InstaFriday (pics of the week)...

Some favorite camera-phone-moments from this week...
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Sweet friends from home... they were passing through from a conference in Greensboro and made a point to join us for coffee, a tour of the studio, and a quick supper stop at the Flying Biscuit Cafe'! YUM! :)

I know we look like ourselves,
but this is us dressed up for Halloween.

I was "a student,"
and J said he was "a Duke fan dressed up like an NC State fan." :)

Even more festive: my co-workers(& the cutest customer!)

Sometimes when I don't have to work in the evening, I like to join J at the studio.

This week I got to 'help' cut chip board in the materials lab. :)

And today... after the work day, I'm off to see these guys with my dear friend Claire.
Can Not Wait!!!! 

Happy Friday, Friends!
♥

....linking up....

week in review...

Sunday 3/6: We had a little post-birthday celebration complete with both families (As & Gs) and some sweet sweet friends!

so much love for these three...

Monday 3/7: I got to take pictures of the Rogerson sisters for class!!! So sweet and so fun. Love them and their sweet Mama Jill [who sweetly insists on feeding me when I stop by before class on Wednesdays]!! ♥

sweetness <3

Tuesday 3/8: We got to play field trip at work... AND I got to hang with sweet Myranda until the sun went down. (Why I did not take a picture with MyMy I'll never know...but at least these little ones are nice to look at!:)

Tiny Tales for Tots weekly storytime + 40 ;)

Wednesday 3/9: Ash Wednesday. I counted the [47] days until Easter and considered some ideas for observing Lent...

prayer journal calendar

Thursday 3/10: I picked up this book Jeremy told me about and read the chapter on Lent. Excellent. I'm genuinely looking forward to this little 47 day journey.

Ancient-Future Time by Robert Webber

Friday 3/11: I watched my friend Claire surpass the goal of $5,000 to fund a clean water well through Charity: Water!! Soooo fantastic!!!!

(screen shot from the phone that morning)

Saturday 3/12: Today! :) ... I discovered Picnik thanks to this post by Danielle B! (not sure if I'll use it too much, since my Photoshop class starts in just 3 weeks!! But it sure was fun to make this collage from our beach visit today!!:)

so much fun in the [chilly] sun with this guy! ♥

And there you have it.

What a week.... thankful for this little day of rest!!!

I may just keep blogging like this as time allows.... it helps me capture the highlights and increases my gratitude for all these neat blessings of life.

Love & Peace!

American Girl Day

Fun times at work yesterday.

We played, laughed, had sweet tea and cookies, and gave away an Innerstar University doll!

More pics and winner to be announced on the B&N blog.. :)

Community...

Just feel the need to share my love for this coworker of mine...

It was her birthday yesterday, so we spoiled her with Spongebob goodies and star crunches!

Simply fun times.
♥

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first... -Hebrews 3:13-14

today's faces.. (Wed.5/5)

field trip with LWE at Barnes today...

125 kiddos total!

wow.

thankfully not all at once though.

we basically did 4 rounds of 30+

fun times!

(I knew there was a reason I went to school for Education!:)

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss.. (Tues.3.2)

fun times at North Mullins Primary

selling as many Dr. Seuss books as I possibly could!!

american girls.. (Wed.12.30)

random work photo....

these girls' grandmother actually won that American Girl doll at the end of summer when we had our AG party...

she was so excited and said she'd save it for her granddaughter for Christmas.

i was impressed.

she also said she'd bring the girls in after Christmas to take a picture with the doll... and she did.

wow.

simple enough, but i was still impressed some more...

food party.. (Sat.12.19)

break room table the saturday before Christmas...

nice!

work christmas cards...(tues.12.15)

took me longer than i'd like to admit

but i'd say it was time well spent... ♥

the gift card vest...(sat.11.28)

yet another wow.

this overachieving bookseller handcrafted this piece of work a few years ago during B&N's annual gift card promotion season!

...simply amazing.

(i apologize in advance for the multiple retail/bookland-photos-of-the-day that are sure to monopolize the next 25 or so days of my blog life!! ...i'll try to keep it interesting!) ;)

black friday madness..(fri.11.27)

cafe-line at b&n.. the norm for the whole 8 hrs. i was there!

first 'black friday' i've worked in years.......

wow. what a rush!

the economy may be in rough shape, but that sure didn't stop these crazy shoppers!

i may not have succeeded just yet, but i'm determined to embrace the work-schedule and enjoy the season..

maybe the secret is not to see how much joy i can squeeze from the season, but to take/make opportunities to make it enjoyable for others! (wow. why didn't i think of this sooner!? i'm pretty sure that's the answer to my holiday dilemma!!)

holiday meeting... (Sun.11.22)

...and my sunday work-days begin...

this was actually a cool opportunity to have all the B&N staff in the same place at the same time.

i'm really thankful for this job & the community here.

i'm praying about my holiday schedule.. that somehow i will enjoy it and not resent the fact that i have to work every day in December but 1 saturday, four wednesdays, and a friday (Christmas)! ...(i know it'll be fine; just different than i'm used to!!)

vacationITIS..(Fri.11.6)

BN.com online calendar event entry.. (really exciting friday business!)

and one of the final tasks before i was able to leave for the weekend + 5 days off + next weekend = a fantastic total of 9 days off in a row!!!!!!! :)

offsite excitement..(Sat.10.24)

our little set up at the hilton...

truly not all that exciting, but a nice change from everyday bookland! :)

offsite at the hilton..(Fri.10.23)

couldn't have picked a better location to sell books as far as i'm concerned :)

big business..(Wed.10.21)

b&n introduced nook today!

...this nifty little handheld book-reading-device can be preordered at bn.com...

it's actual release date is 11/30/09.......

Celia Rivenbark is kind of a big deal.. (Tues.9.15)

...apparently! :)

Celia held a 2 & 1/2 hour line Tuesday night at Barnes!!

She intentionally took her time and was very personable with everyone! ...very nice!

her new book: You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning... :)

strolling for stress relief..(Mon.9.14)

long day.. a nice walk around TMC was just what I needed before meeting up with Myranda for dinner..

busted..(wed.9.9)

caught some guys who have been stealing DVDs like crazy.

handcuffs and everything!

magazine cover kids..(Wed.9.2)

..these cuties and their mom (from the cover of the Charleston Magazine) were walking through B&N today.. glad they stopped to talk.. and let me take their picture! :)

They live in McClellenville.. Karen, their mom, was widowed about two years ago and basically designed the house they live in.. the full article is excellent... what a story..