Sunday Musings

Well peeps. I got my very first smart phone yesterday, and I have to say my life has changed and I'm never going back to my old flip phone again. In fact I'm composing this post from my iPhone now! Shveetness. Who da thought. 

So I realize this technology is kind of old news to the modern world but I've always been kinda behind on the techno train. I mean honestly my family didn't even have a computer until I was like 14. It is what it is. 

So anyway I'm pretty psyched about the convenience and wonder that is the smart phone. I've got the whole world in mah hands!!! Yeeee!!! 

In other news I have decided to make Sunday my baking day. I have always considered myself more of a savory person as opposed to the sweet tooth type, but since the invention of Pinterest I haven't been able to resist trying out all the baked goods I've been bombarded with from day to day on that lovely website. 

Here's what I made today: 

BROWNIE PIE 

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mmm. 

Seriously the recipe is as easy as cake too. Haha that's punny. 

1. Melt together over low heat

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar 

6oz chocolate ( I used chocolate chips)

2. Take off heat and add

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1/2 t. Vanilla 

1/2 t. Baking powder 

Dash o' salt

1 cup flower

3. Pour batter into greased 9 inch pie tin and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

4. Take out of oven and immediately pour  7 oz of sweetened condensed milk over top.

5. Top with 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips and let cool.

Enjoy!

Thoughts I Be Thinkin'

They say the difference between those that are happy and those that are not, is that the happy ones focus on what they do have, while the unhappy ones focus on what they don't have.

Makes sense. This is one of those glass half empty/full lectures, and currently I feel like I need to give one to myself.

I'm going to go ahead and state the obvious here by saying life is far from perfect, and certainly my own is a prime example of imperfection. I work for pennies an hour, it looks like I won't be able to pursue my career dreams for a while, Nathan won't be graduating school for two more years than we had originally thought, we might never be able to afford babies, haven't been able to ride horses for far too long.. blah blah blah blah blah.

I could go on and list the not so perfect things in my life that I'd like to change, but that would make for an extremely mopey, undesirable, ungrateful, practically unreadable post, wouldn't it? Besides that's not the point I'm trying to get across anyway. I mean it's Thanksgiving for heaven's sake.

So here, I am going to attack you with an assortment of inspirational pictures to make myself (and you, the reader, for that matter) feel good about life.

 

 

A fact that I know to be absolutely true is that God is quite aware of you. He knows your hopes, your dreams and your fears. I don't know how religious you are, and perhaps you are rolling your eyes currently, dreading the thought of reading something of that sort, but I can testify that when you obey God's commandments and when you are striving to build a relationship with Him, he will bless you and honestly your dreams will come true, and they do come true, and you find yourself quite happy and content with your life, even among times of struggle and strife.

 

I can think of a time a while back while I was living in the most lovely mid-western state of Kansas. Living with my auntie and trying desperately to find a job. I searched and searched and would honestly say yes to any offer. However there was one job that I had applied for that I so longed for. It was a position inside of a flower shop. The thought of getting that job was such a marvelous one. How wonderful that would be, I thought. Without counting on it I searched on at other places, applying and interviewing and such and such. Then a few days later a call came, a lady calling about the floral position! I was so excited I could hardly stand it. I went in for the interview and was hired on the spot!

 

The moral of the story is that God loves His children and wants to grant their wishes and dreams and desires. I was searching for a job, trying really hard to get one actually. I honestly didn't care which one I got, but God knew that I really would love that job at the flower shop, it was a dream, a desire, a wish, but not my any means a necessity. I would have been grateful for any place that would give me a paycheck in exchange for work. That was what I had been praying for, is just some work, but God blessed me with that and more. He didn't just give me what I needed, but also what I really wanted. It was a time in my life that I felt really close to my Father in Heaven. A time where I had built a strong relationship with Him.

 

I've been a slacker lately. I have been lazy about my relationship with God and I deserve a good swift kick in the butt for it. Perhaps that is why I have been feeling helpless and like none of my dreams will ever come true. I have become too preoccupied with myself and how much I don't have instead of remembering how much God has actually blessed me with and how much he loves and cares about me and wants to help me achieve the things I want and desire.

 

Time to get back on track, I suppose.



Christmas Crafts

I wouldn't typically consider myself the crafty type, but I've had the Christmas itch lately and along with that has come an urge to craft. So here is my tree skirt I told y'all I was gonna make!

 

 

 

Ouila!!

 

 

 

Just took a few hours of spare time and 4 yards of fabric!

 

Feliz Navidad

 

Admittedly, we did get a little bit over-eager about Christmas this year and have already set up our tree and bought a good chunk of presents (and even wrapped them!). I'm usually the type of person that shuns anything Christmas until the week of Thanksgiving, but for this year I got really excited because hey, this is the first year I get my very own tree in my very own place. Also we are going out of town for half of December so I felt justified setting it up early so we would have time to relish in our lovely décor.

 

So don't judge me, is what I'm really saying.

 

For those of you newlyweds out there that are looking for a nice, yet affordable tree, I suggest your local Wal-Mart. We bought this 6.5 ft beauty, pre-lit I might add, for only 39 buckaroos. That's a steal if you ask me.

 

Since I am housebound today due to my wisdom teeth removal, I have decided I am going to work on this project.

 

 

Isn't that a lovely tree skirt? I really want to make one and since there is so much burlap left over from my wedding all I really need is to go get some red fabric. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

 

Here's the tutorial I'm going to follow, found via pinterest, in case any of you wants to make one too!http://adirectedheart.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/so-you-like-my-tree-skirt/

 

Guess what happened to me today.

 

 

I've always quite enjoyed posting highly attractive pictures of myself on this blog, and so here is another for you, my dear friends.

 

And no... I'm not auditioning for the part of Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol next month.

 

I got my wisdom teeth out! At the ripe old age of twenty I finally got those suckers pulled, and surprisingly I feel really good about it. An unlucky few depart the realms of oral surgery all swollen and miserable, I mean they are total train wrecks you know, but not me! Despite the fact that I have had to wear this ridiculous head wrap all day, and considering I got four teeth ripped out of my skull, I've felt pretty darn alright (knock on wood, right?).

 

 

Happiest of Birthdays

Happiest birthday yesterday to my handsomest man! The ripe old age of 24 looks good on you. I hope you don't disapprove of me disclosing your new age in public.

 

Thanks for your sweetness and gentle hand that cares for and helps me.

 

You are so strong, hard working, wonderful and kind.

 

I love you mucho.

Frivolous Thinking

If I were a rich woman undoubtedly I would throw out my entire wardrobe and buy a new one. It hasn't been changed much from the way that it was when I was a sixteen year old, but hey, what can you do when you make minimal dollars an hour and have to feed yourself and a crazy food eating 24 year old man with it?

This is the number one item on my wishlist right now. The lovely, the beautiful - pink leopard print nikes. I quite admire these, don't you?

Leopard has been a bit of an obsession of mine lately, which is strange coming from someone who used to shun any variety of animal print, but I am a woman and therefore am allowed to change my mind at will. Heck, when I was fourteen years old I vowed that I would never wear makeup, and clearly THAT little idea has changed.