Sometimes I like to pull out the very little kinyarwandan that I know just to add a little bit of diversity. The title directly translated means " Whoa Mama...hiyiyi".
If you are reading this, you have most likely noticed that I have only just began to post again since like 2 years ago. I was just reading some of my old posts and boy do things sure change. Watching others as well as yourself grow up in and interesting thing. It seems to happen very fast. Any of you with younger siblings would no exactly how this feels.
I sometimes like to look at where I have been and see where I am now because it enables me to be more thankful for how Christ has brought me so far. And in a few years it will be even farther. Just a thought.
It is good to take a minute to realize how much there is to be thankful. This blog is called Jubilation way. A way that is to be sought out and found. But it is a way of joy in it's most genuine form. Only a regular interaction with Jesus can manufacture this true joy. So here I am, continuing onward in the way of Joy, sometimes straying from it but still going.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Highschool....AGAIN?
Well hello,
I know it has been a long, long time since I have written on here. But I figured I would start this blog up again.
So this last year has been a roller-coaster of a year. From September of 2008 to June of 2009 I had the opportunity of traveling around with 11 other wonderful people. We were a traveling arts team, spreading the gospel and Christs love all over, including Rwanda, Africa and England. Yes, it sounds very exciting and let me tell you, it sure was. But I will try to write about some of my experiences with that another day. Today, I want to write about Highschool...again?
Yes, I have managed to land myself back in Highschool. No, I did not fail grade 12. I graduated in 2007 with all the required courses and marks. I am back in a highschool taking fashion design. I am taking five classes everyday, from 8:45 until 3:30. How weird is that. I am really enjoying it.
I am learning a ton and decided that gaining some more sewing and designing skills to the ones I have accuired would be a good thing to do. The funny thing is, I get to have this whole high-school experience from the perspective of someone who has been there and grown out of all of it.
Just to give you a little background, I went to a Christian private school with approximately 300-400 students for my entire school career. That's right, kindergarten to grade 12. So unlike all of my four older sisters I did not get sent to scary public school in Oakbank in grade 10. I have always sort of miffed about that however because I have always felt a little naive to what really goes on outside of the bubble and how to respond to it as a follower of Christ. Here is the funny part. I've gotten to have a solid foundation in my faith in education for all those years and now I am at a huge....900 student public school. It is like culture shock but not really. I have to learn all those hallway traffic rules so that I do not keep getting run over by people. There are SO MANY PEOPLE! It is crazy. I am loving getting to know them.
I am in classes with grade niners, tenners, eleveners and twelvers. So I get to know a lot of youth. Which I love, because I love youth!
Funny story. I went to a grade 12 assembly where they were talking about new rules and how the grade 12's had to come to class or they would fail and all that good stuff. It was like a blast from the past. They were talking about feild trips to universities and representatives from those Uni's coming to persuade you to go to their university, and how they were the oldest and needed to be good examples. Already they are talking about grad dresses and parties! Yikes. Apparently, Graduating from Highschool is one of the most powerful experiences...snicker snicker*
Well, I just thought I would share some of this blast from the past experience with you.
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I know it has been a long, long time since I have written on here. But I figured I would start this blog up again.
So this last year has been a roller-coaster of a year. From September of 2008 to June of 2009 I had the opportunity of traveling around with 11 other wonderful people. We were a traveling arts team, spreading the gospel and Christs love all over, including Rwanda, Africa and England. Yes, it sounds very exciting and let me tell you, it sure was. But I will try to write about some of my experiences with that another day. Today, I want to write about Highschool...again?
Yes, I have managed to land myself back in Highschool. No, I did not fail grade 12. I graduated in 2007 with all the required courses and marks. I am back in a highschool taking fashion design. I am taking five classes everyday, from 8:45 until 3:30. How weird is that. I am really enjoying it.
I am learning a ton and decided that gaining some more sewing and designing skills to the ones I have accuired would be a good thing to do. The funny thing is, I get to have this whole high-school experience from the perspective of someone who has been there and grown out of all of it.
