WOW!

I just got back from Orange Beach! It was a great weekend! I am exhausted! I'll post pictures tomorrow. We got to see the Blue Angels! All I can say is WOW!!!!!!

Ladies!

Ladies,
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Builder, Condo & the Wind

I went into church to pick up the information for the Builder. This month, I will have to get the Builder (Church's newsletter) out a week earlier because of Thanksgiving. I am now working on the Children's newsletter. I need to get it ready to print on Monday. My goal is to get the Builder printed and mailed on Thursday of next week. I am eager to get them out so I can enjoy the holiday without having to think about work!!

I went to the "Captivating" Bible study tonight. It is always great! A part of me wishes that this Bible study would never end. God is tearing down the walls of my "Condo" brick by brick! That is what a friend of mine calls our walls we put up to hide behind. We have built ourselves a condo! We have even decorated it nicely. We are comfortable there. The main sentence that stood out for me from the chapter we were on tonight was, "We don't get to stay in hiding until we are whole; Jesus invites us to live as an inviting woman now, and find our healing along the way." (page 138) I use to tell my husband, when situations got tough, that I wanted to go live in a cave. In hiding. All alone. Not having to deal with the outside world. Well, as this sentence says, God wants us to not hide from our situations. He wants us to bring them to Him. Learn something from Him. Let Him heal us. We can not heal if we hide. That is hard for me. I put up all kinds of walls. I have a super duper condo! What about you?

Pictures of the day...

"Wind Swivel"

Shutter Speed exercise

Sis-in-laws

I love going out with my Sister-in-laws. God has blessed me with great In-laws! Not everyone can say that. The three of us got together to go and buy our Mother-in-law a birthday/Christmas present. We found exactly what we wanted. Then we went to Olive Garden for a late lunch. We had a great time. Good food and good conversation makes a wonderful time of Sis-in-law bonding! We need to do that more often!

Pictures of the day...

"Sis-in-laws"

On the way home.

"Our Beautiful Sunset"

Taken out the sunroof.

Closeup II & Learning New Things

Here is another one for you!
What is this?

I love to learn new things! I do have to admit that I do not regularly try to learn new things. I get to "busy". You know what I mean. Too busy doing "Busy" things. Most of them not all that important. I would like to slow down and enjoy things. Observe things. I miss things. Little things my daughter says and does. What God is saying to me or trying to show me. You can miss a lot of things just being "busy"!

God, please let me slow down to see and hear what you have for me!

I had around 130 pictures to adjust yesterday! That would take a while! Imagine having to open 130 pictures and then adjusting them one by one. I would have been doing that all day. I had heard of batch adjusting before but did not know how to do that. I called my friend Sherry and she walked me through it. It only took around 10 minutes. Only because I left the step for them to be saved out of the action setting. I had to save each one after the computer adjusted them. Still, it didn't take all day! Thanks for your help, Sherry!

Closeup

From a Car Wash!

I visit a scrapbook website often. They post a picture of something closeup and you have to guess what it is. I enjoy trying to figure it out!

Let's see if anyone can guess this one?

Worship, Tech Crew & Pictures

I have really enjoyed working on the photography project I had this past week. I learned a lot in the process, both in photography and how much work it is to put together a morning worship service. (And I didn't even scratch the surface on seeing what all goes into it.) We have a great Choir, Music Minister & Tech Crew at our church. They work really hard. God has truly given them a great talent that they are using for His Kingdom! I appreciated them letting me work with them on this project to honor and praise our God. I am honored that I was asked! I hope that I will have another opportunity to work with them in the future.

Pictures of the day...

Before & After for Mana's School Pictures
(Photography: Sherry / Background Adjustments: Me)


Flowers at the Botanical Gardens