Before I tell you about my experiment, let me make a confession.

I have dry feet. Really dry feet. It is gross.

Now I have to back up in time to set up this experiment.

In the spring, I bought some black cotton socks for Jeff, so he wouldn’t have to wear his medium-weight wool-blend socks in the hot summer. He began wearing the cotton socks when the weather warmed up. After a few weeks, he said to me, “My feet are dry. I think it is these cotton socks.” He went back to wearing his wool-blend socks and his feet got soft again.

Lightbulb moment.

I wear cotton socks almost all year. I have dry feet. I would even slather on lotion almost every night and go to bed with cotton socks to keep the lotion in place.

Jeff never has dry feet. He wears wool-blend socks all year. He only got dry feet when he started wearing cotton socks.

So I began an experiment of my own.

For two months, I have been wearing wool socks. Not all the time, but most of the time. I stopped wearing cotton socks altogether.

My feet are softening. I have not put on lotion for weeks.

This is a miracle. I can’t explain it. But I know I like it. And I’m getting ready to order me some new wool socks.

You’re blessed to be getting a sneak peak. Right now my brother is away from home without proper internet to spread the word. Hope he won’t be mad at me for jumping the gun, but he gave me something to write about today.

We always (try) to go to the river when we have an extra orthodontist trip. Which happened last week.

It didn’t take long for the kids to get all the way in. No matter if we weren’t prepared with swim suits… who cares when the river is calling?

Who are they watching? Certainly not me with the camera. They look like curious homeschoolers who have never seen people before, don’t they?

Stretching boundaries, exploring more and more of the river. “Can we go over there, Mom?”

Enough people have written to me to ask how I’ve done this or that with my blog (and I don’t know that much, believe me) that I feel I should share an exciting opportunity with you.

Are you interested in blogging or having your own website? Are you wanting to get off wordpress.com or blogger and host a blog/site on your own domain, but don’t even know where to start? Then this 4-week e-course is just what you need! I wish it had been around when I started; it would have saved me much time!

The Beginner to Blogger in 4 Weeks e-Course launches on June 1, 2009 and is offered by my friend, Traci Knoppe (now she is a gal who knows her stuff). She will teach individuals how to set up a blog or website on their own domain. You don’t need a web designer for this stuff, you just need to know what Traci’s already mastered and put together into a convenient online course. The course covers:

• ‘What is a blog?’
• domain name registration
• web hosting setup
• how to create a website with your blog
• how to blog & use WordPress
• What are widgets & plugins?
• What’s an API key?
• customizing your WordPress theme and many other important topics
• Surprise Bonuses too!

Here are the details:

• The cost of the e-Course is a one-time fee of $39.95. This is a very good value for the kind of information that will be shared.
• The course is 4-weeks long and will be delivered once per week via email.
• The course will be limited to the first 1,000 students, to ensure that Traci will be able to provide the best support to those students.

If that weren’t great all on its own, she’s got another two courses in the works ~ Monetizing Your Blog and Social Media Training 101.

When you visit the info page, you’ll find more information and a video explaining more about the course. As well, you can sign up for an email notification for when the course is launched. If you decide to take Traci’s course, I’d love to hear how it goes for you!

Meet Mr. Silly Putty. Mikah invited him to dinner and Naomi poked him full of toothpick holes. He currently resides on the dining room window.

I love email subscriptions for keeping up with my favorite blogs and websites.

I’ve tried — bouncing around on the web — google reader — bloglines — they are all just more websites to visit. So I don’t visit. I have not enough time and limited data use from my ISP.

But I always check my email.

So thank you — Feedburner, Feedblitz and my own computer’s mail program — for allowing me to sign up and receive all notifications in my inbox.

That’s how I read. How about you?