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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thank You
...for giving us the freedom that we have...for all that you have given from your very own lives, we thank you our beloved Veterans.
photo credit: Department of Defense
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
weekend recap
well, another weekend has come and gone by so quickly. fortunately it was a good weekend :o) the weekend started kind of early for me...by earlier i mean that i took friday off as a vacation day to do what i've been doing for the past 4 years now...volunteer my day to help at Inspire Women. They have an annual luncheon/conference and my bff is the COO for Inspire Women. They are dedicated to training and equipping women for serving in ministry. you can learn more about Inspire Women here. it was a long day but always such a blessing to meet the other volunteers and people that really make the conferences a success. plus, they always have such amazing speakers and folks. one year, i got to meet Elizabeth Elliot and was in charge of her book table during/after the luncheon/conference. one year, i got to meet Jill Briscoe and again got to be in charge of her book table during/after the luncheon/conference as well. last year, i got to help at Anita Carmen's book table and that was pretty cool as well. all of these women - so amazing. And this year, I got to meet Arthur Blessit - a man who literally carried a cross over 38K miles. He was the keynote speaker this year and he was so awesome.
Amazing to see God in the lives of these very humble and interesting people. anyhoo - this year's conference was really great and i'm am able to be a part of it because of my BFF Mia...who with me realized that she and I have now known each other for 15 years. so many things have happened and it's been such a memorable past decade and a half.
let's see what else happened this weekend...
on Saturday morning, DH and I went over to our friends' house to watch their 2 kiddos while the parentals when to get one of the kiddos 1st bday. watching a toddler is a lot harder than i imagined it to be. watching a baby not too bad. both of these kids, however, we like angels. then it was time for us to head to the restaurant that the birthday party was being held at. all in all, it was a lovely afternoon filled with yummy food and cake (which was so nice!).
by Saturday afternoon, DH and I needed a nap. so we took one. we were pooped.
that evening, we met up with two of our neighbors. we all were the first three couples that moved into our cul-de-sac. this was the first time that we've gotten together outside of our neighborhood to go have dinner together and then we went to shoot some pool afterwards. i have't been in a pool hall in probably a decade so that was really interesting..and fun :)
today, we woke up and ended up not making it to church because we were having car issues...which left DH in the garage all day getting that car taken car of. he's great :) and i on the other hand, have done about 4 loads of laundry whilst trying to get my card pics in order.
i've managed to post a photo gallery with some pics i've done this past year. hope you get to take a peek at them if you have time. and if you have any suggestions or comments, i would love to hear them. i say this as if there's anyone out there reading this.
Above is a picture of Arthur Blessit during the 9th Annual Inspire Women Conference. Picture courtesy of Anita Carmen's weekly e-devotional.
Amazing to see God in the lives of these very humble and interesting people. anyhoo - this year's conference was really great and i'm am able to be a part of it because of my BFF Mia...who with me realized that she and I have now known each other for 15 years. so many things have happened and it's been such a memorable past decade and a half.
let's see what else happened this weekend...
on Saturday morning, DH and I went over to our friends' house to watch their 2 kiddos while the parentals when to get one of the kiddos 1st bday. watching a toddler is a lot harder than i imagined it to be. watching a baby not too bad. both of these kids, however, we like angels. then it was time for us to head to the restaurant that the birthday party was being held at. all in all, it was a lovely afternoon filled with yummy food and cake (which was so nice!).
by Saturday afternoon, DH and I needed a nap. so we took one. we were pooped.
that evening, we met up with two of our neighbors. we all were the first three couples that moved into our cul-de-sac. this was the first time that we've gotten together outside of our neighborhood to go have dinner together and then we went to shoot some pool afterwards. i have't been in a pool hall in probably a decade so that was really interesting..and fun :)
today, we woke up and ended up not making it to church because we were having car issues...which left DH in the garage all day getting that car taken car of. he's great :) and i on the other hand, have done about 4 loads of laundry whilst trying to get my card pics in order.
i've managed to post a photo gallery with some pics i've done this past year. hope you get to take a peek at them if you have time. and if you have any suggestions or comments, i would love to hear them. i say this as if there's anyone out there reading this.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
congrats to S & P
when i was blogging on xanga back in the days, i "met" a sweet gal named Susan. she's one of a few xanga friends i made that really made blogging fun. since then...we've all kind of left the world of xanga esp when the wild world of Facebook came around. but we managed to stay in touch through that as well. anyhoo...i just wanted to wish her and her new hubby all the best! congrats Susan & Peter!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
new arrival any minute now!
So my SIL is at the hospital now about to deliver her first baby! I’m about to have a new niece – woohoo! Please say a prayer that the delivery we be safe and smooth and that mommy and baby do well. I’ll be sure to post pics as soon as I get them. But in the meantime, here's a pic of the parentals-to-be at their baby shower...
Speaking of pics – I spent a good hour just organizing my pics on my computer last night. I’d just been downloading pics onto my desktop into folders called “pics as of MMDDYY” and had like 4 of them. So inefficient. DH is supposed to be getting our home server set up so that I can just store and organize everything there…but poor guy has a laundry list of other things to do so I’ll just have to be patient
So tonight I will attempt to link pics onto the blog. Wish me luck on that.
Speaking of pics – I spent a good hour just organizing my pics on my computer last night. I’d just been downloading pics onto my desktop into folders called “pics as of MMDDYY” and had like 4 of them. So inefficient. DH is supposed to be getting our home server set up so that I can just store and organize everything there…but poor guy has a laundry list of other things to do so I’ll just have to be patient
So tonight I will attempt to link pics onto the blog. Wish me luck on that.
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