2010 is ending, and possibly my P365 hiatus!

I've spent a little bit of time researching blog templates tonight. Do you know that since the last time I had to make a blog, Blogger changed the way you can design your blog? Back in my scrapping days I had the whole thing down to a science, hacks and all, but now a lot of the hacks I used aren't even needed anymore. How strange! Imagine, everything is now easier. And for some reason, I'm having a harder time figuring out what to do with it all.

Long story short, I would like to start the whole Project 365 thing again in January, and am thinking of merging my photo blog and my personal blog into one, now that Blogger has included pages and tabs into their designs (yay!). I'm basically telling you all this for no good or logical reason. Maybe I'm reaching out for help from my blog-savvy friends? Maybe I'm reaching out for suggestions of what y'all like to read? Maybe I'm just looking for an atta girl? Or maybe it's just cuz I know this blog is fed to my Facebook page, and if I make a post on another of my blogs no one will see it...

I'm also working on a blog for the ladies ministry at my church, you can see the sample of it if you CLICK HERE. Ignore the unfinished look, because it's, well, unfinished. Basically my hope is that, as we are working through a Bible study that meets only once a week, some people will jump onto the blog and continue the discussion outside the regular room with the regular seats and the regular temperamental air conditioning. Preferably in their PJ's after the kids have gone to bed and the creative juices are still flowing. So take a gander at my blog's rough draft, laugh at the sample posts, and let me know what you think of the whole Berean Ladies blog idea.

G'night!
-S

Flowers, Lizards, and Fun Times; Here’s September!

Well, we had a blast in September, for the most part. Nate was gone, it was just me ‘n Charly, killing time. I take more pics when Nate is away, so he can still see what’s up at home. So here ya are: September.

Day 245: 1st Dentist Visit: Yes I know, 5.5 years old is prolly a little old for a first dentist visit, but at least we had one. :) And she had a great time, she’s such a good kid!

Day 246: Name Letters: Inspired by some super creative ladies at church, I decided to let Charly decorate letters for her name, and then we hung them on her bedroom wall. She let me decorate a tiny little bit, but she did 95% of the painting, stickering, and gluing herself. And they look fab! Then I asked her for a rockstar pose. :)

Day 250: My Roses, 1 & 2: I have a rosebush in my garden. I pray I can keep it alive, it’s sooooo purty!

And this next pic I am totally in love with. I learned some new things in Adobe Camera Raw in the process of editing this photo.

Day 251: Incoming Storm: Yep, we were driving toward it. Just HAD to get groceries.

Day 255: Charly and Miss Priscila: This is another cell phone picture. My phone cam takes the crummiest photos. I tried to save it in Photoshop, but there wasn’t much I could do. I still have a lot to learn. I also REALLY want a Sony c905 phone when I upgrade in January. Google it if you like. :)

Day 256: Cold Pizza: This is a pic for Daddy, it’s Charly eating cold pizza, straight from the fridge. Yup, Daddy’s little girl!

Day 258: Charly’s New Boots: Fall marks the time when Charly gets new boots. It’s a yearly tradition. This year she chose these over ones that looked cooler, because these “look like Daddy’s boots.” :-D

Day 263: Charly N Mommy: My favorite photo of us to date. Love it!

Day 265: Charly’s Shirt: So, Charly lost all her markers because she chose to color on her WHITE CHURCH PANTS with a blue marker. Her excuse was that the marker was washable. Lucky for her it was. So I decided, if that’s what she wants to do, then I’ll buy her fabric markers and let her draw on clothes on purpose. This is her first shirt. That’s her family, including our dog Annie, inside a heart, and then over the top right of us is God. :) And of course lots of hugs and kisses. Daddy is the big person, and I think he has on a “rock shirt.”

Day 266: McDonald’s Rainbow: As we were leaving Mickey Dee’s we saw this awesome rainbow. Not the best intersection to photograph, but that’s okay. I like the contrast.

Then on our way home, we saw this sky, and I just had to stick the camera phone out the window as we were driving by:

Day 267: Roses Day 1: So my darling husband ordered us 100 roses. They filled 2 large vases and 3 small bud vases. He’s so awesome!

Day 268: Roses Day 2: He had the foresight to order a vase to match the new dishes I bought, that he hadn’t even seen yet. What man thinks of that?! Mine does! Hehe.

Day 269: New Wedding Band: I finally ordered a new ring for myself, after a year of not wearing the original one that doesn’t fit my finger anymore.

 

Later in Day 269, we had an amphibious visitor. Dunno how long he’d been in our house, but it was cool all the same. :)

And in this one, Charly thought it was so funny that his tail looked like it had fallen off, lol.

Day 273: Princess Charly: I so love this photo, and the freckles especially! Now, can I have my 5yo back? She seems to have been replaced by a 10-year-old…

 

Okie doke, that’s all for September. Today is Oct 10th and I’ve only taken two photos so far this month, so I’m sure that the Oct post will be much shorter than this one was. Whatever happened to me posting once a week? Eh, I dunno, but at least I’m posting. *-) Later!

-S

August: Such a Busy Month!

A roof leak, a wedding, a Kindergartner, arts and crafts, and family time…we had so much to do in August!

Day 214: Cutie on the Truck: She was so cute I couldn’t help myself. :)

Day 215: Wet Wall: That’s the new paint, and between it and the sheetrock is a bunch of water, all bubbled up. Praise God, a little over a week later the leak was fixed. The paint we had to peel off to drain the water out isn’t. Yet. :)

Day 218: Drumming Hands: I had on some interesting Middle Eastern music at dinner one night, and Nate couldn’t resist grabbing the bongos and playing along. I wish I’d had my tripod, but this pic still came out okay.

Day 220: Daddy Daughter Night: Church had a special night for dads and their daughters, and Charly and Nate looked so great together!

Day 223: Cricket: I was taking pics of some weird looking spiders and saw this cutie just sitting there posing for me.

Day 224: Trying on Dresses: I had taken this with my camera phone to send to the bride-to-be for approval. We ended up buying it and Charly looked super cute!

Day 230: Cupcakes: Trying to be artsy with this one. I loved the red cake and the white icing together.

Day 231: Red Marker: We decided to make a mask out of a paper plate and some markers and string and stuff. I love crafts!

Day 234: Matt’s Ring: Our friends Matt and Priscila were married on the 22nd. Nate and Charly were both in the wedding, and I got to take some pictures of my own. Mostly to keep from bawling. :) I like this one a lot.

Day 235: Arty Name: I do believe this is the first time she made artistic letters. So dang cool!!

Day 237: Big Kindergartner: She’s so awesome, all ready for her first day of Big Kid School!

Day 239: Waiting for Charly: She says she positioned them like this, but I really thought Nate had. In any case, these are Charly’s fave toys, all watching the door for her return.