Oh Dear! I can’t find my camera anywhere and it is driving me nuts. Of course, everywhere I look there is a picture just waiting to be captured.
LunaBellaGathersAcorns's Life List
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1. Grow in Christ
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2. Live passionately
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3. Illustrate a children's book
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4. sell my house
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5. Create a Website for my Illustrations
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6. Gratefully Accept God's Blessings
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7. Stop Living in Limbo
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8. Live a Transparent Life
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9. Be less selfish
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10. lose weight
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11. Finish my house
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12. Landscape my yard
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13. Make new friends
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14. Scuba Dive
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15. find a church
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16. Organize my life
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17. Decorate my house
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18. Teach my kids to waterski
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19. keep in touch with friends and family
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20. Be a role model
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21. Be more thoughtful
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22. Tithe
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23. become LEED accredited
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24. Travel more
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25. Go white water rafting
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26. Hang glide
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27. become a better photographer
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28. create a photo book
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29. Take a road trip to New England to follow the autumn leaves as they turn
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30. Try new recipes
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31. drink through the alphabet
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32. Learn to Salsa
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33. give 1000 cheers
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34. go kayaking
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35. get a divorce
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36. try something new
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37. Die Content
2 entries . 5 cheers5 people
Well, this is new: I not only designed a communal columbarium/memorial garden for a local church, I built the vessel top.
The structure has turned out beautifully – Brick garden walls with a gothic arch center and custom cross with side pergolas, but the cost of the vessel top was crazy or at least more than anticipated or budgeted for.
So for the amount left in the budget, I -with help from my husband, laminated marine grade plywood with west system and stainless screws to create a double circled stone mosaic removable vessel lid. The actual design is pretty complicated but looks wonderful. Installation is tomorrow. I’ve never seen anything that functions quite like this one so I’m a bit nervous. Fingers are crossed that everything will simply fall into place.
When you are creating a place for someone to place their loved ones ashes, you really don’t won’t any issues. I don’t think your soul stays where your remains are so I’m not terribly sentimental when it comes to such things but some folks definitely are.
Personally, I’d like to be scattered in the woods or a garden (back to nature and all that) But I do love a good old cemetery with interesting tombstones and crypts. If I have a memorial stone or bench or structure, I want it to have personality, whimsy.
Progress is happening -slow but steady.
Accomplishments:
I have completed most of what I wanted ready for my portfolio and illustration website.
I have posted some of my drawings at SCBWI’s illustrator’s gallery.
I created a portfolio of some of my drawings on Facebook.
I am going to a writer & illustrator’s conference this weekend.
Goals:
Select appropriate publishers and submit portfolio.
Get individual Website up and going.
DO THE ABOVE _before Christmas preferably Thanksgiving!

