every friday i share a picture and explain how i got the shot. here is this week’s photo.
how i got the shot: took this in the parking lot at a starbucks on my iphone 4. who is it? do you know? for real, i don’t know who he is. thought it was weird/interesting. i hope he is not someone evil.
i have never been the jealous type. i either have something or i don’t, and if you have it then great! good for you. but this past week the green eyed monster reared its ugly head in my life.
i was minding my own business by minding other people’s business on facebook, scrolling through my newsfeed when i saw it. there it was in all its glory. a green starbucks apron…in someone’s kitchen who doesn’t even work for starbucks!
1. i am doing my kitchen in cafe style
2. i love starbucks
and so when i saw the lady who posted this the next day i asked her how she got it and i made it known to her that i wanted it. she said she would pray about it, and then a couple seconds later she told me no as if God looked her straight in her face and told her “do not give Gloria the apron!” i told her my birthday is in august, so she has more time to pray about it. but things are not looking good.
in the meantime i will work on my jealousy issues.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. – James 3:16 ESV
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have an awesome tuesday!
much love,
glo
i am not a parent, but here is some advice for parents. the other day i was at starbucks and overheard a piece of a conversation that i later texted to my sister. she has a 6 year old that wants the world for christmas! one of the ladies in the conversation shared the following concerning buying gifts for your kids. buy…
Something they want.
Something they need.
Something to wear.
Something to read.
keep it simple. save your bank account. your kids will still love you. i still love my parents, even though i didn’t always get everything i wanted for christmas.
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one of these weekends i am going to do nothing. nothing at all, except for read. stay in bed all weekend and finish reading all my unfinished books. i won’t even go to church on sunday. dinner on saturday evening? no, thank you. a movie on friday night? no, thank you. on friday nights is when i am the most exhausted! my last friday pic i was dozing off as i was creating the post! haha. trees. i love trees. my photography collection of trees is growing. ever growing. right now i am at starbucks and i just had a drink with 3 espresso shots in it, needed something to finish the weekend strong. still have tons of things to do. more things to check off the weekend list. but one of these weekends, i promise, i will do nothing. nothing at all, except read.
while in church this morning i wandered to romans 13 and was moved deeply by the scripture. no, this had nothing to do with what the preacher was preaching. sometimes i read unrelated bible text during the sermon. if you don’t read anything else this week read romans 13. below the “keep calm and love on” graphic is part of romans 13.
romans 13:8-10:
8. Don’t run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along.
9 The law code-don’t sleep with another person’s spouse, don’t take someone’s life, don’t take what isn’t yours, don’t always be wanting what you don’t have, and any other “don’t” you can think of-finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself.
10 You can’t go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.
have a wonderful week. greater is he that is in you than he that is in the week and the world!
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the weekend is done and over. today i used my free birthday drink coupon at starbucks, i hung out with my sister devon and 3 of my nephews. for the most part we were all tied to our electronic devices but we had a good time.
to get the week started off on a fun note here is a cute video of marcel the shell with shoes on.
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.
the winner of my book giveaway will be announced soon!
thanks to all who tweeted or shared on facebook this past weekend!
let’s expect great things this week!
happy weekend to everyone!
i am at starbucks, next to me is a premarital counseling session going on. if only more people would go seek some counsel before marrying. next time they are going to discuss if God has anything to say about marriage, and then the counselor says “of course.” i asked for a business card.
but this week has been crazy, i’ve spent like 75% of this week in bed. i haven’t been feeling that well but today i was determined to get out of the house!
i went shopping for stuff for my classroom for this upcoming school year. i am going to do a yellow minimalist modern concept for my kindergarten classroom. stick with basic patterns and clean lines. it’s so easy to spend tons of money on your classroom. i don’t plan to spend anymore. what i don’t have i will make. last year i created a job chart that was functional but it was too tasking to change and towards the end of the year it got changed whenever i felt like changing it. will have to come up with an easier chart to change for this year.
but i wanted to go shopping before all the other teachers got all the good stuff at the local teacher store. i think i miss teaching/work. at the end of last year i said that i was going to do some fasting and praying over the summer for my future students. rumor has it my incoming class is ambitious in wrongdoings.
this week’s friday pic i just took here at starbucks.
how i got the shot: the short answer? i saw the light and took the picture on my iphone. the long answer? as a photographer i recognize light, the more you take pictures the more you notice light. sometimes i will be talking to someone and i am noticing how the light is hitting their face. in this case, i noticed how the sunlight was piercing through the window, and that if i took a picture it would be a “sun star”…and i love sun stars! i held the camera at an angle where the building was obstructing the sun just a tad. for post i ran the picture through instagram. it is so unusual for this starbucks to be this empty so it was a perfect opportunity to snap a picture. after i took the picture i noticed how the newspaper on the rack is a bit out of place and for a moment i was going to fix it and retake, but i decided to let it be. just let it be. for the most part, the picture came out exactly how i pictured it in my head.
