My Pilgrim Journey

a glimpse of yesterday...

2012-11-23T14:39:00.001-05:00

just a few faces of my Thanksgiving 2012.

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Untitled

2012-10-13T19:57:00.003-04:00

twas a beautiful fall day...

and everyone and their brother...

dogs...

and expensive cameras

made the trip to the falls.

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Untitled

2012-10-13T19:57:00.001-04:00

twas a beautiful fall day...

and everyone and their brother...

dogs...

and expensive cameras

made the trip to the falls.

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photographer on the run

2012-09-16T23:41:00.003-04:00

Saturday, September 15, 2012.

my last long run of training.

in celebration, I took my camera along with me during my run.

halfway through my run, i cared more about finishing my run than about taking pictures.

here are some of the sights I passed yesterday morning.

t minus 3 weeks until race day.

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photographer on the run

2012-09-16T23:41:00.001-04:00

Saturday, September 15, 2012.

my last long run of training.

in celebration, I took my camera along with me during my run.

halfway through my run, i cared more about finishing my run than about taking pictures.

here are some of the sights I passed yesterday morning.

t minus 3 weeks until race day.

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some river pictures....

2012-08-19T21:17:00.001-04:00

this past weekend was extremely grand. paddled about 27 miles on a river in a double kayak with my brother and 5 others.

we had a lot of fun... we found that we all love playing with fire. a raccoon was our friend for a while and stole the rest of Sean's pretzels. Dan made a wooden swing. The outdoor plumbing was something else, that's for sure.

it rained some on friday night. Saturday was a beautiful day. We even made camp early and had time to swim and dry out our wet gear.

although it was fun..it is good to be home.

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best things about morning runs

2012-08-15T23:00:00.001-04:00

God's handiwork in creation is my favorite part of morning runs. I love the colors in the sky when the sunrises. The real reason why i run with my camera is because I need to get a picture of my bear on a morning run. The days I leave my camera at home are the days when I see a glimpse of the black bear on lake louise road. I'm still not a fan of my alarm clock, some things will never change, but the best part of early a.m. runs is running when its still quiet out in God's beautiful creation

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DQ to Oh, what a View * @LaBar89 *

2012-07-25T22:39:00.001-04:00

Dayzee's first trip to Oh, what a view.

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Wilkes Barre Duathlon 2012

2012-06-17T14:59:00.001-04:00

Wilkes Barre Duathlon 2012.

This is the second year that my cousin, Danae, and I teamed up to do this race. It begins with a 3 mile run (me), followed by a 16 mile bike ride (Danae), and another 3 mile run (me). Today we finished at 1 hour and 53 minutes (this is the finish line clock time). Good times.

Thankful that my parents came out to this race day craziness. Happy Father's Day dad.

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@LaBar89 these are Freedom Pics

2012-06-03T16:28:00.001-04:00

I figured I'd post these while doing Sean's photo request... plus, I didn't back these up because I ran out of storage on my new thumb drive.

Memorial Day pictures. Thankful for those who have served and for those who are serving. All gave some, some gave all. Thank you. I'm also very thankful for the person who taught grandpa to play a mean game of checkers.

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@LaBar89 the spifffy

2012-06-03T16:13:00.001-04:00

the updated ones

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@LaBar89 part B

2012-06-03T15:25:00.001-04:00

i think i'll spiff some up for the text batch...

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@LaBar89 pictures :)

2012-06-03T14:58:00.001-04:00

Sorry for the delay but CONGRATS AGAIN AND AGAIN!

*ps..I've got more, just sent these few first... any requests for 2nd round ?? *

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March Flurries: photo shoot with Dayzee { @LaBar89 }

2012-03-04T19:52:00.001-05:00

Spoke with my bro today who is missing his baby. Well, the baby was napping like a good girl..and when she got up, of course she wanted to go outside. I looked outside and it was snowing. Snowing...after a beautiful spring like day yesterday. Anyway, I thought it would be nice to take a few pictures and share with the bro. I think Dayzee likes the snow and looks good in it.

