Welcome to ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’.  Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.  We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!  If you do, please link back to this post so we know where you were inspired!
I’ve found [...]

As a mother of three, working with her husband and living in New Orleans, Andrea Miles has quite a few interesting stories that she shares at According to Andrea.
My daughter Celina is my first born child. She is 11 years old. She is absolutely beautiful and very smart. I love her to death but [...]

Today my youngest son turns 7 years old!
It is amazing (not to mention a little scary as well) that my son is already celebrating his seventh birthday, as it seems like just yesterday that he was a tiny little baby being held in our arms.
Over the years, he has given me plenty of opportunities to [...]

Take a trip to just about any public place in the United States and you won’t have to look too hard to see people that are overweight. Unfortunately, many people (myself included) only have to go so far as the bathroom mirror to see someone that is overweight.
According to a report on Overweight and [...]

Last week my wife and kids went on a short trip to visit family. Unfortunately, my work schedule prevented me from joining them on the trip.
With a handful of days with the house to myself, I had visions of being uber-productive.
Can you guess what happened?
That’s right – with so much time to myself, I [...]

Hey everyone! Welcome to our second installment of photo tips here at Sparkplugging.com.
For today’s tip, we are going to get back to basics and cover one of the most simple rule of composition: the rule of thirds. I actually like to think of it more as a suggestion, since there will be plenty of times [...]