Part deux...and trois

Keeping up with Jeanne

Ok, so she's not a Jones, but I still try to keep up with her.

Which is hard.

Those Jones' ain't got nuttin on Jeanne!

She convinced me to sign up for a new course at Spraground, and I am determined to actually TAKE the course this time, instead of just purchasing it and saving it for "someday". Well, someday is today!!! Since I awoke at 4:45 and sleep mocked me and told me goodbye forever, I decided to put my free time to good use and start my course. Jeanne has already finished Day 6, I have finished Day 1. ha! Told you it's hard to keep up with her!

So here's my finished lesson 1. Hopefully a finished lesson 2 (and 3, 4, 5 & 6) will be on their way soon!

Because it makes me happy

Christmas in July

Apparently word on the street is I don't update my blog often enough to satisfy some people. Truthfully, I often wonder why I even have a blog, I never feel I have anything newsworthy to report. It's just life, ya know? But then I got to thinking...Isn't "just life" the best part? It's what makes us all so unique, yet so similar. So I figured I'd give this whole blog thing another shot. Surely I can come up with something to post every once in awhile. Even if it's just to amuse with my stories of dorkiness. So I'm back (for now, ha!)

So there's this little place in town called Easely Amused. It's a little warehouse where you can go and paint. Each night has a certain painting, and you sign up for the classes you want. It's instructor led, but it's not something you have to have any talent at (obviously or I wouldn't attend, ha!). Each painting is named after a song, which is a quirky twist. It's really a lot of fun, and a good creative and social outlet.

This week they are doing special "Christmas in July" paintings. Tuesday night was "I'll be Home for Christmas" and it was a Christmas wreath. Wednesday night was "O Holy Night" and was a manger scene, and Saturday was Rudolph, which should be self explanatory, lol. I went and what you see are my "masterpieces" ha! It was oh so fun, and I find it very calming. I told mom Tuesday night I need to invest in an easel. I think painting would be a great stress reliever. I noticed that I completely concentrate on the task at hand when I'm painting, and all the peskiness of the day just melts away.  And for some reason my manger scene is cut off on the thumbnail, but if you click on it you can see my splendid "snoopy sheep".  ::snort::

One of my dear friends, and her family are needing some prayers. They have a tough few days ahead of them, so if you would please remember them, I know it would be greatly appreciated!

Love, Kel

I caught Jeanne's bug

Now that my 3 Day walk is behind me, and I only have a million things to do, I thought I would spend my only free evening this week procrastinating. I decided to try my hand at my first digi page.

I have a long way to go to be up to Jeanne's level, but it's a start!

Gosh, where does the time go?

As I came here to post a new blog entry, I was feeling pretty proud of myself for doing so, so soon after my last post. But then I saw the date of my last entry...July 21st! UGH! That's almost a month ago! Where does the time go?

So what's happened since July 21st? I turned a year older, had a nice little trip to the beach that weekend to visit Meredith. It was so nice to just sit by the water and just "be" for a couple of days. Here's a shot of Mer and I before we went to my birthday dinner:


Choir has started again for the year at church, I love this time of year! I miss being off from choir during the summer - there are so many precious people there that I don't get to see otherwise, and I sure miss them. So I've been busy with that, and with the responsibilities that come with the offices I hold in the choir.

And then there's the walking...I've been training for the Susan G. Komen 3 Day Walk. It's a 60 mile walk over 3 days. I will be participating in the Dallas walk which is November 7-9 of this year. So many hours have been spent the last couple of months training for this. I also have to begin to focus on the fundraising aspect of it. My goal is to raise $2,500 before the walk. Thanks to the generous donations of my friends, I'm well on my way!!

If you'd like to learn more about the walk, you can click here and if you'd like to visit my personal webpage to donate, or follow the next 88 days of this adventure you can click here. I will try to be better updating that blog than this one. Shouldn't be too hard, right? HA!

A little photo housecleaning

I've been trying to find some time to go through all the pictures on my computer. Some are ready to be permanently moved to disc, and some are still works in progress so they will stick around.

I came across these little gems in my housecleaning this weekend. This is from a photo shoot I did in February. Don't you just want to hug them?