Just to give you a little background, I went to a Christian private school with approximately 300-400 students for my entire school career. That's right, kindergarten to grade 12. So unlike all of my four older sisters I did not get sent to scary public school in Oakbank in grade 10. I have always sort of miffed about that however because I have always felt a little naive to what really goes on outside of the bubble and how to respond to it as a follower of Christ. Here is the funny part. I've gotten to have a solid foundation in my faith in education for all those years and now I am at a huge....900 student public school. It is like culture shock but not really. I have to learn all those hallway traffic rules so that I do not keep getting run over by people. There are SO MANY PEOPLE! It is crazy. I am loving getting to know them.
I am in classes with grade niners, tenners, eleveners and twelvers. So I get to know a lot of youth. Which I love, because I love youth!
Funny story. I went to a grade 12 assembly where they were talking about new rules and how the grade 12's had to come to class or they would fail and all that good stuff. It was like a blast from the past. They were talking about feild trips to universities and representatives from those Uni's coming to persuade you to go to their university, and how they were the oldest and needed to be good examples. Already they are talking about grad dresses and parties! Yikes. Apparently, Graduating from Highschool is one of the most powerful experiences...snicker snicker*
Well, I just thought I would share some of this blast from the past experience with you.
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Mexico!
So I have not posted for a while. Partially becuase my life is normally quite time consuming, partially because I simply have not been in the mood to write. Generally, I love to write. However, I find it almost pain-staking (however that is spelled), to write when I am just not in the mood. It is like forcing words that just dont seem eloquent in the least. Anyhow, I am at this point in the mood to write. I am in a bit of a thinking mood, thus, writing is good.
So a couple of weeks ago, I went on a short term mission trip to Mexico; Juarez, Mexico. Juarez is a city that is just across the US border. It is a city that is almost connected to El Paso. Anyhow, it is a very poor city in some parts. The theory behind some of the poverty is that many Mexicans spend their money to move to a bordering city to the US in hopes that eventually they can find themselves a life in the United States. This creates a lot of people moving in and out of Juarez. Anyhow, I went there with my school and built six very simple homes for six different, wonderfull families. It was a very good experiance. You might be wondering, "Was it life changing?" This is a question that people keep asking. For myself, I am not sure of the answer and I dont know if that is a bad thing or not. I went to Haiti in 2001 with my family to help out in an orphanage (in, I think, Port du Point). Now that was a life changing experience for me. I think that, that trip opened my eyes to the fact that there is an entire world out there. It is a world that is completely different than my North American World. The world is full of colour. It's a world full of unique and different cultures, and different ways of life. It is a beautiful world full of diversity and I love it. However, much of the world is also full of issues that I have never had to deal with, such as poverty, disease, malnutrition/ malnourishment, crime, ect. These are some of the things that have allowed me to have a bit more of a global perspective. I think that with the Mexico trip, I already had this perspective and awareness developed. I am very thankfull that I have had some opportunity to travel. As for Mexico, I found that I really loved it there, like I really felt like I was doing something that had a purpose while I was attempting to speak spanish and talking to the family I built a house for (not just me...my whole house building team). I fixed a tiny, tiny little bit of poverty, but more importantly, I showed that there is a God who creates a desire in someone to love a complete stranger. The families that recieved new homes, hopefully felt the love of God and found hope in it.
*I would insert a picture here but I dont know how. HA who would have thunk it?
I am leading a discussion in my Sunday-School class tomorrow and I decided to discuss poverty and how God has commanded His followers to treat the poor and the needy. I am hoping that It will go well. In the last couple years I have put a fair bit of thought into how I need to treat the poor, in my everyday life, and in my views and such. I think I have come to the conclusion that I most definately need to help the poor and the needy, and if God calls me to sell all that I own to do so, then I should. But in the mean time, I need to approach my own wealth with the adittude of gratitude. God has given me what I have, and for that I need to be gratefull. There is a verse in Psalms that says something about praising God for the lot in life that He has provided and how pleasant it is. I like that.
