Happy Thanksgiving (a day late!)
I try to make a habit of being thankful on Thursdays... a habit, that like this blog in general, has been neglected. However, with this post I hope to begin to post somewhat more regularly again.I...
View ArticleGiveaway
I mentioned my terrible neglect of this blog already, so I'll try not to beat myself up over that too much. :) However, I do think that anyone still following along must be considered a true friend! In...
View ArticleAnd we have a winner....!
Woo-hoo!!! 8 whole people are reading my blog! Ok, well, 8 people read my blog AND wanted to win. :)I used random.org to generate my winner, and "The Werfs" - my friend Rachael!!! - YOU are the...
View Article"Babo"
So, the little guy, my nephew Charlie, has started consistently referring to me by the same name. Around him, the family refers to me as "Auntie Rebo," a name first bestowed on me by my friend Sarah...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 1: 15 things
I know, right? 30 days of blogging? If I actually do that, I think I might have posted more in 2011 than I did in 2010 ALL YEAR. (OK, not quite. I just checked.) One of the digi scrap designers is...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 2: Blog Name
Day 2 is an easy assignment for me: Meaning behind the name of your blog.The name of my blog is meant to be simply descriptive, so the story here is only about how I decided on this name, which is a...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 3: Favorite TV Shows
30 days has already, as of today, become 29 days, as I've found one thing on the original suggestion list I won't be blogging about. I'll have to try and think of something to replace it to return to...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 4: Nicknames
For the record: I did say this wasn't going to be a consecutive 30 days, and seeing as it's been 2 1/2 weeks, I'm way overdue, even taking into account that I expected this to be a slower pace! Oh...
View ArticlePhotography Project #1: Creation
Through my church, I joined a photography class/Bible study that meets once a week for 12 weeks, hosted by my friend Kristin. Kristin's photographs are spectacular, so this was a great opportunity to...
View ArticlePhotography Project #2: Brokenness
This photo assignment was week #2 (photos due 2/21.) The week's sermon was about sin entering the world. We had a great conversation that night about temptations and sin. The assignment this week was...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 5: A picture of something that makes me happy
I've been posting over at my scrap blog some of photos I've been taking and what I'm learning about photography. This photo will post over there in a couple of days with lots of geeky photography...
View ArticlePhotography Project #3: Covenant
This is another installment of the photos I've been taking for my photography class. This was due a few weeks ago, but we just talked about it last Monday. The word of the week was Covenant, and our...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 6: Favorite Movie
On the original list that inspired this project, this subject was plural, but I wouldn't even know where to start a list of movies because I don't see a lot of movies, and I see very few that make a...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 7: 10+1 favorite songs
This is my variation of "put your iPod on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that play." Since I already explained that's a recipe for a list of the 10 most embarrassing songs on my iPod, I'm going to...
View ArticleFor your little princess
I was playing around in Photoshop with a setting that turns a photo into a drawing. I saw a blog post recently that said these make good coloring pages, so I thought I'd give it a try and post the...
View ArticleLittle Stinker
Yesterday, I was getting ready for the preschool class I help with at church and I was using a cheese grater to make crayon shavings. (Because it seemed like a good idea at the time, OK?) Charlie was...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 8: A place I've traveled to
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park, January 2007.This was place I most enjoyed when I visited Hawaii, because it was so peaceful.-- Originally posted at: http://rebeccasmiscellanies.blogspot.com/
View Article30 days of blogging, day 9: What's in my makeup bag
Well, this won't take long! My must-have essentials include lip gloss, chapstick, mascara, eyeliner and bobby pins. Yeah, I know bobby pins aren't makeup, but it's a convenient place to keep a few...
View ArticleThe Costco Generation
Last week, as I was sitting at a Costco food court enjoying berry sundaes with a friend, I remembered this story about Costco from when I was a kid. I tell this story a lot - as I did again last week -...
View Article30 days of blogging, day 10: Bible Verse
Like so many things on any "favorites" list, this one seems to change a lot for me. In fact, when I started this project, I included Psalm 23:4 on the list of 15 things about me, because it was...
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