the week in review.

Whew. What a week I had. It was kind of cray cray, y'all. Hehe. Ready for an update?

Wednesday

I met my friend at starbucks and caved to a venti pumpkin spice latte. I know. Bad me. My hair cooperated wonderfully. I saw the boy. He blew me a kiss as I drove out of the church parking lot. Melted my heart, per usual.

 I also made 80 crab ravioli from scratch. 

Thursday

It rained all day. All day. I had worship practice.We sang Christmas songs - my favorite. But I was glad to go home and get to bed...only after talking to him for half an hour. hehe.

Friday

was spent shopping for Christmas decor for the church with these two boys and my worship pastor and his wife. They're insane. (like my headband? new hobby - going to give one or two away in a couple weeks - stay tuned!!)

Saturday

was spent at the church decorating with aforementioned decorations. It turned out real spiffy though, so I can't complain about being there all day. And I had a blast with my wonderful "brothers"...hanging lights and ornaments and almost dying and all that jazz. The rain let up for a while...until it got dark.

Sunday

I had worship at 7:30 am. It was pouring, guys. Pouring. I woke up to ten flood warnings on my phone. I was glad we were at 6,000 feet above sea level where our house is because it was bad. Haven't gotten this much rain in a long time. I also wore my lovely new pink coat and polka dot scarf. It was great. On top of all that, I, along with a bunch of my friends, went up to Mavis' after church for brunch and to help her decorate her house for Christmas, since her recent surgery has left her unable to maneuver heavy boxes. 

But not before Rachel and I stopped for starbucks and snapped this super adorable photo.

When I got home from all of the earlier events, the previous owner of my car was there to finish the paperwork. After he was done, I went to fill it up the first time, and I also put my amazing car kit my best friend sent me for my birthday in it. Equipped with princess band-aids and goldfish, I will never be too stuck. 

I then spent the evening decorating our house for Christmas.  Part of our mantel display, and a favorite ornament. 

Monday

I enjoyed a couple hours spent with my sweet friend Rachel. I snapped this picture of her...she probably will text me in a minute to scold me. Deal with it. And then I spent an hour face timing Rebekah. It was supposed to be a quick 15 minute call..but..uh. We don't do quick.

Took the "scenic route" above downtown to the post office to see this pretty view. Don't tell anyone I snapped a pic while driving! Oops.

And today...well. Today is fresh, with no mistakes in it, and I plan to make the most of it. 

(please tell me you caught my Anne of Green Gables quote.)

xoxo, Ruthanne

the weekend: recap.

it snowed friday. it was gone by saturday morning....this silly weather is....well...silly.

I got to hang out with two of my favorite baby boys on friday night...my music pastor's birthday party was then, and I stole the two of them for a little bit....Jimmy is on the left and Payton is on the right :)

I made iced coffee and homemade whipped cream...in a can. yes. you can do that, no pun intended..

I spent a fair amount of time on daddy's iPad...working on my family history on ancestry.com. I got all the way back to the 16th century, almost!

worship was last night. little stressful, but nice none the less. I love my Jesus.

then I came home and made potato chips. just cause. they were delicious....

and then.....then I sat down with my guitar and piano and wrote a song. 

'twas a lovely weekend...how was yours?

weekend recap.

I have been such a terrible blogger this week! Meh! I have no excuses, just think I needed a computer break for a few days...anyway. Just wanted to share my weekend with you!

Friday morning my and my brother's friend Blake called and asked if we wanted to go see Sherlock Holmes with him for his birthday - so we went to a movie with him...this was basically the day:

my brother and another of the boys' friends, chris - hiding from the camera, waiting for the movie, and eating in-n-out after!

I babysat last minute for my favorite family - sadly the kiddos were already in bed, but it was a nice end to a long day of fun, even though I didn't get to play with them much.

saturday was mellow. it snowed :) finally. You have to understand how terrible this winter has been for my area - we normally have a 6-8 month winter - regular storms the entire time - last year even amounted to over 700 inches of snow, some of the most we've had since my mom was a kid. And then this year? Nothing. We went thirty days without a drop of rain/snow - which is on the top 10 list of longest lengths of time without precipitation! Eep! So. it's pretty sweet to have some snow :)

I cuddled with my kitty.

mom made pizza - my favorite of the night was bacon mushroom.

then yesterday came around, and it was the best day I've had in a very long time. 

the day started at 7 am. Got up early to get to church super early with mom. she was on worship team.

read this sign - the sign I've read a million times - and it struck me as awesome this time. LOVE - warning: causes dizziness. 

then I greeted for Pam, gave her a break this week. It was wonderful. I love greeting everyone who walks through the doors with a smile. 

after that, I was summoned to help with sunday school - they had no suitable teachers...so I helped these two boys keep the lil munchikins of the preschool class in order. they argued a lot....man.

and this was my favorite part of the day. my utmost favorite. I spent 6 full hours with two of my most favorite people ever, recording, singing, listening to their talent...it was amazing. We got my vocals for "hallelujah" laid down, and then we did a quickie recording of my new song - which I've changed the name to "all in faith". I can't wait to share the final versions with you - as soon as I get them I'm setting up a FB music page. :) These boys are so talented, and I love them both so, so, so very much. 

Hope your weekend was as wonderful as mine - and that your week proves to be great too.

much love,

ruthanne

virginia city, nevada, in black and white.

  

 he wouldn't look at me...so I just took the picture and was done with it. kinda funny actually.

 

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Okay. Two things. 

One: virginia city isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's used to be a huuuuge silver mining town, and now it's just a touristy dump...and I don't like tourists. So yeah. That matter aside, it's still kinda fun. A few antique stores reside there, which I visited{read: I scoured all of the stores until I found a piece of pyrex I desired and that was reasonably priced, and then I bought it, after cleverly charming the owner to lower the price by three bucks. what can I say, it's a gift...}, and some yummy candy shops. Plus the old time photo places...which is the whole reason we went there. The last time we had old time pictures taken was 6 years ago...before my two youngest siblings were born...so we figured we were due to update them. 'twas fun. you'll see them eventually. 

Secondly: these are some of my most favorite abstract - random - purposeless photos I have ever taken. 

Also. the pictures below are of me and my "baby" brother...he reminds me of the amish, not looking directly at the camera....I guess that makes me from hollywood. figures. lame.

Oh, and, forgive me and my dad's strange expression in the following picture....I told him to smile and that's what he did....and I knew he was going to do that, so I did it too, but anyway. yeah. 

 {my dad and I being...well...my dad and I...... }     

And this picture turned out reallllly cute. My gosh. I have cute siblings. {yes, I am bragging..}

{little sister posing, for ONCE! The heavens opened, angels rejoiced..yada yada yada}

Okay. I'm done now. Really. I swear.

Yep. Totally done. 

Hope you had a great tuesday! :)