bless you

gosh, i love this. i have watched it multiple times. why is it SSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOO cute?! seems fitting, since i am just coming off a cold...

well, he kind of looks like Jesus...

in my latest issue of relevant magazine, i see that seth rogen is set to play Jesus in a new film coming out...okay.

not so sure about that idea, but i do like rogen. remember that i actually really enjoyed 'knocked up'? unfortunately, most of his films are not exactly what i would call wholesome. but still, rogen is what i like to call truly funny. i liked him in '40-year-old virgin' too.

so, verrrrrrrrrry interesting. i wonder what kind of review i'll have to post on this one.

best thing

this morning i determined that one of the best possible things is to wake up on a saturday, with the whole weekend ahead of you, and to see sunlight streaming in the windows.

oh, the possibility :)
happy weekend!

friday treat

yeah! i woke up this morning with a pretty clear head, which surprised me given i felt a whopper of a cold coming on yesterday. thanks, zicam! i have never taken the stuff before, but it really does seem like a nasty tasting kind of magic.

anyway, while i was buying the zicam, i decided i DESERVED something. you see, i made it thru getting my taxes done this week, and a great big "schwew" is all i can say. taxes are hard to do. okay, i say two things. if you own your own business, taxes. are. bad.

so i treated myself to a full bag of jumpy monkey. no doubt, it's my favorite gourmet coffee. i like flavored coffee, so i actually buy the "cinnamon sticky bun" most times. oh boy. i have missed gourmet coffee, since i've been on a folgers budget for the last few months. i'll probably go back to that, but for one small 12 oz. package, i will savor the moment.

jumpy monkey is a sioux city, ia company. great story, they are an outreach for some sort of rehab center for people with brain injuries. from the looks of their website, they are doing pretty well. not surprised, the coffee is to die for.

i kind of wish they would hire me to do their packaging now!

:) happy friday ya'll!

leave lonely alone

yesterday, i received an e-video from patricia king that i kind of feel the leading to share. go to the extreme prophetic site, xp videos, and it's called "leaving loneliness behind."

i guess this is a shout out to all my single girls. well, that would also include myself, would it not? for many years, i have struggled on and off with loneliness. just a deep, inside aloneness. actually, i'm not sure it's related to being single, but of course that fact doesn't HELP the matter.

this prayer and understanding that the Lord is with us in our aloneness is awesome. i will say it's been a few years since i have struggled with real severe loneliness, but i know it's because the Lord is leading me out of it!

if your heart feels the need, watch the video. and tell me what you think.

calling all art girls

i am getting a stronger and stronger urge to sew pajama pants!! i think we better get in gear and set up a sewing date!!

and on a completely unrelated note, do any of you older folks remember laverne from laverne and shirley loving milk mixed with pepsi?

i do.


:)

happy dance

the current temp

in south dakota

in february

is 56 degrees.


fa la la la la, la la la laaaaaaaaaaaahhh.


:)

mind blowing

so, my worship group has been studying the concept of an open heaven, and living in the reality of God's kingdom "on earth as it is in heaven." THIS is a totally new concept for me as a Christian.

our teacher for the study is jason westerfield. he's a young guy, early 30s, whose first encounter with God was powerful. it did not involve a church, it involved a visitation from the Lord, and much time spent in the Word. consequently, i don't see anything in jason's preaching that looks like the "church" we have built today. i DO see things that look like the bible. that is what is so exciting. i believe that God IS actually opening the heavens and giving us new revelation for the times. (i should note that jason is not opposed to church as we see it today, just sees the lack in it, and is pressing in for more kingdom, less earth).

whew. very powerful. what strikes me is that i have been doing it all wrong. i have been desperately clinging to hope in Jesus, rather than confidently living in His kingdom. one of the things jason is teaching is how to ACCESS an open heaven in which God is free to move here on earth. although his teaching is FULL of revelation, i got 3 main points last night:

1) open the door of your heart to God
2) open the gate of your mind to God
3) open the window of your imagination to God

cool, huh? just being open to God BEING HERE as it is in heaven! wow! what that means is Jesus in His fullness in our lives, open access to the throne, angelic and heavenly visitations, visions, manifestations of signs and wonders, STUFF. good stuff.

i fear a blog post cannot begin to describe the wonders of what is going on inside me. jason taught last night from deuteronomy 28. i'm going to spend the week pondering the wonders of those passages, the REALITY of them, and see what happens.

just had to share!
ps. like how i can go from floral foam mooses to THIS?!!! ha.

ps

i also want to make one of these.

must.have.

in my sick and twisted brain, i have fixated on the thought that i cannot. will not. should not. rest until i have a vintage typewriter to make homemade seed packets on. where oh where do these dangerous thoughts come from?!