i am starting a new feature on my blog called people i meet at starbucks because i go there often and meet people. most times i initiate the conversation, sometimes they initiate the conversation.
yesterday at starbucks i met this dog (a dachshund?) all dressed up as a gun slinging aggie. love it! but perhaps i should be saying poor dog, not for sure on how dogs feel about being dressed up in cute outfits.
for those who are wondering, i’ve reached gold level at starbucks! and i am awaiting my gold level customized starbucks card in the mail. oh yeah!
have a blessed sunday.
tonight having movie night at marie’s.
even if it is just to get to the gold level in starbucks rewards! back in november i was rejoicing in reaching the green level with my sights on the gold level and lookie here!!!
1 more! i have 100% faith in myself that i am going to pull this off!
i rock.
i can totally do this.
yeah!
;)
a couple weeks ago i decided to become a coffee drinker. not a decision taken lightly, after all coffee is addictive and many financial advisers suggest cutting out your latte expense. would i have the resources (time and money) to support such a habit? and with all the coffee choices available, what brand and flavor would i buy into? and i really didn’t want to think about the coffee stains on my teeth! but yeah, that was something to consider as well.
it started during the month of november when burger king started brewing seattle’s best coffee (owned by starbucks), as a promotion they gave away free coffee on fridays during the month of november. free? okay, i was all in. as a novice coffee drinker i went on my knowledge of how my sister drinks her coffee. i requested four sugars and 4 creams. not bad. i liked the way the coffee made me feel, and this basically started my explorations into coffee.
in my undergrad years at UT in austin i discovered caffeine pills, something to get me through late nights of studying and keep up with the joneses (all the other little overachievers), but the caffeine pills often make me sick. perhaps too much caffeine at once. coffee? not so much.
so the seattle’s best coffee from burger king was free, but was it something that i was willing to spend my money on? it was good, yeah, and only $1.00. however, i am not the type to just go with the first choice. i needed to know and explore my options.
mcdonald’s coffee was up next. once again, four sugars and 4 creams. but something happened at mcdonald’s that didn’t happen at burger king. they put the four sugars and 4 creams in my coffee for me. this may not seem like a big deal, but in the mornings when you are pressed for time every moment is valuable. as a novice coffee drinker, either i like it or i don’t. i have no deep explanation of why like it or dislike it. thumbs up for mcdonald’s coffee.
growing up my mom always drunk coffee. it wasn’t an all day thing, just one cup in the morning. maxwell house was her choice, and still is. as a kid i tasted coffee, and it was yuck…as a kid. and as an adult i just never got into drinking coffee. i told my mom about how i am now drinking coffee, and that i’ve decided i would drink it two times a day. one before work and one after. she gave me no warnings, just a coupon for a free small coffee at 7-eleven.
once again, i love free. at 7 eleven i got more than i bargained for. i go in and the line at the check out counter is long, and this is discouraging to see in the morning. at what i guess is called a coffee bar there are tons of coffee pots, and coffee freshly brewing. you are responsible for pouring your own coffee, and customizing it with the options available. i ask the lady working near the area about the coffee, she sort of looks at me like i have something growing out of my chin but when she realizes i am clueless she tells me basically to not touch the coffee pots with the coffee streaming into them. yeah, ok, right. quite a few minutes later i am still at 7-eleven when i should be almost to work. i did not like 7-eleven’s coffee. and the whole pouring it yourself thing i didn’t like either.
on to the mecca of coffee! starbucks. i am a huge starbucks fan, but i didn’t buy their coffee. i only use to get their frapuccinos. since i am clueless when it comes to coffee i went with what they are currently advertising, a coffee called pike’s place roast. they call it one of their most popular blends. i really wanted to like it, but i didn’t. i am confident i can find a blend of coffee at starbucks that i like, so i will definitely go back for more. but while at starbucks i bought a thermal coffee cup because…
i did the math and if i drunk coffee two times a day and i bought it by the cup i would be out at least $10.00 a week! $520.00/year! at the least. don’t think i will be willing to spend that much on coffee so at my mom’s coffee pot i found myself pouring maxwell into my new thermal cup. i am yet to find my own coffee identity, but for now maxwell house will do as i explore more options and find my perfect cup of coffee.
the past couple weeks i’ve enjoyed my altered state. a little bit more pep in my step. a bit more energy to do all the million different things i attempt to do!
i finally reached starbucks rewards green level. just recently i realized that i needed to start cashing in on the starbucks rewards program. basically you have to get a gift card and always pay with the gift card to get the rewards. so you have to reload a lot. i had just been paying with my debit card. however, this new level excites me. i get free drink customizations, and the vanilla bean frappuccino with caramel is something fierce.
happy saturday!
1. Saturday mornings
2. Butterflies
3. Chocolate chip cookies
4. Starbucks!
