5 a.m. body, barfs and Elsa...

Oh golly gee wilikers! What a great day it has been so far...

I was talking to someone last night and she told me one day soon I could say 'look at my 5 am body'...only to mock my efforts at getting up at 5 am every morning to work out and fit in my quiet time all before leaving my house by 8 and arriving at work at 8:30. I am going to store that comment away for another day when I will bring it back :) whahhhahahah! Most probably for this specific person...you know who you are :)

If you can't tell I'm in a delightfully spontaneous and silly mood...only wish it could be used more efectively than being at work. But...all the same its a good day! A lovely day! A marvelously chilly day! Scarfs and hats and coats have all been brought out and are ready to be worn!!! Last night I tied a scarf around my waist and decided to call it a barf...or a selt...but barf was much more fun... a belt-scarf of course!

Oh golly! Since my computer and camera were stolen I have been spending alot more time playing and writing music. I was given an amazing guitar by the lovely Aaron and Christiana Smith several months ago and it has become one of my new closest companions. We sit up till wee hours in the night...(close to 10 :) and play little diddeees and little doodas... just me and my guitar. I've decided to name it...her actually...well I decided right now as I'm writing this... her name will be Elsa. I think it fits...yes it does...its perfect. Me and Elsa, my new close companion...we have been having a ball! Maybe one day you'll hear of our good times and think back to this and remember it was Elsa and I :) Oh how I wish I had a picture of her and I and our good times! She is really quite funny when she wants to be...much more than I.

Yes...it is a good day! Better than anticipated!

laughs all around...

Can I just say I have some really fun friends! I'm pretty much always up for a good time and laughing till my cheeks hurt is just part of it! There's a saying that if you look at who your friends are right now, you'll be just like them in 5 years. I'm not sure when or who told me that but it's always been in the back of my mind when making deep friendships. Does this person add to my life or take away? Well most of my friends are pretty stinkin hilarous to me and laughter is a good medicine to live off of I think!

Saturday I shot a wedding with my good friend Kari Crowe. It was a cute and fun small wedding all done in this cute little chapel up in Frisco and then over to the Cotton Mill in Mckinney. (If anyone's looking for a really cool rustic big open room for a reception you should really check out the Cotton Mill.... it was really great... I mean besides being wayyyy up in Mckinney) Kari and I have been friends since my DBU days and can tend to always have a really good time if given the right environment...and this was definitely it! And of course me being the really late hour bird that I am (insert sarcasm here), I tend to get pretty loopy at a certain point...no drinking required.

Then yesterday I went out to eat with my good friend Jennifer and our waiter said we could have desert if Jennifer pretended it was her birthday... sooo... of course we did! Here's pictures to proove it! To sum it up that we had a great time, doesn't do it justice, but you'll just have to hang out with us to find out for yourself :)...

mrs. angela ross-miller...

It's been a very busy week and we're only 2 days into it! I spent the weekend cleaning out and getting alot of things done that I'd been putting off or haven't had time for. Working on these pictures was on my list as well! Thank you Marian for letting me come over and use your computer and photoshop until I get mine back!

So with no further ado...enjoy and let me know what you think!

smiles...

It's been a busy fun week and with the election season here, Tuesday night our college/young adults group hosted a Talegate/Election Party! We had a huge projector screen out on the lawn, switching between the election and the Mavericks game. Grills were set up for people to bring their own meat and throw on, and the best part... (that put the first smile on my face) pumpkin carving!!! Lots of people, new and old, came out to join in the fun! Some yummy smores put the second big smile on my face as well :)

It was really dark, so the pictures aren't the best, but you'll get the idea. I somehow failed to get a picture of my teams... which started out as batman and ended up looking more like a cat, I know you wonder really how that could happen... but it was the eyes...not hero enough (smile #3)...but hey it was my first time carving and I'll definately make it a new yearly tradition!

Here's a couple of them.

