Thirty-One Days of Photos: Day 4

I call this one "The View from the Front Row."


Our family always sits on the absolute front row in church. The obvious reason is because it's a lot easier to get up on the stage quickly if you're sitting right by it. I also think we sit there because all of the other seats are claimed. For some strange reason, no one wants the front.

It's actually pretty nice up there. If the sound goes out, you can still hear what's being said. You don't have to worry about anyone tall sitting in front of you and blocking your view. And it's like sitting court-side, you're close to all the action.

Today the Christmas season officially started at church. All the decorations are out, we sang Christmas songs, and the sermon was the first in a series called "An Angelic Christmas" (just in case the huge slide didn't give it away). The sermon was a great reminder to stay the course and not falter, even if life is challenging and confusing.

Oh, and just in case you don't know who that dashing gentleman is, that's my dad. Or Pastor Tom, as everyone else calls him. He's pretty cool, if I do say so myself. :)

Thirty-One Days of Photos: Day 3

Today... I saw my first live figure skating performance.


Yup, today I went to "Disney on Ice." It's a perfectly normal thing for a bunch of 20-something-year-olds to go to without children in tow. Or so we tried to convince ourselves, while wearing silly hipster glasses and fake mustaches. The kids liked it, they kept staring at us. :)

My favorite "scenes" from the performance were from The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. And this photo, taken at the end when all the Disney princesses made an appearance with their prince.

Thirty-One Days of Photos: Day 2

I know that technically, it's Saturday. But, I promise I took the day two photo on day two.


Basketball. One of the best games ever invented. Or so Hoosiers taught me as I diligently watched it repeatedly, then acted out the moves with a little foam ball. I was just like Jimmy Chitwood, complete with an epic soundtrack until the credits ended.

This was Michael's first home game of the season. Being in 8th grade, he's on the 7th/8th grade team this year. I try to make it to as many of his games as possible, mostly so I can embarrass my family by heckling the refs. Not really. I go because when I decided to move home, one of the reasons was so that I could go to things like this.

I used to get picture messages from my dad on my cell phone. Michael before a band concert. Michael playing in his soccer game. Michael singing in choir. I hated that I was missing everything, because getting a pixilated image doesn't count for much of anything.

Now I get to take the photos. I get to sit on the sidelines and cheer. I get to listen to the tinkling of the bells in band and the serenading of the choir. And I really am one lucky girl.

Oh, and he made the basket. :)

Thirty-One Days of Photos

I decided that I would start a photo-a-day challenge for the month of December. I will take one photo each day and upload it here, with a brief description or post about the day and the photo. Honestly, I'll probably end up shooting most of them with my phone, but it takes pretty decent pictures.

Here is today's photo:


I had to take a webinar today titled "The New Business of News" and these were my hurriedly-scribbled notes.

It's sort of funny that they're written on actual paper, because the beginning of the webinar was all about the future of technology and how soon we won't even be using paper in schools. I guess I'm sort of old fashioned in that I still love paper and pens and writing things by hand. There's that certain smell of paper, the smooth glide of a pen across it, that you really can't replace.

For now, I'm keeping my tablet (the non-electronic kind) close-by and my writing utensils stocked. Everyone may embrace the up-and-coming "e-paper" eventually, but I think I'll always like the original, made-from-trees paper product.