Ello all!  How are thee doest?  I doest wonderfully!  :)   Old english and scottish accents on thee brain today... I knowest not why.....  *shrugs*

It has been a gloomy week has is not?  I so long for sunshiny day, with a slight breeze blowing my hair gently across my face and the sun warming me.  *sigh*  I do love fall and winter, but sometimes I long for the warm days of summer.  Maybe if the sun came out I would feel better about the coming winter. 

I am looking forward to staying home tomorrow for Thanksgiving.  It's not often that we are home for thanksgiving, but it will be nice just to be the four of us.  I can't believe how fast Thanksgiving came upon us this year!  It seems like just a few months ago was last christmas! 

Well, I am finally posting the pictures from the Set Apart Girl Retreat my Mom and I, along with some dear friends, attended in August!  I have been lazy and have forgotten about them a wee bit!  We have done many fun things this last year and I really need to post about them!  So I am going to start posting a random post with pictures from some event that we were involved in this summer.  I went to Chicago with some friends and I never did get those pics on here!  *sheepish smile*  And I got some really awesome ones too!   They will be on here sooner or later....hopefully sooner....

Anywho, here they be!  I had such a marvelous time!  Such good fellowship with some delightful ladies!  Eric and Leslie Ludy did a great job, I really enjoyed what they said.  Well, more then enjoyed, they spoke right to my heart.  I really felt convicted about certain things, and they opened my eyes to different things too.  It was wonderful.   :)

Kelle, Kaylea and Cassie.  Some of my very dear friends.   :)

Diana.  She is so sweet and cute!  Don't you just love that smile?!!!    : D

Lovely Kaylea.

Kelle and I.  Friends!  ;)

Beautiful Kelle.  I do like this picture. 

Love this picture. 

Mom and Mrs.M.

Friends and sistas in the Lord!

This is a new friend of mine Therese and I.  She is lovely person.  Here is her families blog.   

This is Kaylea, Cassie and I with Eric and Leslie Ludy.  We were really tired by this time.  It was a  long day.   Very ready for some sweet sleep at the hotel.  :)

Around the little town that the church was at.   I thought this little cafe was so cute.

There were many things that were trying to keep us from going.  And my dear friends had some difficult things happen to them that weekend that made it not so fun for them, but I think that were happy they went in the end.  We were all very blessed by what the Ludy's had to say.  So all in all it turned out to be a good weekend. 

I have some verses I would like to share.  And a few pictures!  As you all know, I like putting pictures to go with my verses I write on here.  For myself, when I have pictures in a post to look at as well as written things, it helps keep my attention and interest.  I don't know about you.  That's just me.  :P  And hopefully soon I will have a laptop for my very own, and I will be more interested in posting more.  Sitting on a not so comfy kitchen chair for hours on end is having it's toll on my back.....

So I am really looking forward to buying that laptop!  I have visions of myself all curled up on my bed, sipping a cup of hot apple cider, michael buble playing in the background, posting some awesome and inspiring pictures, and looking at my favorite blogs.  (the list of which has grow immensely this past week. :)   Last week I bought Photoshop Elements (or whatever its called, it has photo and elements in the name...)  and I really can not wait to use it! 

It pains me to know of awesome things I can do with the pictures I take, and not be able to do them!!  Arrh!!!  ......   sorry, I feel better now....   *goofysmile*   So little experiments will be posted, and insight/tips would be much appreciated. 

Now for the verses! 

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Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.       Colossians 3:12-17 

Have a very wonderful Thanksgiving filled with love and family.  I hope each and every one of you that happen upon my blog know that God loves you so much, no matter what our past sins may be, He loves us just the same.  He forgives, if we just ask.  Be thankful for His grace and His love.  He is there with His arms outstretched towards us, just waiting until we turn to Him so He can show us His love and mighty power.  How thankful I am for those strong and protecting arms.  Without them I would not be.  I am thankful for my family who I love so much.  And who loves me, through everything.  Even in my quirkiness.  :)   They are so dear to me.  Thank you God for my life.  He has blessed me in so many ways, and He shows me new wonders and blessings daily. 

Be thankful!        Happy Thanksgiving! 

Stephanie

In October my Mom, brother and I went to a craft fair.  It was fun!  They are at different houses all along a road and people set up booths to sell things.  It's neat to see all the different things people sell.  From hand made crafts, pumpkins, to old things you would find at a garage sale.  I love that kind of stuff!    

Here is some pretty horses on one families farm. 

This was a booth of some friends of ours.  They made the cutest things! 

Their candles were real beeswax. 

Aren't these creative?  They made them using a balloon filled up with water and then you dip the balloon in the wax till you get something like this! 

Cat toy.

Beautiful jewelery.

I just loved these pictures!  Wish I would of had the money to buy them!  They are so pretty!

And these glasses were so pretty with the sun shining down on them.

Berries!

This neato old barn. 

I love old windows, this one had character.

Love me Mums!

We had a great time, and it was nice outside for most of our journey!  I had many inspirations for my bedroom.  I saw some lovely pieces, and hopefully I can re-create them! 

Have a blessed week! 

Stephanie

This weeks photo challenge is Halloween Dress Up.  We don't really celebrate Halloween but I always like to dress up!

Here is my self portrait from two years ago.  Our church had a Halloween alternative party, we called it a Hallelujah party. 

So I went as Audrey Hepburn.  I think it was a great outfit!  So fun!

Stephanie