I dont want to be all over the place and hard to follow in my writing, but do you ever feel like you just need to travel? I have itchy feet! Meaning I really want to travel. I love traveling! I love that you can discover different cultures and lifestyles when you travel. I love seeing something new and different than what I am used to. I like the Southern States in the US. Everyone seems to have a front porch. I was at a gas station in Georgia one time and I saw a bunch of old men sitting on an old tire in the middle of some yard chatting. It was like seven in the morning. I just thought that was so cool. Another thing that is cool is that you dont even have to travel to find different cultures. Just go the the inner city in Winnipeg. I volunteer in the inner city of Winnipeg and I have found it so interesting that there seems to be a whole different culture there, than what I am used to. I guess I am just a culture nerd.
Anyhow...time to end this mammoth. Goodbye and Have a lovely time.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
WHITE OUT
Wow, once again, we have had a huge downpour of snow. Everything looks so clean. I love it. So, as you probably know, St. Valentines has come and gone. Luckily for me, I have a boyfriend, hee hee, not to brag or anything. Anyhow, I decided that skating is one of the most wonderful things to do with a boyfriend. I have always loved skating, but add a boyfriend to the picture and it is like the cherry on top of the cake....well except I dont like those cherries. Anyhow, Happy Valentines Day even though it is late.
So my school put together a fantastic fashion show to fundraise for the trip that I, and my classmates are going on, to Mexico. It went very well. I was one of the Models and it was a very fun experiance. Maybe I will take up professional modeling......well probly not. Ha! I think being on stage is something that, even though it scares me, I really enjoy. You should try it sometime. It can be intimidating but it is really a very rewarding experiance. Well...thats all I have to say. Since it snowed so much, I feel like I should say Merry Christmas! But it is the wrong month, so, I will refrain. Goodbye
So my school put together a fantastic fashion show to fundraise for the trip that I, and my classmates are going on, to Mexico. It went very well. I was one of the Models and it was a very fun experiance. Maybe I will take up professional modeling......well probly not. Ha! I think being on stage is something that, even though it scares me, I really enjoy. You should try it sometime. It can be intimidating but it is really a very rewarding experiance. Well...thats all I have to say. Since it snowed so much, I feel like I should say Merry Christmas! But it is the wrong month, so, I will refrain. Goodbye
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Jubilation Way
I was reading a friends blog, and her expression of the hurt in her life actually comforted me in the way that I feel less like I am the only one who feels the way I have been feeling lately. (Thanks Julie) I am beginning to realize that life is full of pain and hurt and that this part of life is inescapable. God is near during the pain if I let Him be near. However, life is full of wonderfull things as well. Wow! If anyone is reading this they are probably like, "Yikes! that person must have had her head in the clouds if she is only beginning to realize this obvious fact of life! " :) I guess I could expand on my thoughts in saying that I am learning that it is, most definately, how you decide to react to life that makes it a joyous one or a miserable one. I councelled at Simonhouse Bible Camp this year and in 'Singsperation' (Chapel) We sang this one song. It was called the glory song. It was a very funny song where these little creatures called the glories would react to everything in life with a Hallelujah!Glory! These creatures live in Jubilation wood and had bedsprings for legs so that they could keep jumping around. It was just a kids song but it was actually a very impacting song for me. You see, I really struggle with seeing the bad in life, rather than the good. Now in this kids song, the message was, Life can be misery or life can be Glory. This is completely true. Not to say that life is never miserable or hard. I dont know if I am making any sense at all because lately I cant speak very clearly.
Anyhow, this discovery was the reason I decided to call my Blog, 'Jubilation Way'. In my life, I am longing to discover the way of joy, or the Jubilation way. So far what I have discovered, in short, is that the way of Joy is a life of Christ; a life for Christ. More specifically, I am discovering that joy comes with a thankfull heart. Also, joy comes with a giving and a loving heart, and a serving heart. The one I think I need to work on most is learning to live my life with an adittude of greatfullness to God for everything He has given and done in my life. This a view that is not conducive to the North American, or just the human view that we should always want more. It has been more and more apparent to me, that being a little Christ is really not so different than being an alien to the world. In other words, being a Christian really does look much, much different than being someone who fits neatly into society. So, that is my babble for today. blahblah blah. Goodnight.
