This Thursday Is My Friday!

Yup, taking off Friday. Long weekend, got a ton of homework to get started on, but don't worry, I am sure I can find some fun in there too! Been busy doing stuff! You know, stuff.... homework, working, fundraising for breast cancer, scrapping (just a little). Wanted to share what I had been up to lately:

Friday Goodness!

Ah, it is Friday! I have been sleep deprived this week, so it couldn't come too soon! Excited about getting some things done this weekend and keep on track with all the balls I have in the air right now.

The crop has been taking a good deal of my time lately, planning, replanning, changing things.... if you asked yourself, what crop? then check out this link:

http://kip.kennesaw.edu/~jruhl/crop

Its for a great cause!

Now, some Friday zen....

Did You See THAT?

Ok, this one made me look twice! This funny bathroom sign hangs on the door of a local pizza joint that we frequent at work. Too good!

Effort!

Yes, this was an effort! With barely any training, I stepped out onto the road to run the Peachtree Rd Race. What did I end up with besides this lovely red face? Well, a blister the size of the sun!

Aaahhh!!!



That was the last word the postage meter ever said before the ink cartridge exploded and it died. Yes, that was one mess! By the time I was done, my hands were stained a nice pinky-red color from cleaning up that bizarre mess made by our old postage meter at work.



Spiral



Every great drink needs a little something to make the presentation spectacular... this one has the orange peel spiral. My most favorite pomegranate martini made with love by the folks at Marlow's.

Trimming For Ta-Tas!!!

I am sooooo excited to announce that my benefit crop for breast cancer is really going to happen! With the help of a great friend, we found a site and even have a website. Now all we need is people to fill the seats! So if you in Atlanta around the 13th of Sept, you should come!

http://kip.kennesaw.edu/~jruhl/crop

Yummy!

Back on track! What is more yummy than baked goods? Cookies and mini fluted-bunt cakes-spice with cream cheese icing. In my endeavors to raise funds for breast cancer, my team decided to have a bake sale this past weekend. So we all baked, and bakes, and baked...

On the Road



On Peachtree Road to be more specific. At the start of the Peachtree Road Race. This is a 4th of July tradition for us and I can't think of a better way to start the 4th!

Color My World




This is the back of a very rare gem indeed. One of 5 hand signed stained-glass windows by Mr. Tiffany in the world. It can be found with a mate in the chapel on Jekyll Island. When I walked into the chapel, my breath was taken away by the beauty of this window. Truly amazing! I learned that these windows are composed of multiple layers of glass, some a thick as 5 layers, that depends on what saturation and hue the artist is trying to render.... Basically, darker colors have more layers and lighter colors have fewer layers. I was so amazed that this thing of beauty was tucked away down here and sits silently waiting for people to venture into this tiny chapel. Of course we couldn't take pictures inside....

Historic



This is the oldest live oak tree in theses parts and for a long distance around it. They guestimate the age to be somewhere between 350-400 years old. It sits behind the clubhouse at Jekyll Island. There are so many big old live oak trees who's limbs drag the ground with age. So majestic and beautiful.