Toni Maisano

We’re almost there!  After we got home from our weekend away, I came home to a mess:

That wasn’t so happy.  But I eventually unburied my room and felt much better after doing so.

We had a girls’ night out at the movies and went to see Sherlock Holmes.  If I were really good with words like my sister, I could write this amazing movie review.  But unfortunately I’m not all that great at writing…so I’ll just say that I liked the movie.  Anyways, I thought this chair looked like it had come out of the movie.   And that’s about where all the meaning behind this picture ends .

I’ve seen lots of pictures like this one before, but I had never really tried all that hard to take one.  But then I found this article and felt inspired to try some of the shots in it, and this one seemed like the easiest one to begin with.  I actually had to set it up in our bathroom since that was the only place in the house that I could get completely dark in the middle of the day .

And with that, I think I’ve adequately caught up with my blogging needs for a while.  Hopefully my next absense won’t be as long.

So, Friday morning of last week found myself and my dear friend Lydia in a car driving to a mysterious location:

The drive was really nice, even if it was wet and sort of dreary looking outside.  Anyways, late in the morning we found ourselves at a gigantic church in Houston where both of us have spent considerable time in the past 4 years.

Friday was my first day to walk around with a nametage that said “community judge” at a tournament.  I liked it a lot.  I also liked walking into the judges’ room.  That was fun.

On Saturday we all watched lots of debate rounds.  Big surprise, I know.  I think this might have been my favorite picture from the day:

This was after David and Christina’s LD round.  I’m not sure why I like it so much, other than the fact that everyone in it could have their own caption or thought bubble stuck on it.  And it just makes me laugh .

On Sunday night I went to a night of prayer in a gigantic church with hundreds if not thousands of people all there because of the 2nd-largest abortion clinic in the world opening in Houston.  It was amazing to see how many people came.

On Monday, we all participated in a march around the abortion clinic and the surrounding neighborhoods.  There were an estimated 10,000 people who were there–again, amazing.  I was so grateful to be there.

Afterwards we all loaded up and headed home.  And that ends Part 2.

See title?  Well, I think it’s pretty straightforward.  I’ll be adding 2 or 3 new posts from the past week or so. 

Don’t remember what day this was, but I do remember why I took it .  I’m shooting a wedding in March, so I decided to play around with ring shots.  As a side note, does anyone find the term “shooting” a little disturbing?  I mean, if I told you I was going to go shoot my sister, would you be alarmed?  Just wondering.

This is my new phone.  His name is Will.  I like him very much.  I don’t know if Gilbert is jealous yet.

“Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.”  Good verse.  I read it on a day I needed to hear it .  Don’t you love it when that happens?

And finally, the last picture of this post, my flow from the last TP debate I was ever in.  Round 6 at Nationals 2009, Bob Jones University.  I was feeling nostalgic the night before Lydia and I drove down to the Houston Warm Up. 

And that, my friends, brings Part 1 to a close.