Mission Eif-----Day 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I realized AFTER I woke up that its 12-12-12 TODAY!

How awesome!

I should have hinted to Benny to make it EXTRA special!

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Altho fresh Reindeer poop straight from the North Pole is pretty special!

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That look on his face says it all.....

Its like he is saying  "Your welcome".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 socks down.............One more to go!

These have been fun to create with "what I have".

Makes it more challenging...

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Charlee got a little trim!

SHE IS 4 and finally has hair!

Beautiful blonde hair!

She has been cutting her hair ever since she was 18 months old.

So this is exciting for us.....lol

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Scissors were NON existent for awhile at our house....

 

 

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I ran up to B town and grabbed somethings for my mother and to fulfill  my addiction at Sonic.

As we pulled out I saw a car on the side with a man bundled up in winter clothes with a sign saying he is lost and needs gas.

Today is cold.

Windy and cold.  :(

As I drove by I quickly read the sign and gave him a smile.

 I did a double take and even sat at the stop sign and looked at him in my rear view mirror.

My heart was beating.......heavy.

I was sad, that he was standing there in need in the cold.

Even if he wasn't telling the truth in his actions, obviously he is in dispare in his life to be at that point where he has to stand out in the cold and ask for help.

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I was sad all the way home.

I had nothing to give him.

I don't have anything to give.....

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I got home and turned my car off and Charlee was sitting there very quiet with her $1 marshmallow treat I got for her.

She says  'Mom I love you so very much"  And she smiled.

She being only 4 years old has nothing to give me.

She can't give me money, or things...................But her words and smiles and hugs are ENOUGH.

That's all she is capable to give.

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I couldn't give that cold man any money, or things........but I did give him a sincere smile.

That's all I have at this time, and I am happy with what I have been through these last few months to give a  smile to a complete stranger!

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Mission Elf-----Day 12

 

Nothing smells better then a fresh clean ELF!

Looks like he showered last night....:)

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Way to cover up Benny.......
He is always so proper.
I had to take him out of the bathroom tho, cuz charlee will pee her pants instead of going in there with him staring at her.  lol
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The kids are LOVING him!
Many trips to the  "Bathroom" or to get a "drink"
so they can see if he flew off yet to the North Pole.
How exciting it is to be young....:)

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4 days without a phone.

Ya, Im not gunna lie.

I thought I was going to die.........

Im a itty bitty Addicted, I will be the first to admit!

I {heart} my phone...:)  Just as Much as I love my Sonic, bubblebaths, Shoes.

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I was anxiously waiting the arrival of the BIG BROWN TRUCK!

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So for those who have called or texted, Promise, your still my friend..lol

{ Well, some of ya.. }



 

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Ordering this BIG print order for my friend who lives in California from her summer session made me truly miss working with clients and miss photography.

Isn't this beautiful?

She had a vision and we MASTERED IT!

9  12x12 standout's

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Kim------its ON ITS WAY TO YOU!!

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I do have some photography Idea's dancing in my head for the New Year when I can finally get myself up and running again.  :)

New Idea's!

New name!

New products!

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Unicorn number 2........

Dang--------------these are messy!

 

 

 

 

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Happy Cold chilly day.......:)



Mission Elf-----Day 11

 

 

A little christmas Milk to drink with your morning waffles........:)

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Who wouldn't want Green milk?

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{ Charlee did ask for "white" milk..lol }

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Finished Jax's Sock late last night!

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They are ready to be filled to the brim....:)

Com'on santa!

 

 

Hope your day is Merry and Bright!

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Love the snow.......:)

Which will you choose???

WHICH WILL YOU CHOOSE?
In life I have known and observed many people.

It's really what I've done for a living.

I have seen that people can have great joy or sorrow in their lives, that they can be happy or sad, caught up in celebration or brought down in mourning. And I've learned that those things typically have nothing whatsoever to do with their circumstance in life.

There is not always a connection between good things happening and happiness, or bad things happening and sadness.

Mood, I think, is far more the result of attitude and personality than it is of environment. I've seen people laugh in hell and sob in heaven.

