Miscellany Monday

One.

We had our annual Christmas picture taking session yesterday afternoon. I'm very grateful that our kids have never balked at this. It use to take a very few minutes, but with a 1 and 2 year old, that is definitely not the case now.  And, I am quite certain that our neighbors wondered what in the world all the noise was about over here in our yard.  Whoever wasn't in the picture was busy trying to make the babies smile and it's amazing what we did. ~smile~ Of course, when we took all 8 of us, there was no one to work with the babies.  Tripods don't have a lot to say, they just hold the camera and snap away whether or not your smiling or looking ~laugh~ 

Two

Speaking of Christmas, I am 75% done with my Christmas shopping. And, 75% of it has been done via the internet. I know folks have varying opinions of internet shopping, but for me, it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.  

Three

I went around moving all our clocks back an hour on Sat. afternoon.  I had recently bought a new clock radio for my bedside table and I completely forgot that it was a self setting clock.  So, when I turned over this morning and saw that the clock said 5:00 AM I just laid there and enjoyed some more of the warm bed.  Hubby got up and I thought that was so strange that he would get up at that time since I knew he wasn't going hunting. ~wink~  Next time I looked at the clock it was 6:05AM.  So, I got up, went to get my coffee and Hubby said he was a little concerned because I stayed in bed so much later than normal.  I didn't pay him much mind and took my good sweet time getting ready for  church and piddled around.  My eye finally caught another clock in the house and it said 8:20.  I thought that it had to be impossible that I had been up for 2 hours 15 minutes.  Then it dawned on me what had happened. My bedside clock had been moved back 2 hours, one hour by me and the other by the automated setting.  I leave for church at 8:30 and I wasn't even dressed, so I had to get it in "high gear."  But, I'll be sure and remember that little feature when it's time to "spring forward."

Four 

I love my new Lenova Thinkpad! And, the Homegroup feature is the coolest!  Since both my desktop and laptop have Windows 7 I can view and work on the documents and pictures that are on my desktop from my laptop through the wireless connection.  Totally amazing and so convenient!

Five

I need some help from some of you photo editing guru's.  I am a picture taking fanatic and need to know what is the best photo editing software for the novice. I think I'm ready to move beyond Picasa but I don't know what to move to next.  I've learned a lot but have tons more to learn and I figure some of you gals can offer me some advice.  Thanks! Also, how do you get your watermark on the photos? I'm assuming that is done through some of the photo editing software.

Six

My heart was so blessed this morning in our worship service. We had a young missionary to Malaysia speak to us about his ministry there.  It is a predominantly Muslim country and he and his precious wife have such a love for these people and such a desire to bring them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  Yes, I was blessed and convicted to be burdened for those that I can be a missionary to.  

Seven

I have got to nail down our plans for Thanksgiving. I  think that, for the first time, I will ask my daughter and daughter in law to each bring a dish.  They will neither one mind and it will make it easier on me.  I think we will only have our children, their spouses and my Dad and step Mom this year. Of course, the babies will be here but they certainly don't consume much.  If I have calculated correctly, Thanksgiving Day is two weeks from this Thursday. Oh, my goodness, I'd better get it in gear!

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