Hello,
Some of you might of heard that Jessica's cat Caleb who is 4 years old got a 'hot tick' on him on Wednesday.
A hot tick is a paralysis tick that is on its third suck. If it gets on you for the first time in its sucking life then it won't really poison you because its poison isn't potent and the same for its second time. But on third suck its poison is up to scratch as the whole time the tick is increasing its potency. And that's what Caleb got.
Paralysis tick's true to their name paralyse you, but the real danger in it all is they paralyse everything! Your organs, and heart. You basically freeze (so to speak) while you're brain is still ticking.
None of us had seen Caleb Wednesday morning, that's not unusual as he's off and away outside somewhere all the time. But Mumsie went to take Lisel and baby Jono home (Lisel had been sick and spent the night at our house) when she found Caleb lying behind the wheels of the car. In such a position that we would have run him over, how he got there we don't know, because liquid was coming out of his mouth and he was panting and he could not move.
We rushed him to the vet, of course we all said our prays. Somehow all of us didn't really panic we were sad and worried a little but we all somehow knew he just pull through. Caleb is Caleb. To anyone who knows Caleb he is a very different cat, very quiet and very patient. He looks at you like he understand english though. Just stares...
So we all thought he'd be fine. We ran the vet the next day and they said he was still very sick and they'd need to keep him in. He was on oxygen and all! Then on Friday Jess went to visit him and the vet said he really didn't think Caleb would survive he had not picked up at all since we brought him in and he said if cats are gonna survive they should already be showing signs of perking up. He asked Jess's permission that if Caleb had not picked up on Saturday morning could he put him down. Caleb didn't really budge as Jess stroked him. He had been shaved so he looks more like my cat no longer like a rag doll cat. (The tick was in his arm pit)
Poor Jess...I felt sick in my position, I couldn't comfort, I wished that I could take the burden from Jess and bear it so that I could hold the weight and not her...
I was also hit with a 'Wow...we can't do anything. If Caleb survived it would be because of God. The vets couldn't do anything.'
Dad said we should all pray harder, and not to put him down. Because if he had a chance of survival we'd be killing him (I totally agreed) so Jess ran the vet and said not to, to ring her in the morning (Jess was gonna go to Brisbane and so he'd have to ring her mobile)
So we all prayed, it was hard to grip the situation. Most people would say 'It's just a cat!' but our animals are all precious to us and I am always thanking God for them. To me pets, like a cat and dog, are a piece of heaven, a piece of God's comfort to me.
Jess's mobile ran out of battery (can you believe it she forgot her charger!) so we had to ring the vet. I was listening to the phone call and my goodness but heart slowed right down so I could listen! Mum was like 'How is he?' and ooh...it seriously was suspense...then she said 'oh that's good!'
He had perked up, he wasn't out of danger but the vet wanted to keep him in over the weekend. So he did then said he was improving still but he wanted to keep him in one more night.
So on Tuesday afternoon Jess and Mum hurried over to the vet (which is five minutes away from us) to pick Caleb up and bring him home at last!
The vet told him he really didn't expect Caleb to live. He said they rarely recover from such severe poisoning.
Wesa knew! It really was only because we had prayed. If we weren't Christian's and didn't know the power of pray Caleb would had died.
It's amazing to look at Caleb and think he was alive because of God's grace and mercy :)
Timmie missed Caleb but when he got back he hissed at him because he stinks of vet! And he looks hilarious, sooo different. Most of his tail has been shaved except the end, so he has this puffy end. He has a big head...but he's gorgeous!
We all learnt a lesson in prayer. Although we have assurances that all will be well, you cannot stop praying constantly. God wants us to :)
I better go, thought I'd share that miracle.
Love me xoxox
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Exactly 1 month
As the title reads it is exactly one month until I begin rehearsing for the WOZ...I am nervous and excited :) I can't wait until I have gone through a rehearsal so I know how it works...I am nervous about not knowing which way the ball rolls. I like to be prepared.
But I can get somewhat prepared with the script and music (only I can't sight sing!) but the script is gonna need plenty of work! I received it on Sunday, there is 143 pgs to the script and of course I'm in near enough every scene. So learn, learn, learn! Ooh! How exciting?!
I loved sitting there on Sunday watching them explain how it would work, they showed us the stage design and drawing of what our costumes would look like. Also told us about the business side of it all, how they would need us to ensure that ticket sales went through the roof!
I was sitting in between the people who own the dog that is to be Toto, in real life his name is Frodo and he is sooo sweet! I am praying he will like me and that we'll get along because we have to be together a lot during the next three months. It wouldn't be good if he just didn't like me.
But he let me hold him, he is really docile but cute and does his little tricks. So sweet! The people who own him are really nice too, I was grateful they let me sit with them as I didn't know anyone!
I still haven't met the Scarecrow yet, but I saw the Tinman and Lion. I am glad they chose who they did for those two I (in my own little mind) had picked them as the best as well.
Well I am hoping to upload photo's of a lunch I hosted for Courtney and Eebee, I had a wonderful time!! It was magical the way Mumsie and I set it up and I was sooo excited to see their faces, I love going all out for someone, so they can have a break and know that I love and appreciate them! I had fun and we had really good convo's! Thank you Courtney and Eebee!! :)
Well till then :)
Wuvs me xoxoxo
But I can get somewhat prepared with the script and music (only I can't sight sing!) but the script is gonna need plenty of work! I received it on Sunday, there is 143 pgs to the script and of course I'm in near enough every scene. So learn, learn, learn! Ooh! How exciting?!
I loved sitting there on Sunday watching them explain how it would work, they showed us the stage design and drawing of what our costumes would look like. Also told us about the business side of it all, how they would need us to ensure that ticket sales went through the roof!
I was sitting in between the people who own the dog that is to be Toto, in real life his name is Frodo and he is sooo sweet! I am praying he will like me and that we'll get along because we have to be together a lot during the next three months. It wouldn't be good if he just didn't like me.
But he let me hold him, he is really docile but cute and does his little tricks. So sweet! The people who own him are really nice too, I was grateful they let me sit with them as I didn't know anyone!
I still haven't met the Scarecrow yet, but I saw the Tinman and Lion. I am glad they chose who they did for those two I (in my own little mind) had picked them as the best as well.
Well I am hoping to upload photo's of a lunch I hosted for Courtney and Eebee, I had a wonderful time!! It was magical the way Mumsie and I set it up and I was sooo excited to see their faces, I love going all out for someone, so they can have a break and know that I love and appreciate them! I had fun and we had really good convo's! Thank you Courtney and Eebee!! :)
Well till then :)
Wuvs me xoxoxo
Monday, December 5, 2011
More results
Hello again,
Well haven't we been having a cold snap?
For me it is exciting as its more like Christmas in a way! In Tassie, Christmas day was always a cloudy, winding, and sometimes rainy day. For me that's as close as we're gonna get to a white Christmas. 'I'm dreaming of a grey Christmas, just like the ones I used to know!' lol
Our trainer came to see Benjamin and I today, it is so inspirational when Eva comes because she knows sooo much and she is so encouraging and helpful :) so if I am just wading through my Diploma a visit from Eva does the trick! She'll mark and encourage!
And Benjamin is doing really well as well, which is awesome as he is new to it all and he always wants to do well and he is, Eva had nothing but compliments for him and I was so proud! :)
Well...I hope everyone is on schedule for 'things to be done before Christmas' :)
For myself I have been pretty busy, haven't had a free weekend for almost a month now. In fact...I won't really...but that is life and this is not a complaint! :)
Keep having fun and giving all the glory to God!
He is my Rock! If anyone needs some verses of encouragement go to Psalm 34: 4 and read onwards for a bit. God is good and he is our saviour everyday!
Love Me xoxox
Well haven't we been having a cold snap?
For me it is exciting as its more like Christmas in a way! In Tassie, Christmas day was always a cloudy, winding, and sometimes rainy day. For me that's as close as we're gonna get to a white Christmas. 'I'm dreaming of a grey Christmas, just like the ones I used to know!' lol
Our trainer came to see Benjamin and I today, it is so inspirational when Eva comes because she knows sooo much and she is so encouraging and helpful :) so if I am just wading through my Diploma a visit from Eva does the trick! She'll mark and encourage!
And Benjamin is doing really well as well, which is awesome as he is new to it all and he always wants to do well and he is, Eva had nothing but compliments for him and I was so proud! :)
Well...I hope everyone is on schedule for 'things to be done before Christmas' :)
For myself I have been pretty busy, haven't had a free weekend for almost a month now. In fact...I won't really...but that is life and this is not a complaint! :)
Keep having fun and giving all the glory to God!
He is my Rock! If anyone needs some verses of encouragement go to Psalm 34: 4 and read onwards for a bit. God is good and he is our saviour everyday!
Love Me xoxox
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Hewo
Hello!
I am sorry I haven't written in ages :)
Christmas is coming! I cannot believe how fast this year has passed!! Whoa!
Tomorrow is my nephew's 1st birthday! Wow! Can you believe he will be 1 year's old?? I can't!! Time has passed sooo quickly...he's already growing up...sniff...sniff! (Okay maybe I'm getting a bit too sentimental - lol)
Well! Bringing you up to speed!
Umm...well stayed home for the first three days of this week, to house clean - we baby sitted Jono (my nephew) on Monday - we took him swimming and he was so cute!
But then got into house cleaning. I am trying really hard to feel inspired and happy whilst completing common chores.
If I am not good at house cleaning now, who says I am gonna do it for my husband? I certainly will so I am drilling myself now!
But is anyone like me when somehow you keep the kitchen, lounge room, dining room, school room all clean! You even polish every piece of wood you can find (save the wall or floor) yet somehow you don't keep your bedroom up to date?
Sadly...that is me...(but under my bed is usually always clean!) Also I can honestly say that half of the mess is due to possesions having no where to go because the room is too small for Mikayla and I.
But still it's weird...okay even talking about messy bed room's is weird!
Moving on!
I was in the Chronicle because I got the part of Dorothy - I am Empire's 'Latest Leading Lady' heee!! Sounds soo big!
I get to meet the cast in about two weeks now...looking forward to it!! :)
Now having left you with all those random comments I have to go and get back to work :)
Sorry if there are any mistakes :)
Love Me xoxo
I am sorry I haven't written in ages :)
Christmas is coming! I cannot believe how fast this year has passed!! Whoa!
Tomorrow is my nephew's 1st birthday! Wow! Can you believe he will be 1 year's old?? I can't!! Time has passed sooo quickly...he's already growing up...sniff...sniff! (Okay maybe I'm getting a bit too sentimental - lol)
Well! Bringing you up to speed!
Umm...well stayed home for the first three days of this week, to house clean - we baby sitted Jono (my nephew) on Monday - we took him swimming and he was so cute!
But then got into house cleaning. I am trying really hard to feel inspired and happy whilst completing common chores.
If I am not good at house cleaning now, who says I am gonna do it for my husband? I certainly will so I am drilling myself now!
But is anyone like me when somehow you keep the kitchen, lounge room, dining room, school room all clean! You even polish every piece of wood you can find (save the wall or floor) yet somehow you don't keep your bedroom up to date?
Sadly...that is me...(but under my bed is usually always clean!) Also I can honestly say that half of the mess is due to possesions having no where to go because the room is too small for Mikayla and I.
But still it's weird...okay even talking about messy bed room's is weird!
Moving on!
I was in the Chronicle because I got the part of Dorothy - I am Empire's 'Latest Leading Lady' heee!! Sounds soo big!
I get to meet the cast in about two weeks now...looking forward to it!! :)
Now having left you with all those random comments I have to go and get back to work :)
Sorry if there are any mistakes :)
Love Me xoxo
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Exam results
Hey all :)
Did I mention how my exam went two weeks ago? I can't remember...don't think I did...
