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Stop by and check out our sale at Blue Thistle Books now through December 15th!
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Since I thought Carrie might be on the cusp of threatening me with bodily harm if I didn’t finish this tag I thought I had better complete it. Then shutterbug tagged me and well….here I am with two to complete.
Procrastination is a splendid thing isn’t it?
So here goes…more useless information about me. It’s official, you now know me better than anyone I live with.
8 Things I’m passionate about
God
my family and friends
photography and Photoshop
scrapbooking – digital or paper
art
food, food, food….and well…food
nature
exercise
8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die
Watch everyone of my children walk with God
Be a better mom, a better friend and a better daughter.
Make a real difference in the lives of others.
Be a better photographer
Go to Carrie’s house.
Live in the woods at least 1/2 mile from my closest neighbor
Travel to Africa and Israel
Paint with careless abandon and be good at it.
8 Things I say Often
Belle…put that down right now.
No
Didn’t I just say no?
I love you.
Please can I have a kiss? (emphasis on the "please")
Knock it off
It’s cold in here
Didn’t I just ask you to….(insert chore)
What are you smokin’? (emphasis on the "what")
Ok…that’s nine, but who’s counting?
8 Books I’ve read recently (like I have time to read – hysterical laughter taking place -so here are the books I have started that are next to my bed – yes, I really do have this many books next to my bed and actually there are more, but I don’t have that much time.)
Israel My Beloved by Kay Arthur
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Lord Give Me a heart for You by Kay Arthur
The Blessed Life by Robert Morris
Straight Up by Lisa Sampson
The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Photography by Jim Miotke
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson
8 Songs I could listen to over and over
Who am I – Casting Crowns
Home – Michael Buble
Pachelbel’s Cannon in D
Why – Jason Aldean
Rain – George Winston
Angry All the Time – Tim McGraw
Paul Mccartney – Maybe I’m Amazed
No More Tears – Sandra McCracken
8 Things that attract me to my best friend – I have two very close friends, so one or two of these answers may apply to one or both of them. Yes – you know who you are!
She is selfless
She is hilariously funny
She is genuine
She is patient even when I don’t have time to be a good friend
She is persistent
She is accepting of me as I am
She is a great listener
She is a woman of great prayer and faith
8 Things I’ve learned this year
God cares about the details
Gravity is not my friend
Being with the ones I love is enough
Chocolate makes my clothes shrink
With enough coffee you can do absolutely anything
Twenty-four hours is not enough
My children are deaf
My house will never ever be clean
8 people to tag
Ugh…
Shutterbug…back at you!
And that is where I stop because everyone I know has already done this tag….
So sue me.
I will get to my next tag later…the first one burnt out any remaining brain cells.
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Is there such a thing? Well, I’m not sure that we found it, but we sure had a great time trying.
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Kimmie and her family invited us to go to our favorite tree farm called The Sugarplum Gift Shop in North Westchester, CT. For our family, it has been a tradition for the last twelve years and if you saw the quaintness of this treasured place you’d certainly know why we make the trip. But wow…was it cold!
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Despite numb fingers and toes, it was a splendid day. And once we made it down the hill to the hot spiced apple cider, it was even better! Yeah that’s right, I’m a big wuss.
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Here is a look inside the gift shoppe. Isn’t this a pretty lamp? Kimmie and I both loved it, but the owner wasn’t ready to let it go…yet. That’s wishful thinking in action. I’ll be praying it in for you Kimmie.
As soon as I returned home I found the mulling spices they used and ordered up a few boxes. It was delish! And if you ever pass by Aspen Mulling Spices, don’t keep walking! You will regret it, I promise. Sure wish I had a cup right now…it’s freezing in here.
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Credits: Frames by K. Pertiet, others here
Recently I was asked to do a review of Greetingflix.com, "the newest and most fun twist to e-greetings." I happily agreed, since I am hopelessly addicted to anything photo related and of course sending our mug shots to unsuspecting friends and relatives in an e-card is always a plus…for us not them.
Greetingflix allows for 50MB of free space with the option to upgrade to a pro account for additional photo storage. The cost for the pro account is $9.95 a year (for a limited time) which includes1GB of space, with additional free space available upon request. Not bad when you consider all the neato templates that come with the cost of the service.
I found Greetingflix really easy to use even for the photo and technology challenged, (not that I know anyone like that, ehem… Debbie Corley) and the templates that I viewed were really cute. The one below is one of my favs. The best part is that you can use the code to post them on your blog, or web page. Pretty cool huh? I did change the width and height of the greeting below. The code for the box below was much to small. I like SUPERSIZE.
Cumon….click it. I know you want to.
Ok, time for me to get some real work done, so run on over and get yourself a free account at Greetingflix and give it a whirl.
Blue Thistle - Hallie