"Coperhead!!! I kiled it after my litle brother steped on it", there was a picture too... But I decided not to post that. :) -Jonny... Otherwise known as (Cousin) Gwynndon. First he told me not to tell his name... And then he said it was okay. So I'm doing both :)
"Yuck that's awful! Where was it?" - Yours Truly
"It was in d woods bhind the house." -Gwynndon
"I thought you southerners were trained to watch for snakes, not step on em!" - Yours Truly
"Southeners aint traind 4 spotin snakes. It jus comes natural after a few close cals like that." -Gwynndon
Don't you just love that last line? :)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The Project
Have you ever atempted to do something that simply would not turn out corectly? Something that is a necessity... Something that you can't leave undone. But it has to be done right. You try over and over and over... You stop for a while... And then you try again... And never once does it turn out right. Even if you've tried 20/30 times...
You've prayed over it, you've cried over it... You've even gotten mad at someone when they critiqued your project because... Duh, you knew it wasn't right, and what you really needed to hear at the time was "how wonderful!" not "um... you could try it this way...". All in all the project is the most frustrating thing in the world to you... And then one day. You get all of the right tools for doing the project... You have all of the materials you need for the project. You start it, you finish it, you discover that it was all done correctly and it pleases you, very much... And then you try to use it. And it is perfect except... Except... EXCEPT IT'S THE WRONG SIZE!!!
The workmanship is excellent... It was even fun to make, you didn't cry, you didn't get mad, you even perhaps had fun doing it. But in the end, it was wrong.
So then you cry, and you pray, and you get mad... And everything else everybody does when they are upset.
And in the end you decide that the best thing to do would be to just quietly pack it into a nice box, tie a pretty bow on the box... Go out behind the barn with a shovel... And a have a nice little funeral service.
You decide that you think that maybe that particular thing was not such a necessity after all. Maybe you could just buy something almost as good and go with that.
The End
P.S. I'm never going to sew again.
P.S.S. Verena, do you happen to want a new dress? I don't have a barn to bury it behind.
You've prayed over it, you've cried over it... You've even gotten mad at someone when they critiqued your project because... Duh, you knew it wasn't right, and what you really needed to hear at the time was "how wonderful!" not "um... you could try it this way...". All in all the project is the most frustrating thing in the world to you... And then one day. You get all of the right tools for doing the project... You have all of the materials you need for the project. You start it, you finish it, you discover that it was all done correctly and it pleases you, very much... And then you try to use it. And it is perfect except... Except... EXCEPT IT'S THE WRONG SIZE!!!
The workmanship is excellent... It was even fun to make, you didn't cry, you didn't get mad, you even perhaps had fun doing it. But in the end, it was wrong.
So then you cry, and you pray, and you get mad... And everything else everybody does when they are upset.
And in the end you decide that the best thing to do would be to just quietly pack it into a nice box, tie a pretty bow on the box... Go out behind the barn with a shovel... And a have a nice little funeral service.
You decide that you think that maybe that particular thing was not such a necessity after all. Maybe you could just buy something almost as good and go with that.
The End
P.S. I'm never going to sew again.
P.S.S. Verena, do you happen to want a new dress? I don't have a barn to bury it behind.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Picture courtesy of the world wide web.
" What A Wonderful World"
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom, for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue, and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces, of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, sayin', "How do you do?"
They're really sayin', "I love you"
I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see them bloom, for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue, and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces, of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, sayin', "How do you do?"
They're really sayin', "I love you"
I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Give, give some more, and keep on giving.
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| Photo Courtesy of of the World Wide Web. |
"Sometimes a small thing you do can means everything in another person's life."
I've been thinking allot lately about giving. Your time, your skills, your love, anything that isn't material...
The other day I had an especially depressing day and when I sat down for my devotions that night I found verses, over and over... Many, many of them, about how God loves His people, and He is always right there for them. And I felt so encouraged, and so challenged. How can I learn to give like God does?
If God had a limited amount of time for people, a limited amount of love, a limited amount of patience, a limited amount of anything, where would we be?
And then today we saw a thrift store just off the road, and as we had extra time, we stopped. Guess what the first thing I found was? Try Giving Yourself Away by David Dunn. If you have not read it already I would recommend it. It says, pretty much word for word, what I've been thinking...
People need to give unconditionally, with no expectations of receiving back. If God had wanted to know, for sure, that every one He gave the gift of His Son too, would give Him something just as big back. None of us would have forgiveness. Praise the Lord that He is unconditional! -Francis
Thursday, June 9, 2011
My Help Comes From You
"I Look To the Hills"
When I look to the hills, when my eyes turn to the hills.
When I am in the valley Father, I look to You, when I look to the hills.
And where do I find help, help to see me through?
Father in you, oh Lord, my help comes from You.
When I look to the hills, when my eyes turn to the hills,
When I am in the valley Father I look to You, when I look to the hills.
And where do I find strength, strength to seem me through?
Father in you, oh Lord, my strength comes from You.
And where I find joy, joy to see me through?
Father in you, oh Lord my joy comes from You.