Anyway quick 'briefing' I sung through my songs all good except in my Vocalise I made a mistake in the last bar on the second line of the first page. Dudes, I just sung what came to mind at the time and got through the bar and didn't make anymore mistakes - phew! But the rest of the songs I really enjoyed singing through, because the hall where we sing makes the voice echo and its really nice and I controlled my breathing nicely :)
Then we did orals and I wasn't too good at those...I totally mucked up the sight singing! Sad I know...I was so scared to do it because I've only been singing three years and never did any theory or sight singing lessons and I was worried this being grade 5 and all whether I would really be marked down because of it - but the examiner (who is really nice and is known internationally!) was good and pointed out what I could do to improve it all etc.
We had a chat about languages as well and he was really, really helpful. I love listening to our seniors in the singing world talk. They have soooo much experience and I love soaking it up! It was good - everyone else who was waiting for me in the other room thought I must have had a cuppa with him I was in there so long ha ha! - but all good stuff!
And today I got my results - I got an A. Which I am really pleased with! I was wondering if I'd get a B+ but as I've learned so much recently I had prayed about it so I was really trying to have the faith again :) and believe I was gonna get an A. God is so good in his lessons!
So yes...all good news so far I feel really blessed!!!
Love Me xoxox
Did I mention how my exam went two weeks ago? I can't remember...don't think I did...
Anyway quick 'briefing' I sung through my songs all good except in my Vocalise I made a mistake in the last bar on the second line of the first page. Dudes, I just sung what came to mind at the time and got through the bar and didn't make anymore mistakes - phew! But the rest of the songs I really enjoyed singing through, because the hall where we sing makes the voice echo and its really nice and I controlled my breathing nicely :)
Then we did orals and I wasn't too good at those...I totally mucked up the sight singing! Sad I know...I was so scared to do it because I've only been singing three years and never did any theory or sight singing lessons and I was worried this being grade 5 and all whether I would really be marked down because of it - but the examiner (who is really nice and is known internationally!) was good and pointed out what I could do to improve it all etc.
We had a chat about languages as well and he was really, really helpful. I love listening to our seniors in the singing world talk. They have soooo much experience and I love soaking it up! It was good - everyone else who was waiting for me in the other room thought I must have had a cuppa with him I was in there so long ha ha! - but all good stuff!
And today I got my results - I got an A. Which I am really pleased with! I was wondering if I'd get a B+ but as I've learned so much recently I had prayed about it so I was really trying to have the faith again :) and believe I was gonna get an A. God is so good in his lessons!
So yes...all good news so far I feel really blessed!!!
Love Me xoxox
Thursday, November 10, 2011
:)
Hola!!
Well update on WOZ :) there will be 4 rehearsals a week starting from the 14th of January. Mesa gonna be a busy bee!! ;)
But we do have a 'meet and greet' a month from now when all the cast get together and we get measured for our costumes etc - how exciting?!!!
You can book tickets to see WOZ now! So get booking my dears!! Lol :)
I am gonna speed up my dilpoma so I get as much of it done as possible before rehearsals start because next year is gonna be sooo busy.
So far, obviously, for the first 3 months I will be doing WOZ, and I will begin the preparation (most likely) for my Grade 6 singing exam (eeks!) but also I will learn some songs for the eisteddfod and then we've got the theatre restuarant and then I will still be studying for my exam still and then the Christmas songs all the while I will be working 4 days a week! Wowsies....I do sound busy! Oh well! All for a noble cause!! Hee hee!! :)
But I will be sitting under the shelter of God's wings for all of it :) so I am gonna be safe and I am gonna have fun :)
''Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.'' Joshua 1:9
Love Me xoxoxox
Well update on WOZ :) there will be 4 rehearsals a week starting from the 14th of January. Mesa gonna be a busy bee!! ;)
But we do have a 'meet and greet' a month from now when all the cast get together and we get measured for our costumes etc - how exciting?!!!
You can book tickets to see WOZ now! So get booking my dears!! Lol :)
I am gonna speed up my dilpoma so I get as much of it done as possible before rehearsals start because next year is gonna be sooo busy.
So far, obviously, for the first 3 months I will be doing WOZ, and I will begin the preparation (most likely) for my Grade 6 singing exam (eeks!) but also I will learn some songs for the eisteddfod and then we've got the theatre restuarant and then I will still be studying for my exam still and then the Christmas songs all the while I will be working 4 days a week! Wowsies....I do sound busy! Oh well! All for a noble cause!! Hee hee!! :)
But I will be sitting under the shelter of God's wings for all of it :) so I am gonna be safe and I am gonna have fun :)
''Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.'' Joshua 1:9
Love Me xoxoxox
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
God is good!!
Dear friends!
God has given me the chance to sing, act, and dance!! He picked me to play the role of Dorothy Gale!!! :) :)
I am soooo excited!
I got a call yesterday afternoon and the Empire Theatres offered me the role :) Yah!!! I am gonna be Dorothy!!! Wahhhooooo!!! I have thanked God a million times and prayed for Him to continue to help me!
He opened the doors for me to be Dorothy and it was soo amazing to watch Him at work with me! I love the lessons I am learning! I prayed that God would give me more faith and trust and He is!
I've always wanted to sing, act, and dance - but its a dangerous society to be in and I was obeying my parents by not pursuing it any further than they let me :) and God rewarded me for keeping his commandement. By giving me a chance, a taste of what it is like on a bigger scale than what I have previously done.
And to answer your question, Holly, there were two other girls who got a call back along with me - Anna and Megan - so you might know one of them? Because we only had to sing Over the Rainbow for the callback we weren't allowed to sing it for the first audition.
They were both younger than me...
But yes I just have to wait for an email now, I know in December the cast will get together and all and then in January we begin rehearsing.
So everyone book tickets to see the Wizard of Oz!! We will be performing in March :) Oooo!!
But I gotta go now!
Love (a very excited, happy, and grateful) Me xoxoxoxo
God has given me the chance to sing, act, and dance!! He picked me to play the role of Dorothy Gale!!! :) :)
I am soooo excited!
I got a call yesterday afternoon and the Empire Theatres offered me the role :) Yah!!! I am gonna be Dorothy!!! Wahhhooooo!!! I have thanked God a million times and prayed for Him to continue to help me!
He opened the doors for me to be Dorothy and it was soo amazing to watch Him at work with me! I love the lessons I am learning! I prayed that God would give me more faith and trust and He is!
I've always wanted to sing, act, and dance - but its a dangerous society to be in and I was obeying my parents by not pursuing it any further than they let me :) and God rewarded me for keeping his commandement. By giving me a chance, a taste of what it is like on a bigger scale than what I have previously done.
And to answer your question, Holly, there were two other girls who got a call back along with me - Anna and Megan - so you might know one of them? Because we only had to sing Over the Rainbow for the callback we weren't allowed to sing it for the first audition.
They were both younger than me...
But yes I just have to wait for an email now, I know in December the cast will get together and all and then in January we begin rehearsing.
So everyone book tickets to see the Wizard of Oz!! We will be performing in March :) Oooo!!
But I gotta go now!
Love (a very excited, happy, and grateful) Me xoxoxoxo
Monday, November 7, 2011
More news!
Hey all!!
Guess what?? I had a call back for Dorothy!! Yah!!
I had the day off work yesterday and I had been up and about but then I got really tired around 9 something in the morning and fell asleep and woke up to my mobile buzzing and going off - I didn't know what it was at first - but yah I answered it and the lady said she was just letting me know I had a call back but to put my panic button on as the call back was that night. Whoa!! So I printed the new pieces of script she emailed me and their version of Over the Rainbow (which is a bit lower than I have previously learnt but anyway) and yah went there and there were two other girl's going for Dorothy again. I had such fun! I relaxed - thanks again to God - and sung, and although I made a mistake I was just mature about it and asked if I could do it again. And then she would suggest different ways of singing a section and I would sing it again for her.
And then I did the script and she liked parts of it and then told me to make some parts full of even more emotion. She was really nice and funny the director as she explained what she wanted from me. Made the rest of the board laugh :) and yah then us girls went back in when all the guys who were auditioning for the Tinman, Scarecrow, and the Lion were in. There were 12 guys and only us 3 short girls...the director divided them in groups of 3 and then told us to stand with the groups. I got to be with two groups as of course there was an extra group of guys, which was awesome because I got to do everything twice, we had to sing 'We're off to see the Wizard' and do a bit of the script when the 3 rescue Dorothy from the room with the sand glass.
The Vocal director was like 'Come on girls we need you to really sing loud to out do the guys - come on girl power!' so I sung loudly!! Hee hee!! :) we had lots of laughs and I really, really enjoyed it all.
So yah I will write back when I know the news on how I went :)
Love Me xoxoxo
Guess what?? I had a call back for Dorothy!! Yah!!
I had the day off work yesterday and I had been up and about but then I got really tired around 9 something in the morning and fell asleep and woke up to my mobile buzzing and going off - I didn't know what it was at first - but yah I answered it and the lady said she was just letting me know I had a call back but to put my panic button on as the call back was that night. Whoa!! So I printed the new pieces of script she emailed me and their version of Over the Rainbow (which is a bit lower than I have previously learnt but anyway) and yah went there and there were two other girl's going for Dorothy again. I had such fun! I relaxed - thanks again to God - and sung, and although I made a mistake I was just mature about it and asked if I could do it again. And then she would suggest different ways of singing a section and I would sing it again for her.
And then I did the script and she liked parts of it and then told me to make some parts full of even more emotion. She was really nice and funny the director as she explained what she wanted from me. Made the rest of the board laugh :) and yah then us girls went back in when all the guys who were auditioning for the Tinman, Scarecrow, and the Lion were in. There were 12 guys and only us 3 short girls...the director divided them in groups of 3 and then told us to stand with the groups. I got to be with two groups as of course there was an extra group of guys, which was awesome because I got to do everything twice, we had to sing 'We're off to see the Wizard' and do a bit of the script when the 3 rescue Dorothy from the room with the sand glass.
The Vocal director was like 'Come on girls we need you to really sing loud to out do the guys - come on girl power!' so I sung loudly!! Hee hee!! :) we had lots of laughs and I really, really enjoyed it all.
So yah I will write back when I know the news on how I went :)
Love Me xoxoxo
Saturday, October 29, 2011
How it went :)
Hey all!
Thought I'd leave some notes on how my audition went yesterday morning. :)
Well the audition was for the role of Dorothy or just and onstage character for the Wizard of Oz (of course) and yah I was watching the movie all week - especially the scene I need to rehearse as part of the audition. I asked sooo many people to pray for me! :) and thank you to everyone who did! I know it would have calmed me! And it really touches me!! You guys are all amazing!
I didn't faint (which is good news lol) but I was very nervous still of course! My heart was pumping so loudly I really thought others could hear it (ha ha) but yah I did the script first in front of them - there were five people watching me - the Director, Vocal, Director, Choreographer, Musical Director and Assistant musical director, then another lady who helped with script (played the other people in the scene) - which after I did the script the director thanked me for doing the accent so that was bonus! Then I sung my song and it wasn't as good as usual because I was sooo nervous - the director wanted me to stand still the second time and just sing it again and really feel it (she asked whether I knew where it was from and the circumstances in which it was sung and I had researched it all so I did) so I sung it again and I was better the second time because I had calmed myself and slowed my heart (well God had) and yah :) then I did scales with the Vocal director and then walked out and waited for the dancing part. Oh boy it was hard! I am playing it over and over in mind now and I can see it but its hard to do it - its skipping and jumping, well... parts of it weren't hard but the first part was...I hope I did well :)
Yah so I've decided to thank God for giving me the part now - I had been praying so hard for it but now I feel as if I should thank him, and show faith in his will for me and trust him for the best. So thank him for everything and anything :) because if he decides not to give me the part its for the best but at least I still trusted him for anything yah know? It's a really good lesson :)
So not only was the audition a really good experience and I had fun! :) it's a good lesson in trusting as well :) having faith in our wonderful and loving God.
Love Me xoxo
Thought I'd leave some notes on how my audition went yesterday morning. :)
Well the audition was for the role of Dorothy or just and onstage character for the Wizard of Oz (of course) and yah I was watching the movie all week - especially the scene I need to rehearse as part of the audition. I asked sooo many people to pray for me! :) and thank you to everyone who did! I know it would have calmed me! And it really touches me!! You guys are all amazing!
