My friend, LINDA, shared with me how to size photos, saving me an enormous amount of picture posting time. So, while I have fun posting photos, ya'll will just have to endure.
This is, with really no need for introductions, Nature Boy...
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Nature Boy in training, reading....
No, the camera isn't that bad, my Photoshop editing is.
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This is what Laura Faith made with her cuisenaire rods. In case you can't tell, it's a church with "the glory of God coming out" (as quoted per Laura Faith). Out of the mouths of babes.
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Miss Innocence herself, working on a Moon lapbook. She really enjoyed that.
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Lolly and Hopers working with the Balance Bears.
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Loll's creativity in grouping the bears into families....
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Loll, Hopers, and Davey getting ready for tomorrow!
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By Jove, I think he's got it...
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And this is me, having lots of fun with the pressure washer. No, I wasn't trying to show you how dirty our sidewalks are, merely showing you how much fun you can have even while doing the most menial of tasks.
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And, I guess I'll give you a break for now. Again, many, many thanks to Linda for helping me with photo resizing. I appreciate it so much! Now, ya'll run on over to her place and let her know how much you could strangle love her for showing me the photo tips.
This week Laura-Faith and I were working on math. I'd given her a large Hundreds Chart and, while I called out numbers, she'd find them and color them in. The result was to be a picture to answer a riddle that I'd asked at the beginning of the lesson. Anyway, I called out 12 and she became stumped. To give her a hint, I asked her what was around 12. As quick as ever, she came back with, "Lunch time".
The other evening I was out back weeding the grass from amongst the mulch. A few flowers scattered here and there, but mainly mulch. That's the way it is when you're going it one step at a time...things come in small steps. Anyway, knowing that we have mulch paper down so that weeds don't grow in your mulch flower bed, I wasn't expecting it to be too difficult. Well, knowing that anything I do usually isn't done the easy way, we have Joint Grass. Not the staright, small, simple grasses...joint grass. It goes forever thanks to little loints connecting it. Some of the grasses I pulled out were huge! That still small voice came, as I was fussing at the joint grass, and reminded me that that's how the Christian life should be. We need to grow our roots in Christ and spread out, not staying superficial and short. We need to show Christ to the world without being content in our little patch of the mulch flower bed; rooted and grounded in the Word so that, when troubles and trials come our way, we can hold fast to the Promises of God and to the Rock of our salvation. Show the world that you're a joint grass, not a small simple balde of grass, easily withered in the storms of Life. Don't wait for someone to ask you if you're a Christian...show them by your roots; and by the fruit branching out because of your daily walk with Him.
Since Photobucket takes me so long to use, I thought I'd try out Photoshop. So far, it's not going that much faster. I think I have an unusually slow learning curve when it comes to technology.
Anyway, here's what I've done for the past 2 hours.....
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So....did you like those photos? You should see the ones at Photoshop...they're really neat! When Letitia gets home, maybe she'll give me some Photoshop pointers; like how to resize for websites and blogs. Linda...I need your help again!! Hey, Ash! Where are ya, girl???? (Call on those young whipper-snappers...they'll know). Anyone else with web savvy-ness, feel free to email me. We'll TALK. In the meantime, ya'll have a wonderful and safe weekend!
I wish you could have seen this face when he opened the blocks. He's all puckered in a silent whistle. Too cute...
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And here's a plug for Playskool's new Clipo Blocks. He absolutely loves them! The girls play with them all the time, too. Even the Biggers will say, "Look, Mom", and I'll look up to see that they've been playing with them and want me to see their creations! Shows we never really grow up...
Now, to get Playskool to pay me for that endorsement......
Here are some pictures of Davey's birthday. I can't believe my baby's TWO!
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Laura Faith likes celebrating!
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Ice cream with Rosie
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Can't beat the dessert...especially when it's CHOCOLATE....
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Hopey enjoying the food, fun, and celebration.
