The Christian Cafe

eta:  Never mind--I found my answer. Blessings --Barbara

I'm here finally.

Margaret

Hey Margaret - you made it!

 I'm wondering where Hope and Janet and all the others ended up.

Anita mae.

Maybe we need that to get Hope in.

And since we are in a new home, I was thinking that maybe we could jazz things up a bit. Or not. Maybe you all have more new than you can handle. Anyway, thought I'd throw out that I'm open to new discussion topics and ideas, so if you've got something you want to try, let me know. 

Just stopping in to say hello and ask how everyone's holidays were. I was busy as a bee with Christmas working at the portrait studio. It was CRAZY!

 I really like the new layout and features. I uploaded my picture, and added links to my networking sites. It's nice what their doing around here. A bit of a shock at 7 am though, it took me a while to navigate into here. haha.

Most of my photos are over 100k. Does anyone know how I can load one that big? Can I reduce it somehow?

Thanks,
Margaret

Yep, you could do what Janet suggested. Or, I have photoshop and I simply reduced the image size. You could email me the picture and I could reduce it for you. Or, if you have photo shop or a photo editing program, simply reduce the image size. :)

Yep, you could do what Janet suggested. Or, I have photoshop and I simply reduced the image size. You could email me the picture and I could reduce it for you. Or, if you have photo shop or a photo editing program, simply reduce the image size. :)

Every time I log onto my profile page I feel so friendless, forlorn and lonely. When I click on "my friends" it tells me that "You haven't made any buddies, yet."

Anyone want to be my friend? Let's see... I like reading, I currently play in my church's handbell choir, but in the past I have lead a teen choir and sang alto in our church choir. Currently, handbell choir is my max commitment, because I homeschool my 2 sons, which takes an amazing amount of time now that they are in the older grades. Oh, I also tutor math for 2 girls, but I'm just testing the waters there, so I receive payment in meals (yumm!!) I used to be a CPA in my former life (bc--before children), but that doesn't mean I'm an organized person (sigh).

So...anyone have room for another buddy?

I uploaded a large picture and somehow it appeared. I think the program resized it. Yay!!! Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I really appreciate them.

Dream, I finally figured out how to ask to be a friend.

Margaret

Click on a person's name or picture and it'll take you to their profile. At their profile you'll see a button that says add as a friend. If you want to see all your friends, you can click on the button on the sidebar that says My Friends.

Barbara -- Where in CA do you live?  I'm in Pasadena.

Janet

We certainly could have stood next to each other somewheres.  I live on in the southern part of Pasadena just a couple of blocks up from San Marino!

I don't think you've said if you have a desire to write.  If you do, I'm wondering if you belong to RWA?  I belong to a small chapter that's getting started in Covina (meets the first Sat of the month).  They have a critique group that usually follows the meetings -- it's a great way to get to know some people if you are interested.  It's called East Valley RWA.  I can give you more info if you think you'd like to visit.

Janet

Aurelene --

Wouldn't that be fun?  We could even meet somewhere for coffee if we got enough of us.

Janet

Barbara --

I'd say there are more people who don't enjoy writing in the world than there are those of us who do!  I'd love to sign books for you. Maybe we'll see if there's anyone else out there that's close enough to Pasadena to meet for coffee. I can't meet for a month or so anyway as I am working madly on a deadline (at times like this, the people in the world who don't like to write seem like the sane ones -- about mid way through any book I have a moment or two of 'what am I doing?').

 Janet

The lasso worked.    Thanks for rounding me up, pardners. 

Oh, I found a bug....  When I clicked on disable rich-text so I could type in the URL of the gifs directly, it wouldn't let me type anything.  It also wouldn't let me type anything when I clicked enable rich-text afterward.  Please let the techies know, Dream!  Thanks!  I haven't tried disabling the rich text before typing anything, but I think I'll try that next.

Hey everyone,

I finally figured out how to put up my picture, except it cut off the top of my head, but who needs a brain? I think I even know how to get some friends.

Merrillee 

Merilee--At first, my pic cut the top off too, until I figured out the system wants a square pic.  So you could either trim your photo to square, or, as I did, add some blank space on each side.  Blessings,

Soon we'll all be used to this. I couldn't figure out how to resize my pics to the right size, so I stole one of me off my son's phone card, hehehe

Hey-_Hope,

I'm-glad-you-and-your-mom-are-enjoying-the

video..Rather-than-return-it-to-me,I-had-assumed

that-you-would-get-Ellmac's-address-in-Mississippi-and-send-it-to-her..I-understand-that

she-doesn't-get-TBN-in-her-area..So,take-your

time-watching-it.I'll-soon-get-another-together

and-send-it-along.

Aurelene

Hope, did you get my email about the books and the shipping?

Michelle

Anita Mae -- did you say book in a WEEK!!  Wow, that's impressive.  I'd love to be able to write a book in a week!

I like 'News from the Pews' --

Janet

Crystal -- We'd love to have you come play.  Glad you found some place that felt just right.  We have a number of Southern belles here so you should feel right at home.  thanks for the tips on finding reviews.

Janet

There's always room for more!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

Margaret: What I like to read... dangerous question.. I blogged 200 books last year and they ranged from Inspirational Romance to Blaze to Luna to paranormal and pretty much everywhere in between.  Some of my favorite themes are books with animals, vets, ministers, missionaries, personal trainers, librarians, ballroom dancers (and we could REALLY use some more titles set in a ballroom studio or competitive floor.. they are tough to find!), medical romances,etc.  My new find last year was Robin D. Owens and her Summoning series.

Other than you and Janet, some of  my other favorite inspirational authors include Susan May Warren, Hannah Alexandar, Judy Baer, and Kristin Billerbeck. I've really enjoyed the Mule Hollow Series by Debra Clopton and the Tiny Blessings series by Terri Reed.

I am working my way through the Mariylynn Griffith "Shades of Style" series.  I only have "Turquoise" left.  That has been an outstanding inspirational series and somewhat outside my normal reading zone. 

 My main criteria for a good book is a happy ending.  My workplace book club is currently reading A Thousand Splendid Suns   They don't quite "get" the happy ending principle.