Wow, It’s Been a Long Time.

Hello all you bloggers!!! I feel like it’s been forever since I have blogged!!! I have a lot of catching up to do and I have just not had the energy to do it. And yes I know that it is 3 o’clock in the morning, however I have been tossing and turning and decided to try and blog and then go back to sleep.

I was looking at something the other day and all the sudden wondered if I missed out because I didn’t go to college??? Did I miss out on learning and life experiences??  Well, I went to JCM for a semester but since my parents were evangilizing it was difficult to continue.  I did learn some things at JCM, just not what I thought I would. Then I got to thinking about what “stuff” I could have learned at college and compared it to what I did learn on the road.

Once I looked back and started comparing… the things that I learned travelling with my parents by far is more important and will have long lasting effects on my life.

I still want to continue with my real college and get my degree, but I’m not obsessing over it anymore. Which is a HUGE relief! However I have a tendancy to change my major with my moods. I think I’m gonna stick with Business, because it goes with SO much.  Although Nutritional Science is still intersting.

TEXAS TRIP -  Well I very much enjoyed my time back in Texarkana. I sat by 2 MAJOR TALKERS on the airplanes going. yay.  Then when we got to Texas, Tiffany or Shorty as I like to call her picked us up. I seriously forgot how little she was and shocker of shocker… we talked non-stop from DFW to Aundies house…. Which includes ordering Pappadeaux’s and taking it with us. It was SO DELCIOUS!!!!  Then when we got to Aundie’s she had WARM no bake cookies waiting for us. Delicious… Need I tell you that I was not sticking to my normal eating regimen??  It was SO GOOD to see Aundi, I mean the woman practically raised me when my parents were out of town, and sometimes when they were in town! We stayed up and talked and then tried to go to bed, and then talked some more, and tried to go to bed and the cycle continues.  We did finally go to sleep.  Then Saturday Matthew and I met Doc, Aundi, Renee, Danny (?), Bridget, Lincoln, Tiffany, Grant and a friend of Bridgits at Ta Molly’s.. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo… The 3 cheese chimichanga. It was SO GOOD!!! Lincoln and Grant stole the show, they are adorable.  To my point of view Lincoln has tiffanys personality and grant has bridgits. It was so cute.  Then I stole Matthew and showed him where I grew up, the old house, the new house, the church, the schools I went to and looked at all the new stuff that had been built. It was nice to go back and see the progress of the town and all that had happened.

The wedding was nice. It was good to see Dewayne get married. He is more like a brother to me so I may have cried a little.  I don’t know his wife well, but she seemed very nice and definitly seems to be good for Dewayne!! Of course everyone knows that the reception is the real party!! And of course I was one of the last ones to leave!! How does that happen EVERY TIME??  I got to meet Sis. Paula’s new husband, he is a very nice man. And it was good to see her so happy, although I did tease her…A bit.   After the wedding we met a whole group of people at Chili’s and the stories began!!!

It was so much fun! Greg, Monya, Dee, Kim, Anita, Paul, Katrina, Jennifer, Michelle, Tonya, Donna, Jason, Tara… and on an on the list goes.  We had such a wonderful time laughing and sharing old memories!!! I had actually forgotten some of those stories!! And I remember why I like TP’ing houses so much. That’s like all there was to do in Texarkana and we made it FUN!  Well, cowtipping but I only went once and never again. Gross.

I did make an honest EFFORT to go to church on Sunday Morning, but I’m just not used to going so early!!! I slept until it was over! Then Matthew and I went out for a while. He wanted to get a longhorns shirt and hat.  We just hung out and relaxed. Aundi fixed an amazing pot roast. yum! And then we went to church Sunday Night.  I started crying as SOON as I walked in. Pathetic I know, but its the first time I had been back in 5 or 6 YEARS!!!  The service was so good and seeing all the people I knew and all the new faces. I remember when we had Bro. & Sis. Calhoun for revival, it was a looong revival and after hearing him preach I remembered WHY it was such a long revival!  He is such a good preacher.  After church they had party in the fellowship hall to celebrate Bro. Calhouns birthday. All the ladies in the church made gumbo, really really really good southern gumbo. It was a good time had by all.

