Reading Railroad

 

We were in Kearney this past couple of days.  Before we left for home, we stopped at a Thrift Store. It was called U Can Offer, with all proceeds going to provide cancer patients anything from transportation to snow removal. I really wanted to make an effort to at least check it out. And I found something...a set of vintage train bookends!

 

 

I LOVE 'EM! At the moment they are sitting on top of the bookshelf in the living room. I haven't decided if they are going to stay there a while or be packed away. Most likely the first. ;)

 

 -'- Jewel

 

 

Eleven Minutes...



 

This evening at 6:24pm I went outside to look at the sunset. It was kind of...boring. I thought to myself "Hmmm no picture of the sunset tonight. It's lame." Hello! About to be in for a big surprise!

6:35pm (11 minutes later) Dad calls to me from outside and says "Jewel! Come look at the sunset! Bring your camera." I doubted that it was anything spectacular because of what it looked liked a few minutes before hand. How long will it take me to remember that sunsets change every minute! 





 

Have a great week!

-'- Jewel

2013 In The Rearview Mirror

        

Today is the last day of 2013. It has flown by for me and I'm sure it was the same for you. Thinking about the past year and all of the things that happened. I decided to put together at least one highlight from every month:

January: Spending a week at the Gulf of Mexico (Orange Beach, Alabama)

February: First time seeing a movie in IMAX 3D

March: Meeting our friend Amelia from Canada for the weekend in South Dakota! 

April: Turning 16 and recording our EP Metamorphosis.

May: Prepping for Kimberly's Graduation party...and the party itself. ;)

June: Started "Jewberly Emiris"

July: Steve Hurst School of Music

August: 8th year singing at the Nebraska State Fair

September: Sang on Main Stage at National Quartet Convention

October: Tiffany getting engaged and the surprise trip to Texas!!  

November: Thanksgiving in Texas! 

December: Helping out with the Christmas Eve services at church and getting a sander for Christmas! :)

I have also been thinking about 2014 and what the year may have in store. For one, it's going to have a lot of changes, it might even be a year of firsts because on the 9th I will be taking my first flight and secondly I will be staying with my oldest sister in Austin (TX) without the rest of my family for five days. That is two firsts for me in the first two weeks of the year! 

Happy New Year!! 

-'- Jewel

Mounting the Television

This post was supposed to be posted the week of the 15th. Better late than never I guess! :)

 

Another project from Thanksgiving at Samantha & Edwin's!

  

Having your TV on the floor in front of the fireplace in your home can be quite annoying. The time had come to give it a permanent place to live. 

Before we came down, Samantha "mapped out" where they wanted it mounted.

Removing the mantle (and a lot of glue that came with it) was the first step!

Drilling the holes where the bracket for the TV was the was second! (Dad is working so hard!)

 

We put the bracket on the bolts and mounted the TV! (There are more steps to this project but Dad did most of it without my knowledge.)

 

 

It looks marvelous! I love the fireplace! Samantha worked hard cleaning it and decorating it!

 

Hope you enjoyed that little peek into the project!

 

-'- Jewel

 

Snapshots: Hot Chocolate

 

Our cousin Caty came over today! We were really cold so we made some hot chocolate. Since it was too hot to drink at first, we had some time to snap some pictures! :)

 

It was delicious!...after it cooled down of course! ;)

 

-'- Jewel