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2nd annual Polish Periogi making day ( @LaBar89 )

2012-02-03T22:16:00.001-05:00

We are polish and we make pierogies. It takes all of us all day to do so. It would of taken longer if someone didn't make pierogies on steroids.., just kidding Sean. I know that you just were as tired of seeing pierogies and stuffing them as I was.

Sorry for the delay in getting this up..Just finished uploading them to my computer now.. but I figured you would like to see some of the pictures..better late than never, right?

my new pierogi for this year had jalopeanos stuffed in them. i thought they were good.

...these photos are taking forever to attach to this email blog thing.. i really hope it works...

next year it would be nice if aunt pat could join in the assembly line. on the peirogi making day grandma and uncle frank took a day off from being at the Lehigh valley hospital ICU with her. She is on a slow road to recovery. ... I'm also htinking dad should join in with us next time around..just saying. He came home when we were finishing up this year. So not fair at all.

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pictures of 2012 for @LaBar89

2012-02-03T22:05:00.001-05:00

I've been horrible about blogging lately. There is just not enough time in the day to do everything. So I've slacked off on this since I can slack off in this area.

However..the reason for this update..is because now I'm downloading pictures from my camera, so that I have room to take pictures tomorrow when Dayzee goes to PetSmart for the first time. That's either going to be good or bad. I'll have my camera along for the journey to take pictures for Sean. And since I'm downloading pictures, I thought that I would share a few of them.

So far this winter, we haven't had a lot of snow, but the snow that we've had..Dayzee has surely enjoyed it. I think she just loves the outdoors. I know she misses sean..that's for sure. But she is still the same Dayzee Queen..ruler of the house. Not the guard dog but a spoiled dog. Guess I created a monster.. who knew that sleeping with the little brown puppy would lead to this? Chad knew. That's who..or at least thats what he says.

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posterous account... are you still there?

2012-01-21T14:02:00.001-05:00

its been a while...

it snowed today and looks beautiful..these pictures aren't from today..

i am thankful that it snowed on a saturday morning instead of during the work week.

also, i am thankful that this work week is over. mandatory overtime was not my favorite thing.

just figured i'd update this..since its been forever since i posted anything to posterous. i wonder if my account is still there. hmm.. guess i'll find out.

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october 29,2011 snow pictures

2011-10-29T16:30:00.001-04:00

looks like winter came early this year. here are some snow pictures from the first snow fall..and one picture that mom put on the refrigerator door..just because. dayzee loves the snow..i throw snowballs in the air and she tries to bite them while in mid-air. enjoy. going to get another cup of hot tea to drink on this cold day.

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a fall prayer request

2011-10-22T17:14:00.001-04:00

Fall is my favorite season. Last weekend I went with my cousin into a corn maze at night. That was a fun adventure. Also, last weekend my church had its annual Chili cookoff, another fall favorite of mine. I love to see the bright reds, yellows, and orange tinted leaves as they glow in the sunlight and glide to the ground. Fall is a transition season..a bridge from summer to winter..a time of change.

Right now is kinda like fall for my family too because my aunt went into the hospital with asthma symptoms. The doctors operated on her spine due to some fluid or blood built up around the spine, and now she is paralyzed from the waist down. They say there is a chance that she could fully recover and walk again but there is also the possibility that she will remain paralyzed. Please pray for my aunt and for wisdom for the doctors. I'm not sure how my aunt will handle this drastic change in her life and i'm not sure if she is saved. I know that through the changes and trials of life that God remains the same. He alone is the sure foundation for life. I know that He is in control.

