Cold day Catch up

Well today was quite an unexpected day. Woke up to babysit and turned the heat up cuz it was seriously freezing. After being told schools were on a delay I took a peek outside and said Holy moly! :0 Schools ended up cancelling so I decided on this cold day to stay home and catch up on some much needed cleaning. Since I was actually up early I am about done cleaning, and then it will be time for some relaxation with hot food and a blanket ( or 2)

Me and Josh being goofy! :) Love this so much

 Over the weekend we had the Family fest at church and we were all pretty nervous cuz it looked like it was going to be cold and rainy. God had our back! It was a Lil chilly but not to bad and no rain! :) http://instagram.com/p/RV483RJ3ob/  This is a link to a pic of me and Katie in front of our booth. The youth had a photo booth which was a pretty big hit, and an awesome idea. i had another photo booth pic with the girls but it was not wanting to load.  Anyway Family fest 2012 was tons of fun although it took alot of work It was a blast! can't wait till next year! :)
 Reminder to everyone Christmas is coming up so if you are wanting to purchase some crochet scarfs please let me know! :) I am so excited about this..the money i make will go towards the orphanage being built in Nigeria and supporting my sister who is going there this Spring. So please let me know so I can get Crocheting.

One of the Scarfs I have made. FYI: These are super duper warm! :)

 Hope you all have a wonderful Day! keep warm! :)

Doing something I enjoy

Well I just realized that I still need to post some more pictures of our house, but I will get to that a little later.  I love crocheting and it is honestly something I never saw myself doing. When we first got married and Josh was on second shift I decided I needed a hobby of some sort, so I taught myself how to crochet (with the help of YouTube) I have been crocheting ever since, but I have a specialty..I Love to make big infinity scarfs.   The other day Josh asked if I was ever going to make anything besides a scarf and I said maybe but I love wearing them and making them.
 Today as I was working on a scarf while watching the Browns game It hit that hey I love doing this so much why don't I make them for other people and sell them. So I am going to give it a shot!  If you are interested in one you can just let me know and I would love to make one:) Now the money I make ( if I make any) I would use some of it to help out my sister who is going to Nigeria this Spring. She is going to work at an orphanage.

 So I would be doing something I love, making you something cute, and also helping my sister get to Nigeria.  This may not work out, but you never know until you try:) here are some pics of a couple that I have made and love:)    So like I said we will try this out let me know if you would like  one made for you. Still not sure on a price maybe 10 or 15..?

Christ in me

Well this morning I actually got up to do my devotion/quiet time with God. I am not a morning person and I have become extremely busy so I have been trying to manage my time. Most likely I will need to try and wake up earlier to get my quiet time in. There is something relaxing about the morning time. The sun is shining, the house is peaceful,drinking tea and got Shine FM on. Now I don't have children so my life shouldn't be so not relaxing, but what I mean by that is morning is completely before the day starts so there are no other thoughts in my head or nothing else to distract me. Even though it takes me a bit to wake up I enjoy trying to have my quiet time in the mornings simply because my mind is cleared so it is easier to think and be focused.
 This morning I read a short devotion called Open heart surgery, and it was simply how until God comes in and replaces our old heart with a heart of him we won't be able to live like a christian. I don't know if that makes any sense, but there are so many things in life that can get us being offended, snapping at our spouse, apathy and so many more but if we have Christ in us it is way easier to push through those things We can not live without his help, but we have to ask him to help us get through some of those things we struggle with. I am not perfect at all but God helps me to be a good wife, and to be a good children's minister.  I am not perfect in either of these things but I know that God is on my side and I can do what I am called to do and be the wife that I am suppose to be to my husband.
I thank God so very much for saving me and loving me and being a friend that I can count on. (From my class last night at church) He always listens and is a good friend and always wants to help us be a better person as long as we are willing.  I am not saying that I will be able to wake up and have a great quiet time every morning, but I will TRY my hardest and even if I don't i will meditate on what I have been reading while getting ready in a rush.
 I encourage all of you to find that time that works best for you to spend time with God. You may not even know how to have a quiet time,but ask God to help you and to give you direction. Have a wonderful day everyone! :)

Sunday afternoon

Today has been a super refreshing day. I spent the day reading a great book. Started out on the couch and then moved to our front porch. One of my new favorite spots except for the wasp that I kept seeing.  Yikes! I hated that there was a wasp flying around. But I kept a careful watch while I read, I didn't get stung or see it much. 
We have been so busy and I am used to having at least one day at home to catch up and relax, but that is not the case anymore. SO tonight I did my recipe research and did some things I won't get to do during the days. I got crazy and decided to have my first baking experience in our new kitchen.  I made muffins and wore my apron. Fun! Got my recipe from pinterest of course. ( where else would you get a great recipe) My first time Making homemade banana nut muffins and they were very yummy!!!  Thanks for letting me share my time and thoughts with you!

