The past couple of weeks I've been working on my Christmas present project and a new scrapbook. Here's the progress report:
When Chris was still at the winery he picked me up a whole bunch of unused corks for free. I have been trying to make hot pads out of them. I think I saw one once in a store or magazine but I thought it would be really neat to have a more unique hot pad. Plus a Christmas gift that is homemade and cost me nearly nothing! :)
Well I have been trying two methods: tacky glue and hot glue. So far hot glue is proving to hold better but the glue bubbles up in between the corks so I'm not sure what to do about that. The challenge is that the corks are rounded so you have to make sure and glue them in the right spots so they sit flat on the table and aren't weakened when weight is put on them. So far I have about 5 done in trial process. Still have to test them out by actually using them. I hope to have finished project pictures posted soon.
My other project has been a new scrapbook. We received a scrapbook and some fun wedding paper from my cousin for a wedding gift. Well, now that we have a CD of wedding pictures and can make fun photo books with I-Photo, I think that scrapbooking our wedding pictures is to daunting and would probably take me years at the rate I go.
However, what to do with all those wedding cards? There were so many fun cards filled with loving and encouraging messages that I wanted to preserve them in some way. So I got busy cutting them up last fall and finally this fall I have started scrapbooking them. We got a few sheets of wallet photos from our photographer (basically proofs of all the ones we ordered) so I have used those to spice up the pages as well. I have about 6 pages left to go! Woo-Hoo! I think it will be fun to go back every year and be reminded of how many people are supporting us through our marriage. I'll post pictures of that once I finish too.
Better stop blogging and get back to crafting...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Dry Spell
Winter has come to the Columbia Basin. I can tell because my skin is so DRY that I cannot do enough to keep it moisturized. Part of the problem is that I really enjoy hot showers and I also stay in way too long.
But I can always tell when the seasons are changing by my skin. This week it has been so itchy and I feel as though I put lotion on every hour. So I'll settle in for these few long months until spring returns and brings with it some extra moisture in the air.
Until then, any ideas for a good lotion that's not outrageously expensive?
But I can always tell when the seasons are changing by my skin. This week it has been so itchy and I feel as though I put lotion on every hour. So I'll settle in for these few long months until spring returns and brings with it some extra moisture in the air.
Until then, any ideas for a good lotion that's not outrageously expensive?
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Office
I'm at a lack of blog posts because I want to post the GOOD NEWS when Chris FINALLY hears about a job so I thought I'd give you a laugh to start your weekend off right.
Chris and I have been watching The Office online since we never reguarly watched it since last season. It's such a funny show - sometimes almost too random for me but I can handle it for moments like these. It's a little long but it's worth it:
Chris and I have been watching The Office online since we never reguarly watched it since last season. It's such a funny show - sometimes almost too random for me but I can handle it for moments like these. It's a little long but it's worth it:
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Encouraging Word
Alright I stole my title from K-Love. They call it their encouraging word and it was encouraging to me today so I want to share it with you.
From Romans 15:13 NLT
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
I like the last sentence especially because it reminds me that I need the Holy Spirit to fill me and empower me to trust in God fully because my humanness always makes me doubt Him.
Thanks K-LOVE!
From Romans 15:13 NLT
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
I like the last sentence especially because it reminds me that I need the Holy Spirit to fill me and empower me to trust in God fully because my humanness always makes me doubt Him.
Thanks K-LOVE!
In Honor of Vetrans Day
This video was played Monday night on NBC Nightly News. I thought it was cool and I wanted to share it with you in honor of Veterans Day. Thank you to all the veterans who have served our country throughout the years.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Hopeful
Chris is on his third day of not working and I go back and forth between being scared and trusting God.
Last night we were talking about it and I was telling him that I feel like this is my second chance to really trust God fully for a job. It's just not me that is looking, it's him. But when I was looking for a job, I didn't work for a whole week, got scared, and took a job offered to me. Now I regret it and wished I would have waited just a bit longer to see if something better might have come along. I jumped at the job because to me I felt that was security.
Well, this time I want to behave differently. I want to really trust God fully, be positive, and everytime a worry pops into my head, I want to turn it over to the Lord and let Him handle it. All this is much easier said then done. Three days has felt like an eternity (plus there was weekend added in but we don't count that since Chris would not normally work anyways). It is hard to know how to trust God in your actions. It's easy just to be negative in your speech and sucumb to the fear.
But I trying to remeber Abraham. Last year, God showed me a passage from Romans that really spoke to me. The story is being told of Abraham and how he acted when God told him that at his old age he would have a child. It says: "Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be.Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised." Romans 4:18-20.
The picture of God coming through on His promises is so powerful - it's the prince on a white horse image in my mind coming throgh at exactly the right time. So I know it won't be easy, and I will have to wait but I can only look forward to seeing how God is going to provide for Chris & I. And I cannot wait to share it with you too.
Last night we were talking about it and I was telling him that I feel like this is my second chance to really trust God fully for a job. It's just not me that is looking, it's him. But when I was looking for a job, I didn't work for a whole week, got scared, and took a job offered to me. Now I regret it and wished I would have waited just a bit longer to see if something better might have come along. I jumped at the job because to me I felt that was security.
Well, this time I want to behave differently. I want to really trust God fully, be positive, and everytime a worry pops into my head, I want to turn it over to the Lord and let Him handle it. All this is much easier said then done. Three days has felt like an eternity (plus there was weekend added in but we don't count that since Chris would not normally work anyways). It is hard to know how to trust God in your actions. It's easy just to be negative in your speech and sucumb to the fear.
But I trying to remeber Abraham. Last year, God showed me a passage from Romans that really spoke to me. The story is being told of Abraham and how he acted when God told him that at his old age he would have a child. It says: "Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be.Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised." Romans 4:18-20.
The picture of God coming through on His promises is so powerful - it's the prince on a white horse image in my mind coming throgh at exactly the right time. So I know it won't be easy, and I will have to wait but I can only look forward to seeing how God is going to provide for Chris & I. And I cannot wait to share it with you too.
Election Day
Today is Election Day and I must share with you the number 1 reason I am glad it is here: No more negative ads! I loath the negative ads that have been showing constantly on TV. And I think people are finally getting fed up with the frequency of these ads.
Instead of telling us over and over again how the other candidate has failed why don't you just share what you can do about the issues we are concerned about?
This has been especially prevalent in Washington State where the governor's race is very close. Sometimes I just can't believe some of the commercials. The latest negative ad towards our current Governor Gregoire compared her to a poopy baby! That's just ridiculous.
So get out there and vote and maybe we can see something more positive on TV come tomorrow!
Instead of telling us over and over again how the other candidate has failed why don't you just share what you can do about the issues we are concerned about?
This has been especially prevalent in Washington State where the governor's race is very close. Sometimes I just can't believe some of the commercials. The latest negative ad towards our current Governor Gregoire compared her to a poopy baby! That's just ridiculous.
So get out there and vote and maybe we can see something more positive on TV come tomorrow!
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