I didn't faint (which is good news lol) but I was very nervous still of course! My heart was pumping so loudly I really thought others could hear it (ha ha) but yah I did the script first in front of them - there were five people watching me - the Director, Vocal, Director, Choreographer, Musical Director and Assistant musical director, then another lady who helped with script (played the other people in the scene) - which after I did the script the director thanked me for doing the accent so that was bonus! Then I sung my song and it wasn't as good as usual because I was sooo nervous - the director wanted me to stand still the second time and just sing it again and really feel it (she asked whether I knew where it was from and the circumstances in which it was sung and I had researched it all so I did) so I sung it again and I was better the second time because I had calmed myself and slowed my heart (well God had) and yah :) then I did scales with the Vocal director and then walked out and waited for the dancing part. Oh boy it was hard! I am playing it over and over in mind now and I can see it but its hard to do it - its skipping and jumping, well... parts of it weren't hard but the first part was...I hope I did well :)
Yah so I've decided to thank God for giving me the part now - I had been praying so hard for it but now I feel as if I should thank him, and show faith in his will for me and trust him for the best. So thank him for everything and anything :) because if he decides not to give me the part its for the best but at least I still trusted him for anything yah know? It's a really good lesson :)
So not only was the audition a really good experience and I had fun! :) it's a good lesson in trusting as well :) having faith in our wonderful and loving God.
Love Me xoxo
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Into it!
Hey all!
Well just had my trainer for my Diploma of Management drop by - it was awesome fun we went through a book as I didn't have anything to mark on as yet (well only a tiny bit) and we had such laughs going through my module its called 'Manage Industrial Relations' and while its got a lot of information in it it's actually an easy module, so yah we had fun :)
She's an awesome trainer and she knows sooo much!
Also yesterday I sung all my exam songs through and yah! I got my Vocalise right! I have had trouble with it this year - can you believe I keep going to sing my vocalise from last year (I remember it!) - but yah I had got it over the weekend, that is, down to only getting a bar on the second line wrong, but yesterday I got it right! Yah!
I know all my other songs I just gotta really cement their lyrics into my head I have...umm....five songs I must know. And two extra's I gotta learn, I was dumb and forgot all about one of my extra's (I'd learnt the other one for the eisteddfod) so I learnt it like crazy this weekend and now it's all good :)
And yah I've also been learning a song called 'You'll Never Walk Alone' for an audition. Its a nice song but rather low for mesa (being a Soprano 1) I can sing it, but I have to call on my really mature voice to do so but I know it off by heart now too.
Its awesome because I had really been praying to God to help me with my songs (madly this past week) and its amazing how he is helping me! Amazing! I LOVE GOD!!!!
Gotta go though so toodles!
Love Me xoxoxo
Well just had my trainer for my Diploma of Management drop by - it was awesome fun we went through a book as I didn't have anything to mark on as yet (well only a tiny bit) and we had such laughs going through my module its called 'Manage Industrial Relations' and while its got a lot of information in it it's actually an easy module, so yah we had fun :)
She's an awesome trainer and she knows sooo much!
Also yesterday I sung all my exam songs through and yah! I got my Vocalise right! I have had trouble with it this year - can you believe I keep going to sing my vocalise from last year (I remember it!) - but yah I had got it over the weekend, that is, down to only getting a bar on the second line wrong, but yesterday I got it right! Yah!
I know all my other songs I just gotta really cement their lyrics into my head I have...umm....five songs I must know. And two extra's I gotta learn, I was dumb and forgot all about one of my extra's (I'd learnt the other one for the eisteddfod) so I learnt it like crazy this weekend and now it's all good :)
And yah I've also been learning a song called 'You'll Never Walk Alone' for an audition. Its a nice song but rather low for mesa (being a Soprano 1) I can sing it, but I have to call on my really mature voice to do so but I know it off by heart now too.
Its awesome because I had really been praying to God to help me with my songs (madly this past week) and its amazing how he is helping me! Amazing! I LOVE GOD!!!!
Gotta go though so toodles!
Love Me xoxoxo
Sunday, October 16, 2011
What's up?
Hello once again! :)
So I hope everyone's been having fun lately!
I have been busy getting back into it all! There's nothing like burying yourself in work to forget things, and I am enjoying work at TEC at the moment :) so that's awesome!
But I am partly freaking out because my singing exam is in a few weeks so I have been singing tons lately!
This year I have had trouble with memorising songs and all - Helen says its down to how sick I have been this year. It really effects it all and she tested my blood pressure the other week just to try and figure out whether its low blood pressure or high and apparently I am backwards because my readings are higher when they are supposed to be lower and its pretty rare so we both determined 'I am weird all round!' Ha ha!! :)
But yes so today I am gonna, clean, practise my singing and do some work on my diploma. I am into it I have done my excercising today as well and my bible reading first thing and I love the feeling once you begin it right with God the whole day looks better!!! :) La la!!
Anyways thanks for all the comments I get followers! Its really encouraging :) And I've been checking out all your blogs too and they are sooo awesome! So whoever reads this blog should check out my followers blogs as well!
Love Me xoxox
So I hope everyone's been having fun lately!
I have been busy getting back into it all! There's nothing like burying yourself in work to forget things, and I am enjoying work at TEC at the moment :) so that's awesome!
But I am partly freaking out because my singing exam is in a few weeks so I have been singing tons lately!
This year I have had trouble with memorising songs and all - Helen says its down to how sick I have been this year. It really effects it all and she tested my blood pressure the other week just to try and figure out whether its low blood pressure or high and apparently I am backwards because my readings are higher when they are supposed to be lower and its pretty rare so we both determined 'I am weird all round!' Ha ha!! :)
But yes so today I am gonna, clean, practise my singing and do some work on my diploma. I am into it I have done my excercising today as well and my bible reading first thing and I love the feeling once you begin it right with God the whole day looks better!!! :) La la!!
Anyways thanks for all the comments I get followers! Its really encouraging :) And I've been checking out all your blogs too and they are sooo awesome! So whoever reads this blog should check out my followers blogs as well!
Love Me xoxox
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Having a good time!
Hello everyone!
Well been having a good time in Vic, had huge laughs! Been canoeing but the weather isn't too good today, but we're gonna go shopping anyway so that's okay!
We might (like seriously only might) go water skiing tomorrow but as you can understand with a wedding going on life is busy :) but its good to get away from it all and have a break so hopefully water skiing is on the menu!
Oh my goodness I have a hilarious photo to upload of Jassie - she fell into wet paint (you can imagine) and I laughed sooooo hard! I tried to catch her but...she fell too quickly ha ha!!! It was soooo funny! She was so shocked and she just stared at me when I laughed my head off! She was like 'that's never happened before!' ha ha!!! Funny!!!
Meeting some of her friends today...yah a bit shy but hey it'll be cool :) well just gonna upload the photo and go :) toodles!
Love Me xoxo
p.s sorry if there are any mistakes :)
Monday, September 19, 2011
Hewo :)
Hello again,
This time next week we will be in Victoria - la!! Mesa am sooo excited (still) ha ha!! I am so hoping the weather stays warm (down there) I am ready to slip into swimmers and dive into the water! Lol!
I've been gathering together songs on my Ipod because holidays are for good times, music, bright clothes (lol) and smiles! And fresh fragrances! I love the feeling! Ah...
But in the mean time, a week of work to complete :) we're trying to get heaps done because only Dadsie will be left to 'man the shop' so yah...busy busy busy! :)
I had a break through with 'what career do I want to choose?' I was chatting with Dad and he put something simply and while he did it God hit me! And I was like 'Oh!' of course! So mesa more encouraged now :)
But I gotta go back to work!
Love Me xoxo
This time next week we will be in Victoria - la!! Mesa am sooo excited (still) ha ha!! I am so hoping the weather stays warm (down there) I am ready to slip into swimmers and dive into the water! Lol!
I've been gathering together songs on my Ipod because holidays are for good times, music, bright clothes (lol) and smiles! And fresh fragrances! I love the feeling! Ah...
But in the mean time, a week of work to complete :) we're trying to get heaps done because only Dadsie will be left to 'man the shop' so yah...busy busy busy! :)
I had a break through with 'what career do I want to choose?' I was chatting with Dad and he put something simply and while he did it God hit me! And I was like 'Oh!' of course! So mesa more encouraged now :)
But I gotta go back to work!
Love Me xoxo
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Haven't written in a while...
Hello again,
Haven't written in a while have I?
Been busy! I've now got the modules to my diploma, I only have to complete 8, the Cert IV had 10 so that's good! And one of the ten modules I did for the Cert IV can be brought up as a credit as it was the level of a Diploma.
So that's an option :) but there were too many good modules to choose from so I chose to do 8.
9 days until I see Jassie again! Yah! I cannot wait to get out of Toowoomba (no offence Toowoomba) but mesa in need of a break from it all!
These last two weeks have been quite hard actually, and its so strange I am always trying to not get bogged down by problems and to keep going because I've watched so many people stress out about their own problems they don't look around and see how many other people are struggling yet still wear a smile! And if you let yourself get bogged down the problems some how get bigger!
But I understand how sooo many problems do seem beyond what you can manage! I hadn't let myself get to that point but these last two weeks have been fuzzy and slow and I feel like I need to breathe! But I can't take the breath and of course I would not scream even though the feeling is strong...
But I am - have to - get through it all :) and of course I will this is just a moment in time and God's bigger than anything and I am learning through this all to really (you have to really) hand things over to God. My little shoulders couldn't bear a quarter of it all but God can bear everything in the palm of his hand!
Giving up is not an option and life would just go down hill! And besides I am not the one generally who has the problem (well the problems are never to be seen by another eye but God's) I am used to helping others solve their own problems and listening to them that it seems weird and almost selfish to have a problem of my own.
But all is well! All will be well!
Still can't wait to go to Victoria though! :) I will try and keep people updated while away with photo's etc (I bought a dress and cardigan yesterday that I think I'll wear to the wedding - its a really fresh and 'springy' one) sorry thought I'd add that ;)
Toodles! Wuvs me xoxo
Haven't written in a while have I?
Been busy! I've now got the modules to my diploma, I only have to complete 8, the Cert IV had 10 so that's good! And one of the ten modules I did for the Cert IV can be brought up as a credit as it was the level of a Diploma.
So that's an option :) but there were too many good modules to choose from so I chose to do 8.
9 days until I see Jassie again! Yah! I cannot wait to get out of Toowoomba (no offence Toowoomba) but mesa in need of a break from it all!
These last two weeks have been quite hard actually, and its so strange I am always trying to not get bogged down by problems and to keep going because I've watched so many people stress out about their own problems they don't look around and see how many other people are struggling yet still wear a smile! And if you let yourself get bogged down the problems some how get bigger!
But I understand how sooo many problems do seem beyond what you can manage! I hadn't let myself get to that point but these last two weeks have been fuzzy and slow and I feel like I need to breathe! But I can't take the breath and of course I would not scream even though the feeling is strong...
But I am - have to - get through it all :) and of course I will this is just a moment in time and God's bigger than anything and I am learning through this all to really (you have to really) hand things over to God. My little shoulders couldn't bear a quarter of it all but God can bear everything in the palm of his hand!
Giving up is not an option and life would just go down hill! And besides I am not the one generally who has the problem (well the problems are never to be seen by another eye but God's) I am used to helping others solve their own problems and listening to them that it seems weird and almost selfish to have a problem of my own.
But all is well! All will be well!
Still can't wait to go to Victoria though! :) I will try and keep people updated while away with photo's etc (I bought a dress and cardigan yesterday that I think I'll wear to the wedding - its a really fresh and 'springy' one) sorry thought I'd add that ;)
Toodles! Wuvs me xoxo
Sunday, September 4, 2011
More thoughts
Hola again!