Landmark was the place that I was born and raised and I loved every minute of it. I was great to go back and visit and be with old friends. Tiffany and I had some really good talks and laughs and I really like her husband and her baby is adorable. All the kids that were.. well kids, are now in the youth group and have cars and are driving. Lord help us all!

Then Aundi, Tiff, and Grant drove us back to Dallas and I was so tired…And we of course talked the whole way back to the airport and it was so much fun until I got on the airplane and could not fall asleep. Then I took 2 dramamine and conked out! And after we got our luggage and stepped outside and felt the cool ocean breeze…Ah it felt good to be HOME!  I do love California!!! Can’t beat this weather! I do wish I could have brought some of that good ol’ southern cooking home with me. Or some no bake cookies.. I did get the recipe for Crawfish Etouffe! Yay! And I do have some pictures, I just don’t know how to upload them from off of my camera.

There really is so much more to tell, but this was the short and edited version.  I will try to BLOG more often, I just feel like I’ve lost my touch and my blogs are broing now.  So I took some off time and I will be back. Although it may be like 2 weeks until I have TIME to blog again.

I’ll be back! Now I am officially sleepy…zzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

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I’m too tired to write EVERYTHING about going to Texas right now.. but once I rest I will write ALL about it… I love Texas!!! And it was so good to visit and talk about old times and memories.. I took like 5 pictures!!! I always do that.. but I was too busy to take pictures! Dewaynes wedding was pretty.. He looked dashing in his white suit!! I’m so glad I was able to be there for his special day. Right now I’m going to crash. But I will post all the details later.

 

Updated new recipes.. and encouragement to fellow people losing weight.

Ok so first off I am NOT going to blog about Matthews accident… for those of you that think this is mean or cruel.. well you don’t know me…  Go read Matthew blog or check out my face book…. I am very very very very glad he is ok.. but it’s not something  I want to live through again.. I am just thankful that God was watching out for my husband and although he is sore and bruised I am so thankful to fall asleep next to him at night!!! God is so good!!!

Ok… So I have recently fell in love with green smoothies!!!! If you guys don’t know what that is .. Its basically juicing your vegetables… .This is a great way to get vegetables for those of you that don’t like EATING veggies… which is NOT ME !!!!! I LOVE eating veggies… but even I can’t get enough in a day that I need….What I was scared of was that I would be able to TASTE the veggies.. which would be gross… but as I have quickly came to find out .. Thats not the case AT ALL …. With all the fruit you can not even taste the veggies.. the only thing is it’s green.. but it doesn’t taste green… SO here is a few Green smoothie recipes… Let me know if you like them… After all its not how much you exercise… Its what you eat that makes ALL the difference… yay! Also… If you want to start out with something LIGHT TASTING try cucumber!! Kale is one of my favorites too.

Kid & husband friendly not too green green smoothie

1 very large ripe banana

2 large rainbow chard leaves

1 heaping cup frozen cherries – or any other fruit you love

enough water to blend…. ITs good!!!

Minty Thrill Smoothie

4 ripe pears

4-5 leaves of Kale

1/2 bunches mint

2 cups water….. very minty and fruity and DELISH!!!

Tropical Delight Smoothie

Milk and meat from 1 young coconut.. IF this is too hard buy your own coconut milk!! And dried coconut..

1 Mango

1/2 green papaya

11 ounces water… thats what the recipe calls for but… it think its too much .. and I used orange juice and little water… yum

1 cup pineapple

1 banana

1-2 handfuls greens.. anything you like.. celery, spinich, kale, chard.. CUCUMBER makes it very light and it’s smooth.

My FAVORITE is

The LOW CARB COCONUT SMOOTHIE

1 cup coconut milk or almond milk

1-2 teaspoons protein powder

1 tablespoons coconut butter

1 tablespoon ground flax seeds

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 teaspoon stevia powder or other sweetner

8-10 ice cubes.. or yogurt..

