So I didn't do much this Saturday. Cleaned a little. Then I did a put this puzzle together. It was fun, but hard starting out.
Viola!
"John's Potato Soup" My favorite. My dad's favorite first, hence the name. Haha.
And it's totally the best for dipping bread in;-)
Rice crispy treats with chocolate chips for dessert! And The Office reruns!
Dear Hermiston, I will miss you. Especially the people in it. And LFC. And my job. And this wall I painted in Shane's office. I'll miss going to Wal Mart and seeing 7+ people I know.
This is the view from my desk. Yes, I'll miss that too. You can look straight ahead and barely see these swirl/flourishes I painted in Aaron's office. I'll miss that too.
I'll even miss folding bulletins. Not as much as other things, but just a bit. Hehe. I'll miss random balls of tumbleweed on the roadside. And the sun. I'll miss the sun, alot.
And I will most assuredly miss this computer. I think I'll save for one. Yes, I am a Mac girl;-) Love it! 
Hello there. I have lately been bored with my work outfits. So I thought I'd try some new stuff. Here we go. For this, I stole my husband's belt. Hehe.
I made this necklace...
I am not sure what I think about this lace shirt.
Love these shoes!
At the end of the day, slippers are best (oh, and my bird friend, Earl) hahaha.
For those of you who do not already know, I love shoes. I have alot. Boots, sandles, OXFORDS, chucks, pumps, flats, etc. I love these red flats. Fads lately show shoes with socks and skirts, and tights with open toe shoes. I still never do that... I am not sure how I like it. Eh, whatever. What are your thoughts?
The bird was actually going to be blue until I decided that it would be ingenious to make him black, since the book pages are from an Edgar Allen Poe book;-) This will be for sale at Branch & Wonders bookstore on Saturday!
Hey there. Thanks for stopping by. Here's that great pic again, taken by ASH Photography. I am Maria Tebeck. I am married to the most wonderful man, Shane. And we live in a small town in northeast Oregon, however we are both from the beautiful city of Portland. We came here to study under a great mentor/pastor. We both work for him at our church, Living Faith. I am the administrator, and my husband is the Youth Pastor and runs Underground Church. We love it alot. You can check out my facebook here. Also, you can check out my facebook page for the jewelry business I own called Bittersweet Bling by clicking the tab "Bittersweet Bling" on the navigation bar, or by clicking here.
I am not sure why I like this picture... probably the incredibly blue eyes, which I don't actually possess.
Here is a picture from my sister-in-law, Adrey and Brice's wedding. Here I am with my other sister-in-law, Allecia.
Here is my family on our vacation to Mexico in September 2009. That was so awesome. I love the heat, and the water, and seafood, and infinity pools, and the fact that Troy was filmed behind us, etc...
I love this picture alot. It's right before we left on our anniversary to Joseph, Oregon. Such a great time!
Shane's family at Brice & Adrey's wedding. It was so beautiful. I like how all the men are pretty much the same height, and so are the women. Except me. Hahaha.
Here I am on Christmas 2010, with my new little nephew Nathaniel!
If you tilt your head to the right a bit, you can sort of see that it's a mac apple. I think this might've been the first time I did a cake that wasn't a circle or square...so it was a little hard, but ahhh...it tasted good;-) As you can see, when I took this pic I totally misspelled birthday (what a dork!!!!) So I had to scrape off the "y" and fix it. Hahah.
I love Christmas! This is super easy to make. You just need one small Styrofoam ring (used to make wreaths) Two large packages of gumdrops, or spice drops, a box of toothpicks, and a few inches of wide satin ribbon. And next, go to town!
Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Challange. Day 8: My least favorite thing about Christmas.Location:Home
Our trip to NE Oregon. This was fun. I have not been here before. It was so much fun. We started by heading to Pendleton, which I really haven't been to much of besides when I had jury duty awhile back. So we stopped at an outrageously priced bead store called Blue Hawk beads, then we checked out a few bookstores. After that we pretty much drove straight through to the small town of Joseph (just north of Lake Wallowa) It was really cute. We had some lunch at a steakhouse called Outlaw Restaurant. We also checked out all the little gift shops-which were pretty cool-got an amazing candle! (woodwick candles) After that we went to check in at our lodge, Flying Arrow resort (just a few miles outside Joseph, on the opposite end of the lake) It was great there. It sits right on the creek. We totally want to come back in the summer when there is alot more to do: horseback riding, fishing, hiking, and the tramway! Then we hung out in our cabin and watched Border Wars (National Geographic show) It was pretty cool. Next morning we went to the United Methodist Church-blame Shane. It pretty much reminded me of my grandparent's Baptist church. We tried skipping through Joseph for lunch and eating in Enterprise...bad idea. The next three towns are completely deserted on a Sunday. Guess they all do the after-church potluck thing. So we had pizza at a very thrown-together looking place. Ha. Then we just took the slow way home, enjoying the scenery, and another awesome bead store in Walla Walla. I just can never bring myself to pay more than $15 or $20 at the most per strand. I guess it depends what it is, but seriously $219 per strand for quartz!!! Back to Hermiston. The end.
