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Everyone knows that Zach played football in college. Thanks to that we met so many great friends. Chance and Amy were the "it" couple and they are now married and she's early on in her pregnancy with a little BOY (I'm loving that everyone is having boys right now...get 'em out of the way so my next one can be a girl ok?). I'm super pumped that she's blogging (you can read her blog here ) and try to encourage all moms-to-be to start up blogs. It's just such a great way to capture memories and meet new friends. We all learn from each other and I love it :) Anyway I saw that on her blog Amy did this thing called a "Meet Me Blog Party" as a way to sort of introduce herself to the blogging world and get to know other bloggers too. I thought it might be fun to join in! We could ALL learn a little more about each other and hopefully meet new blog friends so here I go: Welcome to the Meet Me Blog Party! This is a way for others to get to know ...
If you read this blog then you know something about Stella & Dot since I'm pretty much wearing it in every picture :) I started with the company in September (which you can read about here ) and I'm SHOCKED with how much I'm loving it. I'll be the first to admit that working isn't really "my thing" and that I'm not motivated to work b/c of money. I know that sounds awful but even when I was broke in college I just wasn't a super hard worker. I didn't care if it paid good or not - I didn't want to be there!!! I realize now that I probably didn't do great at those jobs because I didn't really enjoy them (I mean, duh, working at a dry cleaners is not exactly awesome). Once I started babysitting I was in HEAVEN and didn't care at all how much it paid - I did it because I loved the kids and truly enjoyed my time with them. Now with Stella & Dot I've found another job I truly love. I don't love it for the money as...
I ran a little late to Class 2. Zach wouldn't be home in time from Columbus so I actually used Facebook to find Kye his very first babysitter! Luckily a girl from our church, who has watched the dogs before for us, volunteered. He LOVED her right away and I didn't feel bad at all leaving them. That, combined with some new house door drama (I promise to post on it but want to wait until it's resolved!), did make me late. Oh well! There was SO much covered in this class so let's jump right in to some stuff I learned: if you are a student (or know a student who can buy it for you) then you can get the full blown Photoshop for only $199! a good photograph: has a clear subject, focuses attention on the subject, and simplifies everything else to focus that attention clear subject: decide what you want the subject to be and make sure the viewer can obviously tell what the subject is. depth of field: you want to have everything somewhat blurry except for your subject. Pu...
The great thing about building a home in the same neighborhood we were living in is that Kye got to be part of the entire process. I was hopeful that all the time he spent at the "new house" would help him transition into making it his home. I'll always think of the back left corner of the porch as "Kye's spot" as every day he'd go take his little snack, water, and a toy over to that spot then just sit and watch the workers while I talked to whoever I needed to meet with that day. what's so funny to me with these two pictures is that they were taken only a week apart - South Ga weather! He would get sick of always having to be at the "new house" so I would bake special treats to take with us As the house got closer and closer to becoming a home I was able to let Kye do more exploring. Most of my meetings started to take place inside and it allowed Kye to have some fun :) future hide-and-seek spot??? enjoying the view from his playroom ...
I'm not one to let anyone stop me from doing what I feel is right so even though the last time I asked you all for prayers I had a very dramatic response ( remember? ), I'm still going to continue to ask for prayers when situations arise that they are needed. I've been thinking about prayer lately and what a huge responsibility it is when someone directly asks you to pray for them or for a situation. I feel honored that people trust me to pray and it really is a responsibility to send up those requests to the Lord. In asking for prayer, a person is telling you that they know you are a righteous person who will take the time to talk to God on their behalf. They trust you with this important job and it's our duty to actually do the praying! Don't just say "oh my, of course I'll pray for you" then go on with your busy life and not stop and say the prayers you've just promised to say. I'm trying to work on this and am getting myself into the hab...
