Warning for husbands and boyfriends...

My dad showed me this commercial JCPenny put out recently... I thought it was hilarious!! Show this to the man in your life. Warn them of the unknown danger they never knew about. LoL! Have fun!

http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/


(if the link doesn't work for some reason... just copy and paste it)

2 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!

From your local department store employees.



There. I posted......... What?! I didn't have any recent pictures.

Happy Birthday Jubie!!

Hey Hey! Yesterday was Jewel Schuurmans' Birthday! (hey that rhymes!) =P

I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, Jewel. Goodness, 11 already?? When I first met you, you were only 6 or 7. Wow. That seems like a long time ago. And I haven't even known you as long as most of the people in church! =) It sounds like you had fun yesterday.

Jewel and family (+ Rachel) went to The Fry'in Pan for brunch and then headed over to the Music Museum for the afternoon. The museum sounded really cool. Rachel took some pictures for me, so I'll post a few. (Emily... I was ever so close to posting that pic of you... but I'm too sweet for that. Even if you did look really cute, tho.) 0=)

Well, Jewel... you're one year older. And each year you get older you become more the person God is shaping you to be. God has blessed you with so many talents and abilities. Use them to His glory. You are growing up to be a pretty young lady, and I'm glad to call you my "little sis". It's so neat to watch you grow up and mature. My advice for your new year is to always follow your parents teachings and wisdom. God will bless you in ways you can't imagine if you do. He has soo much for your life, so don't ever turn aside from HIS path even when things get hard. I know you're going grow up to be a great woman, Jewel. Luv youl! Happy Birthday!

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!"

Yes, it is definitely Christmas time now. We're at the beginning of December and people are rushing around like mad to buy presents and gifts. Decorations are going up and houses smell of freshly baked cookies and hot apple cider. Holiday music streams through speakers in every department and grocery store. There are happy, red clad people outside of many stores ringing bells to remind people to share the joy with everyone, including the poor and homeless. Children drops 'hints' to their parents as they gaze longingly at toys and candy hoping to get them for Christmas. Family's are planing to get together and friends go Christmas shopping together. Couples kiss under mistletoe and kids run around with santa hats on. But as always... What is Christmas REALLY about? Have we forgotten with all the rush of decorating and shopping? Most of us would say no, but how much do we think about the real 'reason for the season'? I have to confess I haven't. My main focus has been trying to figure out what to get my family and friends. Which is great! There's nothing wrong with that ( I'm sure you wouldn't complain, right guys?) =P, but to let shopping and baking and decorating alone take full importance isn't right. Those are all fun, GREAT things that we all enjoy during the Christmas season, but do we only think about Jesus on Christmas day? I always find myself wondering why I haven't thought more about Jesus during December. The whole month rushes by finding us busy with so many different things! It's soo easy to forget to take time and really let the meaning of Christmas sink in. This year I want to do better, and I encourage you to keep reminding yourself of what we're really focusing on. It's such a wonderful, awesome thing that Jesus came DOWN to earth, humiliating Himself as a HUMAN, just because He loved US so much. He lived a perfect life just to die an awful death for who? Not Himself. But for us... What an overwhelming thought. One that should be pondered and thought about ESPECIALLY during December.


Now, that doesn't mean we don't enjoy in all the festivities! As I write this we're putting up our Christmas tree! I looove decorating for Christmas!! It's one of my favorite things to do, besides making cookies and drinking my mom's apple cider!! I can't wait to have some! And of course I love being with all my friends. It's a perfect season to hug a lot! LoL! Especially with it being cold. =) So here's a hug from me to all ya'll!!! Have a great start to December!! And stay warm! xoxo

Happy Birthday Hannah!!!

Well, as the title says.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!!!! =D

Hannah Hanson, one of my best friends in the world, had her 19th birthday today! Ever since "The Claire's Incident"... lol... we've clicked. Our mall has a big sale called Crazy days twice a year where everything is marked really low. Our favorite place to stop is Claire's and Icing. Hannah and I had gotten at least two or three shopping bags full of jewelry! We didn't really know what all we wanted to buy, as we had just stuffed things in our shopping bags so other people wouldn't take them. So we both decided to just to plop down on the floor, dump everything out, and rummage through it all. LoL! It was hilarious! I'm sure we had quite a few people looking at us strangely, but we were having a blast. After that... we found we had a lot in common. (besides jewery...) =P Although we've both been branded "The Jewelry Queens".

Hannah, I love you SOO much!! I'm so glad I can call you my friend. I can remember before we came to Grace Baptist, I always wanted to have a friend that understood me better and loved me for who I was. And also just clicked with my personality. (That's always the tough one) =S Ever since I moved to SD, I never really found anybody who I could call one of my best friends. Until I met you! I thank God the day we met. He obviously decided it was time to give me some real friends. Which is what I have with all you girls at church. I don't know if there is any girl as blessed as I am... Cuz I have all you guys!! (ahem... Ya'll)

Thank you so much, Hannah, for just loving me for who I am. You are a wonderful, caring, FUN, artistic, talented, musical, FUN!, sweet, sparkly, jewelry-oriented, FUN!!, loving, smart, godly, FUN!!!!!!!, Totally AWESOME girl!!!! I love you bunches!! Have a day filled with blessings AND thankfulness! Can't forget Thanksgiving!! Which btw.... HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL YA'LL!!!! May your turkey be moist, and your pumpkin pie.... uh.... pumpkin-y! And may you all be thankful for everything in your life the God has blessed you with. I sure am thankful for YOU!

Love ya!

Picture...

Well, for a while my computer screen was doing a lot better... not perfect, but enough where I hyperventilated and jumped onto Photoshop. LoL. Anyway... I started working on a design for my (future) website. As soon as I graduate I'd like to start a business, and I'd probably put up a website too. So I was working on the backdrop for it. I don't know if I'll keep it, but it's an idea. So, tell me what ya'll think! Sorry it took so long to post, but I try to refrain using the computer when it's so distorted... kinda depressing. =P

Thanks for the idea!

Well, since I just can't think of what to post about... Rachel's last blog gave me something to go on for now. I love photography, but most importantly PHOTOSHOP!!! (I think I'm addicted) =P So, until I can think of something to write about, I thought I'd post some of my pictures and see what ya'll think.

I think I did this about 2 months ago... so not totally recent... but I liked it. It seems like I haven't done anything recent because of our computer. The colors are all messed up, and the screen is choppy. And there are little pink lines everywhere. It's so annoying. I feel like I'm looking at a bit map. Grrr... =( So I haven't been on photoshop for... at least 2 and a 1/2 weeks! Seems like longer. ='(

Nway... I forget where I got the idea... but since I'm a big nike lover... I tried my hand at this. I made about 6 different variations but these two are my fave. I think it took around 5-6 hours for the orig. and 45 minutes to an hour extra for each new variation. The dark one is the last variation I came up with. The pink one was like third I think. There were like, 20 layers in the pink one, and 30+ in the dark picture! I don't usually get around to using THAT many layers... I usually combine things a lot to keep everything condensed. But this was crazy... I couldn't stop adding stuff! lol. Nway, hope ya'll like it! =)

[Oh... btw, since the picture isn't big enough on my blog... I put the pics on a folder in my picasa web albums.]

http://picasaweb.google.com/PixelPerfectPhotography.by.SS/GraphicDesign#



JUST DO IT!

(LoL... srry, i just had to say that)