ALICO

On Friday, I got to take some pictures from THE TOP of the ALICO (American LIfe Insurance COmpany) building here in Waco. Could be the coolest thing I've done all year. Well, besides getting married of course! The nice guy who runs the ALICO took Chris (a co-worker) and me up to the roof for a "downtown" photoshoot. The letters on the top are even cooler than they look from the ground.

That reminds me. My prof David Shields from TX State U., and his buddies (i think) have a web site worth checking out. brownsarm.com. worth checking out.

merry christmas all!

"Hurt" Johnny Cash

Thanks to Jessie Taylor for posting this on Facebook...and curiosity killed the cat.

I did this with Geoffrey's IPOD, by the way.

put on Your iTunes on Shuffle.
1. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
2. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!

If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
"Get off my cloud" The Rolling Stones

How would you describe yourself?
"In the flesh" Pink Floyd

What do you like in a guy/girl?
"Go or go ahead" Rufus Wainwright

How do you feel today?
"Amazing Grace" Christ Tomlin

What is your life's purpose?
lol "Lay, Lady, Lay" Bob Dylan

What is your motto?
"Blow up the outside world" Soundgarden

What do your friends think of you?
"Wherever I may roam" Metallica

What do you think of your parents?
"Take to the World" Derek Webb

What do you think about very often?
"Disappear" Bebo Norman

What is 2+2?
"Brother John" Blues Traveler

What do you think of your best friend?
"One in a Million" Guns N' Roses...right on

What do you think of the person you like?
lol..."Beautiful Loser" Bob Seger

What is your life story?
"Magic" Andy Davis

What do you want to be when you grow up?
"On the road again" Willie Nelson ...so true

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
"Forty" Ben Richter Band

What will you dance to at your wedding?
"Brighter than Sunshine" Aqualung

What will they play at your funeral?
"Twisted Logic" Coldplay

What is your hobby/interest?
"Peaceful Easy Feeling" The Eagles

What is your biggest fear?
"Worlds Apart" Jars of Clay

What is your biggest secret?
"Heavy" Collective Soul

What do you think of your friends?
"Hold On" Shawn McDonald

What will you post this as?
"Hurt" Johnny Cash

New photos

Camp Eagle

This is where we were in mid-November. Geoffrey led worship at a retreat for
FBC Fredricksburg. (Nov. 14-16)
(click on the photo for the complete gallery.)

Photos from Taylor Dodgen's wedding are here. (Nov. 20)

Photos from the Highland College Fall Retreat are here. (Nov. 7-8)

November was busy, but definitely a fun month. I can't believe I didn't take any photos at Thanksgiving, though.

And finally...the finalized save the dates for the Addy awards.

And Alexis Cooper's Save the Dates are at the printer right now!
It feels good to complete things.

it's december again!

can't believe it. so many things have happened this year. so many things. but this thing i know for sure: i've been battling the same thing for as many decembers as i can remember.  and it is that if i am not wearing my hair tie, it is on my right wrist or i can't find it. well, most of the time, i can't find it. i place it somewhere special. like next to the sink when i take a shower or on my dresser next to my jewelry box. if i'm lucky, i fall asleep wearing the little hair tie and it gets lost while i'm sleeping. so it's a search for the hair tie almost daily. you would think i could just go and grab another one pretty easily. but i like the one i've been using for the past couple of months and i intend to use it until it breaks or forever hides itself from me. that's just my hair tie. if i know where my hair tie is, then it is almost certain that i am looking for my lip gloss. my lip gloss stays in one of my three purses all the time. the problem with that is my need to change purses on almost a daily basis. i change out my purse as i am running out the door...brown purse with brown shoes, black purse with black shoes, and sometimes it's just whatever i grab. so my lip gloss is usually in the wrong purse and if it is in the right purse, then it likes to hide under all of my other stuff. just out of my reach. this is my battle...hair ties and lip gloss. it's one of those underlying battles that only comes to the surface a couple of times a day, but i've been doing this for years and i just wanted to get that off of my chest. i think maybe i'd like three new lip glosses (one for each purse) and a package of GOOD hair ties for my birthday this year.

by the way, if you didn't know it already, we are officially in a recession and have been since december 2007. i've given up understanding all of what that means, but i do know that i am thankful to have a job right now...

december is going to be pretty busy with design work. both at work and after work.

that's december. i need to put some pictures up or something. this blog is getting boring fast. or maybe you should just check out niceisdifferent's blog on the side bar. pretty sweet.

Blogging all day

I'm making a to-do list on my blog today. As I think of things, I'm going to type them in.

-Watch all of the Friends episodes
-Make some photobooks out of some of my pictures
-Work on the quilt that I haven't started yet
-Work updating my new business cards and letterhead (with new last name)
-Christmas shopping
-Figure out where and when i can take web design classes

Works in progress

Business is booming. Well, yes, we are really busy at the Chamber, but I've been spending quite a bit of time working on stuff for the upcoming Addy Award invites in Waco and a poster for the After Egypt women's conference here in Waco. All free stuff of course. Where's the money? Haha. At least I'm getting to do some stuff that I love to do.

Here's a preview of the Addys.
It's a 007 (I mean, 009) theme this year.

This is definitely a work in progress. The save the date (above) will be expanded and elaborated on in a poster (call for entries) and invitation suite (for the awards banquet)
More on the Addys here.


This the After Egypt poster. More on After Egpyt here.

Next up: Save the Dates for Alexis Cooper's wedding and finalizing a project that's been going on since June.

Made some caramel apples, took pictures

Before

After

That's all I got right now.