Wow! If you haven't seen the movie "Amazing Grace" yet, you MUST!!! It is an absolute tear-jerker! My family and I saw it this afternoon with some of the youth from our church (youth function) and, I must say, it is VERY powerful!!!
If you have any interest at all in human rights...
If you have any interest at all in history...
If you love to hear an authentic British accent...
If you want to see a great example of God working in people's lives...
GO SEE IT!!!
I want to hear what YOU think of it!!! (WOW!!! Have I said that enough yet?!? LOL!)
Saturday, April 14, 2007
I know, I know...
...it's been a while since I've posted! But, hopefully, I can post more regularly, now that I'm finished with my latest HUGE project!!!
I'll even post some pics of it, once I get some!
"What project?" you might ask...
Okay... I'll share... Have you ever volunteered to do something that you thought would be an absolute "breeze," and would put NO crimps into your schedule, only to discover IT'S NOT, and it DID?!?!?
Well, I just did!!!
Who knew that assisting with stage props would consume three days a week (PLUS!), for a MONTH?!?
But, it was done for my oldest child... My darling, almost-12-year-old son, who is participating in the 6th-grade melodrama (performances THIS WEEK!!! YAY!!!)...
So, it turns out that no one else on the crew was comfortable drawing the backdrops... So I did.
And, no one else was comfortable tracing the drawings onto the backdrop cloths without guidance... So I gave the guidance.
And, no one else was comfortable painting the backdrops (without specific color guidance)... So I gave the guidance, and painted along with them...
...and then finished the job, when the shading had to be done...
Good thing one of the other moms was right in there, working right beside me, everytime!!! I would have been lost without her!!!
And, I "crashed" a week ago... Just got too overwhelmed with it all (that happens to me from time to time)... and decided I needed a break. From EVERYTHING. For one day only. (Had to finish the job, you know!) LOL!
But now IT'S DONE!!! Not only that, but I'm VERY HAPPY with the results! And, even MORE importantly, the KIDS in the play are, too!!!
I guess it was worth it, after all!
But, don't ever ask me again to create backdrops for a play, because my answer will be an instant and firm, "NO WAY!" (Unless, of course, there is no one else comfortable with drawing things out, etc...) LOL!!! (I'm such a sucker -- esp. when it comes to my kids!!!)
I'll even post some pics of it, once I get some!
"What project?" you might ask...
Okay... I'll share... Have you ever volunteered to do something that you thought would be an absolute "breeze," and would put NO crimps into your schedule, only to discover IT'S NOT, and it DID?!?!?
Well, I just did!!!
Who knew that assisting with stage props would consume three days a week (PLUS!), for a MONTH?!?
But, it was done for my oldest child... My darling, almost-12-year-old son, who is participating in the 6th-grade melodrama (performances THIS WEEK!!! YAY!!!)...
So, it turns out that no one else on the crew was comfortable drawing the backdrops... So I did.
And, no one else was comfortable tracing the drawings onto the backdrop cloths without guidance... So I gave the guidance.
And, no one else was comfortable painting the backdrops (without specific color guidance)... So I gave the guidance, and painted along with them...
...and then finished the job, when the shading had to be done...
Good thing one of the other moms was right in there, working right beside me, everytime!!! I would have been lost without her!!!
And, I "crashed" a week ago... Just got too overwhelmed with it all (that happens to me from time to time)... and decided I needed a break. From EVERYTHING. For one day only. (Had to finish the job, you know!) LOL!
But now IT'S DONE!!! Not only that, but I'm VERY HAPPY with the results! And, even MORE importantly, the KIDS in the play are, too!!!
I guess it was worth it, after all!
But, don't ever ask me again to create backdrops for a play, because my answer will be an instant and firm, "NO WAY!" (Unless, of course, there is no one else comfortable with drawing things out, etc...) LOL!!! (I'm such a sucker -- esp. when it comes to my kids!!!)
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Parenting is NOT for Wimps!
Thinking about having a baby? Prepare to be challenged FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!!
It's hard enough to try and figure out how to take care of your new baby (they don't come with manuals, you know -- and I'm very bad at reading my manuals, anyway! LOL!!!)...
And, once you've figured out how to diaper, bathe, feed, etc, the baby grows into a new stage, which requires more adjustment on your part! And so it goes, through the years...
Well, considering that my boys are (almost) 10 and 11.75 years old, I think I've done an OK job of figuring things out (for the most part -- everyone makes mistakes!)...
They are even into a really FUN stage right now! They are independent enough that I don't have to "hover" over them all the time, but not yet into the challenging teen years. I can even have an almost-adult-conversation with them! I LOVE this stage!
But you know what the ABSOLUTE MOST DIFFICULT thing is about raising kids? It's when they get HURT!
My youngest had a biking accident yesterday, which required 7 stitches inside of his mouth. He was SUCH a trooper! He barely reacted to the local anesthetic needle as it probed the cut... Even the nurse said she couldn't believe he is only 9 -- he did so well! He is now in charge of icing his lip on-and-off, every 20 minutes, and is doing a GREAT job with that! This is one proud mama, here!!!
But I would take his place in a minute. It is so difficult to see him deal with the pain, to watch him get stitched up... Somone once said, "Being a parent is like having your heart walk around outside your body." It's so true!
There goes my heart... Into the kitchen to get his ice pack...