Anyhow, this discovery was the reason I decided to call my Blog, 'Jubilation Way'. In my life, I am longing to discover the way of joy, or the Jubilation way. So far what I have discovered, in short, is that the way of Joy is a life of Christ; a life for Christ. More specifically, I am discovering that joy comes with a thankfull heart. Also, joy comes with a giving and a loving heart, and a serving heart. The one I think I need to work on most is learning to live my life with an adittude of greatfullness to God for everything He has given and done in my life. This a view that is not conducive to the North American, or just the human view that we should always want more. It has been more and more apparent to me, that being a little Christ is really not so different than being an alien to the world. In other words, being a Christian really does look much, much different than being someone who fits neatly into society. So, that is my babble for today. blahblah blah. Goodnight.
babble
I was reading a friends blog, and her expression of the hurt in her life actually comforted me in the way that I feel less like I am the only one who feels the way I have been feeling lately. (Thanks Julie) I am beginning to realize that life is full of pain and hurt and that this part of life is inescapable. God is near during the pain if I let Him be near. However, life is full of wonderfull things as well. Wow! If anyone is reading this they are probably like, "Yikes! that person must have had her head in the clouds if she is only beginning to realize this obvious fact of life! " :) I guess I could expand on my thoughts in saying that I am learning that it is, most definately, how you decide to react to life that makes it a joyous one or a miserable one. I councelled at Simonhouse Bible Camp this year and in 'Singsperation' (Chapel) We sang this one song. It was called the glory song. It was a very funny song where these little creatures called the glories would react to everything in life with a Hallelujah!Glory! These creatures live in Jubilation wood and had bedsprings for legs so that they could keep jumping around. It was just a kids song but it was actually a very impacting song for me. You see, I really struggle with seeing the bad in life, rather than the good. Now in this kids song, the message was, Life can be misery or life can be Glory. This is completely true. Not to say that life is never miserable or hard. I dont know if I am making any sense at all because lately I cant speak very clearly.
Anyhow, this discovery was the reason I decided to call my Blog, 'Jubilation Way'. In my life, I am longing to discover the way of joy, or the Jubilation way. So far what I have discovered, in short, is that the way of Joy is a life of Christ; a life for Christ. More specifically, I am discovering that joy comes with a thankfull heart. Also, joy comes with a giving and a loving heart, and a serving heart. The one I think I need to work on most is learning to live my life with an adittude of greatfullness to God for everything He has given and done in my life. This a view that is not conducive to the North American, or just the human view that we should always want more. It has been more and more apparent to me, that being a little Christ is really not so different than being an alien to the world. In other words, being a Christian really does look much, much different than being someone who fits neatly into society. So, that is my babble for today. blahblah blah. Goodnight.
Anyhow, this discovery was the reason I decided to call my Blog, 'Jubilation Way'. In my life, I am longing to discover the way of joy, or the Jubilation way. So far what I have discovered, in short, is that the way of Joy is a life of Christ; a life for Christ. More specifically, I am discovering that joy comes with a thankfull heart. Also, joy comes with a giving and a loving heart, and a serving heart. The one I think I need to work on most is learning to live my life with an adittude of greatfullness to God for everything He has given and done in my life. This a view that is not conducive to the North American, or just the human view that we should always want more. It has been more and more apparent to me, that being a little Christ is really not so different than being an alien to the world. In other words, being a Christian really does look much, much different than being someone who fits neatly into society. So, that is my babble for today. blahblah blah. Goodnight.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Twelve
YIKES! Twelve people in one family is a lot of people! Yes, I do have twelve people that are in my family now. Before today there were only eleven and now there are twelve. You see, I have four biological sisters, two foster siblings(a brother and a sister), one adopted sister (all of them would be adopted if it were possible) , one brother in law, two parents, and now a newborn baby girl who we will hopefully adopt as well. So that is the newest thing in my life. It is exciting and a little bit frightening at the same time, newborns and toddlars make for a busy life. I am excited to see how much more God will work in my family. He has done so much to shape and mold my family into something more than anyone could have ever imagined. Well, I just felt the need to share that bit of information with my blog viewers, which there arent very many. goodnight, or whatever the time, I hope it is grand.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Shopping?