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!  If you live in Hollister there is a Dr. Nordstrom over on Sunnyslope that sells all kinds of COCONUT products.. butter, flakes, milk… very good for you and very tasty… I am SO thankful that I finally just TRIED it!! Anyone who knows me knows I am a VERY picky eater. So if I tell you it’s good, I mean it! I always thought, ” OHMYWORD!! It can not be good! It’s GREEN.. These people SO want to lose weight they will do anything the trainer tells them to do! Or that they were MAKING themselves drink it no matter how it tastes.. Just TRY it !!! If you are trying to lose weight or eat healthy, or get vegtables in you but HATE the taste.. This is the way to do it. You can experiment SO MUCH!! The possibilities are endless and its very healthy for you. I also would recommend that you put a whey protein powder in them.  They usually come in vanilla or chocolate. I like the low carb ones, but if your not doing low carb just go to GMC or The Vitamin Shoppe and try it out.  If you have the powder you can also make a regular shake.

Like with the vanilla powder. Do a scoop or however much the instructions say to use, a banana, Orange Juice, and yogurt or ice. YUM.

Also with the chocolate.. Milk or Almond milk (I use unsweetened vanilla or plain), a banana, some strawberries, coconut.. like I said the possibilities are endless! Just make sure that you don’t drink a smoothie with the protein powder then go EAT a meal!!!

A shake is supposed to take the place of a meal. A loooooong time ago I didn’t know that!! And I would drink a shake then go eat.. and I was gaining weight and when I asked the guy at the gym he was like well I see you in here all the time, why are you gaining weight.. So I started telling him and he LAUGHED IN MY FACE!!! I couldn’t believe it! I felt really dumb. So consider yourself warned!

And hey I know I’m not skinny minny but I have lost 30 pounds since I started on this eating right and exercising… I may not look like a model but I feel SO GOOD!!! I can walk up and down stairs without my knees hurting, bend over and tie my shoes, not get out of breath as easily.. etc.. I am very excited about the changes in myself and I like sharing it with others. I just had to take 4 outfits to get them taken up!!! One of my skirts that was  TIGHT on me when I bought it. The lady has to take 4 INCHES from the waist!! WOO HOO!! …

Medical steroids are KILLER!!! I hope none of you guys EVER have to take them!! I used to feel like blimp! Puffy!! Now that feeling is gone.. I mean I’m a woman like everyone else and I have days I don’t want to get out the house and burrow under the covers.. BUT not near as many as before.. SO!!! If you are trying to lose weight.. KEEP TRYING!!!  You can do it!! And even though sometimes its difficult changes old habits, and changing what you buy at the store.. It is SO worth it.

And you may start out HATING some foods and before long you will start to crave them!! And things that you thought you could NEVER live without… When you dont have it for a long time and then you try… It’s suddenly not as good as you remembered!!! I used to HATE drinking regular water.. I had to have those little packets to make it taste good.. Which is fine if thats all you can do.. But know.. I drink between 4-7 bottles of water a DAY!!!! My body has started craving it.. When I used to drink so much coffee, I would get a “caffeine headache” from not having any.. NOW if I get a headache I know I need to drink more water… Sooo.. Ok .. enough of that… I could go on forever.. lol.. But if any of you want some really good low carb recipes… let me know.. I have quite a few.. Also keep in mind this is NOT a diet.. This is CHANGING the way you eat.. A lifestyle change.. Like a new convert trying to live for God… You have to retrain your thinking. What’s good? What’s bad?? Is this really worth it??  If I am really thinking I want something ..  I tell myself. A moment on the lips, forever on the hips. That usually wins out.. =)

Ok. NEXT So I came across this recipe…. I tweaked it a little bit because I didn’t have ALL the ingredients.. but wow. it is good… I did it with fish.. but if your not a fish person .. I think it would be good with chicken or LARGE scallops..

1 pound white fish fillets…. I used Swai Basa…. Which by the way I had years ago in Cananda & this is the FIRST time I’ve found it here!

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon splenda/ sugar

1/4 cup prepared brown mustard.. I used spicy brown mustard, If you do that make sure you don’t use too much or its overpowering.

1/4 cup mayo

1/4 cup chopped mixed nuts… I ground mine!!! Finely… because the recipe called for bread crumbs.. I can’t have bread.