It's hard enough to try and figure out how to take care of your new baby (they don't come with manuals, you know -- and I'm very bad at reading my manuals, anyway! LOL!!!)...
And, once you've figured out how to diaper, bathe, feed, etc, the baby grows into a new stage, which requires more adjustment on your part! And so it goes, through the years...
Well, considering that my boys are (almost) 10 and 11.75 years old, I think I've done an OK job of figuring things out (for the most part -- everyone makes mistakes!)...
They are even into a really FUN stage right now! They are independent enough that I don't have to "hover" over them all the time, but not yet into the challenging teen years. I can even have an almost-adult-conversation with them! I LOVE this stage!
But you know what the ABSOLUTE MOST DIFFICULT thing is about raising kids? It's when they get HURT!
My youngest had a biking accident yesterday, which required 7 stitches inside of his mouth. He was SUCH a trooper! He barely reacted to the local anesthetic needle as it probed the cut... Even the nurse said she couldn't believe he is only 9 -- he did so well! He is now in charge of icing his lip on-and-off, every 20 minutes, and is doing a GREAT job with that! This is one proud mama, here!!!
But I would take his place in a minute. It is so difficult to see him deal with the pain, to watch him get stitched up... Somone once said, "Being a parent is like having your heart walk around outside your body." It's so true!
There goes my heart... Into the kitchen to get his ice pack...
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Cool Beans!!!
I'm SO EXCITED! One of my good friends has opened up an online store, in partnership with another friend of hers, that caters to those of us who LOVE playing with everything paper-related!!! It's SO COOL!!! If you get a minute, go check out http://www.eclecticpaperie.com/index.html -- you won't be disappointed! There are beautiful (and funky!) designer papers, embellishments, tools, and some great alterables to play with! Hmmm... What's next on my wishlist?!? LOL!
And, even better, I get to help design things for their blog!!! What an awesome compliment to be asked!!! So, while you're checking out the new store, also check out their blog to see some of my own projects and those of others!!! Their blog is at: http://eclecticpaperie.blogspot.com/
And, if you contact them, tell them paperfrenzy sent you!
And, even better, I get to help design things for their blog!!! What an awesome compliment to be asked!!! So, while you're checking out the new store, also check out their blog to see some of my own projects and those of others!!! Their blog is at: http://eclecticpaperie.blogspot.com/
And, if you contact them, tell them paperfrenzy sent you!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sweet Memories...
So I've been following some blogs of a couple who just adopted three children from Colombia... Talk about a heart-string tug!!! Their thoughts have triggered *sweet, sweet memories* from when I was a child, and some deeper thoughts as well!
I have an adpoted sister from Korea. She arrived on February 11, 1970, when she was almost 15 months old (and what a *baby doll* she was!!!). She is my best girlfriend of all time AND my sister! You can't beat that!!! And that's saying a lot, since I have seven other siblings as well! LOL!
Anyway, as I've been reading their blogs, I've been thinking about how wonderful adoption is! God takes the orphans and sets them into families! The adoption process -- and the resulting family -- is as much of a miracle of life as giving birth! Different, definitely -- but a miracle all the same!
Seeing the deep *LOVE* these new parents have for their children is like getting a glimpse of God's love! How wonderful it is that *HE* has chosen to adopt *US* as His children! We have all of the legal rights that Jesus has in God's family! We can claim as our inheritance all of God's riches in glory! And, even better, we can claim God's *amazing LOVE* as our own!!! Wow! What a great gift to us!
I wonder what gift we are giving *back* to Him?!? What expressions of love can I offer Him today? It's worth some thought...
Taking JOY in the journey,
M.
I have an adpoted sister from Korea. She arrived on February 11, 1970, when she was almost 15 months old (and what a *baby doll* she was!!!). She is my best girlfriend of all time AND my sister! You can't beat that!!! And that's saying a lot, since I have seven other siblings as well! LOL!
Anyway, as I've been reading their blogs, I've been thinking about how wonderful adoption is! God takes the orphans and sets them into families! The adoption process -- and the resulting family -- is as much of a miracle of life as giving birth! Different, definitely -- but a miracle all the same!
Seeing the deep *LOVE* these new parents have for their children is like getting a glimpse of God's love! How wonderful it is that *HE* has chosen to adopt *US* as His children! We have all of the legal rights that Jesus has in God's family! We can claim as our inheritance all of God's riches in glory! And, even better, we can claim God's *amazing LOVE* as our own!!! Wow! What a great gift to us!
I wonder what gift we are giving *back* to Him?!? What expressions of love can I offer Him today? It's worth some thought...
Taking JOY in the journey,
M.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I Can't Believe I'm Doing This!
Hey!
I'm just trying the blogging world on for size! Seems like a neat way to stay in touch and share one's life, so here I am... Starting my own blog! I have lots of friends in the stamping world who have inspired me to try this!
I hope to share my thoughts and creative endeavors here, so feel free to check back frequently to see what's up! And thanks for sharing my blog with me!
Blessings,
M.
I'm just trying the blogging world on for size! Seems like a neat way to stay in touch and share one's life, so here I am... Starting my own blog! I have lots of friends in the stamping world who have inspired me to try this!
I hope to share my thoughts and creative endeavors here, so feel free to check back frequently to see what's up! And thanks for sharing my blog with me!
Blessings,
M.
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