I finished a blanket today that I started in 1997.
tired YAY!
I ordered two new books from Amazon on 'freeform knitting and crochet".
Google it.
tired YAY!
I feel accomplished.
tired YAY!
I am going to bed.
tired YAY!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Camera Snuggle!
I'm so proud of myself today.I finished a project.
:)
I had an idea for a carrying-case for my camera the other day. I went to Natural Stitches (our amazing local yarn store) here in Pittsburgh, and picked up some beautiful dark plum yarn. I found a pattern, and in one hour...voila! I have a camera bag complete with a cute button to close it with.
I love it!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
New Slideshow!
I've been having WAY too much fun with my camera lately! Here's some new pictures for you. Look to the slideshow on the right. Enjoy!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Waste of Paint
I went to painting class today.
I put paint on three different canvases.
I feel like I pushed paint around all evening trying to achieve a certain effect.
I was not successful.
sigh.
I am tired. :)
I put paint on three different canvases.
I feel like I pushed paint around all evening trying to achieve a certain effect.
I was not successful.
sigh.
I am tired. :)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Ground Level at the LA Dreamcenter
I went to the airport today to say goodbye to all our teen and leaders heading off for a week of missions at the LA Dreamcenter in California.We sent approx 20 student and 4 adults. Just about all of our core teens. They are so amazing. This is their picture. I love them all so much. They really do amaze me. We are going to miss our 10 outgoing seniors!
Please pray for them this week as they minister to the people of Los Angelos. For many of them, this is their first missions trip, their first time to reach out to people they do not know. Pray their words would be effective. Pray for boldness and favor. Pray for the Spirit of the Lord to pass before them on the street, protecting them and softening the hearts of the people. Pray for salvation, for deliverance, for miracles. Our God is a God of the impossible. Pray for people's hearts and eyes to be opened to His love, mercy and righteousness. I love Him.
Here is their trip blog that they are updating while they are there. Go check it out! :)
http://ladreamcenter.glyou
Friday, July 18, 2008
Header Beautiful-ness (!!!)
I finally figured out an easy way to upload the pictures I've taken to make my header and change it up now and then! (You can imagine how itchy I was to change it up!) YAY!
The above picture was taken outside of my church.
Check it out! (look up!!)
The above picture was taken outside of my church.
Check it out! (look up!!)
Friday's are yucky
It was a good, hard day today.
The day started out pretty rough. I had quite the attitude at work first thing in the morning. I was trying not to, but seriously, if my mom had been there, I would have asked to be grounded. I had a thousand excuses, but none seem sufficient now.
I prayed early on for help, because I knew how yucky I was being. The Lord decided to help by making me more conscious of how awful my attitude was. Sigh.
I can say that I tried today. I can't say how much I succeeded.
It just makes me more aware of how much I need the Lord. It's been a rough two weeks of switching back and forth from night shift to day shift and I'm pretty emotional from the lack of sleep. I haven't met with the Lord like I have wanted to these past few days, and it shows. Without the Lord, I am a mean, petty, selfish person. He is necessary for my life. He is necessary for me. He is necessary for His sake alone.
It's like when I have the Lord, when I've met with Him and felt his absolute goodness, mercy and grace on me, my heart can't help but be softened. My spirit can finally sit it's bum right on my flesh for once and have victory. When I are with Him, I want to be more like Him. It's a funny thing, but true.
The day ended well. I was able to overcome most of the attitude (I think.) I went for a walk. I swung on the swings across the street from my house, tilted my head back and felt the sun on my face. I got to enjoy the sun, instead of hiding from it. It's so funny how much I LOVE the sun. I actually almost cried the other night when I turned off my light to go to sleep, because my room was DARK. It was pitch black dark. (!!!) It was so amazing to go to bed without having to hide my head under my covers so the sun won't keep me up.
Tonight, I am celebrating the Lord's victory in my life, making cards for a friend, doing laundry and relaxing. No matter how many bad days I have, I know that the Lord will always draw my heart back to His. He's necessary.
The day started out pretty rough. I had quite the attitude at work first thing in the morning. I was trying not to, but seriously, if my mom had been there, I would have asked to be grounded. I had a thousand excuses, but none seem sufficient now.
I prayed early on for help, because I knew how yucky I was being. The Lord decided to help by making me more conscious of how awful my attitude was. Sigh.
I can say that I tried today. I can't say how much I succeeded.
It just makes me more aware of how much I need the Lord. It's been a rough two weeks of switching back and forth from night shift to day shift and I'm pretty emotional from the lack of sleep. I haven't met with the Lord like I have wanted to these past few days, and it shows. Without the Lord, I am a mean, petty, selfish person. He is necessary for my life. He is necessary for me. He is necessary for His sake alone.
It's like when I have the Lord, when I've met with Him and felt his absolute goodness, mercy and grace on me, my heart can't help but be softened. My spirit can finally sit it's bum right on my flesh for once and have victory. When I are with Him, I want to be more like Him. It's a funny thing, but true.
