Jan 17 to Jan 21

Jan 17 to Jan 21
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Ok so I forgot a week, so here it is:
Jan 17: We read a lot! Here is our bookshelves in the "dining" room
Jan 18: Today i played with my make up. Here is a sample
Jan 19: I met up with my friend Reshmey, whom I had not seen in years
Jan 20: Obama is our new president. Today was his inauguration
Jan 21: Today I mostly watched TV. Cold Case is a favorite

Jan 22 to Jan 30 2009

Jan 22 to Jan 30 2009
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Jan 22: Going shopping at Michael's craft store
Jan 23: This is my favorite lamp in the house
Jan 24: I made these invitations for Sara's baby shower
Jan 25: Sara, Kat and I get together once a month to scrapbook
Jan 26: We went to mom's for The Closer premerie and she made us pork chops
Jan 27: It so cold today we decide to have a fire
Jan 28: We had rootbeer floats tonight
Jan 29: At The Rack they has Kid Robot bags on sale!
Jan 30: Looking at my computer for ideas on how to do this 365 project

jan 12 to 16

My creation
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So my original intention was to post a picture everyday and then comment on it, but it seems like the pictures are coming in groups. So here is another collage (starting in top LH corner going Left to right):
Jan 12: We eat out quite a bit. Today it was Chinese food. We love this place. Look how much food there is
Jan 13: One of my hobbies is scrapbooking. I am currently trying to organize my scraproom. This is a picture of some of my creative tools and my scrap carrier
Jan 14: Sam and I like the Great Cthulu stories by Lovecraft. We also like games. He found this game that incorporated the Cthulu mythos. We are excited to play it.
Jan 15: I spontaneously decided to go hang out with Kat. Jacky , Kat and I talked into the night! It was a really good time. Here we are taking a picture with Toby ready for bed
Jan 16: I joined this stamp club. We meet once a month to make cards. I am really enjoying it. Here some cards we made tonight

Jan 2009 so far

Jan 2009 so far
Originally uploaded by sharis1974

So I decided I am going to take a picture every day for a year. The collage is Jan 2 through today. Jan 1 is in Dad's camera. I will post it once he sends it. So just a quick note on each (start top row in LH corner) :
Jan. 2: Steve is in town. I am always glad when my siblings are back in town and we can hang out together like old times.
Jan 3: We visit Kat's kid, Toby. Super cute and he loves to read and show us his various toys and loves kid jazz
Jan 4: This is a movie theatre. One of our favorite things to do is watch movies. We will watch them anywhere, even in different countries.
Jan 5: I go to get my Remicade treatment. They drip the medicine in through an IV. It is for my JRA
Jan 6: Mom, Dad and Steve helped me clean put the garage. These are some of the boxes that we put on the curb for pick up, yet it rained. So here are my wet boxes that the recycling folks did not take!
Jan 7: Steve's last night. We went to get ice cream.This is another favorite activity.
Jan 8: They now have a Starbucks on campus. Yes I am there frequently.
Jan 9: I work in the freshmen advising center and we advise freshmen during orientation on their first semester classes. This is the bucket of my files and papers I drag to orientation.
Jan 10: This is our dog Jack soaking up sunshine after being in the garage. Our dogs are going through heart worm treatments, so we have to keep them in the garage when we are not here.
Jan 11: Sam and I go to breakfast at least once during the weekend. It is our little breakfast tradition. Today we went to IHOP.

Construction is everywhere

What is not cool is when folks decide to do construction on a study day assuming no is working during those days. We are working...and its loud ):

Christmas gifts

I was looking at various websites getting ideas for Christmas gifts, when I came across a neat idea. Some one suggested you get the following for someone:

Something to read
Smothing they need
Something they want
Something to wear

Ren.Fair

Sam and I drove up to Houston to spend the weekend with Von. We went to the Rennisance Fair. The first thing Von and I always do is go get our faces painted.

Getting the house ready

Sam and I want to start the adoption application in the new year. We have been fixing up our house to get ready for the home study visit. Our house looks fine, but it is older and some things could be improved. The beginning of these journeys has been a new couch and an entertainment center. We also want to fix our leaning fence, re-tile the bathroom, get gutters in the back and create a decent patio. So, yea, it will take some time. Below are pictures of the couch and entertainment center:

http://www.ashleyfurniture.com/Showroom/Showroom.aspx?PageId=Showroom&CategoryID=1&ItemNo=1420238&SetDomTab=1&SeriesNo=14202&CollectionId=&style=&PageNumber=1&IsClicked=1&CatPageNumber=10


http://www.ashleyfurniture.com/Showroom/Showroom.aspx?PageId=Showroom&CategoryID=9&ItemNo=W570-21&SetDomTab=1&SeriesNo=W570&CollectionId=&style=&PageNumber=1&IsClicked=1&CatPageNumber=3

Obama!

Oh Yes We Did!

Toby

Toby is one!

Boo

My favorite scrapbook designer is not going to be doing her scrapbook line Love,Elsie anymore. Tear.

http://www.abeautifulmess.typepad.com/

Can't wait

For our anniversary Sam and I are going here:

http://www.blairhouseinn.com/

It is going to be great fun, eats, and relaxation!

Books are cool

I am reading this book China Ghosts by Jeff Gammage. It's about his journey adopting a little girl from China. Its cool because they used the same agency that Sam and I are going to use. It is all from the Dad's point of view and I am enjoying that. Also, the guy is a reporter so he can write well.

pain

Today my hands hurt. I think it is the arthritsis. Sometimes it spreads to other parts of the body and that mostly sucks. Le sigh.

Dr. Who

Sam and I spent all Sunday watching Season 2 of the Dr. Who series and eating pizza just becaue we could. (:

cheap movies

The Hollywood Video near my house is going out of business. My parents held the record for most videos rented ever at that particular store. Now that the store is closing their record will fade. Single tear.
On the plus side Hollywood Video was selling videos and furnishing cheap. I got the movie Tadpole for $1.00

Cool quote

Pam had this quote on her blog and I really like it:

"The fruit of silence is prayer
the fruit of prayer is faith
the fruit of faith is love
the fruit of love is service
the fruit of service is peace."
-Mother Teresa

Guayasamin

Sometimes when I am sitting alone the images of Guayasamin's work pop into my head. It's something I will never forget. It was one of my favorite parts of Ecuador.

http://www.guayasamin.com/pages_ing/index.html

Once

I finally saw the movie Once. What a wonderful movie! The ending really struck me and I cried and cried.

Random Facts

I was reading some scrapbook blogs and a lot of folks are listing seven random facts about themselves. So here are mine:

1. I have had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis since I was 9 months old.
2. My first word was okra. (I did not talk until I was almost 3 and carried my okra everywhere.)
3. I love tote bags of all kinds. I have many of them. Ok, really I like all bags. They don't have to be totes.
4. I love to travel. I have been to 14 countries so far.
5. I love llamas. I don't know why, I just do. They have super long eyelashes, which is cool.
6. I love the sun, even though I have very fair skin. Basically, I wear sunblock at all times.
7. My husband and I want to adopt from China