1/4 cup shredded coconut

1. preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease baking dish.

2. In SMALL bowl mix mayo and brown mustard

3. In MEDIUM bowl mix shredded coconut, chopped mixed nuts, sufar, salt, and cayenne pepper.

4. Dip fish in Mayo mix then in nut mixture.

5 Bake 20 minutes or until easily flaky…

This is the originaly recipe.. however I tweaked it… I marinated the fish over night in the coconut milk and tequila, lime juice, salt, pepper, accent, a itty bit of orange juice.

The next day I coated the fish in shredded coconut and the shredded nuts… The nuts were done with a ZESTER .. so it was very very fine…  It was absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!! I hope you try it and like it!!! My husband said “This is restaurant quality”! He sure knows how to make my melt. LOL.

 

Yuck!! I have bronchitis AGAIN!!!

I don’t know why I’m suprised!!! I get it like every year around this time!!! But I thought that it may just be  little cold or something. BUT when I couldn’t sleep ALL NIGHT last night because I was coughing SO much I thought ” hm, maybe I should go to the Doctor”!   Well I’m glad I did !!! I got some really AWESOME medicine. hah. I can’t wait to go to sleep tonight! I think maybe it’s just going around??? I know a lot of people that are sick right now. I told the doctor, Nyquil doesn’t even touch the cough. I need something to help me sleep. So I hope he listened. The thing is he gave me antibiotics and cough syrup for the night time… But what exactly am I supposed to do during the day??????  argh!!!  I am coughing my head off!!!  I asked Nathaniel because I was sure he would have an answer because he is like the bronchitis king!! But he didn’t have any idea. SO if any of you know SOMETHING that will help me during the day PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON MY POOR THROAT AND TELL ME!!! Dayquil is a no go. But I’ll definitley take your suggestions. I hope all you guys are feeling well! I sound like a bull frog! ribbit!  But as yucky as I feel, I’m in good spirits, so thats good!!! yay.

 

Ladies Conference Post!

Well!! Now that we are home and have had church today I am REALLY about to  crash!!!!! Western District Ladies Conference was AWESOME!!!!   I have to say THANK YOU to all the people that prayed and fasted for us. I of course prayed and fasted also. There is NO WAY I could get up in front of all those people without sacrifice, prayer, and fasting. I am so glad I did. And that WE did. I felt the Holy Ghost from the very first note! As soon as I stepped foot in the auditorium I felt God.  I think the ladies of the Western District came looking for a blessing!  I hope they recieved it because I got what I came for and more!!!  I enjoy singing and ushering in the presence of God SO much!!! I love to watch the faces of people. You can tell when they are beginning to feel God.  I have to give MAJOR KUDOS to all our praise team and muscians!!!! You guys did INCREDIBLE!!! I was so proud!! And to my beautiful mother. WOW!! You seriously amaze me!! 

SO I had been praying for a loooong time before WDLC. I thought maybe God didn’t hear me, because it was friday night and I still hadn’t gotten what I came for.  But then this lady that I have the utmost respect for came and prayed for me. I’m not going to get into everything on my blog since it’s kind of personal, but all I have to say is…. HOW DID SHE KNOW ALL THAT!!!  I felt like she was a spy and had been watching me or living in my brain! She said things that I’ve only thought about!!!  But God confirmed SO MANY THINGS!!  I’m guessing it’s time for me to get out of my comfort zone. hah.  In a big way.  I have to say that things she told me would happen are already happening. It’s amazing. I think it’s awesome that God would use someone that has no clue whats going on in my life, would speak to me like that. It amazes me how much God loves us.  How I’ve been wondering if it’s just me? IS it really God?  And God sends someone from 8 hours away to speak to me. WOW!!!!  Thank you Jesus. 

So – I don’t want to brag on all my ” peoples” too much. hah. But I’m so thankful for a prayful group of ladies that’s not afraid to go the extra mile. I thoroughly enjoyed the speakers. Sis. Linville was flippn’ hilarious!!!!  OMYWORD I laughed SO hard!!!  On top of being funny, I loved how she preached about common sense stuff, with humor, it made it seem new and like I’d never heard it before.  And Sis. Saiz, WOW.  She always has something good to say! I always enjoy the story about the wimicks.  There was so much that was for me that I’m not even going to tell it all. But over all was such a incredible conference. I’m so thankful that God used me. There is nothing that feels SO good.

