Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
hair
The new haircut.
Yay!
"Heartland" Photoshop action by Pioneer Woman. It's in Set 1 I think.
LINK to DOWNLOAD here
I really like this action {and} haircut.
"Vintage" action by Pioneer Woman, Set 1 again, same link as above.
I was playing around and turned off the "monochromatic-or-something-like-that" layer. I like the effect.
Anyways. Pretty stinkin' cute summer haircut. I think I'm going to have another inch taken off here soon so it doesn't grow out on me. Allison is amazing. She's been my friend for years before she went to beauty school. She's the first hairdresser I've ever felt comfortable with. She is the owner of a new salon, and I'm thinking about making a package with her. Senior Portraits: her hair and makeup, my photography, happy kids... good advertising for both of us. What'dya think?
Yay!
LINK to DOWNLOAD here
I really like this action {and} haircut.
I was playing around and turned off the "monochromatic-or-something-like-that" layer. I like the effect.
Anyways. Pretty stinkin' cute summer haircut. I think I'm going to have another inch taken off here soon so it doesn't grow out on me. Allison is amazing. She's been my friend for years before she went to beauty school. She's the first hairdresser I've ever felt comfortable with. She is the owner of a new salon, and I'm thinking about making a package with her. Senior Portraits: her hair and makeup, my photography, happy kids... good advertising for both of us. What'dya think?
Thursday, July 28, 2011
please pray
Dear friends.
If I know you, if I don't.
Please pray. My former boss of 7 1/2 years, probably my closest friend outside of family on this earth, is going through a dark valley. Her husband was found to have brain tumors two months ago. I've been praying for them fervently, brokenly. Somehow the last few days it has really gripped me. Time is short I believe. I don't even know what to pray for. I guess that he will make peace with God before he goes. That the family will enjoy the time they have left. That I know how to be there for her.
Today I can't seem to pull myself together. There has been an endless stream of hot tears running down my face since I got off work. I don't understand why heartache must be. I'm not questioning God's goodness. My frail human heart just can't comprehend.
If I know you, if I don't.
Please pray. My former boss of 7 1/2 years, probably my closest friend outside of family on this earth, is going through a dark valley. Her husband was found to have brain tumors two months ago. I've been praying for them fervently, brokenly. Somehow the last few days it has really gripped me. Time is short I believe. I don't even know what to pray for. I guess that he will make peace with God before he goes. That the family will enjoy the time they have left. That I know how to be there for her.
Today I can't seem to pull myself together. There has been an endless stream of hot tears running down my face since I got off work. I don't understand why heartache must be. I'm not questioning God's goodness. My frail human heart just can't comprehend.
Monday, July 18, 2011
participating
No sitting back and watching summer go by.
Nope! Not for this girl. Not this year.
The BEAUTY of my new job is that I have Fridays off. Every Friday. I usually fill them with paying work of some sort, but not lately. This summer has been the funnest of my life.
I am LIVING it. :-)
I kid you not. Great summer.
I don't know what's come over me, but I am totally participating in life.
Its still crazy busy. The dental office is booked. Mom and Dad are moving soon. Photography shoots are rolling in. Freelance design jobs are popping up. I stay up past midnight every night working on these extra paying projects.
Mmmmm. I love life. God is good.
Nope! Not for this girl. Not this year.
The BEAUTY of my new job is that I have Fridays off. Every Friday. I usually fill them with paying work of some sort, but not lately. This summer has been the funnest of my life.
I am LIVING it. :-)
- Bible Conference... check.
- Hiking in Glacier with Kristy - 12 miles... check. (it almost killed me, but what an accomplishment)
- Camping - in a tent. In bear country.... check.
- Yellowstone National Park... check.
- Bigfork Summer Theatre... check.
- Yellowstone Playmill Theatre... check.
- State 4-H Congress... check.
- Dairy Queen - frequently... check.
- Tons of Montana summer road miles on my car... check.
- Returning to a backroad I found last summer when I got lost and hiking around in the most beautiful woods with huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge boulders... check.
- Tan... kinda check.
- Over 3,000 photos from July so far... check.
- Chopped my hair... ch-ch-check. Ahuh, that's right. I'm loving it!
- Painted my toenails... check.
I kid you not. Great summer.
I don't know what's come over me, but I am totally participating in life.
Its still crazy busy. The dental office is booked. Mom and Dad are moving soon. Photography shoots are rolling in. Freelance design jobs are popping up. I stay up past midnight every night working on these extra paying projects.
Mmmmm. I love life. God is good.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Tall Dark and Handsome Man
Introducing...
Tall Dark and Handsome Man (with an awesome Australian accent) in the red shirt
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Nice.
Funny.
Accent.
V-E-R-Y cute.
Tall.
Accent.
Black hair.
Sigghhhh.... be still my heart.
Kristy and I ran into him and his racoon skin cap clad friend in Yellowstone National Park several times this morning. We took pics for him, he took pics for us. Then we lost him when we took a paint pot loop.
Sad.
