook (Tuesday Talk) and at the Crossway blog. Starting June 1, 2010, Lydia will kick off the discussion on Purity: A Godly Woman’s Adornment. We will be pursuing purity and godly womanhood together for 42 days! Lydia will be stopping by every Tuesday during these six weeks to host a devotional time via video. Participants can comment, ask questions, or interact with the author throughout the week as well.
We would love for you to join us! Here’s how:
1. Join the Tuesday Talk group on Facebook by clicking the “like” button at the top of the page.
2. ?Consider inviting some of your friends to join in!
Today, in honor of Memorial Day, our country observes a National Moment of Silence at three o’clock this afternoon. Please pause and thank God for the freedom we enjoy to worship Him in peace, and for the men and women who sacrificed their lives to make it possible. And please pray for the safety of the men and women currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Enjoy your day with family and friends!
7:32 p.m.
One of my favorite stain removal tips…
To get rid of ink stains (which we get a lot of around here!) pre-treat clothes with hairspray, blot with rag until stain disappears or fades considerably, and then wash as usual. Always works for me! (Note: try on inconspicuous area first to make sure hairspray doesn’t discolor fabric.)
6:26 p.m.
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Friday is fun day here at girltalk. That’s not going to change (not if Janelle can help it!). But we want to mix things up a little bit. In addition to Friday Funnies (don’t stop sending them!), we’re introducing a new feature: Friday Favorites.
What is “Friday Favorites”?
Just a few of our favorite things (cue Julie Andrews here)—a book we’re reading, a stain-removal tip, a rainy day idea for kids, a new recipe we’re making a lot, a website we frequent, a song we’ve set on repeat, even some of our husbands’ favorites.
The four of us are always swapping tips and solutions, and Friday Favorites is a way to include you in these conversations. We don’t think we have the best ideas (far from it!), and this isn’t a sneaky way to bring advertising to girltalk. We just want to share with you stuff we like, use, and benefit from—our favorites.
So here’s the deal: you come on Fridays and we’ll have something fun. Sometimes it will be one of your funnies. Sometimes it will be one of our favorites. Whatever it is, we hope you’ll like it!
6:41 p.m.
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