Its 19 days until we leave for Victoria! Yah!! I am sooo excited, I get to see Jassie again and I love the road we're gonna take! It goes through Orange and Blayney which are two beautiful places in NSW - if it weren't for the fact I don't want to leave QLD (amongst many other facts) I would live in Blayney I reckon! ;) Its a really tiny town and I don't generally like tiny towns but it's half an hour away from Orange which is very similar to Toowoomba.
But I am too happy with Toowoomba to ever think about really moving down there!
On the way back I think we're gonna visit Tilba Tilba and see this beautiful garden there! So exciting :)
By the way I've planted my garden up (did I mention that?) Yah so it has Stock, Corn Flowers, Queen Anne's Lace, Delphiniums, Granny Nightcap's in it and it's soon to have Poppy seeds scattered throughout it as well :) I am getting there!
Also I read a really good thing in my bible reading today I really liked it! Here's the verse that went with it
'Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.' Hebrews 10: 23
And it was about not panicking, when you've been praying about something and its on your mind but yet weeks go by and nothing happens in fact things seem to be lessening and your mind starts to go 'What's going on? What's my future gonna hold now?' Just sit tight! Everything is fine! God's got it all under control as he always does :)
I really needed to hear that but I didn't realise until I read it this morning and it hit me and I was like 'Oh! Of course! Sorry God!' I can never take the reins in my life so I really need to stop trying!
But I gotta go my lunch break is over! Sorry if there are any mistakes!
Toodles! Love Me xoxo
Its 19 days until we leave for Victoria! Yah!! I am sooo excited, I get to see Jassie again and I love the road we're gonna take! It goes through Orange and Blayney which are two beautiful places in NSW - if it weren't for the fact I don't want to leave QLD (amongst many other facts) I would live in Blayney I reckon! ;) Its a really tiny town and I don't generally like tiny towns but it's half an hour away from Orange which is very similar to Toowoomba.
But I am too happy with Toowoomba to ever think about really moving down there!
On the way back I think we're gonna visit Tilba Tilba and see this beautiful garden there! So exciting :)
By the way I've planted my garden up (did I mention that?) Yah so it has Stock, Corn Flowers, Queen Anne's Lace, Delphiniums, Granny Nightcap's in it and it's soon to have Poppy seeds scattered throughout it as well :) I am getting there!
Also I read a really good thing in my bible reading today I really liked it! Here's the verse that went with it
'Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.' Hebrews 10: 23
And it was about not panicking, when you've been praying about something and its on your mind but yet weeks go by and nothing happens in fact things seem to be lessening and your mind starts to go 'What's going on? What's my future gonna hold now?' Just sit tight! Everything is fine! God's got it all under control as he always does :)
I really needed to hear that but I didn't realise until I read it this morning and it hit me and I was like 'Oh! Of course! Sorry God!' I can never take the reins in my life so I really need to stop trying!
But I gotta go my lunch break is over! Sorry if there are any mistakes!
Toodles! Love Me xoxo
Saturday, September 3, 2011
What we get up to...
Hello everyone!
Oh my goodness if you could see me now! LOL!!!
We've decided to do this filming gig - and we're girl's who really kick butt! Lawl!
So we have Betty the Bombshell aka Jess ;)
And we have Ash our quiet sniper aka Mikayla
And then we have McGee the nerdy 'brains behind the attack' person aka Me!
Wow...okay a brief explanation on how Christina has dressed each of her 'victims' up ;)
Betty the Bombshell (Jessica)
She has (funny enough) pastel colours...Christina put her hair in pig tails and then slipped a beanie over her head so that her pigtails are curling about her face framing it in a really cute way. She's supposed to 'appear cute but is deathly' lawl!! She's the girl with the 'big guns' (she looks cute!)
Ash (Mikayla)
Christina straigthened her hair so that its the really flat long look around the face but behind it she has a ponytail. Then Christina got me to do dark makeup above and under her eyes (freaky) so then we stuck red lipstick on her and oh my goodness! I swear she's gonna scare her victims just one look at her and - ahhh!!! Black singlet, dark jeans, black jumper, and a choker kind of necklace.
McGee (Me)
My hair is divided into four sections and twisted into those tight little balls (it look plain ol' weird!) we punched the lenses out of some 3d glasses and so I have them on (yah I look nerdy) and my fringe is down over my forehead, I am wearing skinny jeans and a black tight t-shirt and a vest and sneakers. And I have dark (almost brown) lipstick on. Lawl!
So yah...everybody out of the way! Because we're coming! ;) LOL
Mikayla says I look cute and I think Jess looks cute but Mikayla? Nope scary!!
I think Benjamin is gonna be our 'victim' during all this - lawl!
I gotta go!! Love Me xoxo
Oh my goodness if you could see me now! LOL!!!
We've decided to do this filming gig - and we're girl's who really kick butt! Lawl!
So we have Betty the Bombshell aka Jess ;)
And we have Ash our quiet sniper aka Mikayla
And then we have McGee the nerdy 'brains behind the attack' person aka Me!
Wow...okay a brief explanation on how Christina has dressed each of her 'victims' up ;)
Betty the Bombshell (Jessica)
She has (funny enough) pastel colours...Christina put her hair in pig tails and then slipped a beanie over her head so that her pigtails are curling about her face framing it in a really cute way. She's supposed to 'appear cute but is deathly' lawl!! She's the girl with the 'big guns' (she looks cute!)
Ash (Mikayla)
Christina straigthened her hair so that its the really flat long look around the face but behind it she has a ponytail. Then Christina got me to do dark makeup above and under her eyes (freaky) so then we stuck red lipstick on her and oh my goodness! I swear she's gonna scare her victims just one look at her and - ahhh!!! Black singlet, dark jeans, black jumper, and a choker kind of necklace.
McGee (Me)
My hair is divided into four sections and twisted into those tight little balls (it look plain ol' weird!) we punched the lenses out of some 3d glasses and so I have them on (yah I look nerdy) and my fringe is down over my forehead, I am wearing skinny jeans and a black tight t-shirt and a vest and sneakers. And I have dark (almost brown) lipstick on. Lawl!
So yah...everybody out of the way! Because we're coming! ;) LOL
Mikayla says I look cute and I think Jess looks cute but Mikayla? Nope scary!!
I think Benjamin is gonna be our 'victim' during all this - lawl!
I gotta go!! Love Me xoxo
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Under the weather
Hello!
Well mesa am at home today, due to feeling sick :( I stayed in bed until about 11 something but I am well enough to walk around and although I feel dizzy and my legs have no energy I can still do stuff. And today is Benjamin's birthday so I want to be as well as I can be for him!
So I went through this dessert book and picked a different dessert to try out. I am doing it all at a slooowww pace so I don't stress myself or whatever and so yeah they are cooking now. They are called Chocolate Profiteroles and its a French dessert. I hope it turns out!
Its such a pretty day and while I was lying in bed I could hear all the birds singing and I was happy even though I didn't feel well. I selected two books to read (my learning) and although the reading is slow going due to my headache I have been reading what I can! The two books I selected were.
'The Secret to True Happiness' by Joyce Meyer and 'Harry Potter and the Bible' by Richard Abanes. I am reading that because I do not believe the Harry Potter series are healthy to read at all! J.K Rowling has seriously done research into the witchcraft and sorcery for her books so you might wanna think twice about what it is you're reading. But yeah I'm still going through the book so if asked why exactly I think the way I do I can have answers :) it's all about being prepared!
And the Joyce Meyer book is to help with everyday living, to be happy in every occasion and she says how. Of course we know its to begin with God but I think it helps to re-read that as its so easy to rush your morning and forget to do your bible reading and then the day goes bad and you think why? Well did you pray it would be a good day? Did you place the day in God's hands? did you take time to consider exactly what it was God wanted you to do that day? I know sometimes I don't and I really really want to make sure I do. So yah... :) Getting your attitude set right with God to begin with and learning all you can from him :)
But I have to go funny enough this takes energy and my supply is about out!
Love Me xoxox
Well mesa am at home today, due to feeling sick :( I stayed in bed until about 11 something but I am well enough to walk around and although I feel dizzy and my legs have no energy I can still do stuff. And today is Benjamin's birthday so I want to be as well as I can be for him!
So I went through this dessert book and picked a different dessert to try out. I am doing it all at a slooowww pace so I don't stress myself or whatever and so yeah they are cooking now. They are called Chocolate Profiteroles and its a French dessert. I hope it turns out!
Its such a pretty day and while I was lying in bed I could hear all the birds singing and I was happy even though I didn't feel well. I selected two books to read (my learning) and although the reading is slow going due to my headache I have been reading what I can! The two books I selected were.
'The Secret to True Happiness' by Joyce Meyer and 'Harry Potter and the Bible' by Richard Abanes. I am reading that because I do not believe the Harry Potter series are healthy to read at all! J.K Rowling has seriously done research into the witchcraft and sorcery for her books so you might wanna think twice about what it is you're reading. But yeah I'm still going through the book so if asked why exactly I think the way I do I can have answers :) it's all about being prepared!
And the Joyce Meyer book is to help with everyday living, to be happy in every occasion and she says how. Of course we know its to begin with God but I think it helps to re-read that as its so easy to rush your morning and forget to do your bible reading and then the day goes bad and you think why? Well did you pray it would be a good day? Did you place the day in God's hands? did you take time to consider exactly what it was God wanted you to do that day? I know sometimes I don't and I really really want to make sure I do. So yah... :) Getting your attitude set right with God to begin with and learning all you can from him :)
But I have to go funny enough this takes energy and my supply is about out!
Love Me xoxox
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Living :)
Hello,
Becoming more confident, I've been thinking about that lately and been comparing myself by looking back at how I was this time last year within myself.
I am more confident now, and I feel like I could achieve what I want to achieve. Stronger within myself, all thanks to God and a good friend and his 'tutoring' lol (thank you!) :) Its kinda amazing...
I was just thinking about it on the way to work today and when I thought about a goal I thought 'Yah I could do that!' straight away instead of thinking 'Well that would be scary I'd need a lot of God's help'
I still know I'll need tons of God's help but he has given me confidence to do things now! And its awesome!! :)
Just thought I'd share that :)
Love Me
Becoming more confident, I've been thinking about that lately and been comparing myself by looking back at how I was this time last year within myself.
I am more confident now, and I feel like I could achieve what I want to achieve. Stronger within myself, all thanks to God and a good friend and his 'tutoring' lol (thank you!) :) Its kinda amazing...
I was just thinking about it on the way to work today and when I thought about a goal I thought 'Yah I could do that!' straight away instead of thinking 'Well that would be scary I'd need a lot of God's help'
I still know I'll need tons of God's help but he has given me confidence to do things now! And its awesome!! :)
Just thought I'd share that :)
Love Me
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Random comments
Hello once again :)
I haven't written since Saturday and that seems awhile...well of course! Its almost a week!
What have I been up to?
Well...work...on Wednesday I got officially signed up for A Diploma of Management, so according to paperwork I began the Diploma on the 24/8/11 but I won't actually be able to start it until I get all the modules which probably won't be for a few weeks.
Also I enjoyed another singing lesson Wednesday night, Helen is the best singing teacher EVER!! And I love going through songs with her and learning from her! I wish I could fill my head with heaps of stuff to do with singing but I need room to think of other things ;)
Tonight we're going to the Empire Theatres to see 'Joseph and Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat' should be good :) it was late arranging and it will be a rush to get home and shower up and get all 'fancy' for the theatres but I can do it!
What have I been thinking lately?
Well several things this week, I've discovered how you really really have to have 'mind of matter' and expect great things as our God is a great God!
So every day say to yourself 'I expect something great to happen' and really expect it! This was taken from Joyce Meyer.
And as to the mind of matter, trying as hard as ever to be happy during hard and stressful times. God has you in whatever you're in for a reason, there are lessons to be learnt. He could have you dealing with so much just so see what your first reaction it. Is it 'freak out!' or is it 'God got alot on my plate (as you know) and can you help me? Because with You its nothing that I can't handle'
I have to remember that 'worrying' is a sin! It is God tells us not to. And we really are doubting God when we begin to worry and how could we doubt? This really is an issue when we take a hold of ourselves and say 'Day (present) God and I are bigger than you' a day is a matter of time and we have limited time of this earth live each day as if it was your last hard to come to terms with but honestly its true!