But! A few hours later we pulled up to take pictures of more buffalo, and parked right beside them. I got to listen to a little more of that stinkin' cute accent.
I had to leave TDH Man from Australia in West Yellowstone, he wouldn't fit in my backpack.
Tall Dark and Handsome Man (with an awesome Australian accent) in the red shirt
Funny.
Accent.
V-E-R-Y cute.
Tall.
Accent.
Black hair.
Sigghhhh.... be still my heart.
Kristy and I ran into him and his racoon skin cap clad friend in Yellowstone National Park several times this morning. We took pics for him, he took pics for us. Then we lost him when we took a paint pot loop.
Sad.
But! A few hours later we pulled up to take pictures of more buffalo, and parked right beside them. I got to listen to a little more of that stinkin' cute accent.
I had to leave TDH Man from Australia in West Yellowstone, he wouldn't fit in my backpack.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
3rd paragraph is where it gets interesting
We had a great Bible conference. I needed it bad. My whole family did. When I was little, I always thought the conference meant BIG things. Big decisions. Big ideas. Being called to the mission field. Surrendering your life for full time ministry. Its not like that for me anymore. The older I get, the more I realize that the Christian life is not about the big things. Its just little things, day by day. And the conference is a week set aside every year when God pulls me back in the boat just when I feel like I can't keep my head above water anymore.
Change is in the air. My dad retired this month. Yeah. That's big. The conference this year was perfect timing because I am finally realizing that change is okay. I don't know what God might do with my family... maybe nothing unusual. But... maybe.... just maybe... change is in the air. I could be living in Kalamazoo next year for all I know. Pastor Fisher's message on not knowing the goal was just what we all needed. You don't ALWAYS get to know what the goal is, just follow God.
Dear Tall Dark and Handsome Man. Where were you? Everyone kept asking me if I met you this week. No. I did not. Finally I told them that you weren't there because you were out working hard. You were probably out roping cows or building houses, or maybe saving lives or flying an airplane. And I like that about you. But good grief man, someday you should take a break from all that work and meet me. Some preliminary things you should know... I like flowers, particularly daffodils. Manners make my heart go pitter-pat. I hang out at Safeway and church a lot, you might run into me there. Brush your teeth. I am stubborn. Don't buy me low-fat ice cream. Don't make me compete for you, because when it comes to matters of the heart, this girl is extremely insecure. Don't make me guess or I'll bolt faster than you can blink. Make me laugh. I'm a gusher; do something nice and I'll gush every time. Teach me stuff, like how to catch a football. I look pretty stinkin' cute in my dental scrubs. Do stuff with my brother. Let me hang with your family. They'd LOVE me, you don't even know! K. Got all that? See you around TDH Man.
My photography "hobby" is turning into a bit of a geyser. Its gonna blow. Its just a matter of time I think. This is scary for me, its like waiting for toast to pop up. I jump everytime unless I walk out of the room. To be quite honest, I think I'm scared of success. Stupid girls. We just don't make sense, do we? :-)
Well, goodnight my 2 or 3 readers. I don't think it really matters if anyone reads this, its more of a "dear diary" kinda entry, so even if nobody sees it, I got to write it out.
Change is in the air. My dad retired this month. Yeah. That's big. The conference this year was perfect timing because I am finally realizing that change is okay. I don't know what God might do with my family... maybe nothing unusual. But... maybe.... just maybe... change is in the air. I could be living in Kalamazoo next year for all I know. Pastor Fisher's message on not knowing the goal was just what we all needed. You don't ALWAYS get to know what the goal is, just follow God.
Dear Tall Dark and Handsome Man. Where were you? Everyone kept asking me if I met you this week. No. I did not. Finally I told them that you weren't there because you were out working hard. You were probably out roping cows or building houses, or maybe saving lives or flying an airplane. And I like that about you. But good grief man, someday you should take a break from all that work and meet me. Some preliminary things you should know... I like flowers, particularly daffodils. Manners make my heart go pitter-pat. I hang out at Safeway and church a lot, you might run into me there. Brush your teeth. I am stubborn. Don't buy me low-fat ice cream. Don't make me compete for you, because when it comes to matters of the heart, this girl is extremely insecure. Don't make me guess or I'll bolt faster than you can blink. Make me laugh. I'm a gusher; do something nice and I'll gush every time. Teach me stuff, like how to catch a football. I look pretty stinkin' cute in my dental scrubs. Do stuff with my brother. Let me hang with your family. They'd LOVE me, you don't even know! K. Got all that? See you around TDH Man.
My photography "hobby" is turning into a bit of a geyser. Its gonna blow. Its just a matter of time I think. This is scary for me, its like waiting for toast to pop up. I jump everytime unless I walk out of the room. To be quite honest, I think I'm scared of success. Stupid girls. We just don't make sense, do we? :-)
Well, goodnight my 2 or 3 readers. I don't think it really matters if anyone reads this, its more of a "dear diary" kinda entry, so even if nobody sees it, I got to write it out.
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