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Spirit of Christmas

The snow on the ground. The loads of people rushing around to gather their last few Christmas gifts. The smell of gingerbread and all the lights express the spirit of the holiday. I love Christmas and its not just because of the gifts. Its because the holiday brings everyone together. Seems to bring the love out of the people you usually dont see that much love from. Christmas is a time to be with family, friends and have a smile on your face.

I created this years Christmas card in photoshop. It was fun and I enjoyed making it. What do you think of it? Anyways, I hope everyone is excited for Christmas and is ready to get and give gifts to the ones you love and care about. Stay warm and full of Christmas spirit.

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A Thankful Thanksgiving

Do you know why I love Thanksgiving? Alright, besides all of the good food and seeing family. Its a time to remember of everything that I am thankful for and I cherish. I mean really we should all realize what we are thankful for everyday but sometimes we forget.

There is so much that I am thankful for. I am not going into deep detail because the list probably would never end. The main two people that I am thankful for are my mother and my grandma. I would not be the person that I am today if it was not for their guidance and love. My family may be small but its strong and we stick together through everything. Love is stronger than anything.Thanks mother and grandma.

Another thing I am thankful for are my furry family. They are always teaching me something through their patience, love and their unique personalities. They give so much love and sometimes more love than a lot of people out there. They may not talk but they really help guide me through life. Knowing that they will always love me and be there is all I need from them. Thanks Princess, Lady, Oliver and Callie.

Last thing that I am thankful for that I am going to share is Life. Sounds ridiculous? Well, its not. You never know when you could be taking your last walk, eating your last meal or even breathing your last breath. We all know life is short but sometimes we do not realize how short it can be. No one knows exactly when they are going to die. So, cherish every second of it and take every chance you get to enjoy it. Thanks God for giving me life.

It was a great day full of family time with my mom and grandma. Since, my grandma lives in an assistant living place my mom brought her over to our house for Thanksgiving. She had fun and enjoyed seeing me. Grandma has a tendency to repeat herself but what would you expect at her grand age. Hey, at least I will never forget our conversations. They are glued into my brain. She sure is one tough lady and enjoyed the food mom made. P.S. She thought it was Christmas. I guess she is excited for gifts. Do not worry Grandma, Christmas will be here shortly.

The only time you will ever see my mom spend hours in the kitchen cooking is for holidays like Thanksgiving. She is not a big cooker but when she does cook it tastes good. All the food was good today. Well, besides the zucchini, but thats because I dont like it. Eww. Icky. I did eat the turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans and the mashed yams. I was stuffed after all that food. Probably gained a few pounds but thats alright. That will burn off pretty quickly.

I hope everyone had a nice thankful Thanksgiving like I did. Hope you all ate a lot and had a few laughs. I do hope you all took a moment and realized what you are truely thankful for. So, my question for you all is what is your favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving? Mine is stuffing. Its always yummy and good. Stay thankful. Peace.

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Christmas In My Ears

A lot of people do not start listening to Christmas music until a few weeks or days before the holiday and stop listening to it when Christmas is over. Not me. I start months before and continue listening to it after Christmas passes. What can I say. I just love Christmas music. The songs are beautiful, upbeat and just tell wonderful stories. I guess it is also because I love Christmas, but I will explain that more in detail when Christmas is right around the corner. There is not many Christmas songs that I do not like but there are certain singers that I just love singing Christmas songs. For example, Josh Groban has a great spiritual voice. My favorite Christmas song he does is Silent Night. Just makes the song so beautiful and touching. One of my top favorite singers, Carrie Underwood does a wonderful version of Do You Hear What I Hear. Her strong voice is perfect for the song. My last one I will share with you is Oh Holy Night sung by Celine Dion. Her beautiful voice just fills the song with emotion. The cd above is a great Christmas album. They do not have the versions of songs I mentioned but it is still a cd i recommend.
Christmas is not too far away so everyone be prepared. It will be here quicker than you know it. My mom and I do not get all Christmas-y until after her birthday which is December 4th. Its our rule. Anyways, it felt like it was coming today because of the chilly here. I was all bundled up in my sweatshirt today. Nice and cozy. I hope you all had a nice Wednesday and do not forget to stay bundled up in the cold weather. Peace

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Happy Halloween

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If you came over today you would of seen a ghost, devil, batman and a cinderella run by. Kids coming by with big smiles on their faces and carrying bags that look two times heavier than they are. Candy flying in every direction and wrappers all over. Our candy did not last long. That is also because we leave the candy out in a basket because of our crazy dogs. Kids come up and just take a handful. I bet the devil took it all. Hehe. I love Halloween because I can collect lots of snickers and reeses. So yummy! What is your favorite Halloween candy?

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Princess and I enjoyed Halloween together. She and I went on a long walk, collecting candy together. I did not dress up but Princess did. I sprayed her with pink spray all over. She kinda gave me an evil look when I was done but she knew it would bring attention to her. Then before we went out I put on her dress and hat. She went out with style. Princess was a crazy Princess for Halloween. It sure made people look and lots of people wanted to pet her. She loved that. Miss attention stealer. If you have pets. What did you dress them up as?

Overall, it was a great Halloween. Spending time with Princess is always a plus to me. I bet her little paws got tired. Lucky her. Now she is curled up on my bed sleeping. Spoiled but she deserves it. Anyways, it is time to play some good music and hang out til I decide sleeping looks good. I hope everyone had a fun Halloween and ate some candy. Boo!

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Father’s Day Photo Assignment

I am always trying to learn more and get critiqued about my photography. I love doing photography assignments because it teaches you more and gets you thinking. I talk to NikiCruz on twitter and he is a marvelous photographer. He gave me an assignment to photograph three things that a father would like for father’s day. This was kind of challenging for me since I do not have a father but i walked around my house and found some things that I thought fathers may like. It was fun and I hope to get more assignments soon.

I chose the grill to photograph because fathers like to cook on the grill a lot of the time. Camcorder for those fathers who like to film their family or anything else that interests them. Lastly, the dvd stack because fathers always like watching movies with their family or by themselves.

Let me know what you think. Critique these. I do not mind harsh comments but you can leave the positive comments too 😀

Here are the three final photos I chose to display.

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Happy St. Patricks Day!

Hello everyone,

Happy St. Patricks Day and I hope everyone is having a great one.

Today, I took Princess for her regular Tuesday visit to the local nursing home and dressed her up with some pretty green necklaces. Everyone noticed and she got lots of love like usual. She loves sharing the holidays with the people. Here are some photos showing herself off.