Church was AWESOME today. Dad preached The Vow of a Nazarite.  One of my all time favorites!!  All I’m saying is you just had to be there. Dad had that prophetic laying on of hands going one!! It used to scare me when I was a little kid because I thought he was mad. But I realized it’s just the Holy Ghost that gets on him!!!  I love it when he’s like that. God is doing such great things!!!! 

Ok. I”m done for like one whole day. No high heels for FOREVER!!!

 

I’m very excited !

Although I’m not entirely sure why !!! I think I’m really excited about W.D. Ladies Conference. I know that our ladies have pracitced a lot and so I know the music will be good! lol. Yea, I know thats conceited. Sorry. =(  Second on the agenda, what to wear?? what to wear?? what to wear??  TOO many choices, not enough nights ! LOL.  Ok well I”m going to be going to the gym in like an hour. I do like working out in the morning! It really makes me hyper for the rest of the day. BUT I also like going at night.. hmm.

We had AWESOME church yesterday. Nathaniel is such a good preacher. I”m so proud of him. He is SO much like dad in his mannerisms. lol. Of course they have their own styles but for some STRANGE reason they remind me of eachother. The choir did so good. I love singing that song.. Jesus the most beautiful name that I know…. The Holy Ghost really moved in practice!!! That’s when you know your going to have good church!!!

And I’m SOO SOO SOO excited that Shawn, Gwen, Ryan, and Ryley are here!!! I don’t know how I”m going to get ANYTHING out of the services while they are here. That baby is SO adorable.   At the same time she curbs my ” should I get pregnant” question. Right now the answer is a resounding NO!  I like them as long as they don’t cry or puke on me. lol. Buuuuut,  she is soooo cute. hrm. I know my dad sure wants grandkids. I suppose I could take them over to his house whenever they got fussy!! YEA RIGHT!!!

Well, I”m off to the wonderful world of working out. I pod is fully charged, work out clothes are freshly washed, time to go sweat, er glisten.  Hope ya’ll ALL have a wonderful day!

 

Love my Heritage and Family

Right now I’m listening to some OLD singing!!! It’s several old records that were burned onto a cd.  The first part is Grandma Layne, Grandpa Layne and Aunt Bobbi ( Sis. Shoemake).  Then Grandma and Grandpa alone. Then Grandma, Aunt Linda, and Uncle Keith. The last part is Uncle Keith and Aunt Ginger.  I guess I listen to these when I miss my grandparents and uncle… It helps me feel closer to them. And I love listening to them sing about Heaven. Almost every song is about Heaven. I think thats something we’ve lost over the years. We sing a lot of feel good songs. We praise and worship God a lot, we lift Him up. Lol. I”m not too sure how much higher He can go.   I really do love listening to this cd.  Aunt Ginger has a neat voice, I think. She sings this one song,  Lord I”m yours. Use me I pray. I love it!!!  I think my favorite one Uncle Keith sings in Jesus takes good care of me..  IF I ever make a album of my own I would like to blend it.I also like the one about prayer. I know prayer changes things… cus I’ve been way out on the stormy raging sea!!  Whew!!! Talk about an AMAZING VOICE !!!!!  I love it!

I think thats one reason I also like listening to this. I can hear how I would make it sound newer AND you know that NOONE knows these!!!!! They would ALL think it was new.

I love hearing my grandparents sing. Grandpa had such a rich voice!  I love hearing him sing inside those pearly gates! I know that one day I will see them again. That helps. And I know I probaly shouldn’t listen to these old songs if it’s gonna make me cry. But sometimes I like to cry.  I like listening to Aunt Bobbi, grandma and grandpa sing Theres a Longing in my Heart for Heaven….  I think Aunt Bobbi still sounds the same. Of course she’s better now. But her voice is so noticeable.