Also I have discovered what I really dislike was really gets under my skin and hurts the most...(lol)...but it does.
I really don't like it when people think they know me, they assume what I am thinking and then guess my next course of action and annouce it and 95% of the time it really was the opposite of what I was going to do. I don't like it when people don't really believe me. I say something and they nod to it and the conversation is ended but later on it comes out in a sentence they may say and they didn't believe me the first time. Sad...
But I have to watch myself and not get all 'melancholy' about it, a lot of the time I don't give them any clue as to what I am thinking anyway; but everytime it happens I always feel like I guess...you could term it as 'running away from the situation' relocating! I wish I could leave and pop up in a place where no one knows me so they can't think they 'know' what I am thinking. But of course that is silly and I bring myself back to earth and take hold of myself. I am bigger and stronger than that!
I'll be more than happy when the right person reads me through and through but I do not like people guessing and believing their own 'guess' to be correct and not believing me when I say it is incorrect.
But! I am on top of the situation so all is well :)
I was dying to get into my garden this Saturday but I can't as we'll be out most of Saturday so mesa won't get a chance...sniff...sniff...it'll have to be Sunday after church.
But right now I gotta go! Sorry if there are any mistakes!
Love Me
I haven't written since Saturday and that seems awhile...well of course! Its almost a week!
What have I been up to?
Well...work...on Wednesday I got officially signed up for A Diploma of Management, so according to paperwork I began the Diploma on the 24/8/11 but I won't actually be able to start it until I get all the modules which probably won't be for a few weeks.
Also I enjoyed another singing lesson Wednesday night, Helen is the best singing teacher EVER!! And I love going through songs with her and learning from her! I wish I could fill my head with heaps of stuff to do with singing but I need room to think of other things ;)
Tonight we're going to the Empire Theatres to see 'Joseph and Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat' should be good :) it was late arranging and it will be a rush to get home and shower up and get all 'fancy' for the theatres but I can do it!
What have I been thinking lately?
Well several things this week, I've discovered how you really really have to have 'mind of matter' and expect great things as our God is a great God!
So every day say to yourself 'I expect something great to happen' and really expect it! This was taken from Joyce Meyer.
And as to the mind of matter, trying as hard as ever to be happy during hard and stressful times. God has you in whatever you're in for a reason, there are lessons to be learnt. He could have you dealing with so much just so see what your first reaction it. Is it 'freak out!' or is it 'God got alot on my plate (as you know) and can you help me? Because with You its nothing that I can't handle'
I have to remember that 'worrying' is a sin! It is God tells us not to. And we really are doubting God when we begin to worry and how could we doubt? This really is an issue when we take a hold of ourselves and say 'Day (present) God and I are bigger than you' a day is a matter of time and we have limited time of this earth live each day as if it was your last hard to come to terms with but honestly its true!
Also I have discovered what I really dislike was really gets under my skin and hurts the most...(lol)...but it does.
I really don't like it when people think they know me, they assume what I am thinking and then guess my next course of action and annouce it and 95% of the time it really was the opposite of what I was going to do. I don't like it when people don't really believe me. I say something and they nod to it and the conversation is ended but later on it comes out in a sentence they may say and they didn't believe me the first time. Sad...
But I have to watch myself and not get all 'melancholy' about it, a lot of the time I don't give them any clue as to what I am thinking anyway; but everytime it happens I always feel like I guess...you could term it as 'running away from the situation' relocating! I wish I could leave and pop up in a place where no one knows me so they can't think they 'know' what I am thinking. But of course that is silly and I bring myself back to earth and take hold of myself. I am bigger and stronger than that!
I'll be more than happy when the right person reads me through and through but I do not like people guessing and believing their own 'guess' to be correct and not believing me when I say it is incorrect.
But! I am on top of the situation so all is well :)
I was dying to get into my garden this Saturday but I can't as we'll be out most of Saturday so mesa won't get a chance...sniff...sniff...it'll have to be Sunday after church.
But right now I gotta go! Sorry if there are any mistakes!
Love Me
Saturday, August 20, 2011
About my day :)
Hello one and all!
I hope you've all been having a good day whoever reads this and wherever you are!
Today I went shopping with my two sis's, hadn't done it in ages and so it was kinda nice to walk around and shop. We actually went 'dress hunting' but I've discovered its the hardest thing in the world to find a good formal dress! Boy oh boy! In the end I bought a new pair of shoes (they were on sale) and a black pinstriped jacket to go over a dark purple formal dress I already own. So with the two new 'less expensive' items I've created a new look to my purple dress! The purple dress was really expensive as it was from MYERS so it looks really good even though I bought it ages ago...2008 I think...and although I wanted something new or different to wear I kinda got that...without spending too much ;) I've actually lost weight since I bought the purple dress so I reckon it looks better - lol!
For lunch we zoomed over to the Angel Cafe and it was so nice, it used to be a tradition of ours but I dunno...I think we just got too busy and have been too tired to go out the past few months. I ordered a 'Sweet Chili Chicken Pasta' it was soooo yummy! Actually I didn't eat it all, perhaps only a quarter of it but I brought the rest home :) so I've still got it to enjoy!
Don't you love it when you buy a few items and then bring them home with dozen's of outfits in mind using other items you already own? So you create so many new looks but you may have only bought two new items! I also bought a stripy top today with the colours of, cream, red, blue, gold (a different kinda gold) and then paired the top with a jean jacket and an olive green beanie and it looks great! (If you ask my personal opinion lol!) The new shoes I bought are kinda 'Penelope' style and I love that style - if you haven't watched the movie Penelope you should! She has awesome style, its different and I adore different but elegant and flattering!
Ahh...I could go on and on about style, fashion etc! I don't tend to always follow the trend - I may in my own way but I like different items and taking from what I've seen looks good but also keep 'price cautious' at the same time - although I have observed (lol) if you buy say...an expensive skirt (and when I say expensive I mean over one hundred dollars - yah you can faint now - are you back? Okay...) so I'd make sure you think the skirt is worth it! (You can lay buy it) but with the one expensive skirt go out and buy tops that are less expensive but flattering and they must suit the skirt 100% then the tops look expensive and your outfit looks 'good quality' and although you bought the skirt if you buy different tops and coats you can create several different outfits so it is worth it!
I once bought a cardigan and top that wasn't expensive but I matched them closely together going for a grey/charcoal/blue kinda feel and I was talking to my Speech & Drama teacher and she was complimenting my top and she said 'its so hard to find good expensive tops that look good!' I didn't tell her that my top was like $14.95 (something around that) but she thought they were expensive! Lawl!
Anyway I better go before I fill page after page about fashion, what not to get, what to definitely get! And how its completely cool not to always follow the trend because depending on your age 'the trend' is soooo weird! And every single teenager follows it why not be different and stand out?
Better go...
Love Me
Monday, August 15, 2011
Geeks!
Lawl!
We grabbed some 3d glasses that someone forgot to throw away at the cinema's and put them on as a bit of a laugh - here's the result!
Courtzbee and Bwiza
Hey once again :)
I have time to publish a lot more today as I am at home (alone...) mumsie is at Lisel's and the rest are at work. I got to stay home due to health reasons...but anyway!
The weekend just past my dear friend Courtney came over for a sleep over and we had a really good time. As you might have seen on Jess's blog we got dressed up in huge dresses! Courtney looked fantastic!! The dress really really suited her colouring and figure! Sooooo pretty!
So here are some photo's of us two, it was quite funny I entertained the group while the photo's were being taken by acting out a scene from Pirates of Penzance lawl! We had a 'grand time!' There were some very laughable moments let me tell you! Enjoy!
Go the Extra Mile
Hey one and all!
I finally got my hand on some photos of us when we were volunteering at Go the Extra Mile, it was a really enjoyable time the bike ride afterward was super nice! We had to wait on a stretch near the beach at one time and we just sat on the cement wall dangling our feet over the edge watching the waves beat the rocks below us, the view was amazing as was the air! I loved it! I would love to get a group together and just spend a day bike riding and then end up on the beach for a dip and fish and chips :)
But yes mesa hope you enjoy the photo's! Most of them were taken when we had free time while waiting for another group of walkers to come, so all you could do was sit, eat, and laugh together :) it was nice family time actually!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Feeling creative
Hello,
Been feeling creative with lyrics and writing seeing as I got into the garden again yesterday and it started raining and don't you love it when you're out among the dirt with the smell of rain everywhere! Ahh...it was nice! Tim Tam didn't quite appreciate the rain he stood under the bush I was clipping with a rather sour face ;)
But here is something I wrote down, I sort of wrote it in the form of a song but I don't know if it is a song...can't make up my mind, but I'll type it out like a song for you :)
Verse 1
Sometimes I wonder at how I see...
The same moon you can see...
Although we're miles apart
It is a small distance, I hope, for our hearts
I know the power behind the world
Love is the greatest I was told
True story we should meet
A flood of knowledge each one of us will keep
Chorus
Can you believe?
Just like that flower I am real
I can't see,
That upon my heart you'll seal
The promise of our lifetime
With such joys no poem can rhyme
Our moment in time...
Verse 2
Like the forgivness of a wrong
For which the time can seem long
Came the knowledge of our love
Because it was whispered from above
A partner for my soul
Every part of me you'll know
Such lessons we will learn
Continuously will this love of ours burn
Chorus
Bridge
This gift from above
It showers us love
Many thoughts unknown
From a heavenly wind blown
Our moment in time...
Well there you go! Mesa hopes you like....a moment in time for God is like a life time for us so really 'our moment in time' is a lifetime. Just a thought...
Gotta go though so toodles!
Love Me
Been feeling creative with lyrics and writing seeing as I got into the garden again yesterday and it started raining and don't you love it when you're out among the dirt with the smell of rain everywhere! Ahh...it was nice! Tim Tam didn't quite appreciate the rain he stood under the bush I was clipping with a rather sour face ;)
But here is something I wrote down, I sort of wrote it in the form of a song but I don't know if it is a song...can't make up my mind, but I'll type it out like a song for you :)
Verse 1
Sometimes I wonder at how I see...
The same moon you can see...
Although we're miles apart
It is a small distance, I hope, for our hearts
I know the power behind the world
Love is the greatest I was told
True story we should meet
A flood of knowledge each one of us will keep
Chorus
Can you believe?
Just like that flower I am real
I can't see,
That upon my heart you'll seal
The promise of our lifetime
With such joys no poem can rhyme
Our moment in time...
Verse 2
Like the forgivness of a wrong
For which the time can seem long
Came the knowledge of our love
Because it was whispered from above
A partner for my soul
Every part of me you'll know
Such lessons we will learn
Continuously will this love of ours burn
Chorus
Bridge
This gift from above
It showers us love
Many thoughts unknown
From a heavenly wind blown
Our moment in time...
Well there you go! Mesa hopes you like....a moment in time for God is like a life time for us so really 'our moment in time' is a lifetime. Just a thought...
Gotta go though so toodles!
Love Me
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Once again...
Hello,
Ah...feeling slightly low because don't you hate it when you get disappointed? I've watched something happen a certain way twice this year and I just watched/heard it happen again and its so disappointing when you want to believe someone is better or different and find they are definitely only human and despite their words 'oh look it happened again'
That's when you really wish...
But wishes may as well be the same as saying 'good luck' and in my world 'there's no such thing as luck'
But three times over seals the deal! Say hello to the shell again while remembering things happen for a reason no matter how disappointing they are...sad smile but I expected it in the first place and was waiting for it yet...hoping things would be better and different. Sometimes its the saddest thing in the world to have a dry prediction come true. Oh well! Still praying things aren't as they seem :)
Goodnight!
Love Me
Ah...feeling slightly low because don't you hate it when you get disappointed? I've watched something happen a certain way twice this year and I just watched/heard it happen again and its so disappointing when you want to believe someone is better or different and find they are definitely only human and despite their words 'oh look it happened again'
That's when you really wish...
