thank you, skype

dear skype,

the calendar is nearing thanksgiving, so i wanted to take a moment to thank you for your services.  you enable me to watch my niece and nephews grow up from nearly three hundred miles away.  makes my heart truly happy and content. because of you i can video chat with those sweet babies, i can listen and watch my niece read me a book (go dogs go!), watch my nephew crawl through his toy tunnel, watch my niece learn to use the potty (yes, she insisted she show me!), and even watch my nephew throw a tantrum.  i love those babies.

overdressed and overeducated? no.

a dear friend sent this to me today.  her email simply read, "this reminded me of you."

so simple, yet, brought such a smile to my face.  loved this.  i need to get this printed and framed and then hang it near my closet.

speaking of closet, sometime soon i am hoping to dig through and clean house or clean closet.  it needs to happen.  some of those clothes just need to go.

and those diplomas need to finally be put on the wall.  "winter break" projects?  perhaps.

countdowns are favorite

if you know me, you know i like a good excuse to celebrate and you know i like to have my friends in close proximity.  so, when my friends promise me they will be moving back to lynchburg after they accomplish their task at hand, i find no reason not to start the countdown to our reunion.  we picked a date and established a {keeneys reunite with miranda} countdown.  folks, i know 575 days sounds like an extraordinary number, but the countdown started well over 600 days.  so, 575?  i'll take it.

here they are in their most recent visit (last weekend).  enjoyed the pumpkin patch and then the liberty football game.  praying, dear friends, that you are blessed while you are away, but hurry home soon!