Oh my! I have not written since October and it is December. That is ridiculous !
So I embarked on a trip to Albertsville, Minnisota along with a bunch of my Aunties and female cousins. It was a shopping trip and our goal...well the point of the trip was to find as many deals as possible and also to spend time with eachother. So I went and thought it would be a grand old time to hang out with my reletives..and it was..I quiete enjoyed the company that I was in. Now the thing that troubled me when I got there was that I was in basically the temples of materialism. You see, Albersville is an outlet mall town and we went during thanksgiving weekend..so it was incredibly busy. This last year escpecially, I have been feeling really convicted about the issue of matirialism and the over-consumption that North America partakes in. So I felt a little disgusted actually at the fact that their were long line-ups into a "Choach" store at twelve o'clock at night. (Coach is a major brandname store with purses and shoes and stuff that is incredibly expensive...even in the thousands of dollars). So yah...the whole scene just urked me a bit. It also urked me that I was in that and I was shopping. In the end I did end up buying stuff and spending lots of money but I wasn't being ridiculous about it...most of the stuff I bought I needed and a lot of it was Christmas presents. Dont get me wrong...I dont think it is wrong to buy things. God has blessed me with wealth and has placed me in this culture not another for a reason... I have the capability of being well fed, healthy and clothed and educated. I think it is wrong to over consume. I think that God wants us to live simply and care for the poor and be consientious about the poor. Now on the other hand God chooses to make some people very rich. It is entirely possible that there are very God loving millionaires out there. So it is a very complex issue and I am personally haveing trouble explaining how I feel and where I stand on it. Any thoughts?
*sorry about the poor grammer and spelling**
So I embarked on a trip to Albertsville, Minnisota along with a bunch of my Aunties and female cousins. It was a shopping trip and our goal...well the point of the trip was to find as many deals as possible and also to spend time with eachother. So I went and thought it would be a grand old time to hang out with my reletives..and it was..I quiete enjoyed the company that I was in. Now the thing that troubled me when I got there was that I was in basically the temples of materialism. You see, Albersville is an outlet mall town and we went during thanksgiving weekend..so it was incredibly busy. This last year escpecially, I have been feeling really convicted about the issue of matirialism and the over-consumption that North America partakes in. So I felt a little disgusted actually at the fact that their were long line-ups into a "Choach" store at twelve o'clock at night. (Coach is a major brandname store with purses and shoes and stuff that is incredibly expensive...even in the thousands of dollars). So yah...the whole scene just urked me a bit. It also urked me that I was in that and I was shopping. In the end I did end up buying stuff and spending lots of money but I wasn't being ridiculous about it...most of the stuff I bought I needed and a lot of it was Christmas presents. Dont get me wrong...I dont think it is wrong to buy things. God has blessed me with wealth and has placed me in this culture not another for a reason... I have the capability of being well fed, healthy and clothed and educated. I think it is wrong to over consume. I think that God wants us to live simply and care for the poor and be consientious about the poor. Now on the other hand God chooses to make some people very rich. It is entirely possible that there are very God loving millionaires out there. So it is a very complex issue and I am personally haveing trouble explaining how I feel and where I stand on it. Any thoughts?
*sorry about the poor grammer and spelling**
Thursday, October 26, 2006
YUCK!!