I don’t remember my grandparents singing that much in my memories except at Christmases and Thanksgiving. It seemed like the whole family always gathered around the piano and sang. Those are memories I cherish. I always have wanted to play that old time style. BECAUSE it’s a lost art. Noone plays that way these days. And I probably would never play that way in church but I would LOVE to be able to in my home, singing these old songs!!   Sometimes I think I bug my family to sing around the piano like that, but I don’t ever want to lose that. I want to make a book of all the old songs my family used to sing. All the ones my mom has written, and the ones on this cd. I think it would be cool to have it. Anyways, I ‘m going to bed. Goodnight

 

Has this ever happened to you???

The coolest thing JUST happened!!! I know that it’s happened to many people because I’ve heard story after story..  I’ve been working on typing some stuff and I looked at the paper and THOUGHT it said Psalms 13:7. I looked and I was like, hmmm this CAN NOT be right!!!  It didn’t fit at all!  So I read the passage before and the passage after… Still nothing!!  But something caught my eye, because I know people that are REALLY going through hard times right now and they have been on my mind and in my prayers a LOT lately. Things that have NOT been brought on by their own doings, but by people they love and some even family members!!!

So I’m reading along.. Not really thinking that God would show me anything, it late and Gods probably asleep. hehe.  THEN all the sudden my brain realizes what I’m reading !!!

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

¹⁶The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

²⁰He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

²¹Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

²²The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

WOW!!! This really touched me!! Sometimes it seems like God has given up, and He is not there and no matter how much we pray it’s NEVER going to end!!! But this passage of scripture says otherwise.  NOT that I want anyone to be desolate. I’m sure that my idea of desolate and Gods idea of desolate are 2 COMPLETELY different things!! But isn’t that what you get when you mess with the people of God????  At times I’ve wanted this particular person to suffer GREATLY!!! But I have to pray it through and leave it to Gods hands.  I HOPE that he makes it right with God and his family.  You can’t accuse, demean, talk about, hurt, take great measures so people have nothing and have to struggle for every thing and expect to get away with it!!! Not when it’s a child of God. SO this passage of scripture really kind of put things into a greater perspective for me.  It’s found in Psalms 34:15-22.  I’m not entirely sure what the bones part meant??? lol. But I put it in there anyway.

THEN after I was so thrilled that I read that passage I looked back at my paper and I was supposed to be in PROVERBS!!! But HONESTLY I looked like 8 times and I thought it said PSALMS!!! So maybe God just really wanted me to read that passage. I believe that can happen.

So to all of you that are going through hard times, don’t give up!!  The righteous are not desolate! Isn’t it amazing even in our horrible economy.. if you pay your tithes and offering and give God all the firsts and what is His that your money just seems to last longer??  That you find the really good deals when you go grocery shopping?? That people that owe you money all the sudden start repaying you??  No matter how much I WANT, I may not get ALL I want. But EVERY need is met! I have food, a roof over my head, clothes, family…  I think we all have more than we really think we do. And sometimes, just sometimes God gives us what we want!!!  I think it’s a added blessing of being faithful.  Ok, I’m all out of steam now.

 

On A Reading Kick!!!!

Last night I finished reading The Long Road Home by Lori Wick. She is one of my favorite christian authors!!  Some of her books are more simple but the stories are so good you feel like your a part of the story!!  I started another favorite by Francine Rivers (another favorite author) Redeeming Love!!! I cry everytime I read this book!!!  I think it’s amazing how she portrays the characters. How we are like Angel and Hosea is like God.  How many times have we left God for other pleasures???  And He is always still there for us!  I just bawled my way through the whole book.   Francine Rivers wrote an AMAZING trilogy called The Mark of the Lion trilogy. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND READ THESE BOOKS. I think I’ve read them like 3 times. But it never ceases to amaze me how incredibly written they are. I always find myself in awe of how GOOD we have it now, compared to back then!!!  We don’t know the meaning of persecution! NOT like them.  Being thrown in a ring with lions…. ugh. Makes me shudder.  This trilogy is an amazing read.   History, church history, facts, fiction, the hard lives that people led, the way God provided. It will make you bawl!   SO. Next on my list is to go back and read Sophies Heart by Lori Wick. An amazing story.  I think I have almost all of her collections. I also like Karen Kingbury….  All these ladies are incredible writers.  If your looking for a good book to read try any of theres.  Make sure you get a novel though, or you will be lost.  I can’t wait till it’s bed time so I can keep on reading!!   When we were evangilizing up in Cananda one of the ladies in the church had this great idea!! She had a TON of books and she provided them to the younger girls in the church. Books that are romantic, and fulfilling, full of mystery, yet safe for a young teenager.  It was like a library. I think that is a wonderful idea and I would like to incorporate that here. I just don’t know of anyone who would like the books.  I think some of the older ladies would like it more.  I have a lot already if any of you want to borrow one.

