Grandma Allen's Funeral

Happy V-Day!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!  I love this season.  I actually love any festive holiday:)

Kisses for everybody!!!

Something a little manequin-like about this picture...Oh well, it goes well with the only Valentines I was able to buy yesterday...

Have a creepy day, Valentine!

Happy hearts day!!!

Bluegrassy

So it was recently our ward talent show and the Spare Tires had another chance to grace society with our unpolished and slightly out-of-tune bluesy licks. :)

Just gettin' warmed up:)

We decided to do "Man of Constant Sorrow," from O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (and yes, that's the crowd reaction we got, too;).

Mando.

Please check out beck's beard! (And of course, his and Phill's Manpris.:)

Beck on vocals, Chris and I on harmonies, guitar and mando. Steph on violin, Phil on banjo and Steve on drums. I looove me some bluegrass!

"My Beautiful Woman"

Wacoal Thailand has produced a campaign called "My Beautiful Woman."  It's the sweetest!

Their slogan is:

"Women Are All Made Beautiful."

I love the three short videos they've produced.  There are a lot of "true beauty" campaigns out there, but this one is very special.  It focuses on selfless love as the thing that makes a woman beautiful.  In the films it shows three women who quietly sacrifice for those who need their help.  I know a lot of beautiful women:)

It reminds me of that scripture, Matthew 16:25   For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will^alose his life for my sake shall ^bfind it.

Let's interpret it a little bit differently: Whosoever will focus solely on herself shall not be beautiful: and whosoever will forget herself in the service of others will have true beauty.

Why Do I Love Man Sweaters???

I'll tell ya why: because I'm tall.  Man sweaters are actually long enough:)  And I don't mind sweaters being big and baggy ;)  I found this gem at Target. It just spoke to me.  I had to try it on, and I immediately knew it was a keeper.

Good thing I'm not a pro blogger, then I'd have to worry about those annoying things like "lighting" and "background"... ;)

Someday I'll have a camera fast enough for non-blurry candids:)

"Wear the sweater, be the sweater, you are the sweater!"

Keeper :)