Some would say this is a funny storey...and perhaps some day I will laugh at it but I still think it is gross. My mom just recently baked some pumkin pies and they were sitting on the counter when I got home from school yesterday so I took a tiny slice. It was delicious! So I took another tiny slice, it was also delicious. So I took another tiny little slice...they were really only slivers...now this slice was also quite enjoyable....until..I felt my teeth crunch on something hard. So I took that hard thing out of my mouth and while rushing out the door so that I wouldn't be late to where I was going, I realized what it was. IT WAS A TOOTH!!! GROSSSSSS!! What an unpleasant experiance. So you see, my little sibling is at the tooth-loosing age and I guess one of her teeth found its way into my tiny slice of pie, how does that happen? I guess I will never know. Certainly I must not be the only one who runs into these odd experiances. Doesn't everyone?
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Puppies For Sale
About eight weeks ago nine little puppies were born to my lovely dog, Abbey. However, only six of them lived past the first week. But that is alright because that is how it works with puppies sometimes. So I now have eight gorgeous, fun, friendly, wonderfull puppies but I am at a little bit of a tough spot with them. You see, they are right at the age that they need to be trained and I am unable to train six little puppies all at once, well actually only five because one of them already is in a new home. So my puppies are quite expensive to feed and I am not exactly raking in the cash, hence I am trying to sell. However, it would be my preference to just give them away but I have to somehow pay for the food that they have been eating. It is to bad. Everyone who wants a dog seems to be set on having a purebred dog...why? My dogs are fantastic dogs and they are very well tempered, plus, they look nice and they dont cost tons. Oh well. Oh yah...back to my need to sell my pups. So I made some of those signs that have the rip off phone numbers and put a couple of them up in my neighborhood but I only got one phone call. I also put one of those handy signs up in my school. The funny thing is, is that all the little phone number stubs have been ripped off but no one has called me....yeeshkers...at least call me if you are going to destroy my sign!!! I still would really like to randomely give my puppies away so maybe I will try to strike a bargain that makes that possible. We will see. A neat idea that my boyfriend suggested was to give them out in Osborn Village, possibly to street kids. That sounds like a good plan to me. Well we will see what happens. I would put a picture on here to show you what my puppies look like but I dont really have a way to do that. So I will just tell their genious names.
Ok, there is Layla (she is white with freckles on her tummy and some beige spots), Philip ( probly the sweetest dog you will ever meet. He is a little bit shy. He is black with brown eyebrows), Then there is Theo ( Which is short for Theodore. He is beige and very, very cute. He will probly look like his mama someday.), then there is Phoebe ( she is an incredibly cute puppy, she is a little bit more fluffy than the rest and is blond) Then, lastly, there is Toby (which is short for Tobasko (isn't that cool) He is incredibly friendly and he is brown and has really cool eyes) So those are my puppies. Yay! If you want to buy one, let me know.
Ok, there is Layla (she is white with freckles on her tummy and some beige spots), Philip ( probly the sweetest dog you will ever meet. He is a little bit shy. He is black with brown eyebrows), Then there is Theo ( Which is short for Theodore. He is beige and very, very cute. He will probly look like his mama someday.), then there is Phoebe ( she is an incredibly cute puppy, she is a little bit more fluffy than the rest and is blond) Then, lastly, there is Toby (which is short for Tobasko (isn't that cool) He is incredibly friendly and he is brown and has really cool eyes) So those are my puppies. Yay! If you want to buy one, let me know.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
AID
Well hello there reader, is that completely nerdy to adress the reader that way? Oh well, then I am indeed, a nerd. So, I went to "Third Floor" today and it went great. In this last while I have been finding myself amazed at God's way of preparing us to do things. For instance, today, I had to be a little bit administrative; you know, stern and all that. One of my club girls needed some of that. Now you see, I really dislike that part of leadership in children's ministry. Normally I would struggle with it and I still do struggle with it. However, today God helped me through being all stern and it didn't really even stress me out. How does this relate to God's preparation in my life? Well this past summer I worked as a councelor (in training) at a Bible camp and I was working with kids all summer. I was doing a similar thing to what I am doing with clubs. So, that is just a little, and I mean little, taste of how God prepares me. It really is a very amazing thing to know that He knows what He is doing and He knows how he is going to form me and and grow me into a strong woman after His own heart. It excites me. I would say more but I need sleep. Oh, you probly want to know what "Third Floor" is. Well, it is a program with inner-city kids that happens once a week. It is a Christian, Children's clubs program. I along with another young lass lead a club. Anyhow, gotta jet.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Alas...A New Corner For Me
Wow! I feel like I should tell you that I actually have never had a blog before. This is exciting! Welcome to my blog by the way. So today is a Sunday. I love Sundays. It seems that the busier I get in life, the more I need a break at the end of each week. Sunday is my break day. So....I had a two hour nap (no I am not a grandma...I just had a long week). It was lovely, except for my mom decided to wake me up by storming into my peacefull room and yelling, "Wake Up! Wake Up! There is a fire!!!!" Then she told me she was joking but by that point I was completely awake... with a speeding heart and almost out of bed. I suppose it was humorous.
