I came across this awesome giveaway while checking the blogs on my feed reader. Sewing in the Past is hosting it, the object being given is a really super cute photography print to hang on your wall!
You can see the details by going to the post at Sewing in the Past!
New Graphics Page
So, yes, I like the millions of other young, wanna-be graphics/web designers out there, have created a graphics page on my blog. Don't get me wrong, because I think it's awesome, and I love grabbing the graphics that others have created!
Now, you can grab graphics from me! Just look up at the navigation bar, and see where it says "Graphics"? Click that. Then pick what you want, and put it on your blog. It's easy. It's simple. It's fast.
And I'm happy!
Now, you can grab graphics from me! Just look up at the navigation bar, and see where it says "Graphics"? Click that. Then pick what you want, and put it on your blog. It's easy. It's simple. It's fast.
And I'm happy!
Ali's African Adventures
I wanted to take a few moments and direct you to a blog that really impresses me, in many ways. It is called Ali's African Adventures, and although she is no longer in Africa, her writings remain just as informative and touching as ever.
Ali worked on a Mercy Ship in West Africa, and her blog was devoted to that, sharing the experiences, and stories, of the people she met and helped there. Now she is traveling around the world, and as she shares about that adventure, it is just as touching.
Every time I visit her blog, I can not come away without desperately wanting to help, or wishing that I could somehow be there too, and be as emotionally charged with the welfare of the lost, the sick, and the hungry as Ali is.
It impresses me, and makes me look at my own life, and how little I feel I am doing. Even if I never set foot off of US soil again, Ali's blog inspires me to see what I can do around me, and I hope it does the same for you.
A Camping Trip & Three Resolutions
I went camping this last weekend with the Church, and had a blast. My cousin and I climbed up to the top of one of the rim-rocks, we checked out Lake Owyhee Dam, and we had an all around good time.
On reflection, I came back with three resolves, which are extremely interesting ones, considering I was on a camping trip.
The first one came about because one of the ladies was talking about a trip to Canada that they are going to make next summer. Instantly I was all ears and wishes, especially since they are going to good old P.E.I., a.k.a. Prince Edward Island, home of "Anne of Green Gables". Wouldn't any Anne fan just adore going there?
So the resolve I formed there is to start saving my money. There are actually several things I need to save my money for, and it's not that I have been extremely frivolous, but I want to start saving for a traveling fund, so that when I get the opportunity, I can be ready.
The second resolve was inspired by the same person, and I was impressed with how disciplined they seemed to be. It is kind of necessary if you are going to be a teacher, I suppose, but I decided that getting a little more disciplined in my daily life wouldn't be such a bad thing. I spend too much time on one thing, and not enough time on another.
So, this resolve is to set up a flexible schedule, to appropriately balance my activities. I need to spend the proper amount of time reading, if I am going to learn more about things, and I need to spend the proper amount of time knitting if I am going to finish Christmas presents and start designing patterns! (Another post to come, perhaps. )
The final decision I made was to start reading a few less novels and start reading more books that I can truly learn from. Right now, I am semi-in-the-midst of reading a book called "Unveiling Islam", and I am learning a lot! I want to read many more books on different subjects (i.e. Homeschooling, World Religions, Missionary Stories, Practical Non-Fiction), so that I can more and more be equipped to make my own decisions about what I believe, and to defend and discuss them accurately. I am going to start with the books I have here at home, but I am also going to purchase a critical thinking book from Rainbow Resources to help me learn how to carefully weigh both sides and choose accordingly.
So, somewhat bizarre conclusions to an outdoor adventure, but important nonetheless.
What have YOU resolved on lately? What have YOU learned lately?
On reflection, I came back with three resolves, which are extremely interesting ones, considering I was on a camping trip.
The first one came about because one of the ladies was talking about a trip to Canada that they are going to make next summer. Instantly I was all ears and wishes, especially since they are going to good old P.E.I., a.k.a. Prince Edward Island, home of "Anne of Green Gables". Wouldn't any Anne fan just adore going there?
So the resolve I formed there is to start saving my money. There are actually several things I need to save my money for, and it's not that I have been extremely frivolous, but I want to start saving for a traveling fund, so that when I get the opportunity, I can be ready.
The second resolve was inspired by the same person, and I was impressed with how disciplined they seemed to be. It is kind of necessary if you are going to be a teacher, I suppose, but I decided that getting a little more disciplined in my daily life wouldn't be such a bad thing. I spend too much time on one thing, and not enough time on another.