But wishes may as well be the same as saying 'good luck' and in my world 'there's no such thing as luck'
But three times over seals the deal! Say hello to the shell again while remembering things happen for a reason no matter how disappointing they are...sad smile but I expected it in the first place and was waiting for it yet...hoping things would be better and different. Sometimes its the saddest thing in the world to have a dry prediction come true. Oh well! Still praying things aren't as they seem :)
Goodnight!
Love Me
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Happy Stress
Happy stress...is that even possible?
Its sounds like it belongs in the 'random' category but I reckon it can kinda exists...
Explanation:
Lately life in the business has been...ummm...stressful only because of 'plain old business' not because of the people around me.
I've been happy and all and somehow excited but stressed....so weird! The only reason I know I am stressed is because I've been feeling sick the last few days, dizzy and with barely any energy and no appetite I am still trying to eat my lunch and its past 3 o'clock and I haven't finished eating my muesli bar which is a big thing for me as my sweet tooth is huge. I need to force the drinking because I wouldn't want to get dehydrated as well. But mesa happy!! :) yet I could spontaneously start to cry when I have to lie down because of the dizziness and it feels as if tons of things to do with work are drowning me but low and behold the next minute I could laugh! Its like the stress is in a bubble of its own and sometimes it pushes through but most of me doesn't get 'being stressed' lawl!
Weird I know! But all good at the same time :) I think maybe I keep being happy because I am on high with God! Life's good!
Well I gotta go back to work now :) toodles!!
Love Me
Its sounds like it belongs in the 'random' category but I reckon it can kinda exists...
Explanation:
Lately life in the business has been...ummm...stressful only because of 'plain old business' not because of the people around me.
I've been happy and all and somehow excited but stressed....so weird! The only reason I know I am stressed is because I've been feeling sick the last few days, dizzy and with barely any energy and no appetite I am still trying to eat my lunch and its past 3 o'clock and I haven't finished eating my muesli bar which is a big thing for me as my sweet tooth is huge. I need to force the drinking because I wouldn't want to get dehydrated as well. But mesa happy!! :) yet I could spontaneously start to cry when I have to lie down because of the dizziness and it feels as if tons of things to do with work are drowning me but low and behold the next minute I could laugh! Its like the stress is in a bubble of its own and sometimes it pushes through but most of me doesn't get 'being stressed' lawl!
Weird I know! But all good at the same time :) I think maybe I keep being happy because I am on high with God! Life's good!
Well I gotta go back to work now :) toodles!!
Love Me
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Morning Pray
Hola!
Since Sunday I have prayed every morning a specific pray that God would have my eyes, ears, thoughts, hands, and feet. That he would keep them and help me to be an image of him throughout the day.
Because our pastor mentioned on Sunday about praying that and how it is so important. And although I had been praying God would keep me throughout the day I am being more specific. Praying he would keep my eyes etc focused on him and not stray and get frustrated at small things, upset over anything but always be focusing on God and that he would keep my heart humble and attentive because its so easy to say once you're angry 'Yah well you trying living with them day out and day in, it would make my job easier if they were nicer' but it doesn't matter what they're doing or did its all to do with you. They're a different story that God's writing, just focus on the pages of your own story that he is lovingly putting together. So when I start to get angry and the Holy Spirit put up the 'what's happening' hand I will stop there and smile my little heart off. Or start singing a praise song to get my mind of 'anger'.
And it is soo amazing how God does it all! It works and I know it would because I pray about it but it's still amazing how it does work, I feel lighter and happier :) and when you're in situations when the person who keeps making you angry accuses you of shouting at them when you're only speaking firmly to them (meanwhile praying your head off that God will keep you calm) and they will not see reason just pray that God will press it upon their hearts to see reason! And that works to!
That happened the other day and I left the situation praying God would press upon their heart to see how they were the ones being difficult at that time. And he did and the person apologised to me not ten minutes later! Amazing!
I LOVE GOD SO MUCH!!!!!
Gee soooo much excitement!!! This world is a good world when you do your part of being a better person because life gets easier around you. And I know there will be times when I just slip suddenly but God'll help me back up and 'his mercies are new' all the time!!
Toodles gotta go!
Love Me
Since Sunday I have prayed every morning a specific pray that God would have my eyes, ears, thoughts, hands, and feet. That he would keep them and help me to be an image of him throughout the day.
Because our pastor mentioned on Sunday about praying that and how it is so important. And although I had been praying God would keep me throughout the day I am being more specific. Praying he would keep my eyes etc focused on him and not stray and get frustrated at small things, upset over anything but always be focusing on God and that he would keep my heart humble and attentive because its so easy to say once you're angry 'Yah well you trying living with them day out and day in, it would make my job easier if they were nicer' but it doesn't matter what they're doing or did its all to do with you. They're a different story that God's writing, just focus on the pages of your own story that he is lovingly putting together. So when I start to get angry and the Holy Spirit put up the 'what's happening' hand I will stop there and smile my little heart off. Or start singing a praise song to get my mind of 'anger'.
And it is soo amazing how God does it all! It works and I know it would because I pray about it but it's still amazing how it does work, I feel lighter and happier :) and when you're in situations when the person who keeps making you angry accuses you of shouting at them when you're only speaking firmly to them (meanwhile praying your head off that God will keep you calm) and they will not see reason just pray that God will press it upon their hearts to see reason! And that works to!
That happened the other day and I left the situation praying God would press upon their heart to see how they were the ones being difficult at that time. And he did and the person apologised to me not ten minutes later! Amazing!
I LOVE GOD SO MUCH!!!!!
Gee soooo much excitement!!! This world is a good world when you do your part of being a better person because life gets easier around you. And I know there will be times when I just slip suddenly but God'll help me back up and 'his mercies are new' all the time!!
Toodles gotta go!
Love Me
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Benjamin Carlos
And last but not least...Benjamin!
My little brother who is almost 20 centimetres taller than me! He's actually only 14 months younger than me.
Benjamin and I were like little twins when we were little. We ran around everywhere together, seeing as we were the two littlest ones down in Tasmania out of the group we were in (for awhile) we still tried to do everything like the 'big kids' that included dashing into thick bushland in the black of night to get away from Luke 'the big boy' scampering through bushland, down cliffs, over fallen logs as we played 'Capture the Flag' or army games, lawl!
...I remember witnessing Benjamin trying to teach a chicken how to fly, which consisted of him putting it onto the highest branch (that he could reach) of a tree and pushing it off. Scary!
But yah personality, he is a melancholy no doubt in my mind! And a phlegmatic. Put a choleric and a melancholy in a the same working room and boy oh boy if we didn't laugh together so much we'd be a mess, those are the times I am sooo thankful I am the older one, hee hee!
Gifts:
Sooo good with his hands
Awesome at maths
Good at soccer
Becoming a good singer (he only began last year and has already made awesome progress!)
Good cook! (Believe it or not)
Benjamin and I look at things so differently, he is kinder to the world then I am (sad for me to say) but he is. I used to hide behind him when I was little. Yet I was the speaker if someone spoke to us...weird? Yah....
If I am feeling sadder or insecure in public I usually go and glue myself to Benjamin. He's used to it! :) thank you Benjamin!
Love Me
Mikayla Hilda
'She is number 4' heee sorry it sounded like the movie 'I am Number 4' I couldn't help it :)
Yes Mikayla comes in before me, she'll be 21 next year in March. And for her the count down is already on. She is always counting down the days to her birthday and she always has her birthday meal decided months before! Unlike me who doesn't even think about it until the week before for shopping purposes - lawl!
Personality...
Mikayla is definitely phlegmatic and...yeah melancholy as well...I think every human being has melancholy in them! ;)
Gifts;
A serving heart
Wonderful cook! (yumsie!)
Sweet smile
Kind
Talkative
Mikayla and I share a room so I know her pretty much through and through, she is my bed time lullaby she literally talks me to sleep. She remembers every birthday that anyone has ever told her! Seriously she gives Benjamin and me quiz's on 'who's birthday is it in August etc?' after about two years I am finally remembering them!
She's one of those girls who eats like a horse and is as skinny as a pole! I don't know how she does it! Lawl!
With Mikayla I can be relaxed, laugh, sing, dance, let go and be slightly crazy because she doesn't think its weird. Thanks Mikayla :)
Love Me
p.s I think all my sisters are absolutely beeeaaauuuuttttiiiifffffuuulllll!!!!
Jessica Amy
Coming along in third place (lol) is Jessica - some of my readers will know Jess from her own blog, Jess will be 22 in September (I can't believe how we've all grown up so fast!)
Personality?
Phlegmatic and melchancholy.
Gifts:
Amazing photographer
Talented cross stitcher
Wonderful writer (as well)
Plays the piano beautifully! (I am her biggest fan I am sure - lawl!)
Writes beautiful piano songs as well!
The best lasagne cooker ever
On a lot of levels and opinions Jess and I are very different, but we do get along as well :) with Jess I can, film, act, laugh, read stories to, share a few thoughts with...Jess and I have this thing of forever saying the same word or sentence at the same time, we don't know how we do it! But we do :)
God's taught me alot from living with Jess and I am very thankful :) and everyone give it up for her photo! Jess is soooo pretty but she don't seem to see it most of the time! Love you Jess :)
Love Me
Lisel Jane
Lisel came second :) she turned 23 in April
Lisel and I are quite alike, I am a bit quieter and more reserved but otherwise we have very similar personalities.
She is a choleric cross melancholy with a bit of sanguine in her as well (From my point of view only of course)
Lisel was the sibling I looked up to the most when I was little, you know how it goes the youngest sister who dreams of being like her older sister. I was quite dreaming but there were aspects of Lisel and how she did things that I wanted to do and be like.
Gifts:
She puts people at ease
Talkative
Lovely laugh
Beautiful smile
Very good at working things out 'for the greater good' - lawl!
Good cook as well
Lisel got married in March 2009, so in a way she missed my 'growning up years' when you get new thoughts and feelings. So we often have to have 'good chats' just so she can catch up on it all.
At the end of 2010 she had a beautiful baby boy which she and her husband Mark named Jonathan (I've mentioned my darling nephew before)
They have their own house and huge property and it's all so beautiful, God has definitely blessed her early on in life!
With Lisel I can, dance, pour out a problem to, cook with, garden with, let go and laugh with. Thank you Lisel!
Love Me
Christina Anne
Christina is the oldest of us all, she will be turning 25 in November this year.
Its funny how many people think she is one of the youngest of the family as she is small and has a young face.
She has been at QUT for the last three years doing a Bachelor in Creative Writing (I dunno the title for it exactly so don't quote me)
Gifts:
Awesome writer (very colourful)
Quite humble
Deep thinker
Good with a picture camera/film camera
Very neat
Good cook!
Her personality would be a mixture of melancholy and phlegmatic, so she is an opposite to me and it is interesting to observe the different way we'd both react to the same thing.
With Christina I can dance, excerise, act, be a fashion freak, and be a dreamer. Because she always listens to a dream and encourages me to pray for all my hopes and dreams. Thanks Christina!
Love Me
Siblings
Hello one and all!
I had decided to put up a posting on each of my siblings explaing them from my point of view :)
I hope you enjoy, I am very blessed with all my dear siblings they are beautiful on the inside and out!
All of them are sooo different from each other and God has taught me so many different things through their different ways :)
So here goes!
I had decided to put up a posting on each of my siblings explaing them from my point of view :)
I hope you enjoy, I am very blessed with all my dear siblings they are beautiful on the inside and out!
All of them are sooo different from each other and God has taught me so many different things through their different ways :)
So here goes!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
My little baby
Hello again!
I was looking at photo's of my little kitten (well he's not a kitten any more!) but he is still my little baby. He was born September the 12th last year and I was able to take him home October the 17th. He's completely black with only a few strand of white, sooooooo cute! And a good boy too! He has never bitten me because he was angry, ever! He only plays, sleeps, hunts and goes on walks with me hence the nick name 'super duper slow cat' ha, ha, ha, he's real name is Timothy but I always call him Timmie or Tim Tam.
