More Powerful Beyond Measure

Sunday, January 1, 2012

FIRST POST OF 2012!!!!

Whoa,

shut my mouth,

2012

already

!??!!!????!!

Just a few pictures...

Not the year in pictures...

Just,
a few pictures...

I think this looks like a wreath around the bolt.

This photo was taken by my cousin, Ronnie.
He lives in Nashville, Tennessee,
but he was home visiting for the holidays.

I think once you leave home,
when you return everything looks different.
Even moss on an old fire hydrant
can catch your eye in a special way.

I really don't believe you ever leave home...
you carry it with you.
(was that on Pinterest? It should be!)

These are a bit random...what's new?


One of the last covered bridges in Georgia...we just stumbled upon it one day.

A door, I just bought...beveled glass and probably close to 100 years old. What do I do first thing? Crack a couple of panes...I'm trying not to talk about it much... it hurts!!!

A memory of fall... Bill took this one.

Here's a few photos from Christmas...
boy it slipped by fast!

Front door wreath got all netty this year!

I took the bow off of this one,
and hung it on the side door
for a Winter wreath.

The bows on this tree really need changing,
but my mama made them,
and this was her tree.
I rework it almost every Christmas...
change it up a bit,
but those bows stay put!

What is that red container?
Well, just hold on I'll tell you!

It's the bottom of a grill...or maybe the top.

It dresses up well, dontcha think?

And now for these lovely lovelies...whatever they are!!??

I found them at a yard sale...don't act surprised now!

They are beautiful,

and I used them to add some height

to the mantle this Christmas.

Not sure what others thought, but I thought they worked really well.

I saw them as shelf brackets when I bought them,

but so far that hasn't worked out.

They are still on the mantle,

so they may have found their spot for the time.

BLESSED AND HAPPY 2012!

Best, Vicki

Monday, December 19, 2011

MY VINTAGE CLOTH...LOVELY!

Oh my, it's been over a month since I posted...

just about forgot how to!

I am still absorbing that Jared will be

off to Colorado in the next few months,

I've had my entire family, on my mama's side,

for our Christmas get together and,

then of course there has been school, and

all that comes with the holidays at work and at home.

But here I am now

and

I've got great news...

I WON!!!

I did!

I won the Vintage Tablecloth from Amy at into vintage!

I love it and I am so excited to add it to my collection!

Well, I only have one vintage Christmas cloth,

so it's a small collection, you understand?

But now there are two!

The cloth arrived right smack in the middle

of all my family

Christmas festivities

last Saturday!

Everything came to a complete halt as we all

"OOooOOooooOOO'd and Awhhhh'd" over the cloth.

Amy is a beautiful soul!

When she emailed, to tell me I had won,

she said she was just going to

"wad it up"

and

send it to me.

You know I got a kick out of that!!

I would have taken that beautiful cloth

any way I could have gotten it,

but...

she ironed it;

she folded it beautifully;

and

she sent it wrapped,

and tied with a gingham bow,

adorned with a Christmas card.

How sweet is that?!

It really is a beautiful piece,

and I will enjoy it for years to come!

My Christmas is

off to a very blessed start!!

I hope you'll pop over to see Amy!

Amy has a beautiful blog, and a wonderful Etsy shop with lots of vintage items!

So...what do you think?

I hope you all have

a Christmas

filled with His love,
and joy!

Merry Christmas!

Vicki

Friday, November 11, 2011

I'M WITH THE BAND!

When I was 32 years old,
life as I'd always known it
became amazingly more blessed.
A precious little boy
became my center of attention
and it's been one blessing
after the other since
that day almost 26 years ago.

Bill and I were married 3 years
before he was born,
but I had his name picked out
before we ever even started dating.

I knew one day I would have a Jared Micah,
even though the last name was up for grabs.

My Jared Micah is a dear, sweet,
typical boy in many ways.

He definitely has God's favor
and most things seem to go his way.
I truly can not think of anything
he has set out to do that he didn't achieve.

He decided one day
when he was in Middle School
that he wanted to play the bass guitar.

We ordered a very inexpensive one for him
and he never looked back.

While in high school
one of his band director
steered him in the direction
of an old Double Bass
being stored
in the band room attic.

Jared basically taught himself to play,
and it has been his
constant companion ever since.

He now has a
Masters in Jazz Performance.

However, for the last year and a half
he's been living back at home,
searching for a job in the music field,
and making my heart happy
every time I look at him
and think of all he has achieved.

Just before one of his symphony concerts.

He's never given us
any problems of any kind.

He was always an honor student
and kept a 4.0 or very close
all the way through college.
Even at FSU
while holding down a job
as a Grad Assistant
in the Jazz Studies department.

I'm certainly a proud and boastful mama,
but of course he is not perfect...
He does prefer to keep a messy room
and he tends to leave a trail
of empty glasses and shoes
throughout the house.
All things I can live with,
but a trait that I pray over for him.


Playing with the Encore Coda Band in Maine...	he's spent the last two summers on faculty there.

Now to the point...

My Jared has just recently
become a bass player for
the Air Force Band
in Colorado Springs, Colorado!!

My heart breaks that he will be so far from home,
but that does not take away
from the pride I have for him
and his new adventure.