And mostly I've seen people sob because they needed permission to laugh. It somehow had never dawned on them that joy was an option. I think sometimes this is the result of unrealistic expectations, a basic ignorance of what life is truly like.

They march gloomily through their existance looking for a party and never realizing that they have passed blindly through it. They never learn to appreciate the joys that life offers, instead they focus irrationally on the disappointments.

I heard a quote about that the other day in church. It was read by a man who saw it posted on his father's refrigerator and copied it to hang on his own office wall. I got a copy from him and have similarly thumb-tacked up in my studio.

Here's what it says:

"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed.

"The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise.

"Life is like an old-time rail journey -- delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts -- interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed.

"The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride."

The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride. That is the key. The fundamental realization and gratitude that life is, by it's essential nature, good. And even in its monotonous routines and mundane duties it offers us something wonderful and worthwhile.

They are only lives of "quiet desperation" when we fail to understand them. When we fail to appreciate what it is we have been sent here to appreciate.

I learn by watching people, and I have observed that many people throw their lives away. They do so by wanting what they don't have and by spurning what they do. We live in a world of movie stars and love songs, where television characters never want for money and where novels never end sadly. But we don't live in books or television, we live in the real world where things sometimes turn out poorly.

And it is up to us to decide how to react to that.

With a native joy, or with a native gloom.

I choose joy. I choose to see the adversities and disappointments of life as completely natural and normal. I choose to see them as things which exist in my life, but not which dominate my life.

And I think that's a good philosophy. Because things are going to happen, good or bad, and we typically can't control them. We can only control our reactions to them.

And I choose to react with optimism and delight.

Because I figure it beats the alternative.

- by Bob Lonsberry © 2012

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My parents LOVE Bob, this was my mom's morning thought for today!

Just passing on the love...............

:)

Something to think about.

whoopsies!

 

 

 

 

I dunno how I could have got the "year" wrong on these........

THERE!

MUCH BETTA!

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Probably cuz I dunno what day it is.....

 

hahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!
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a PICTURE a year and a half ago at Joshua's Farwell......



Goin on a date..........

 

 

With these guys.....  :)

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A christmas concert up in Logan....

It was AMAZING!!!!!

I had gooooosies the whole time!!!

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My dad, my sister Keri, and my nephew Tanner all preformed!

as well as Jenny oaks Baker....  woooow!!!

and Alex Sharpe!!

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It was lovely to be able to be with my family!

 

 

 

{she is weird and I love her}

 

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I have more pictures I will share later, but being T-mobile is slow sending me my new phone.....I am phone-less at the moment.

I might die.....:)

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Here is a song we got to enjoy last night.....

seriously.....

Bring on the goosies and the tears,.................RIGHT?

ah!
Jenny Oaks Baker and Alex Sharpe!

Mission Elf-----Day 10

 

 

Playing with the copier....eh?

lol

{Nice bum benny}

with little messages attached......

 

"Be good!"

"Don't say bad words"  { Jax says Chaaaaarleeee, when they read that one..lol}

"Mind your mother, she is awesome"  :)

"Santa says "Hi" "

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{Megan, he was bought at Target, but you can also call Santa and order one to be assigned to your family...{wink wink} and then he shows up...:)  }



its starting..........

 

To feel alot like christmas.......:)

{ SNOW would be swell! }

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What I have been working on this last week.......

For little Miss Charlee Ann........

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80 unpickings later.....and wa-la!

I kinda made it up as i went....didn't really have a plan!

Sometimes, things work out better that way...:)

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Mission Elf------Day 10

 

Whoops,

 Looks like someone caught Charlee's Chickenpox!!!

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Atleast she will have a  friend......:)

For hells sakes..........

 

Where is my Super cape?

IVE EARNED IT!!!

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Hummmm......

I wonder what else we can do with our spare time.

Strep throat-------check!

Lice---------check!

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Chicken Pox----------CHECK!!!

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Please bring me gifts, Like Dt. Coke and gummy worms.

Ben and Jerry's Pistachio ice cream works too!

 

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Yes, this really is happening!