every side of me...

Make a differnce

2011-10-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

Whenever I sit down to write I never feel like I can form a congruent thought. Like the kind of writing that allows you to enter someone else's mind and capture the true drive and motivation behind who they are and the message they want to convey. This is both a character flaw and a hurdle that I will be trying to leap for the rest of my life. Lately however I feel like I can jump higher than ever. I still have those, " Will I make it?" thoughts. But, as of late... I don't care as much. I accredit this new drive and motivation for change to Jovie Mae. Forget the doubts, self esteem issues, pride, selfishness, arrogant ideas, self glorification. Just shut the "heck" up and MAKE A DIFFERENCE! God has been changing me over the years and I believe is still revealing what I can accomplish despite the fact that it's just me. I am thankful for his examples in the bible of imperfect and just severe mess ups in society making the most dramatic differences. Could that be me? How long will I question this thinking? It's all of us isn't it? We are who he calls to be his hands and feet.

I am ready. Lord send me. Heart open and ready to start. So... Where do I start? My thoughts overwhelm me. This is my prayer.

Preparing my little girls room:)

2011-01-02T18:33:00.000-08:00

When I found out I was pregnant the wheels started turning on how I would like to decorate his or her room. I wanted something unique and cute:) What new mom doesn't! I decided..hey lets do an argyle wall! I have seen pictures before. How Hard could it be? So, friday night into sat/early sunday morning, Levi and I got started on a tedious but well worth it project for our little GIRL! Here are the details in case you would ever like to tackle something like this for a babies room..or really any wall in your house! I will also share ways to make it easier than what we did. I couldn't find any instructions on how to do this idea..so we flew solo on this one:)

Step one:

Decide how many diamonds you want down and across. We decided on 3x3 because we wanted a larger pattern. Measure your wall and divide the number of inches by the number of diamonds that you want vertically and horizontally. This will five you the height and width of your diamonds. Ours ended up a difficult height and width but thankfully I had Levi's math skills and some luck in the end.

Start with a white wall..luckily ours was already white! Measure and make points with a pencil where each point of the diamond will be. We then taped using FROG TAPE..a MUST HAVE! that stuff is amazing. This required two sets of hands and patience. In the future..use a plumb line to make sure all points line up as you intersect the lines so that all of them match up perfectly.

Perry wasn't too sure about this project..haha

Step one complete..we look rough.

I painted the room while Levi cut out a template out of foam board for the diamond pattern to be painted.

Paint over the tape...

Rachel (my sister) and Levi using the template to make diamonds that will be painted mauve..is it pink or purple?! Used frog tape at first to do second taping but started to peel off paint underneath..so I used 3m "blue tape" which worked well.

First layer of tape taken off...

While anxious, take the second layer of tape off pulling close to wall and slowly...

Hurray! It is complete! What a fun project. I had done taping for stripes but this was definitely a step up. Good luck and feel free to contact me if you wish to tackle this project yourself!

my best friend...Worry:)

2010-09-16T15:05:00.000-07:00

I am a worrier. Not like, oh I hope that it is sunny today because I am traveling kind of worry. I am talking about, "Did I choose the right activity to do with that kid? which escalates to, " maybe I'm not cut out for this." to.."Did I choose the right JOB..CAREER...MAJOR! Yeah it's bad. Because of my friend worry, I have developed stomach issues. All I have to do is look at a food that may upset my stomach and all those that know me would attest to the giant basketball of a belly I develop. I explain it as a little gnome that lives in my stomach with a dagger and just goes to town on my stomach lining....ok well probably too much information and that is not the point of my ranting. This is what I am supposed to do... "You know that verse about not worrying about tomorrow but instead letting tomorrow worry about itself??" It sounds wonderful. sounds ideal really. I just cant seem to change. Then I realized..is it worry..or is it more of a trust issue. Trust in myself, in others or in God. BREAKTROUGH...but now what do I do about trust?

Another new experiment :)

2010-08-14T17:44:00.000-07:00

Of course my first blog of many is about food! Recently I have been experimenting with different healthy recipes and want to share them with those who like good tasting healthy food:)

Tonight, Levi and I made pizza on the GRILL!

Dough: Wheat flour, Spelt flour, crushed hemp seeds and italian spices (dont be shy with these I didnt add enough)

Toppings: Sauce, cheese (cheddar and mozzerella), mushrooms, peppers, onion, and of course levi's half had hamburger on it:)

Method:
Heat the Grill on high till 400 degrees or so. I only turned on two burners but I recommend all of them for more even cooking.
brush the grill with olive oil as well as your prepared dough (rolled out to 1/4 inch thick)
cook till crispy on bottom and then flip and immediately add your toppings. Close lid and allow cheese to melt and Walla! You have really yummy smoked pizza. :)

Fun Fact: Did you know that seeds of the plant cannabis sativa, hemp seed, contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life? No other single plant source has the essential amino acids in such an easily digestible form, nor has the essential fatty acids in as perfect a ratio to meet human nutritional needs.

And NO ITS NOT POT! :)