Here's a photo of when he was little and was with Jess, Mumsie and I as we took photos.
Mumsie and I were in the paddock and he's staring at us through the gate, he used to love to sit on my shoulder as I walked around. He'd even stand on my shoulder and hiss and spit at the cow with his tiny fur all on edge. Here's another one,
Now he is tall and has a really long tail it's quite funny! But he's a very good cat with a wonderful personality. I was praying for a beautiful cat that got along with Jessica's cat Caleb (the two love each other!) and God gave me one! :)
Gotta go end of lunch break!
Love Me
I was looking at photo's of my little kitten (well he's not a kitten any more!) but he is still my little baby. He was born September the 12th last year and I was able to take him home October the 17th. He's completely black with only a few strand of white, sooooooo cute! And a good boy too! He has never bitten me because he was angry, ever! He only plays, sleeps, hunts and goes on walks with me hence the nick name 'super duper slow cat' ha, ha, ha, he's real name is Timothy but I always call him Timmie or Tim Tam.
Here's a photo of when he was little and was with Jess, Mumsie and I as we took photos.
Mumsie and I were in the paddock and he's staring at us through the gate, he used to love to sit on my shoulder as I walked around. He'd even stand on my shoulder and hiss and spit at the cow with his tiny fur all on edge. Here's another one,
Now he is tall and has a really long tail it's quite funny! But he's a very good cat with a wonderful personality. I was praying for a beautiful cat that got along with Jessica's cat Caleb (the two love each other!) and God gave me one! :)Gotta go end of lunch break!
Love Me
Umm....
Hello....
Confession I was going to write something else but I chickened out...sorry! This is all that came of it in the end...
Believe it's really me?
Believe a feeling like this can set you free?
Start with a smile then leave it awhile
Keep walking fast and who knows maybe it'll pass
Seen it before, just awaiting the end
Ahead of me is a road in which there is no bend
Been left here awhile
In which my surprise has long been out of style
Predicted this future
Which one of us is the higher achiever?
Yah...I did put those words together on a page out of a thought in my head, mesa do not copy! Dunno what it means exactly...I just grab a pen and write!
But I gotta finish my lunch, toodles!
Love Me
Confession I was going to write something else but I chickened out...sorry! This is all that came of it in the end...
Believe it's really me?
Believe a feeling like this can set you free?
Start with a smile then leave it awhile
Keep walking fast and who knows maybe it'll pass
Seen it before, just awaiting the end
Ahead of me is a road in which there is no bend
Been left here awhile
In which my surprise has long been out of style
Predicted this future
Which one of us is the higher achiever?
Yah...I did put those words together on a page out of a thought in my head, mesa do not copy! Dunno what it means exactly...I just grab a pen and write!
But I gotta finish my lunch, toodles!
Love Me
Monday, August 1, 2011
Wearing the Word
Hello!
Quick note while I am on my lunch break at work, I have been putting together some designs that have been swimming around in my head for my business Wearing the Word. Which consists of putting verses onto apparel and caps or even just positive quotes.
I had a stall at Easterfest 2010 - but since then its been hard to set aside time to build it. We're focusing on just keeping it a web based business, the website is currently under 'construction' - but below is a design I came up with. Its simple but looks effective once embroidered. I embroidered it onto a L/S shirt from a supplier by the name of Hanes. What do you think?
I designed another one which has more colour in it - but when I went to save the image I discovered our program had been shut down on Friday without the changes having been saved. So it's missing one flower - I'll do it back up and save it another time. But the wording of the shirt is 'Grace is greater than our sin...' and I embroidered it onto a L/S grey shirt. Quite effective!
I do have an idea in my head for another shirt, I've got the colours swimming in my head but I am not sure exactly what look to give it quite yet, I know what I want to say but I don't know how I will draw the design to go with it...but the verse that backs it up is 1 John 4: 7-8 - you should read that verse it is beautiful! I have mentioned it previously in a blog named 'the subject of love'
But I have to go now - I hope you like my ideas and design :)
Love Me
Quick note while I am on my lunch break at work, I have been putting together some designs that have been swimming around in my head for my business Wearing the Word. Which consists of putting verses onto apparel and caps or even just positive quotes.
I had a stall at Easterfest 2010 - but since then its been hard to set aside time to build it. We're focusing on just keeping it a web based business, the website is currently under 'construction' - but below is a design I came up with. Its simple but looks effective once embroidered. I embroidered it onto a L/S shirt from a supplier by the name of Hanes. What do you think?
I designed another one which has more colour in it - but when I went to save the image I discovered our program had been shut down on Friday without the changes having been saved. So it's missing one flower - I'll do it back up and save it another time. But the wording of the shirt is 'Grace is greater than our sin...' and I embroidered it onto a L/S grey shirt. Quite effective!
I do have an idea in my head for another shirt, I've got the colours swimming in my head but I am not sure exactly what look to give it quite yet, I know what I want to say but I don't know how I will draw the design to go with it...but the verse that backs it up is 1 John 4: 7-8 - you should read that verse it is beautiful! I have mentioned it previously in a blog named 'the subject of love'
But I have to go now - I hope you like my ideas and design :)
Love Me
I got a bunch!
Hello!
I got a bunch of wattle flowers today! I was walking and once again had to wait for my super duper slow cat so Gabbie and I detoured into a paddock and I found a tree that had a branch heavy with flowers hanging over a fallen tree! :) I just climbed onto the fallen tree and picked away! So now I have a bunch in a vase on my bedside table...
Thought I'd mention, this weekend my family and I are volunteers at this charity walked called Go the Extra Mile held by Gospel for Asia.
It's a 5okm walk (one's hosted in Melbourne somewhere and this one is hosted in Brisbane) basically it's people walking the 50km to raise money for the Dalit children of India. We're at one of the pitstops and we ensure that every walker that has left pitstop 1 reaches pitstop 2 and then we have food and drink waiting for them. And then when everyone has left for pitstop 3 we clean up and then we're on 'sweeping duty' we have to walk from pitstop 2 to 3 as well and take down all the little tags that point out the way :)
I think it is such a wonderful and worthwhile thing to be apart of! I want to walk it one year. It would be awesome to get a group together and walk it. You don't have to do the whole 50kms (you'd need a lot of training to do that and good shoes!) so you can just go to pitstop 2 or 3 (as there are 4) but yah...it would be a good thing to do! Mesa thwinking abwout it....
Well I gotta go!
Love Me
I got a bunch of wattle flowers today! I was walking and once again had to wait for my super duper slow cat so Gabbie and I detoured into a paddock and I found a tree that had a branch heavy with flowers hanging over a fallen tree! :) I just climbed onto the fallen tree and picked away! So now I have a bunch in a vase on my bedside table...
Thought I'd mention, this weekend my family and I are volunteers at this charity walked called Go the Extra Mile held by Gospel for Asia.
It's a 5okm walk (one's hosted in Melbourne somewhere and this one is hosted in Brisbane) basically it's people walking the 50km to raise money for the Dalit children of India. We're at one of the pitstops and we ensure that every walker that has left pitstop 1 reaches pitstop 2 and then we have food and drink waiting for them. And then when everyone has left for pitstop 3 we clean up and then we're on 'sweeping duty' we have to walk from pitstop 2 to 3 as well and take down all the little tags that point out the way :)
I think it is such a wonderful and worthwhile thing to be apart of! I want to walk it one year. It would be awesome to get a group together and walk it. You don't have to do the whole 50kms (you'd need a lot of training to do that and good shoes!) so you can just go to pitstop 2 or 3 (as there are 4) but yah...it would be a good thing to do! Mesa thwinking abwout it....
Well I gotta go!
Love Me
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Gardening Inspiration
Well I have looked long and hard and as yet can still not find a photo of a garden I weeded today, I wanted a photo of what it looked like before I began and then mostly weeded, completely cleared, with new plants, and then when the plants have all bloomed! (Over a process of time) but I cannot find a photo to begin with yet... :(
But I will go ahead and explain anyway! I've picked this section of our garden to 'attack' and started today! I am in the 'gardening mood' yes strange as it sounds. I have a few books on beautiful gardens. 'A year in my garden' is a book I am going through at the moment. And it's pictures inspired me to tackle our own dry garden.
The gardens around here are in 'great need of an English touch up' ;)
In Tasmania we had an English garden with roses, lavender, snap dragons, lupins, daisies, rhododendrons, pansies, lobelia's etc. Up here due to the drought we came to a dry garden with a kind of 'cactus look' to it. Poor Mumsie...
Due to the fact we didn't think we'd be here very long we didn't do much with all the gardens (some we quickly got into) but we've been here five years now and I am really dying to see flowers in the garden again when spring and summer arrive! Its funny...when ever I see vases of flowers around the house (because believe me if I had a huge garden full of flowers every room in the house would have a vase of flowers in it!) but whenever I see the flowers in and out the house its strange how I always feel so blessed and happy. Inspired always! What a Creator our God is to design and create all those beautiful flowers!! Thank you God!
To get more of this inspiration and to get the scent in the air I was on my hands and knees late this morning attacking this garden that had indulged itself in too many weeds for too long. Gabbie kept me company and my cat (so cute) sat under me and played with my shirt! I cleared a good bit of the garden and discovered a hare had made various tunnels all through it how amazing! I still have more to do but when it is cleared to perfection and the soil has been made good again I am going to plant lupins, daisies, and poppies and this other flower...I forget its name...but it is tall and pretty!
Lupins and all usually come out around October/November (I am pretty sure) so next year who knows maybe we'll have flowers galore again!
It requires a lot of work but it was fun and its weird the older I am getting (lol and I'm not even that old) but I am getting more into gardening. I've always wanted a beautiful garden when I have my own house and I guess this is me experimenting and designing what I can in the gardens I have :)
So that was a 'garden update!' lawl!
Love Me
p.s I found a wattle tree today on my walk that has branches low to the ground but no flowers yet but when they come! :)
Saturday, July 30, 2011
This is funny
Lol,
My hero (Lol)
I was searching for a photo of this garden today and I stumbled upon these photos that we took ages ago when Benjamin and I were...well I was probably fourteen? That would make him thirteen I am not sure...but anyway! Jess got us two together (I think she was inspired by Casino Royale - although these photos are nothing like them!) but she got us two out on the front lawn and snapped away!
Ha, ha, ha here are some of the photo's in black and white...
Aren't they funny?! We were so little! (Although no shock Benjamin was taller than me even back then!)
My hero (Lol) Guess I didn't think he was that good a hero...
Boy oh boy are we strange or what? But that being said it is fun, I remember having to pretend I was punched and 'fall to the ground dramatically' - sure I got sore knees and wrists and even grass stains but its still fun! Benjamin was having the time of his life because he had to pretend to be the puncher (lol)
Well...there ya go! Hope you like, I don't normally put up photo's I probably should more often!
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About today
Hello,
I thought I would explain a bit about my day for a change...
This morning, with a small group from the ensemble I am in, we went down to Grantham to present them with the money we had raised from our Theatre Restaurant, it was a good experience and one I was glad to be apart of. To help people who had been traumatized so, although we only went and chatted for about half an hour, sung a little of Thank You for the Music for them and then presented them with the money. I am sure a listening ear and a gesture that they are not forgotten is what might help them the most? God thank you that we might help them!
After we did that we went home and my sister headed off to Brisbane while my other sister cooked us a delicious lunch while I baby-sited my adorable nephew! I basically carried him about outside let him watch the dog, listened to him tell me all about his hat in his own 'baby language' then I played hide 'n' seek with him which was so funny as he kept on laughing whenever he knew I was around the corner he was coming up to (but boy it was tiring crawling everywhere instead of walking) then I fed him his lunch played some more hide 'n' seek then took him outside and he crawled about me and used me to stand up (sooo adorable!)
Then I helped Mumsie arranged her craft items for a 'photo shoot' then while she snapped the photo's I cleaned the kitchen (I am sure this 'every day' stuff is very interesting, ha, ha, ha)
After a cup of tea I went off for my walk - I was deserted by Gabbie and even my cat! They walked with Mumsie and Mikayla who walked behind me - but I was too busy hunting for the wattle flowers that are coming out. I love wattle flowers!!