Sunday School Joys

2011-10-02T18:34:00.001-04:00

Today in Sunday School the lesson was on the friendship of David and Jonathan. We talked about how Jonathan gave David gifts to show him how much he appreciated him as his friend. After the lesson, I asked a few little "gamers" if they would give their wii with all of their games to their friends. These little pre-schoolers said no. It was so cute. now, they said that they would share their wii and the games with their friends but they would not give them this treasure of theirs. But their unwillingness to give their treasure to another got me thinking. I'm just like them. When I have a chance to bless or to hold on to what is dear to me,..sad to say is that I cling to the treasure in my hand instead of letting God use it to bless those around me. interesting what I learn from those adorable kids...

small group question

2011-09-21T21:25:00.002-04:00

Lately I've been considering the dynamics of a small group. I'm looking to join one at church and think that its important to have a vision of where the group is going. Previously I was a small group leader so I understand maybe a little more about the importance of having a vision and getting others to see that vision for the group. There is a college and career Bible study that occurs during Wednesday night church. Last semester this group, also known as Revolution, met Sunday nights. It was mostly college aged people, both single and married, along with a few older adult leaders. Since then things have changed and they are now meeting on Wednesday nights. I feel that there is no vision in this group. I feel like meeting is just another thing to check off my list of things to attend during the week. I guess i'm stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place because I know the importance of meeting together with other believers but are small groups any profit if they exist without a clear vision?

I think not

2011-09-16T22:44:00.002-04:00

Someone on Twitter tweeted the following statement, "Change usually requires bending, especially backwards."

I just feel that this statement isn't right. I agree with the first portion that change requires bending but not the backwards part of the statement.

Sure, there are good and bad changes.. and when change occurs in life or a circumstance it will require those involved to adapt and adjust to those changes. So I get the point that change requires bending but why backwards? Change prompts for a better tomorrow. Think of any modern invention..when it first was invented it was different and it created a change in lifestyle to those who first didn't have the invention but then became accustomed to the new change in lifestyle. No bending backwards was required to adjust to a new invention. Changes have happened in my life..some good and some bad yet I would say have never bent over backwards just to allow change to have its way in my life. God showed me areas that weren't aligning with His word and called me to a deeper surrender of my life. That was a hard change. Total surrender. But if I did a backwards bend as stated by this tweet I wouldn't have surrendered. Instead I would of held on to those things which I shouldn't of.
But, bending backwards is more difficult than bending forwards so maybe that's what the author of this means.

I think I would say that "Change requires adjustments and sacrifices, but if you can't accept change then it will require the bending backwards that will destroy you."

(I just felt like disputing this tweet..and I needed to do so in more than 140 characters so that's why I blogged instead of tweeting my thoughts...because that would of taken quite a few tweets just to vent on this topic.)
~AmberLeigh~

background change and rambling

2011-09-13T22:50:00.001-04:00

I just changed my background to this blog to a fall theme...and that makes me happy. I love the fact that fall is almost here. My favorite things of fall include but are not limited to cooler weather, the colors of the leaves right before they fall, pumpkin pie (and other pumpkin baked goods), and football. Just thought I'd share that although many people complain about the cooler weather and that it gets dark earlier, I actually like it a lot. The end.

schedule change.

2011-09-13T22:41:00.002-04:00

today, i did something different which made my day much better.

i got up early.

that's right. i'm not much a morning person but i decided that it was time that i put first things first, even if that means getting up early to do so.

so this morning...i got up early, had breakfast, and then spent time in the Word. Lately, i've been waiting until later in the day before i spend time with God but I decided that if spending time with God was first on Jesus' priority list, then it should also be first on mine.

and that single change in my day allowed me to begin correctly with God and man.

but now, I must say , its time for me to go to bed so that i can get up when my alarm blasts in the morning.

River Watching 2011

2011-09-10T20:46:00.001-04:00

went for a ride tonight up to falls to see the river.

some of the homes closer to the river were flooeded.

the area smelled like gasoline.

we stood on the bridge and just stood amazed at the river. it was a lot bigger than i've ever seen it.

branches, porches, a red lunch cooler, trees, were just some of the things i saw floating down the river.

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