Scavenger Hunt #1

Oh, the joy of aesthetically gifted bloggers. Not hatin'. I love 'em. I just don't add up. I always read a blog and think, "that's not really like that." I dunno. I'm looking for a little lesson in blogging. Not to become "one of them," per se. As if. I thought, maybe if I do some of these fun things I see and then blog about them, I can learn a little something. Plus, it would just be fun to have a Scavenger Hunt to lighten up the week.

Wanna join me? What's that you ask... Is there a prize??? Why yes, yes there is. You have fun doing something new! YEAY!

1. Find the quirky tee for me. {insp. by Oh Joy! Blog}
2. Perform a garbage day rescue and complete the reclamation. {insp. by apartment therapy}
3. Sew Something Spectacular, and make it snappy. {insp. by So Sew Something!}
4. Sometimes a picture is the easiest way to remember, catalog, document something. So instagram something simple. {insp. by SIMPLESONG}
5. Come to terms with a shameful mess in your house (no judgement for not cleaning it up). {insp. by Young House Love}
6. Find a promise. {insp. by Desiring God Blog}
7. Find art in something unexpected. {insp. by Unfinished}
8. Discover Copious and List something to sell. {insp. by Copious}
9. Appreciation=because they deserve it; Blessing=because you didn't deserve it. Find someone to bless. {insp. by 1 Peter 3:9}
10. Find a gift for your mother! {is that THIS week???}

Let me know what you end up with, K? Post your results/findings in comments this week if you want.

Tormented and Tattered...

These days I don't look so hot. Most days I stay in some semblance of pajamas. My beauty is not what's for his glory, but my rags are.

I have experienced some torment too. Inner turmoil matches my outward appearance. And I feel I am going "crazy" at times. For no apparent reason. Why am I being attacked?

Though I haven't asked the Lord to take this torment from me, He answered me in His word today anyway. "My grace is sufficient... power is perfected in weakness" These weaknesses, disruptions, diseases, distractions, insults, disagreements, distresses and difficulties are for Christ's sake. For when I am weak and beaten down, then He in me is (therefore I am) strong and lifted up. [paraphrased from 2 Corinthians 12:7-10]

A while back I stopped watching scary movies. Well, now I feel my life, though perhaps not on the outside, has turned into one.

God, I pray for you to stay near. Keep your glory around me. Shine my way so I can bounce the light to others around me who need it also.

Oh, and please see that the lovely friend we met at church receives that cute lil' hat! She can rock it, I can tell! Hafta share the fashion love! :0)

We had a lovely time in TX with Ben and Micah and Pixie and Sonny and the three Angels, Mollie, Buggie and Christopher! A home filled with love and a welcome mat that rolls way out to the street! Thank you Hesters! We love you, "Mom & Dad!"

Ruff!

Dandruff, that is! Ugh! It's a hat day...


I don't know if this is dry skin or what. What to do???

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Real life

So, we just found out today that we'll be closing on our first home in about a month and a half.

I've been frantically browsing design blogs and websites looking for "my style." I so want to make our new home a sanctuary.

Then I have thoughts like: why does it matter? Am I spending too much time dreaming up my earthly heaven? And not enough time preparing for my heavenly home??? After all we are just aliens on a field trip (so-to-speak) to planet Earth. Yeah, I want my home to be beautiful for my family to wake up to and comfortable for others to visit. But more than that I am praying that my home is not an object for anyone to covet, yet something to give God glory with. Lord, please teach me how we will do this.

For now, this is what my apartment looks like once I've spent all afternoon and evening with my children... Cuh-razy!!!!!


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Good Friday

Here's my little-one decked out in her Good Friday garb. Nothing special, just a sweet lil one filling out these hand-me-down treasures. The only new things are the shorts under her skirt and the headband.




















Today's the day we remember when our Saviour died a cruel death to pay the penalty for our sins. From the sins those before Him committed to the sins we will commit tomorrow. Jesus truly paid it all on the cross. It doesn't get more beautiful than giving your life for those you love.

"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly."
Romans 5:6