And where do I find help, help to see me through?
Father in you, oh Lord, my help comes from You.
My help comes from You.
Monday, June 6, 2011
At Grandmas
Abbey called me last week and wondered if I would want to go with she and Hannah and Susan down to Grandmas this weekend... And of course I did. So we left Friday afternoon, and got back last night.
And since I am really not in the mood to write, I'll put some pictures on now, and perhaps post about the weekend later.
And here is a link to some Senior Pictures I had Abbey take for me on the way home... While we waited for the car to cool down... Which is another story.
And since I am really not in the mood to write, I'll put some pictures on now, and perhaps post about the weekend later.
And here is a link to some Senior Pictures I had Abbey take for me on the way home... While we waited for the car to cool down... Which is another story.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
I Love Summer
Like I just said, I love summer. Especially, breezy, sunny, glorious, summer days like yesterday and today.
Yesterday I got a humongous amount of work done, I'm really rather pleased with myself. And today I spent/am spending, they day doing the finish up work.
Yesterday we cleaned CC, a huge lodge that takes between 5 and 7 hours to clean. So I was gone from 9 till 2:30, then I came home and dived into redoing/cleaning my room. I sanded my desk and painted the top. Some fine day I'm going to sand the paint back off the top and varnish the whole thing...
And I did some touch up painting in my room, and made new curtains, and did all sorts of odds and ends, moving my fish downstairs for the summer, ect.
Today I found 7 lil' wooden picture frames at Salvation Army just like I've been dreaming about ever since I got my own room. And I just ordered pictures through walgreens... I do not, I repeat, DO NOT, like walmarts photo ordering website, my poor brain is too little for it! I also found three doilies there, at Salvation Army I mean... You should have seen us walking out of that place! :) Mom had whole bunch of stuff and Amy got something and then I had my arm load of things... I love thrift stores! :)
I always talk about starting a coffee shop, and on days like today I think about all the fun ways a person could decorate... Today it would be bright, sunshiny, bouquets of flowers on the tables and polka dotted dishes and square drinking glasses... The drinking glasses are always square in my coffee shoppe, don't ask me why, they just are. My only problem with any of the planning is the fact that I can not, at all, figure out the name of the place. And as long as the place does not have a name, it is nonexistent. Sorry folks, no iced coffee today.
Actually I did have an iced coffee today, of sorts, we stopped at MacDonalds for ice cream and I got myself and Mom Caramel Frappe's, I don't think coffee can ever get better than a caramel frappe!!!
I think I'm going to talk my family into taking a walk tonight, and I think that it shall be down towards the lake because my lilacs are wilting and the only place I can find to get more is on somebodies deserted (or at least it looks deserted most of the time) property. Summer simply isn't summer with out a bouquet of lilacs on the table and a honeysuckle bush in bloom outside of the window.
And speaking of honeysuckle bushes, I'm going to go pick a bouquet for my room. It's been asking for one, quite loudly, ever since I hung my new curtains.
Have lovely weekend! -Francis
Yesterday I got a humongous amount of work done, I'm really rather pleased with myself. And today I spent/am spending, they day doing the finish up work.
Yesterday we cleaned CC, a huge lodge that takes between 5 and 7 hours to clean. So I was gone from 9 till 2:30, then I came home and dived into redoing/cleaning my room. I sanded my desk and painted the top. Some fine day I'm going to sand the paint back off the top and varnish the whole thing...
And I did some touch up painting in my room, and made new curtains, and did all sorts of odds and ends, moving my fish downstairs for the summer, ect.
Today I found 7 lil' wooden picture frames at Salvation Army just like I've been dreaming about ever since I got my own room. And I just ordered pictures through walgreens... I do not, I repeat, DO NOT, like walmarts photo ordering website, my poor brain is too little for it! I also found three doilies there, at Salvation Army I mean... You should have seen us walking out of that place! :) Mom had whole bunch of stuff and Amy got something and then I had my arm load of things... I love thrift stores! :)
I always talk about starting a coffee shop, and on days like today I think about all the fun ways a person could decorate... Today it would be bright, sunshiny, bouquets of flowers on the tables and polka dotted dishes and square drinking glasses... The drinking glasses are always square in my coffee shoppe, don't ask me why, they just are. My only problem with any of the planning is the fact that I can not, at all, figure out the name of the place. And as long as the place does not have a name, it is nonexistent. Sorry folks, no iced coffee today.
Actually I did have an iced coffee today, of sorts, we stopped at MacDonalds for ice cream and I got myself and Mom Caramel Frappe's, I don't think coffee can ever get better than a caramel frappe!!!
I think I'm going to talk my family into taking a walk tonight, and I think that it shall be down towards the lake because my lilacs are wilting and the only place I can find to get more is on somebodies deserted (or at least it looks deserted most of the time) property. Summer simply isn't summer with out a bouquet of lilacs on the table and a honeysuckle bush in bloom outside of the window.
And speaking of honeysuckle bushes, I'm going to go pick a bouquet for my room. It's been asking for one, quite loudly, ever since I hung my new curtains.
Have lovely weekend! -Francis
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