February 26, 2010 Blackberries

Tonight I had planned to make a quick trip to WalMart to return a dvd to Red Box and come right back home. But as I was leaving Charlsley gave me her shopping list for WalMart. But I hadn't planned to do any shopping. So anyway I picked up her strawberries, kiwi, pretzels & icing (what list!) and I also got some blackberries.

I love blackberries. I took a few pics of them. By the time I got a chance to look at the pics I wasn't particularly happy with any of them but it was too late to take anymore because I had eaten the prop. HAHA

February 25, 2010 The Rev.

I snapped this pic of Jay in the office late this afternoon.

February 24, 2010 The Church

A house of worship.

February 23, 2010 Which Way To Go?

I just thought this was a neat looking tree. Like the fork in the road, you need to choose your path.

February 22, 2010 Home Again

It's good to be home with these 2. I missed them and Jay too terribly over the weekend. I did get to see Kathleen some over the weekend.

February 21, 2010 16 New Butterflies

May you always Fly With Christ.

February 20, 2010 Valuable

We value so much to God.

So why did a take a picture of lotion. It's Loreal. Isn't their slogan, "Because I'm worth it"?

That's is what I hope the girls took with them from the weekend. They are so valuable in the eyes of God.

February 19, 2010 Earrings!!

OK so a couple weeks ago I decided that I was not going to get my ears pierced again after probably 10+ years, but instead I was going to wear clip earrings. It has been and adventure finding clip earrings, they're few and far between. And then the next obstacle is, are the comfortable. Some of them pinch. I thought ok I'm not going to be able to wear clip either. I'm learning how to loosen the tension on them some.

These are the earrings I wore during the weekend. Yes I did wear those big butterfly ones but not for very long and for a specific purpose. HAHA

February 18, 2010 A Lovely Surprise

I have been on a Chrysalis weekend from the 18th thru the 21st where we didn't take any pictures. So I am posting pictures that remind me of the weekend.

This necklace was given to me on Thursday evening. It was made by a lovely person who gave it to another lovely person who has handed it down to me.

February 17, 2010 My Own Front Door

I love coming home. I would rather be at home with my family than anywhere else. There's nothing like seeing your own front door.

February 16, 2010 Among My Favorites

If I were listing some of my favorite things - well diet coke would be among those. I'm trying to drink more water but I do love my diet coke.

February 15, 2010

I noticed this tree when I parked on the 3rd level of the parking deck this morning. I quickly snapped a picture before running to my destination - my office. What caught my attention was the tree branching off in all different directions, I immediately thought of how busy life gets and it seems we're constantly running in multiple directions.

February 14, 2010 Postmarked in Valentines

What a treat to receive a card postmarked in Valentines, VA.

February 13, 2010 Red Velvet Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for our Valentine's Dinner tomorrow.

February 12, 2010 The Rose

Some days I have to remind myself that thorns do have roses.

February 11, 2010 Twelveteen

I can't believe how much she has grown up. Twelve going on 20. Isn't that just the look of a preteen who doesn't want mom to take any more pictures? She is a great kid.

February 10, 2010 Snow Again? Really?

We had quite the snowstorm early this morning. This picture was taken on the church driveway not out on the road. You can just barely see the church in the background. I had left for work but came home and worked once again from my "home office."

February 9, 2010 The Greatest Of Them Is Love

The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.

February 8, 2010 Angel Girls

These are my angel girls. They sit in the window in my kitchen. Charlsley gave me these angels last year for Mother's Day. I think they are just as cute as they can be.

February 7, 2010 Walking In A Winter Wonderland

I went out for a little walk today with camera in hand. This is a rather unusual winter. There is a chance for more snow on Tuesday. It has been a bright sunny day with lots of melting going on.

February 6, 2010 Snow Days and Comfort Food

Yep it's snowing again today. What is it about snow days and comfort foods. Perhaps it's the fact that you're snowed in at home and you have time to make yummy foods. Perhaps it's when you're out doing the panic shopping before the snow forecast, you gravitate to those things because that's just what you're supposed to do when it snows. You see when you live here where we usually don't get a whole lot of snow there is a run on the grocery stores when snow is in the forecast. Or perhaps it just taste good.

I would like to say I lovingly made these from scratch for my family. Well I did make them if you call opening the can and putting them on the baking stone, and putting them in the oven. And then once they were done, opening the little plastic bag of icing and adding that to the top. Then yes I did make them.

February 5, 2010 My Three Treasures

It is snowing again today. We go many winters without any snow but this year we are getting plenty. I wanted to take some pics in the bay window with the benefit of natural light. We had a good time, some posed shots like this one and some quite candid, otherwise known as silly.

February 4, 2010 Home Office

This has been my office for the week except for Tuesday when I actually went into the office. I have been working from home this week. Ahhhh if only I could always work from home!

February 3, 2010 The Ordinary

Some days you just need to get pics of the everyday activities.

February 2, 2010 Pie Safe

This Pie Safe was made especially for us by a dear family friend. I love it and I love the sentiment with which it was given. Thanks Bob Rose!

February 1, 2010 It's All About The Skinny Jeans

It's all about skinny jeans for Charlsley this year. I sure wish my legs were that skinny!