Then last night I went to the MJBI banquet with my friend and her family, as well as another friend. It was a fun night and talk of Israel made me want to start planning my next trip! Anyone in?

Here's a few pictures from the evening. Most of the pictures are blurry, but I won't blame that on Jon since it was us girls who couldn't quit laughing and moving about :)

I know my face is totally blurry here, but Jen said all that mattered is that she was in focus :)
Marian when she got left out of the picture...and was tired of me wanting to take more!

Cute brother/sister pic!

grandparents and politics...

It's over! It's done! It's decided! Mark this day in history cause I'm told from older and wiser people we are making history right now! I know I don't quite understand it all right now, but I know it's true. I realized by talking to several non-voters, that the reason this election and politics are not important to them is simply because they have not made it important.

I think of it like this. I love my grandparents. I don't get to see them very often, but I love them. They have done so much for me, and the majority of which I dont' know. I mean seriously, they walked to school in the ice and snow up hill both ways!!!! (who hasn't heard that one!) They're generation pioneered things for our parents generation and our parents for us and who without would not be where we are today. I just simply know that I should appreciate them so much more than I already do. I know I should even though I don't know all that they've done for me. Heck, they have lived through a great deal and love punk grandkids as they go through all of the 'new' things in life (which I know they just smile and nod at) and they somehow have to adapt to a changing world of which is probably changing in a completely different way than they ever hoped it would. I love to hear their wisdom and life experiences and perspective on the world today from them. I wish I had an unlimited amount of time to ask them questions and just know what they know... but...much like politics I don't have that time.

Now in politics I tend to think the same way. Why vote...because people died and have made life sacrifices for me to be able to. No, I don't understand politics very well and I hate debating... but I know that I don't understand it and that doesn't give me any right to not appreciate and disrespect what someone died for me to be able to do!

In my very non-political opinion I am not worried at all about who is our president. Republican, democrat... they are all pawns in the hand of the Lord. He will use it all for His glory. Both candidates say a million great things while on stage and pleaing for your vote, but the truth is both had great weaknesses and strengths. We each choose which are more important to us and I just pray no matter what that God has mercy on our nation! Millions of babies-AKA MURDER-are still dying, idolatry in this country is rampant and deception-AKA LYING- is what our entire money system is built on...DEBT!

Like I said, I know very little, but those are my convictions and I don't believe a new president is going to fix everything for our nation. We are a nation of 'quick-fix' and 'now, now, now!' but I would much rather have higher taxes (just an example) now and deal with the real issues, not the surface symptoms and have the favor of the Lord on our country and not his judgement for 50 million or billion (whatever the number is) babies murdered.

that is... in my very non-political opinion :)

friends...

Here are a few pictures from the last month that have been storing up on my phone! I have to say I am so blessed to have some incredibly great friends! I wish there were more time in the day to spend with them all or there was a way I could just put them in my pocket to take them with me!

Me and Mego

I went home to visit my parents a couple weeks ago and my dad had four six-week old golden retriever puppies! Here's a picture of one I was tempted to bring back to Texas with me :( I want a dog so bad, but I think it is cruel to have a big dog in a small apartment where they rarely get outside. My dad breads golden retrievers and if you're interested you should check out his website http://www.vinanches.com/ . He will have puppies that are ready to go at Christmas too!













Then this last Sunday I hung out with some good friends of mine hanging out, making homemade queso and watching the Cowboys lose! argh! Then Ang made this ammmazing coffee cake! Way to go Ang! She has inspired me to try to cook and bake more! Here's the masterpiece half gone!

life goes on...

So life is going on... without laptop and camera, believe it or not. Thank goodness I have my iphone :)! I've been hitting up local pawnshops to see if someone traded in my stuff, but no success at this point.

So onto other news...here is a picture from my last shoot a couple weeks ago. I'm still trying to find time to edit the rest of them! This is my good friend Angela Ross-Miller...be sure and check out her myspace and keep watching for new songs to come!