In case you are wondering Yes I took all of these myself, so that is why they may look strange

Yay! homemade muffins



Can you tell I am having fun! :)

 

Getting used to new

Well as most of you know we are in the process of moving. We are pretty much finished we just have a few things more to do. It was crazy the way God worked it all out, and it happened so fast. I'm still amazed that we are in a House now and no longer in our apartment.
 We were working in the house for a little over a week before we actually started moving things in, so by the time we slept here we felt right at home:) It has been really fun to make it ours and put our touches on things. As you know we have a super cute dog. Zoe she is part lab part boxer and she is the best behaved dog  I have ever known. She has been liking the new house a lot but I think she is still trying to get comfortable. It is a big change going from our super small apartment to a two story house.
 I keep telling her to lay down and she just sits there like she doesn't know where to go, and she has been sleeping with us at nights. This may sound silly to you but it got me thinking that in life it is really hard for us to adjust to the new things. God always seems to have something new in store for us whether we are ready for it or not, and with his help to try to get comfy and get used to where he has us for that time.
 Sometimes it feels hopeless and we don't understand but God has us where we are for a reason. ( I know I took all of this from the dog who won't lay down..you can laugh) I just know there are times where I feel like I don't know where to go, how to get through this but we try and we get there eventually. With the Help of God!
Anyway here are some pictures of our house so far. we actually have it pretty put together now, so I will post again with more:)

This is our brand new big kitchen.

this is the dining room. Can't wait to get our table in here:)

This is the living room..so big!!

 Josh putting our cute ceiling fan in the living room.

Zoe relaxing after a long day of work ha ha!

 More pictures coming soon!!!!

the imperfect ways of life

This week has been such a great week.  I absolutely love it when Josh doesn't have to work.  We stay up late doing whatever we want and we can sleep in.  It is such a great feeling..:) A couple of things have gone not the way we planned this week. Josh has been feeling pretty sick, so today we went to the doctor. He has a throat infection, and tomorrow we have to get our car worked on. So these things sound  like a pretty big bummer ( and they kind of are) But we said hey at least this stuff happened this week and not next week in the middle of a work week.
 I try as much as I can to look on the bright side of things and be positive and sometimes it can be hard, but I was really glad in this situation we were both able to say better now then next week.I just read a quote that said life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful. I like that so much because we say to each other sorry we can't go there or sorry this week hasn't been fun. But really it is just the opposite just because things are a little different doesn't mean we can't have fun and live wonderfully.
 I like that quote because it seems like we ( human beings) are always trying to live up to the expectations of being perfect, but we are never going to be prefect. Nothing is never going to go exactly the way we want,and things are going to have to be different than we think sometimes. But those different imperfect things are what make us different imperfect beings who we are. :)
 The things in this world will fail me, but I know that my God won't. Even though this world is so not perfect my God is, and whatever happens I trust in my prefect oh so loving God. :)

Living for more

within the past week or two I read something and I think it was from Crazy love, But I am not sure. ( I tend to read a few books at a time on my Kindle)  What I read I don't remember it word for word but I remember that it was about not living to impress people by what you do or the clothes you wear, but Living for what matters. Seriously we don't know how long our life is ( so crazy to think about) and I want to make everyday count. I feel like since making this real I have been taking things a little more seriously. Actually I think motivated is a better word..I want to be motivated by the things that really matter to do things that really matter.  There was a song I just came across called Without love. Doing things fro the right reasons means also doing things with Love. The song basically says that nothing matters if you don't have love, and honestly if you are not doing things for the right reason and you are not doing things with love stop and ask yourself why you do what you do.
 I don't even have to be talking about ministry in the church but at your work or anything you do in your day to day life.  Colassians 3:23 says Work willingly at whatever you do as if you are working for the Lord and not for people. Everyday whatever you do we are working for the Lord so think about why do what you do. what is your motivation? Make everyday count ( I know that is cliche) But seriously make everyday you live count. it is hard to do but something to work on :) http://www.youtube.com/user/HollyStarrMusic?feature=results_right_main
 Check out this song I found! :)