Enter PicMonkey.

Oh, Picnik.  This is the last day of your existence.  "The most popular" of your photo editing effects have been mover over to Google+, but I was still horribly saddened by your untimely demise...

...Enter PicMonkey!

The outlandish name aside (and it's growing on me... as is the exuberant winking monkey;), this is what I've been wishing for ever since I heard of Picnik's retirement.  In fact, I'm loving it even more than Picnik!

So easy to use - lightning fast, great effects selection, beautiful and fun interface.  And as of right now, all of the premium effects are free...

So you can go hog wild over-editing your favorite pictures, like me!

Former Picnikers, rejoice!

If you try it, let me know what you think!  Also, are there any other free photo editing programs you can recommend?  Do share!

Adventure.

 The last mile's been driven, this adventure is over.  

But the best part about adventures is that they stay with you, the memories and the lessons, to pave the way for a new chapter.  Our lives are a story being written - and I'm excited beyond words to see what the next chapter of mine might be.

Ahhh!  The spiders have invaded my tent... excuse me while I go declare war.

Goodness, there's a lot of dust on everything, too.  I think it's high time for a wall tent spring cleaning.

And has anyone seen my chocolate stash...!?!

Oh, it's good to be home!

It's a Great Feeling

...To be coming home.  

My brother is on his way down from Idaho to pick us up, and we'll all soon be on our merry way back up the Pacific coast homeward.

It's a very great feeling.

See you all soon!

A Long-anticipated Dream. . .

Lord willing, I shall soon have an. . .

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Yesterday, I purchased my own wall tent.  

First inspired by MaryJane Butter's bed and breakfast down in Moscow, Idaho - now I'm going to try my hand at creating a wall tent haven of my own!

I've never had my own room.  First it was my brother when we were wee little things, then one sweet sister, then two, then three - then we moved into a little travel trailer on our property and began a great adventure in tight quarters.  No more bedrooms - it was two foot wide bunks.  Another sister joined us soon after that, and along with my brother and parents, all eight of us learned to work together and trust God for grace as we stepped on each other's toes and figured out how to live creative and productive lives at the same time.  

That was over seven years ago.  God has been so good - I can't begin to relate how much He has taught me in this school.  

{June 2005}

Awhile back a friend asked me if I didn't feel cheated, somehow - my entire teenage years spent this way, waiting, struggling, crowding.  A year before I did - I felt both cheated and frustrated.  But looking back, I can confidently say I am thankful for every day, every year - because I see now that I was living all along in God's will for my life, learning to become to person he was preparing me to be.  I wouldn't have it any other way.

My God has a plan for my life.  I wouldn't have it any other way.

". . .But those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth."

- Psalms 37:9

And now, at last, I see my dream coming to a realization.

I have longed to have a place of my own to work, create, decorate, and relax in.  A place to expand, to grow, to learn, and to have a little privacy!  My current bed room is the sofa, located in the living room/entry/dining room/school room/everything room. . . if I sleep in, I can expect to awaken to find a diverse assortment of little girls sitting on me, eating their breakfasts.

And now.

 Now, I am preparing to enter a brand new, unwritten chapter of my life.

Praising God, trusting Him, and living out each moment for His glory.

With a little house of my own.

Out of the Blue

 

Quite unexpectedly, I am heading out of town today (yes, my family is rather unexpected;) with my Dad to go down to Ca. to help him with some work he has down there, then, I'm heading up to Oregon to visit my Aunt and help her pack her home in preparation for moving!  I do not know as of yet just how long my journey will extend. . . 

 

• Bible
• Pith helmet
• 1 pr. white gilt, 1 pr. blue w/ rhinestone hearts sun glasses (yep, I'm a sunglass hog;)
• little green suitcase
• Sense and  Sensibility, Biography of Andrew Jackson & embroidery (for the car)
• Polka-dot a pron. . .

. . .I'm ready. ;)

 

So, I'm here to bid you all a hurried farewell, and the request that you pray for me as I embark on this new adventure.

Lord willing, I'll return to you in a few weeks!

 

Much love,

~Kellie~

 

 

P.S. I'm homesick  - and I haven't left yet=(