My Christmas without a kitchen

So as of last Friday, I am sans kitchen. I’m ecstatic, joyful, giddy and, quite honestly, a bit shocked. The Great Kitchen Renovation project has begun. I’ve lived with Functional Kitchen for ten years, and now I’m getting Beautiful Kitchen. To heck with function. I want to look at pretty cabinets and a nice floor. [...]

December 24, 2008 · Monica Brand · 12 Comments
Tags: celebrations, life, more than you need to know · Posted in: Living, Silly stuff

If Jesus had been born in a modern world…

maybe the scene would’ve looked something like this: I love how the artist shows some folks fascinated, others not so much. How would YOU have reacted? HT: Hacking Christianity

December 12, 2008 · Monica Brand · 7 Comments
Tags: celebrations, Christianity, Jesus Christ · Posted in: Believing

YouTube video: a holiday walk on the beach

Finally, here is the video I talked about making the other day. This is my first serious attempt at editing and I’m happy with it for the most part. Next time, I’m going to play with the audio to see if I can remove, or at least reduce, the wind noises near the microphone. Let [...]

December 1, 2008 · Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: boys, celebrations, girls, video · Posted in: Living

Don’t read this if you haven’t had pumpkin pie yet

We had a lovely walk on the beach today, which I captured on video. After our holiday dinner, I edited it, adding lovely special effects, title and end credits. So easy! Saved it with no problems. What isn’t so lovely is that I can’t upload it to YouTube because the file isn’t recognized, or some [...]

November 27, 2008 · Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: celebrations, life, the husband · Posted in: Living, Uncategorized

Five thanks

A reflection of thankfulness… 1. Faith Forever will I be thankful for the gift of forgiveness and for faith to believe. 2. Family Four healthy children, full of life. A godly husband. My parents. Doc’s parents. Extended family near and far, all dear ones and loved. Church family, also dear. Along with my church family, [...]

November 25, 2008 · Monica Brand · 2 Comments
Tags: celebrations, faith, Jesus Christ, sin · Posted in: Believing