The day ended well. I was able to overcome most of the attitude (I think.) I went for a walk. I swung on the swings across the street from my house, tilted my head back and felt the sun on my face. I got to enjoy the sun, instead of hiding from it. It's so funny how much I LOVE the sun. I actually almost cried the other night when I turned off my light to go to sleep, because my room was DARK. It was pitch black dark. (!!!) It was so amazing to go to bed without having to hide my head under my covers so the sun won't keep me up.
Tonight, I am celebrating the Lord's victory in my life, making cards for a friend, doing laundry and relaxing. No matter how many bad days I have, I know that the Lord will always draw my heart back to His. He's necessary.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
baby woes
hi all. i've got a cute little one in my arm, (12 days!) so i am typing this one handed. you'll have to excuse the typos. please.
[ i love holding babies. ]
i had promised a more in depth post regarding the train of thought i've had lately in my time with the Lord. Meeting with the Lord has so many aspects to. You could really talk about them forever.
consider the following scenario:
a lot of times i want to meet with the Lord, so i grab my Bible, sit down in a corner and say, "Ok God. I'm here. show up!" I wait a bit, open my Bible, read a bit, and....sit there. At this point i get a little frustrated and start to wonder why the Lord is not showing Himself to me. Somtimes, I get up and leave, defeated, to frustrated to keep trying. Other times i sit there, continue to stew.
and wait.
Why doesn't the Lord show up?
Lately the Lord has been teaching me (again) about positioning. I'm not talking ballet poses, although I do love those, but rather how I prepare myself to meet with the Lord. You see, in the scenario above, I was physically prepared to meet with the Lord, but most likely my heart was lacking.
The position of my heart matters when I am trying to meet with the Lord! When I come to Him and demand His presence because I'm ready now, it shows that my heart is selfish and demanding. It shows that I am thinking of my needs first. It says that I think that I am important. It says that I think I am more important than the Lord.
Whoa. How did we get there? Very quickly.
It's easy as humans to come to the Lord all flustered, all hurried, thinking of the next place we have to be, without regard to the feelings, wants and needs of the Lord. You don't come to the Lord just for you. Jesus desires a relationship with us. Relationships require two. It requires two that place one another above themselves. It requires that one think of the needs and wants of the other. In essence, it requires a marriage covenant type relationship. One in which you die to yourself to prefer the other person.
Now, that's hard. We are sinful people, full of flesh, constantly in battle with our flesh and spirit natures. Sometimes, you just have to remind yourself of the truth. Sometimes I just have to read myself the riot act. Lovingly.
Kristen, where we you when the Lord laid the foundation of the earth?
Kristen, who forgave you yesterday and forgives you today?
Kristen, who has made you clean?
Kristen, whose faithfulness stretches across ALL generations?
Kristen, remember that His ways are higher than your ways.
Kristen, remember that you don't know everything, that you aren't perfect.
Kristen, remember the compassion of the Lord, that He wept.
Kristen, what does His heart beat for?
Kristen, what does the Lord want for today?
Suddenly, instead of standing above the Lord, foot tapping, demanding, I find myself positioned entirely different. I find myself sitting at the feet of Jesus, head bowed, repentent of my sinful nature. My heart open to just see Him, touch Him, feel Him.
In this position, I don't want something FROM Him, I want Him. In this position, I place myself under Him. Under His authority, under His leadership, under His care, under His covering.
It's not always easy to get there. Tonight, I find it hard. I am tired, cranky, emotional and know that I won't be getting much sleep in the next immediate 20 hours.
However emotionally hard the positioning process is, just know that it doesn't take much physically or in time. All it took for this girl, was one tired sleepy post at 4am that she didn't want to write.
My heart is reminded and I am thankful. [deeply]
[ i love holding babies. ]
i had promised a more in depth post regarding the train of thought i've had lately in my time with the Lord. Meeting with the Lord has so many aspects to. You could really talk about them forever.
consider the following scenario:
a lot of times i want to meet with the Lord, so i grab my Bible, sit down in a corner and say, "Ok God. I'm here. show up!" I wait a bit, open my Bible, read a bit, and....sit there. At this point i get a little frustrated and start to wonder why the Lord is not showing Himself to me. Somtimes, I get up and leave, defeated, to frustrated to keep trying. Other times i sit there, continue to stew.
and wait.
Why doesn't the Lord show up?
Lately the Lord has been teaching me (again) about positioning. I'm not talking ballet poses, although I do love those, but rather how I prepare myself to meet with the Lord. You see, in the scenario above, I was physically prepared to meet with the Lord, but most likely my heart was lacking.
The position of my heart matters when I am trying to meet with the Lord! When I come to Him and demand His presence because I'm ready now, it shows that my heart is selfish and demanding. It shows that I am thinking of my needs first. It says that I think that I am important. It says that I think I am more important than the Lord.