anyway. ebay has many nice ones. notice the cute cursive type on this little green guy.

i am holding out on giving in, just so you know. perhaps the NEED will diminish over time. or perhaps not....:)

thrifty things

yesterday, i took down the christmas tree. yeah. anyway, i am such a light craver in the winter, and i really missed having the glow of the tree (i keep it on 24/7 during the holidays)...

so, i was thinking. wouldn't it be nice to have ONE MORE LAMP to keep me going until actual sunshine shows up?

luckily, i had one in mind that i spotted a few weeks ago at an antique shop. i was skeptical about the shape, but man, it fits perfectly into the empty dark space. light is good!



naturally, i have been trinket finding along the way. lots of good stuff.


i have a "collection" of two turquoise ashtrays. obviously, no ash will go in there. this one from the 50s is very, very cute.


graphic bread pans. right now, they are holding my seeds i saved from the fall. possibly, i will bake with them, but for now they are office storage units :)


score! 25 cents each for two cool metallic glasses from the 50s. perfect for colored pencils.


gosh, i love pretty.

thinkin' spring

so, it's 9 degrees right now. funny how that doesn't matter, once your brain decides it's spring. i have been resisting temptation to look at seed catalogs, but this morning i caved. placed an order at botanical interests, with strict restrictions on myself to spend no more than $25.

yes, the reason i ordered this year from botanical, is because of their packaging. for the record, i've bought their stuff (which is mostly organic & heirloom seed) in greenhouses before. so i am not just buying the artwork, i hope.

i made a pretty utilitarian list...but somehow, the "fun stuff" made it's way in there too, like carnival carrots, edamame (won't THAT be fun to try!) beans, and zebra tomatoes.

better get some potting soil. not much longer to wait :)

happy spring, ya'll.

it's a revolution

more stimuli from apartment therapy. THIS is the kind of wallpaper transformation i am into. how can more pattern be bad?!!

i'm invited

so, i had lunch today with a friend, who invited me to join her next year at this time for a visit to avandaro, mexico....right smack dab in the middle of the country. mountains, streams, horseback riding, wonderful people, and THIS IS WHERE THE MONARCHS GO when they leave us!! seriously, guys, i am not much into "bucket lists" but i SWEAR this one is on mine. she said she closed her eyes, and could hear the 'swish swish swish' of millions of butterfly wings.

i am SO going there. wow.

update for karen

uh oh.

i like dreamin'

yeah. that song is from 1976, so most of you whippersnappers probably don't even remember :)


anyhoo, i am in a dream state. it happens every year, usually around this time. one of the consistent dreams is that of a new house. i actually love my house, but the thought of a fresh start, a new decorating palette, and all the things about home, makes me love to look at houses. sometimes, i even dream for other people. i really just think it's the concept of "home" that fulfills my dream.


here's the house i found today...so pretty. anybody want it?!

way too

there is an article in our local paper today about how much personal info is out there on the internet. i admit, i've googled myself before, and it didn't seem THAT BAD.

um. that was before facebook, apparently. if you go to www.pipl.com, you will find out way more about yourself than you might think is out there. first off, my picture popped up! and also, there is mabel. well, actually, the arrow points to the gutter just down the street from mabel, but STILL.

kind of yucky. oh ps. it's kind of interesting that i used the WWW to reveal this discovery, eh? vicious circle, you internet!

flower power

although i've been a fan of orla kiely for awhile (courtesy every single design blog in the world), i have to admit i was pretty excited to see something of hers for REAL when i went to target the other day!

they have a line of fun melmac (is that a word still?) dinnerware that is so darn cute! perfect for summer on the patio.

but the REAL killer orla design (for me) is this wonderful wallpaper - a dream for my house someday. i can only hope it will stick around for a few years, until i can actually figure out a spot for it!

l. o. v. e.

wishing you a day filled. with. much.

only

so, i've been so excited to tell you all about the conference this week. of course, it was awesome. since monday, my brain has been running practically nonstop. new ideas are coming to surface, new revvies from God, all of this GOOD good stuff.

problem is, i have had NO revelation of how to talk about it! very unusual for me. this morning i decided i simply MUST blog. i sat here, waiting for inspiration to pop into my head. which it did. one simple word.

only.


hmmmm. only, huh Lord? only. hmmmmm.

actually, it makes sense. although i learned alot and felt alot and got alot downloaded into me, perhaps the biggest message was this:

to 1) CHOOSE your kingdom. you cannot live in both the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. only one of them. if you are not choosing light at all times, you are choosing darkness.

and 2) CHOOSE to believe. not just IN God, but with God. on everything. ONLY God. nothing else. always. all day long.

only.

how's THAT for a recap?! perhaps God will give me words to expand on that as time goes on...i missed you guys much!