So today...since I can never seem to find the time to do so, I decided to practise my musical skills. So I practiced piano, violin and accordian...I am teaching myself accordian. Isn't that exciting. The best part was that my little two-year-old brother loves all sorts of music so I let him try to play the violin. He is just a little nugget of a boy so it was quite big on him but none the less, he was still pretty good for never even holding one before. It was cute.
Lately I have been realizing that I love to create things, moreso I am realizing that I dont do it often enough. So I decided that I was going to attempt to start creating more stuff. So I bought some matirial for a skirt that I am planning to design and I have been collecting fabric and buttons. I love buttons. Hey, guess what I did yesterday. Well, I got some new buttons and I made two of them into a pair of earrings. It was exciting. The best part is, is that no one will ever have the same ones...thus making me unique. I am hoping to buy some more buttons of similar style and make some more because, unfortunately (did I spell that right?) the colour of the buttons is kind of interesting against my complexion but I will still wear them.
On the topic of sewing and making your own stuff, I am beginning to dislike big brandnames. I sometimes feel like everyone dresses the same. I guess if you think about it from one perspective, a group of people can wear clothes from the same store but still look different because they all have different items of clothing from that store, but it still seems a little silly. The more I think about it... the more I think that it is best to buy clothes just because you like them. Who cares what store they are from...if you like them, then buy them...you might be the only one who will wear something like it, but at least you are reflecting a peice of your character by what you are wearing.
Anyhow, I think that is all that I am going to ramble on about. So long. *
So today...since I can never seem to find the time to do so, I decided to practise my musical skills. So I practiced piano, violin and accordian...I am teaching myself accordian. Isn't that exciting. The best part was that my little two-year-old brother loves all sorts of music so I let him try to play the violin. He is just a little nugget of a boy so it was quite big on him but none the less, he was still pretty good for never even holding one before. It was cute.
Lately I have been realizing that I love to create things, moreso I am realizing that I dont do it often enough. So I decided that I was going to attempt to start creating more stuff. So I bought some matirial for a skirt that I am planning to design and I have been collecting fabric and buttons. I love buttons. Hey, guess what I did yesterday. Well, I got some new buttons and I made two of them into a pair of earrings. It was exciting. The best part is, is that no one will ever have the same ones...thus making me unique. I am hoping to buy some more buttons of similar style and make some more because, unfortunately (did I spell that right?) the colour of the buttons is kind of interesting against my complexion but I will still wear them.
On the topic of sewing and making your own stuff, I am beginning to dislike big brandnames. I sometimes feel like everyone dresses the same. I guess if you think about it from one perspective, a group of people can wear clothes from the same store but still look different because they all have different items of clothing from that store, but it still seems a little silly. The more I think about it... the more I think that it is best to buy clothes just because you like them. Who cares what store they are from...if you like them, then buy them...you might be the only one who will wear something like it, but at least you are reflecting a peice of your character by what you are wearing.
Anyhow, I think that is all that I am going to ramble on about. So long. *
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