Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Cool Site Tuesday

This week's cool site is...


You can go there and browse the globe for photographs from all over! It even gets down to specific territories and states. Pretty cool huh?

And here's an idea... use this to teach whomever about various cultures and places around the world. It's amazing to see what a beautiful and dynamic place God has created. Here's an image from Taiwan I found (photographer unknown by me).


Enjoy, as always!

Sarah

Monday, November 9, 2009

Hurrican't

Hello Ida-

You choose to come on the wrong day. I need sunshine tomorrow for my photo shoot. You stink. So there. Now go cry your little rain tears like a baby.

Sarah

P.S. This isn't a very flattering picture of you.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Serving Sunday

So this week instead of Scripture Sunday we have Serving Sunday! My 3rd grade girls, fellow Faith Trainers, and a few parents met at church for our fellowship/mission project. We made blankets for the homeless here in Birmingham as well as lunch sacks to hand out. Everyone had a blast! Here's a few pictures for you to enjoy...

The girls being goofy!

Me getting things ready for the lunch sacks.

Paula & Shayna helping the girls pack the lunches.

The girls being goofy again.

Stretching out a finished blanket. And no, I'm not picking my nose!

I love sharing my time with this group! They challenge me to grow deeper in my faith as I teach them to grow deeper in theirs.

Sarah

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Diggin' in the Dirt

This morning I ate Saturday morning breakfast alone. Dave left around 6 to drive to Atlanta with his dad to look at a few Jeeps. I thought about oatmeal then decided some good ol' French toast would be wonderful. So I whipped this up along with some coffee and orange juice and sat at our breakfast table watching the leaves fall outside. Our kitchen gets the best light in the morning. It's that warm light that you can feel on your skin if you sit in one place too long. It was nice.


After breakfast I did some house work... cleaning, laundry, organizing. Then I got the urge to do yard work. These come every now and then. It may be the calming effect of pulling weeds that draws me in or the satisfaction of stepping back and seeing results when you're done. I don't know. So, I started off by pulling weeds but ended up pulling up 30 of these guys by the time I finished. That's right... monkey grass... I am sick of monkey grass!


I told Dave I couldn't help myself. I got tired of looking at it. Plus, our grass was growing into it. Grass wins. :)

After 3 hours of working in the yard I headed inside for some more house work. Dave got home mid afternoon. They had looked at 4 Jeeps along the way and didn't find one they liked. His dad is looking for what Dave terms a "barbie Jeep" but, if you know my husband you know he knows Jeeps. And, he knows what to look for in a good Jeep. It might be pretty on the outside but he can tell if it will rust to pieces, has a bent frame, has any sort of leak, or is just flat out a bad choice. It must be like my thrift store adventures... he enjoys discovering these things or hopefully one day not discovering them. I love you babe!

We spent the evening watching Transporter 2 and eating pizza. Although I kept telling Dave we had seen it before but, he couldn't remember.

That was our Saturday.

Hope your weekend is going well!
Sarah

Friday, November 6, 2009

Thrift Store Treasures

Ask my husband... I can spend hours sorting through junk in a thrift store and be quite content. I love vintage things and more importantly, I love finding them for cheap cheap cheap. It's like treasure hunting... you never know what you are going to find (if anything) but the excitement when you find something totally rad is worth it. Old things remind me of life... they have stories to tell and marks to prove it.

Today I gave myself $10 to spend treasure hunting and these are my finds (minus one beautiful book I forgot to photograph.)

A squatty vintage stool made of solid wood and wonderfully broken in, a couple of old books, and an Eggshell Nautilus platter with a gorgeous peacock pattern.


Old books are alluring to me. This one had the most perfectly worn cover.


Here's a close-up of the china pattern. I couldn't find this one online so if you have any info I would love it! I am going to hang it on a wall somewhere... hmmmmm.


So the rest of my day you ask? I had a quick photo shoot this morning. I ate lunch with my hubby at IX Tapa on 280. By far the best Mexican food I have found in Birmingham. Coming from a native Texan that is saying ALOT.

I came home an took some pictures and after finishing this update I will wait for Dave to get home so we can work on creating some awesome pics of his Jeep. He's been wanting me to do this for awhile and with some new lighting techniques up my sleeve I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Happy weekend everyone! Have a nice one!

Sarah

Thursday, November 5, 2009

My Honesty Post

Ten things I can honestly say about myself:

1. I drink 2-3 cups of coffee per day despite the voice inside my head telling me it's not good for me.
2. I wake up some days and want to call in sick just because it's freezing outside and my bed feels so warm.
3. Although it has been proven that I cannot match pitch, I still aspire to be a breakthrough singer.
4. I look at myself when I walk by full length windows. Don't you?
5. Sour gummy candy is my weakness and I am guilty of downing an entire box of Sour Patch Kids or bag of Peachy O's.
6. I talk to my dogs as if they really know what I am saying. Don't worry, they don't talk back.
7. I stop singing on the car when someone pulls up next to me at a red light then resume when the light turns green.
8. I will slow down ridiculously slow if the car behind me is tailgating especially if it's the high school kids in our neighborhood running late to school.
9. When walking down long hallways I often get the urge to run and do a cartwheel. I dream of doing a roundoff-back handspring-layout-back tuck but know I would fall on my face and that would hurt.
10. I need to be more honest with myself about who I am and love me just the way I am. :)

Do you?

Tomorrow is Friday!

And this makes me laugh!


And that's about all I feel like doing right now!

Happy Thursday!

Sarah