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This was taken with the night vision mode. The room was dark and I just aimed. He had fallen asleep on the ride home from Golden Corral and we just laid him in the bed. He didn't even have to have his "cubbers"...as his blanket is still hanging on the bed corner.
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I'll try to post more tomorrow as it's taken me almost an hour just to upload and resize and then copy to blogger. Whew!
I have sort of a minimal prayer request. God says, "Is there anything too hard for me? Is my hand shortened that I can not save?" Last Thursday my computer died, died, died. I thought it could be fixed but the man who is looking at it says that she's g-o-n-e. He did say that there *might* be a tiny chance that he can rig something together to get it to work but it would be weeks, not days, and he couldn't make any promises. I was o.k. with all that because iI had recently backed up *most* of my homeschool stuff. Well, last night I was thinking about the children's *Edu-track* records. You know what that is. It was backed up but not in my documents that I'd saved and backed up. ALL of the children's work is LOST if Rick can't fix my old computer. My menial little prayer request is that he can somehow put the computer together from spare parts so I can get their records. Naturally, I'd love to have it fixed for good, but if I could just get their homeschool records (from the past 4 years!!!!!), I'd be estatic. Thankfully, Rosie had just printed off her transcript for her college requirement papers. That's the only thing we have left of their schooling records-as far as grades go. If you don't mind, if you happen to think of it, would you say a little prayer that we can retrieve their records? Thanks a bunch!
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And, if I can get a minute, I'm going to sit down and try to upload some pictures. It just takes me so long having to go through Photobucket and transfer over to here. And this laptop...I'm totally not used to having to use this thing. It's so different!
The other day I was washing strawberries to make a cake for the children. As I washed and capped I thought how large and beautiful they were, for they truly were. Some of them, though, when I cut them in half had rotten spots on the inside. I thought, "You'd never know that by looking on the outside". It's amazing how quickly the Holy Spirit can speak. Immediately that still small voice replied, "That's the way it is with the heart". We can pretend to be all lovely and beautiful on the outside, but God can see the rotten spots on the inside. Jer. 17:9-For the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Jun. 11, 2009 - And she thought it couldn't be done....
This will be a personal entry. Personal as in only my best friend will know what I'm talking about. This is for her.....
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She gave me this wonderful poem picture for my birthday and it's now hanging in my bedroom. Our bedroom walls are a soft sage green. The matting in the picture is a forest green and the colors compliment each other beautifully.
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When I took the picture of it to show you all, I figured I'd take a couple pictures around the bedroom. Like I said, only she will understand. *grin*
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Some things Laura made with tangrams. She can made some of the neatest things!
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Hopers and Davey-Do getting ready for church Sunday morning....
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And three little monkeys sitting in a row. Well, two little monkeys and one big one in the middle....
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Well, that's all I have time for tonight. Just thought I'd share a few photos since I've not been able to lately. Have a great evening!
Grace has been sick all weekend. First thing this morning, I called the doctor to get an appointment for her. The receptionist asked if 10:15 would do,and I said sure. We live quite a ways from our Pediatrician's office, and as I hung up the phone, my mind is thinking of everything that I needed to get done before we had to leave...in 15 minutes. As I'm rushing through the house gathering shoes with a toothbrush sticking out of my mouth, calling for Grace to quickly get ready, I'm thinking, "Not much time! What all do I need to do?!? What else can I do while I'm doing ____????"
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I believe that Jesus' return is very, very close. We, as Christians, need to be rushing around with the mental and spiritual attitude that "There's not much time!!". We need to double up on our witnessing and serving, for in serving, we witness also. I'm sure you, as well as myself, have family members who will burn in a literal hell if they die without Christ as their personal Savior. Hurry!
Welcome to my place to ramble, witness, and vent (occasionally). Hopefully you'll enjoy yourself while you're here. I believe we need to seize the moments that God gives us. We never know which ones will be our last.
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