Spiritually Healthy

I realized that I never did a post about Thanksgiving!  Oh dear, oh dear.  Well, I guess it's better to be than to not be at all, right?  :p Thanksgiving.  Something we should be doing every single day is giving thanks to God for His continued mercies ( not getting what we deserve ) upon His people. Our day of Thanks was long; hard, full of cooking, tons of baking, roasting, cutting and serving, but! it was a good day to rest in knowing that God has given us more than we could ever ask for:  His Son Jesus Christ to die for our every sin.  Isn't that what we should be thanking Him for every single day of our lives here on earth? I am reminded of a song that we sing in church every once in a while, Be Ye Glad.  Have you ever sung it, or heard of it for that matter? In these days of confused situations. In these nights of a restless remorse, When the heart and the soul of the nation, lay wounded and cold as a corpse. From the grave o...

Time for another fun, literary list! (side note: Craig Duncan's  An Old English Christmas  is just lovely to listen to while writing. ;) Books To Read Before I Die The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas Tuck Everlasting  - Natalie Babbitt The Magic of Ordinary Days  - Ann Howard Creel Camille - Alexander Dumas  Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Larkrise to Candleford - Flora Thompson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  - F. Scott Fitzgerald A Walk to Remember  - Nicholas Sparks  Christy - Catherine Marshall Surrprised By Joy - C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis  Fried Green Tomatoes  - Fannie Flagg (I wanted to read this ONLY because I love the movie; after reading the book though, I DO NOT reccomend it) The Help  - Kathryn Stocket Reply - Ken Grimwood A Thousand and One Nights - Unknown Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell The Grapes of Wrath -...

How about it?  What do you think of my new look? I've used some of this before and yes, I know I change my look quite a lot, it's just that I like clean and fresh, and I didn't think I was getting that with my former blog appearance. If you want to find out how I created my header, click  here. Blessings!

There's something magical about sitting in front of a sewing machine and creating something with your hands, and, well, and a sewing machine! :p  I have been bound and determined to make something that actually looks good and has a practical use for a while now and so while I was browsing Pinterest, I found  this  pattern.  The instructions were very easy to follow, and the pictures helped a great deal.  I was a bit sceptical about the quilting part (I'm not the greatest at it), but I thought, "Why not?" I cannot tell you how proud I am of myself for FINISHING this, and for it coming out looking half way decent!  And this only took me a few hours to make!  Not bad, if I do say so myself. ;) The one thing I did change was the measurements.  I wanted a bigger bag, one that I could use as my Bible bag for church, so I upped the measurements by almost half. Here are a few pictures: I didn't have enough of one fabric for the lining, so I ...