Monthly Archive: December 2010

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2010 in Review

2010 has  been an incredible year. For me, my blog serves me in a way to keep track of personal events, and our family had many this year. January opened with the excitement of Miquel and his band, Embers For Ashes playing at Rams Head in Baltimore. Not long after...

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Our Christmas Day

Christmas morning I was so fatigued from all the preparations made weeks beforehand and our late night on Christmas Eve, that I wondered how I was going to manage this day, and no matter how hard I tried, I was STILL in my pajamas when people started to arrive! At...

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Christmas Eve at Our House

Each year, Christmas Eve’s have been an evening of warmth, love, and hilarity. This year was true to form. It started as usual with going to Anchor’s Christmas Eve service. It’s a wonderful hour when we get to reflect and remember the reason for our Christmas season. When arriving home,...

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Christmas Setup

I promised Georgie a few photos of our house and such at Christmas. She has a Christmas village and my mom likes to make one too. Our Tree at Christmas Eve The Christmas Village The tree and presents on Christmas Eve

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The Day after Christmas

Written by my daughter, Laura. Often when she isn’t feeling well, she gets creative. The Day after Christmas by Laura Lopez Why does this seem to happen every year? After the presents are open everyone seems to lose their cheer. Have they forgotten about Jesus and His grace? We should...

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Merry Christmas

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto...

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Jewell

It’s hard to imagine the holidays after a loss of a spouse. I’ve been thinking and praying for Flavio and the boys in these days. Marge was a treasure, a jewel, just like her name. Today a package came from Flavio, a gift of cheese from his Tumalo Farms as...

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More Christmas Music

I just added to my music collection, most of it Christmas of course! 1. Andre Rieu – Amazing Grace (2:47) 2. Medley: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (3:04) 3. Medley: Pat-A-Pan – While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (2:51) 4. Bing Crosby...

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Reflectors

For photography of course! My first present of the year came from Australia via the Amazon! So Laura and I went out to immediately try out the reflector for portrait photography. For those who don’t know, reflectors help send light to your subject. Laura was my volunteer for my practice...

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Print The Contents of Any Folder

You have files listed in your folder, shouldn’t you be able to print them? Back in Windows 98 and XP days, I used a program called PrintFolder and I was very happy with it. Today, using my Windows 7 computer, and looking over what Christmas music I have, I was...

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Rubi at 7 Months

Today, Rubi­ is 7 months old! She is starting to crawl, she loves attention, and she is a happy little baby! We are all looking forward to her first Christmas!