Whoa. How did we get there? Very quickly.
It's easy as humans to come to the Lord all flustered, all hurried, thinking of the next place we have to be, without regard to the feelings, wants and needs of the Lord. You don't come to the Lord just for you. Jesus desires a relationship with us. Relationships require two. It requires two that place one another above themselves. It requires that one think of the needs and wants of the other. In essence, it requires a marriage covenant type relationship. One in which you die to yourself to prefer the other person.
Now, that's hard. We are sinful people, full of flesh, constantly in battle with our flesh and spirit natures. Sometimes, you just have to remind yourself of the truth. Sometimes I just have to read myself the riot act. Lovingly.
Kristen, where we you when the Lord laid the foundation of the earth?
Kristen, who forgave you yesterday and forgives you today?
Kristen, who has made you clean?
Kristen, whose faithfulness stretches across ALL generations?
Kristen, remember that His ways are higher than your ways.
Kristen, remember that you don't know everything, that you aren't perfect.
Kristen, remember the compassion of the Lord, that He wept.
Kristen, what does His heart beat for?
Kristen, what does the Lord want for today?
Suddenly, instead of standing above the Lord, foot tapping, demanding, I find myself positioned entirely different. I find myself sitting at the feet of Jesus, head bowed, repentent of my sinful nature. My heart open to just see Him, touch Him, feel Him.
In this position, I don't want something FROM Him, I want Him. In this position, I place myself under Him. Under His authority, under His leadership, under His care, under His covering.
It's not always easy to get there. Tonight, I find it hard. I am tired, cranky, emotional and know that I won't be getting much sleep in the next immediate 20 hours.
However emotionally hard the positioning process is, just know that it doesn't take much physically or in time. All it took for this girl, was one tired sleepy post at 4am that she didn't want to write.
My heart is reminded and I am thankful. [deeply]
Monday, July 14, 2008
Vinegar does the trick
So, Hannah, the vinegar killed the mold in my shower. Really easily. However, it nearly killed my lungs and eyes as well, lol.
So, I have some recurrent black mold in my shower and I've been trying to get rid of it. Recently, I read that vinegar does the trick, followed up by a scrubbing disinfectant, plus light and a fan.
Well, I had a bit of coffee yesterday morning and was still up scrubbing the shower at 2am. lol.
The vinegar did take an entire layer of brown off my tub, which I haven't been able to remove since I moved in. (YAY!). However, I still have some mold stained spot along my caulking. I have a shower set-in that was placed over the original tub sometime long ago. Well, I think water's getting underneath the set-in and that's why I can't get the mold out of the cracks. SO, I'm going to call my landlord.
However, the tub looks beautiful.
Sorry Hannah, I forgot to take pictures.
So, I have some recurrent black mold in my shower and I've been trying to get rid of it. Recently, I read that vinegar does the trick, followed up by a scrubbing disinfectant, plus light and a fan.
Well, I had a bit of coffee yesterday morning and was still up scrubbing the shower at 2am. lol.
The vinegar did take an entire layer of brown off my tub, which I haven't been able to remove since I moved in. (YAY!). However, I still have some mold stained spot along my caulking. I have a shower set-in that was placed over the original tub sometime long ago. Well, I think water's getting underneath the set-in and that's why I can't get the mold out of the cracks. SO, I'm going to call my landlord.
However, the tub looks beautiful.
Sorry Hannah, I forgot to take pictures.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Creepy Crawl-y Thing
A creepy, crawl-y, nasty, multi-legged, antennea-sporting, scuttling BUG scuttled it's way into my tub tonight. I ran away yelling like a girl. I did not even have the guts to squash it. I did run and get a shoe. I went into the bathroom preparing to kill it and could not.
So, I watched as it incidentally fell into the water that was running and died.
Praise God.
He loves me. :)
So, I watched as it incidentally fell into the water that was running and died.
Praise God.
He loves me. :)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Rudy Tootie!
This is what Rudy looked like last week!
Here he is this week! Pretty much finished.
Just have to add some final touches next week. I love him.
Sorry there is so much glare!
Here he is this week! Pretty much finished.
Just have to add some final touches next week. I love him.
Sorry there is so much glare!
And this is my dirty face from painting. (!!)
lots of blue there. ::shrug::
I'm just a messy painter. I can't help it.
Everyone in class was laughing, though.
love it.
lots of blue there. ::shrug::
I'm just a messy painter. I can't help it.
Everyone in class was laughing, though.
love it.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Hearing the Voice of God
"Our ability to obtain wisdom from God begins and grows with our ability and willingness to fear Him." -Priscilla Shirer, "He Speaks to Me: Preparing to Hear from God"
Think on that for a bit. I'll be going more in depth early next week.
Off to a weekend of overnights! :)
Think on that for a bit. I'll be going more in depth early next week.
Off to a weekend of overnights! :)
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