Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Project Life: Week 43

Praise the Lord we survived Hurricane Sandy. There was minimal damage and flooding in our area and we did not lose power! God is so good, hope all my friends on the east coast fared well also! Still praying for the many areas that were hit hard!

The Mom Creative

My sister preparing her pumpkin to be carved for a contest at her job! (Got several ideas from her that I am planning to use on my pumpkin nexrt week!!)

What a cute greeting I received when I went in to sub at the preschool

Subbing for fire prevention day, I not only got to be teacher's aide but also designated photographer

Carrie's carved pumpkin and my uncarved pumpkin hanging out. . .such cute and festive fall decor

Subbing again for the harvest parties, we started off with a pumpkin carving demo for our 3 year olds

harvest treats for my family. . .I just love how festive it looks sitting in a pretty bowl on the table

Bushkill falls. . .So beautiful, I took 140 pictures in just 3 short hours!

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Monday, October 29, 2012

1000 Gifts: #883-899



883. Pastor's "One Another Christianity" sermon series
884. hearing friends answered prayers
885. surprises
886. lunch bunch
887. extra work hours
888. energy enough to make it thru a long day
889. right place. right time.
890. more subbing opportunities

891. long chats
892. naps
893. new boots
894. stickers
895. harvest parties

896. holding a child's hand
897. UPS packages
898. fall treats
899. being the appointed photographer
900. stories from Jess' mom
901. road trips
902. waterfalls

903. overcast weather just right for pictures

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Project Life: Week 42

The Mom Creative

My cousins bday party! He was so excited to get his new car, he was driving it as it was being built! So cute!

Self portrait day

making chicken quesidillas. . .usually my sister's specialty, but mine weren't too bad!

The rattling and banging under my hood. . .the hammer the mechanics left there!!!! Praise the Lord nothing bad happened the 3 days I was driving around with it before it started banging!!

New favorite unhealthy cereal

loving the ability to french braid my own hair

Working our way thru the flashlight corn maze

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Monday, October 22, 2012

1000 Gifts: #862-882



862. moonbounce boxing

863. capturing moments
864. sharing pictures digitally
865. handwritten letters from old friends
866. making s'mores

867. gift ideas
868. a mother's love (like no other!)
869. calm and understanding supervisor
870. safety with car "issues"
871. free truffles

872. new upright freezer
873. brainstorming
874. learning how to be selfless
875. braids

876. new customers! Yeah!
877. phone calls between friends
878. God's amazing provision
879. carpooling
880. fall colors

881. spiritual conversations
882. flashlight corn maze safety
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Project Life: Week 41

The Mom Creative

Playing a new game on the kindle

new project life goodies. . .I always love receiving "happy" mail

double stuffed peanut butter cups

Carrie's new necklace holder, a re-purposed frame

fall decorations

cleaning and organizing, all the games in the box opened and mixed

baking and cooking all morning

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Monday, October 15, 2012

1000 Gifts: #841-831



841. video games with my dad
842. homemade pies

843. missionaries
844. Paper coterie codes/deals/sales
845. Amazon's smiley face boxes

846. substituting at preschool
847. rising early
848. God's timing
849. memory keeping tools
850. surprise peanut butter cups from Carrie

851. garden fresh cauliflower from a coworker
852. extended warranties
853. dad was still on vacation and able to help when my car broke down
854. car fixed 5 minutes before they closed!
855. tossing around crafty ideas with Carrie

856. sharing my talent
857. devotional with Christian friends
858. pumpkins

859. sharing a game with my sister
860. last pickings of the garden before cleaning them up
861. house fulled with baking aromas!

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Project Life: Week 40

The Mom Creative

Working continuously on my Disney book

Longwood Gardens with Jess for her birthday

learning amazing things about God during my daily quiet times with Him

Trying new concoctions

Finishing the journaling for my Disney album, it is 1 page away from being DONE!!!! (it only took me 2.5 months!)

Coffee and errands with my mom and sister

Car show: I was allowed to actually sit in this old 1919 Model T, how awesome!!!

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