The SITS girls – Keeping Friendships Alive
Posted: February 21, 2012 | Author: Lori | Filed under: Working Mom |
Hey! Hello everyone! I am so excited to have the SITS girls coming over to visit my site today! I love making new friends and introducing old friends to new ones…so for those friends who read my blog regularly, click on the SITS buttons either here in this post or on my sidebar to investigate. And if you are stopping over from the SITS site, welcome!
Today is my SITS day!
I haven’t been blogging for too long, you could say I’m still getting my sea legs. But I get a lot out of the SITS site and I LOVE all of the bloggers I have discovered there! And of course, I can’t WAIT to get to BLOGGY BOOT CAMP this spring in Philadelphia!
In keeping with tradition, I’d like to share a little about myself with you. I would love it if you’d do the same with either a comment here or a post on facebook!
My husband and I have 4 wonderful children – one boy and 3 girls. Two of them are in college (OMGosh), and one is a high school senior and one is a freshman. I was fortunate enough to be a “mostly” stay-at-home mom when the kids were little (not counting the in-home daycare, the half-day preschool teaching, and the Pampered Chef and Discovery Toys businesses…). But when my youngest was in first grade, I really wanted to go back to college. SO I DID!!
Created by Sculptor Henry Moore
In 2009 I received my bachelor’s degree in Art History with a minor in Computer Design. I have a number of favorite art periods but my biggest interest is in the psychology behind the art of the 20th century. Particularly the first half of the century. I could go on but I don’t want to scare anyone away…
My hobbies include painting, drawing, and sculpting, hiking, reading, cooking, and eating (just joined weight watchers this week, right before I took a long five-day car trip… not sure that was too smart, I GAINED weight my first week, LOL). I could probably name a bunch more interests that I LOVE but I don’t do them regularly. I’ve been known to hyperventilate while driving past yard sales, and swoon while in craft stores.
You can find out more about me
HERE, like the secret that my grown-up friends don’t even know about me. Not even my oldest friend.
I have an amazing hubby, great friends, and great kids, and I’d be lost without them all. I work full time for a school district, and I love to promote the importance of art in education. I also volunteer in a number of community groups, but online I am also a member of a blogging family named
Bloggers in God (the BIG sisters) and I’m also a guest writer for
Your Thriving Family, while blog host Sara is on maternity leave!
I would love it if you checked out their sites!
and 
Finally, I am a Christian, who is learning slowly to share her faith. I have always tried to quietly share love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control*, but now I’m trying to be more vocal about it!
Welcome! I’m so glad you stopped by! And please, come back again to share some thoughts, some recipes or crafts, or just a hello.
~Lori
* Galatians 5:22-23
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It was fun to get to know you better, Lori
Art history sounds fascinating. Was that one of your paintings? Very nice 
I always admire artists.
Thanks, Dolly. It is always so nice to see you stopping over. No, that wasn’t one of mine. I tried to get the caption to show up but it wouldn’t work. It was from Pierre Bonnard, a painter from the turn of the 20th century. Did you know… visual artists are just writers who use a brush??
Congrats on being featured by SITS. liking your Blog. I’m now following you on Twitter as well.
Thank you, Star! I’m following yours now, too. Love your site!! ~Lori
Hi Lori,
I am so privileged to know you, I love your heart, and I am sure if I lived nearby I would invite you over for coffees
I love crafts too, so we could delight in all the craft store goodies together:)
I love nature, as I see God’s hand and brings me great comfort when everything around me is in chaos. I put my 3 loves together of nature, crafts,photography and started my small business 3 years ago, creating cards to encourage and brighten someone’s day.
I love to write and 2012 is my year of putting my ‘hiking boots’ on
I love God, family and friends and excited to get to know you more and more.
God bless,
Love A xx
Hi Lori,
I am so privileged to know you, and I am sure if I lived close by I would invite your over for coffee many times, as we delight in crafts
I love nature as I see God’s hand in it and brings me great comfort and inspiration. I brought my 3 loves together of nature, crafts, photography, to begin a business 3 years ago to hopefully encourage and brighten peoples days with greeting cards.
I love prayer, writing and enjoy reading all my friends inspirational blogs posts.
I love God,my family and friends and 2012 is my year to put on those ‘hiking boots’on.
I am excited in getting to know you more and more – thank you for your encouragement.
God bless,
Anita
Anita, Thank you so much for this post. I swear it brought me to tears! I’m sorry I didn’t see that it was in my spam box! Weird, because you have stopped over before with no problems. Anyway, I’m glad to have found this and I, too, and so glad to get to know you as well! Its so funny how the internet (and God) can unite people from such different locations!! Thank YOU so much for your friendship! ~Lori
I studied art history for a little while back in Florida!!!! loved it so! So fabulous that you pursued it!!!! Love the photos of you and your four kids too!!!! ahhh did they grow up so super fast on ya? =)
Thanks for visiting, Jen! Glad you got my message! I know that there are lots of women (& men) out here who will love your site! Happy Wednesday! ~Lori