Happy New Year's Eve!

This verse immediately came to mind when I saw this picture (which was taken in the homeland of Indiana). 

What a beautiful invitation from God! And a good prayer for 2013. 

fotos con palabras

I've long been wanting to find a way to add text to photos, and thought I'd have to wait until I got Photoshop.  After some investigating this morning, I realized I could do it with Preview! 

YAY!

Here's the first attempt, and also a first snow photo of the MANY I'm about to inundate you internet folk with. 

Meditation on psalm 27

The last verse of Psalm 27 in the Amplified for Coleen (love you!). 

Watercolor on a random piece of cardboard I had laying around...

Christmas Elving: supplies part 2

O the joy of stamping!

I found more Christmas stamps complete with kraft paper tags - SO much fun!

The assembly line beginnings are below...

Christmas Elving: supplies

I teach science. You wouldn't believe the things I find in my back storage room at school. 

 Recently, I found dozens of old beakers in the back room. 

DOZENS AND DOZENS.  

And we're already well overstocked at school, so I thought, "Why not use them to make Christmas presents?!"  So that's what I did!  

Here's the beginning stages of the whole endeavor.  Like all handmade, DIY ideas, it took way longer than I expected, a little more money than I planned on, but turned out beautifully...which I will show y'all after I've delivered them all.

Can you guess what I made???

I heart snow

This isn't Tucson, but it's gorgeous, no?

 

However, today it's only FORTY-THREE DEGREES here!!! 

AHHHHHHH!!! It's WINTER!!!! :D :D :D!!!  

I'm a little excited.  

I took my homeroom outside and taught them how to skip rocks on this massive puddle because it rained ALL NIGHT.  So fun!

Check out Arizona!

this is what I want for Christmas

Yes, please.

The onset of winter is forthcoming

Little tidbits from life lately.  It's been very full, and I haven't felt like blogging...but here are some of the things I've been enjoying :)