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February 24, 2009

Curtain Call

Dear faithful ourselfs.net visitors:


I think our blog is making its swan song!  We are both so busy updating other websites and communicating with friends on Facebook that I think we have decided to go offline.  Boo!  But we will still have our .mac gallery and Flickr photostream for your viewing pleasure.  Drop us a line anytime and we'd be happy to catch you up on ourselfs!  Thank you for keeping up with us for five virtual years!  

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January 07, 2009

Mark the Blameless

Bible I was reading through Psalm 37 this morning and was struck by the weight of the instructions packed into a single chapter. I re-read it like this:

Fret not. Be not envious. Trust in the Lord. Do good. Dwell in the land. Befriend faithfulness. Delight in the Lord. Be still before the Lord. Wait patiently for Him. Fret not. Refrain from anger. Forsake wrath. Fret not. Turn from evil. Do good. Wait for the Lord. Keep his way. Mark (take notice of) the blameless. Behold the upright.

What a powerful set of advice.

Cat Clock

Cat_clock This is my alarm clock. It never needs winding or batteries or a D/C plug, though it does require feeding twice daily. It's incredibly accurate, waking me at 5 AM daily with less than a minute variation. Okay, so that's not as accurate as, say, the Naval Observatory's atomic clock, but mine is much cheaper. Now if I can just figure out how to set it...

January 05, 2009

Ben Photog

Ben_photog There are several photo albums posted in our picture galleries. Ben was cute in this picture - pretending to take a picture of me with the flash. You can see him looking at me while the flash is triggered by remote as I was looking at him. Cute.

January 04, 2009

Our little boy is TWO!

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December 25, 2008

Beach Bunny Babies

Web A bonus album of pictures from the 20th when we went from Callahan to Fernandina en route back home to Bartow. The children LOVED it. Ben pitched a royal fit when we went back up to the house. The weather was cool and the wind a bit chilling since they were wet, but comfortable otherwise. Ta-ta had rented a house on the beach so the kids bathed before the four hour road trip south. Love to Ta-ta!

As promised...

A short video or two here.

Christmas Morning

WebThis morning's festivities included capturing the moment with two digital cameras and a digital video camera. (Question: do we really need to say "digital" anymore?) I've posted some of the still pics in the online gallery. I'll see what I can do with a video or two...

Merry Christmas!

EeFrom the Jamie Self household to yours we wish you a very Merry Christmas!

"For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." -- Luke 2

December 23, 2008

D90 Too

Web And here's some pictures taken at church Monday. It looks like I'll need to swap out one of the lenses and maybe need to add a special wide-angle (though not a fisheye) lens to get the most out of interior shots.

December 21, 2008

D90

Web So after lots of searching for the right camera I came up with the Nikon D90. My hope is that it'll enable some great pictures for use in information materials, website pages, facility directories at the church, maybe even logo creation. And with a bit of good planning there may be a real possibility of a continuously updated (online) church directory. The camera is superb in low-light and has enormous potential for portraiture (hello, new members!) and for architectural photography.


But of course my first subject on this Sunday afternoon was mostly Ben.

December 18, 2008

Children's Christmas Pageants are Fun!

Here are our angels!  
Emma, 3, and Ben, 23mos.  

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Here are more Christmas Pageant Pics.

December 16, 2008

Orange Co.

I love me some Florida orange juice, but this manufacturer is a half mile from the house and the noise from production is a nuisance. When they let steam from the pipes (or so I'm told) it screams like a person right outside my window. 

December 08, 2008

Don't Go To Church

This was the little article I wrote for the church's December newsletter.


Don't Go to Church

This Christmas season don't "go to church"; instead, "go to worship". Anybody can allow the sheer number of Christmas services and holiday opportunities to overwhelm them. It's easy to say, "I don't want to go to church!" Well, don't. Instead, go to worship our loving God who gave His only Son as the first, greatest, and only meaningful Christmas present ever given. Even the famous "gold, frankincense, and myrrh" of that first Christmas pale in comparison to God's gift of the Incarnate Christ.

So go to worship during the Advent Vespers services, the children's Christmas Pageant, the adult Cantata, and the Christmas Eve Communion Service. And extend your worship to service rendered unto God through the Angel Tree Christmas Party, helping in the Bartow Christmas Parade and afterward at the free, community Chili Supper.

If you spend the month going to worship instead of just going to church your 2009 can't help but be a Happy New Year!

December 05, 2008

Lunch

At the park!Lunch