So, this resolve is to set up a flexible schedule, to appropriately balance my activities. I need to spend the proper amount of time reading, if I am going to learn more about things, and I need to spend the proper amount of time knitting if I am going to finish Christmas presents and start designing patterns! (Another post to come, perhaps. )
The final decision I made was to start reading a few less novels and start reading more books that I can truly learn from. Right now, I am semi-in-the-midst of reading a book called "Unveiling Islam", and I am learning a lot! I want to read many more books on different subjects (i.e. Homeschooling, World Religions, Missionary Stories, Practical Non-Fiction), so that I can more and more be equipped to make my own decisions about what I believe, and to defend and discuss them accurately. I am going to start with the books I have here at home, but I am also going to purchase a critical thinking book from Rainbow Resources to help me learn how to carefully weigh both sides and choose accordingly.
So, somewhat bizarre conclusions to an outdoor adventure, but important nonetheless.
What have YOU resolved on lately? What have YOU learned lately?
Glimpses of Morning Life
This morning I went on an interesting walk.
I saw two bees, who must have had a hard day yesterday, because they were still in bed, sleeping in the center of a lovely, yellow wildflower.
Standing on either side of the road were two quail, keeping watch over their young. The ridiculous children couldn't make up their mind which side of the road they wanted to be on, or rather they couldn't decide which side offered more breakfast, or rather they couldn't decide which parent was in a better mood.
I took pictures of the sunrise, as well as several before and after, but as I waited for that glowing orb to ascend, I did have to walk around a bit, to try and keep warm. Fall is here, and winter is coming!
On my way back to the house, I startled a quartet of birds, who flew away as though they had been interrupted from a secret tryst of some kind. Sorry, birds.
Then I entered the house to find a mother trying to escape her maternal duties, and running rampant through the house. She was quickly put outside, while the puppies she was trying to escape from commenced to growling and tussling.
Finally, I came into my room, turned on my computer, and wrote this post.
Inspiration, Thou Art Fickle
For my birthday, I got a book called "Handmade Marketplace: How to sell your crafts locally, globally, and online". I am really enjoying it so far!
One of the things that the author suggests it making an inspiration banner. Just string a cord across your workspace wall, and hang anything on it that inspires you.
I thought that this was a really great idea, and as far as making crafts to sell, I have needed a little inspiration lately. Not only that, but inspiration is also the key to writing, and even (for some people) living!
Sometimes, though, inspiration can be such a finicky thing. It comes and goes as it pleases, like a child with a mind of it's own, and never cares whether it leaves you furiously creating away, or lonely and desolate.
Anyhow, after a particularly trying battle with a box under the bed, I grabbed a stack of magazines that my Grammy had given me, and started to flip through them, cutting out anything that remotely interested me. I shoved it all into a folder, and then felt so much better! Seeing a cute chair with wildly colorful fabric, or a red and white striped yard tent, or cute arrangement of silhouettes made me happy, and making me happy obviously improved my mood.
So, folks, I guess what I'm saying is inspiration is a very cool thing. When you have it. It's okay when you don't have, too! Just save all of your inspiration, and you'll have something to pull from on those uninspiring days.
Yes, this is kind of a weird post.
One of the things that the author suggests it making an inspiration banner. Just string a cord across your workspace wall, and hang anything on it that inspires you.
I thought that this was a really great idea, and as far as making crafts to sell, I have needed a little inspiration lately. Not only that, but inspiration is also the key to writing, and even (for some people) living!
Sometimes, though, inspiration can be such a finicky thing. It comes and goes as it pleases, like a child with a mind of it's own, and never cares whether it leaves you furiously creating away, or lonely and desolate.
Anyhow, after a particularly trying battle with a box under the bed, I grabbed a stack of magazines that my Grammy had given me, and started to flip through them, cutting out anything that remotely interested me. I shoved it all into a folder, and then felt so much better! Seeing a cute chair with wildly colorful fabric, or a red and white striped yard tent, or cute arrangement of silhouettes made me happy, and making me happy obviously improved my mood.
So, folks, I guess what I'm saying is inspiration is a very cool thing. When you have it. It's okay when you don't have, too! Just save all of your inspiration, and you'll have something to pull from on those uninspiring days.
Yes, this is kind of a weird post.
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