P.S. I made beef enchiladas today and they were SO SO SO GOOD!!

 

Pictures of things I like!

I Do like the purple cabinets. Its different and warm. But I would like a darker shade with more blue tint.

HOW can you not like this chair??  A MUSIC note!!!  No one may EVER sit in it. But it’s cute. This chair is awesome. I wonder if it really would hold up though???  What if the string broke? You will see a LOT more red in this post I am having a love affair with red. I hope it never ends. I like this room. The layout. The space. All of it. It would look awesome with a splash of color! Like the green chest of drawers a few pictures down.  Very sleek. I do like this bookcase. it’s odd, but functional. I think this rocks!!! I”m not sure if I would do a WHOLE room in it. But one wall  OR AROUND a center piece OR like a checker board!!!  You could paint the squares a different color. I think that would look AWESOME.

This is one of my favorites! It’s classy and funky!!  I love the design, the old world feel and the modernized color and gloss. Ok. Our bedroom wall is slanted and I”m either going to paint it or hang a sheet like this… I can’t decide. I could do both… Like paint the wall a deep color and hang a sheer flimsy cloth.  I think it adds a touch of whimsical romance. What do you think ??THIS is incredibly romantic and if I could figure out HOW to do this at my house I would do it!  I kinda would like to because our room is large and I think it would block off the bed from the rest of the room. I can’t decide. Help!! Talk about a downpour!!!! I don’t know if I like it YET!  Definitly NOT that ugly chair or the sparsly decorated bathroom. What a waste!!  But the tub and shower part is kinda neat. .. But wouldn’t water get  EVERYWHERE????  I don’t think it’s functional … hrm. Welcom back to the 80’s!!!!!  I am in love with this invention!!!!   It twists, It goes straight. It glows. It doubles as a coffee table.  How COOL. I very much like this wall. We have a black and white picture that quite large.  Its above my bookshelf. I think that wall would be very intriguing if it was red.  BUT I also like the writing !! Although I have NO idea what it says….  I love red.I”m totally into this room EXCEPT it needs more color and little bit of plushiness. I”m not sure where. But the basic idea is good.OMG OMG OMG OMG OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMMGOMGOMGOMMGOMG nuff said. I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE TOO!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG … You get the picture?? this is ok. but only ok. I”m not sold. NOT when you have divine works of art like above!This is a very romantic room. I could do the bottom walls, but maybe not the ceiling. .. hrm. ? This is nice. This is too modern for me. But I could work with it. It’s very clean. I like the clean lines, I like the hangy ball thing. And as much as I lOVE red. this room needs MORE color. green or purple or blue???   DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH I LIKE TO TAKE BATHS?????? ?  THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

SO !!! These are a few pictures of things that I like. Not that I can currently afford any of it. BUT I can dream. And look for cheaper versions of things.  I know I have very weird taste. But I LOVE COLOR!!!  Basic colors of course are black and red. Then just accent with odd pieces.  I can’t ever make up my mind of what I like!! Colonial, Old World, Modern, shabby chic, Glamour, chinese looking stuff.  I like it all!! So I’m not going to pick any ONE style!!  lol. I hope it looks good.  Anyways enjoy.  I will add more over time. If you want to see some incredible stuff go to www.freshome.com.  AWESOME.   Some stuff is totally useless and stupid. But some is incredibly innovative.  And LEAVE a comment if you look!!