They always come out late July/August (of course) and I love it! I used to look forward to it in Tassie and now here, their smell is in the air! There is a paddock across from our front gate and towards the back of it there are tons of wattle trees! But the only problem is I cannot pick any...because...I am too short! :( so sad...I found a tree full of them today and they looked sooo soft and I love burying my face in them (no matter how weird that sounds) but I could - not - reach - them! Boo hoo...
I'll have to hunt deeper for a tree I can actually reach the first limbs of, or at least climb, wattle trees are normally pretty skinny and tall! Or maybe I'll take my 'trusty 'n' tall' brother for a walk...he could reach...yah! :) I must have a bunch! They disappear quickly and don't even last long in a vase - but at least I'll have a bunch! Perhaps its the memory of Tassie that's in them that makes me love them so much...I dunno...but wattle flowers and wild cherry tree blossoms really make me feel happy! Cherry blossoms are the first sign that 'spring is in the air' how exciting!!
But I'll end there before I get carried away with flowers etc - sorry if this bores you! I am sure there are plenty of people out there who agree with me though! :)
Love Me
Thursday, July 28, 2011
The subject of love
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserves." 1 Corinthians 13: 4 - 7
We are given a complete definition of love. If I went through the list of what love is and compare it to what I have there is only one way to see it. We love in what way we can as we were born sinners.
I cannot tick those boxes. There a some days when I can tick it on a certain topic or situation, which is a huge relief. But most of the time I think I am the most selfish person alive! There really is no other way of looking at it.
But we are also given the perfect example of love from our Creator and through Jesus Christ.
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love come from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." 1 John 4: 7 - 8 (emphasis mine)
God is love
He is love and he gave us a detailed example of love and he continues to give us everlasting proof of his love. When I hear this all I want to do is give my all to be a mirror of that love. To set aside all thought to oneself and really (really) care for other. Even if my reflection is perhaps rusted due to that fact that we are sinful, I still want to give it my all despite the mistakes I know I will make. You can never fail it you try.
That would be my first choice of a 'career' to be a mirror of God's love. Definitely a life long commitment! But God is doing it to us and for us. The least I can do is try my hardest to do the same in His Name.
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are." 1 John 3:1
Love Me
We are given a complete definition of love. If I went through the list of what love is and compare it to what I have there is only one way to see it. We love in what way we can as we were born sinners.
I cannot tick those boxes. There a some days when I can tick it on a certain topic or situation, which is a huge relief. But most of the time I think I am the most selfish person alive! There really is no other way of looking at it.
But we are also given the perfect example of love from our Creator and through Jesus Christ.
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love come from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." 1 John 4: 7 - 8 (emphasis mine)
God is love
He is love and he gave us a detailed example of love and he continues to give us everlasting proof of his love. When I hear this all I want to do is give my all to be a mirror of that love. To set aside all thought to oneself and really (really) care for other. Even if my reflection is perhaps rusted due to that fact that we are sinful, I still want to give it my all despite the mistakes I know I will make. You can never fail it you try.
That would be my first choice of a 'career' to be a mirror of God's love. Definitely a life long commitment! But God is doing it to us and for us. The least I can do is try my hardest to do the same in His Name.
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are." 1 John 3:1
Love Me
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
A thought....
"If you believe a door to have opened fight for what you believe."
I was thinking about it...and in cases when we believe something within our hearts but it appears that other people don't believe it, we should fight (obviously not physically but as it comes) for what we believe. Because God opened the door to us. And it may be he might put us in a situation when we must fight for it before we can have it to see whether we will do what he has placed upon our hearts.
Our fighting might even be what makes the person see. The other person (or people) might need a push depending on their personality. If they are reserved...shy I guess...
There might be more reassurance for some in watching someone fight for what they believe.
Its hard to explain...but it was just a thought
I've been writing lots of little thoughts down in one of my many notebooks and thought I'd put one up. I have more time to write now as I have completed Cert IV in Small Business Management. Now I have a few weeks break before I begin my Diploma. So I shall be dedicating most of it to my singing and some of it to finishing off a clock I am painting for my sister. Of course all in the afternoons after work and weekends. I am loving it!
See ya!
Love Me
Our fighting might even be what makes the person see. The other person (or people) might need a push depending on their personality. If they are reserved...shy I guess...
There might be more reassurance for some in watching someone fight for what they believe.
Its hard to explain...but it was just a thought
I've been writing lots of little thoughts down in one of my many notebooks and thought I'd put one up. I have more time to write now as I have completed Cert IV in Small Business Management. Now I have a few weeks break before I begin my Diploma. So I shall be dedicating most of it to my singing and some of it to finishing off a clock I am painting for my sister. Of course all in the afternoons after work and weekends. I am loving it!
See ya!
Love Me
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Inspiration....
Hello once again,
I have been thinking of how to feel inspired and have a fresh outlook on your day or what you are doing when you're feeling like I do right now...
Sniff...sniff...I am getting another cold...and I have to type up a whole module on website management...yah fun....so when you're feeling gluggy, your head is feeling stuffy and you have to sit down and type up info on a subject you are not at all feeling 'into' what do you do?
In my case I cannot go 'scrap the module I'll design instead' no I have a deadline and it has to be done! As I mentioned earlier (I think)
But perhaps there a little things you can do that will make it easier and even almost like a 'light weight' on your shoulders. I am sorry if I don't make sense.
Solutions:
Well No.1
Its a 'Pray Point' - pray that God gives you (me) a fresh mind and inspiration to take on the module (in my case) and be thankful I have the opportunity to learn!
Once you've prayed the road is already easier...next step is to try and make the life around you inspirational. Perhaps where you're sitting?
No2. Find a good spot to study and perhaps set up a plate of yummy food with tea or coffee. If you're having tea - well mumsie and I are into the 'english style of everything' and so we have the tea pot and the tea cups, so I would be having tea - but set yourself up! Just not to the point of distraction...
No3. Of course set up a music list suited to you, preferrable not songs that will make you want to jump up and dance (a weakness of mine, result? My module remains untouched)
No4. Like we all know 'take regular breaks' a break for me might even last half an hour I would jump into my walking shoes and power walk away with the dog (and funny enough my cat 'my little baby' loves going on walks with me although he is sooo slow)
But yeah...obvious tips to a point but some we forget about and get 'bogged down' in our modules - I swear I have nightmares about 'website modules and their deadlines' - but its all good! :)
I gotta go,
Love Me
I have been thinking of how to feel inspired and have a fresh outlook on your day or what you are doing when you're feeling like I do right now...
Sniff...sniff...I am getting another cold...and I have to type up a whole module on website management...yah fun....so when you're feeling gluggy, your head is feeling stuffy and you have to sit down and type up info on a subject you are not at all feeling 'into' what do you do?
In my case I cannot go 'scrap the module I'll design instead' no I have a deadline and it has to be done! As I mentioned earlier (I think)
But perhaps there a little things you can do that will make it easier and even almost like a 'light weight' on your shoulders. I am sorry if I don't make sense.
Solutions:
Well No.1
Its a 'Pray Point' - pray that God gives you (me) a fresh mind and inspiration to take on the module (in my case) and be thankful I have the opportunity to learn!
Once you've prayed the road is already easier...next step is to try and make the life around you inspirational. Perhaps where you're sitting?
No2. Find a good spot to study and perhaps set up a plate of yummy food with tea or coffee. If you're having tea - well mumsie and I are into the 'english style of everything' and so we have the tea pot and the tea cups, so I would be having tea - but set yourself up! Just not to the point of distraction...
No3. Of course set up a music list suited to you, preferrable not songs that will make you want to jump up and dance (a weakness of mine, result? My module remains untouched)
No4. Like we all know 'take regular breaks' a break for me might even last half an hour I would jump into my walking shoes and power walk away with the dog (and funny enough my cat 'my little baby' loves going on walks with me although he is sooo slow)
But yeah...obvious tips to a point but some we forget about and get 'bogged down' in our modules - I swear I have nightmares about 'website modules and their deadlines' - but its all good! :)
I gotta go,
Love Me
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Learning moods...
Hello,
Was looking on-line and this was the verse of the day on the Bible Gateway website:-
"I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws." Psalm 119:7 NIV
And it really stuck with me as I have been in a strange 'learning mood' of late. I feel so...well...little I suppose. The urge to learn all I can while I can.
And I am doing my Cert IV in Small Business Management and so I am learning...but its a different learning. In my eyes there are so many different ways of learning depending on different moods ;)
With Cert IV, when I study my modules (which might I add I have been doing like crazy these past two weeks as I must complete it by the 26th and then dear readers I am finished! Yah!) but anyway when I study them I'm in the mood of 'put on your corporate glasses and slip on the heels!' and 'work, work, work!' kinda like...'lets get everything ticked off the list'
...weird I know...I pity my sister lol!
But I really feel the urge to learn from God, the bible, and I know he achieves this in different ways. And that is a eager mood, but yet one of peace as well. Excitement!
I realised the other day on the way home from work I was inwardly freaking out at being so unwise...I thought 'I need to educate myself' and in some ways yes (in regards to what I was thinking of) but I was forgetting to pray for God to open my mind and help me learn. To give me wisdom. How silly is that!
No wonder my road was going no where!
So I have been praying for God to give me a keen mind, and a humble attitude. I have years of learning ahead and I need patiences as well. But as the verse says I will also be praising God every hour (every time I even think about it! Which might be closer to every minute!) as I learn from him.
But I do have to be careful I don't jump into an independent mood...I - ahem...confess...I do sometimes (not independent of God - independent of humans - once again, weird I know!) I really feel like standing up myself. Perhaps it comes from being the second youngest in my family. I really feel like standing on my own and breathing on my own! (Hello long walks!) But I don't reckon this is good, as my good friend told me once. "I think you're going to have to learn how to be less independent..." Yah...I know...I am trying :)
Well...I guess this blog has been one of interesting points, realisation, and confessions...but once again it is a glimpse into a normal life. And I reckon everyone needs that other than reading the romantic fantasy of a book girl's life (not that that's all we have!) I have started writing all my own stories because I cannot stand sooo many books that are out there. They are unrealistic and oh my goodness do not get me started! Phew...lets stop there!
I shall end by counting all the good authors I know off that really write decent, and realistic and inspiring books.
Francine Rivers, Jane Austen, Louise May Alcott, Elizabeth Gaskell...hmm I am sure there a more modern ones but I cannot think of them right now...
So 'till next time!
Love 'Miss Old Fashioned' ;)
Monday, July 4, 2011
Been Thinking...
Hello once again (and so soon, see I am getting good!)
This song came to mind today, amongst a lot of other things. I feel so much at peace with God and his love has filled my heart (again) and I so love the feeling!
I read a good verse today from Job and it so suited exactly what I had been thinking about lately...but more on that later (once I figure it all out properly and write it before God so that he can show me how to make heads and tails of my own thoughts - lol)
Here's the song - we had a longer break at work today and I typed it down...it's one of the quiet songs that you play on a Saturday morning rain or shine and just when you're cleaning up and feeling like I am. Content in the Lord.
Walk and Believe
Verse 1
When you’re feeling blue and feel unable to do
All that came to you as a moment to try!
Take strength in the Son above
Everyone feels his love, you gotta believe...
When you feel unable to try what he’s given you...
And everything you once feared is coming true!
You gotta believe...you gotta believe
Chorus
Moments like this, they come and they go...oh...
It will take all the strength you’ll need
To walk and believe
God always, always knows...oh...
Never try to work out all that he can do.
And never let yourself doubt
Just walk and believe...walk and believe...
Verse 2
When the moment has passed and your fire burns low...
Here is the moment to shout all you know!
Take strength in the Son above
Everyone feels his love, you gotta believe...
When you’re feeling scared and not sure at all...
Remember to praise him and then walk through it all
Chorus
Bridge
Praise his name high and throw out the lies!
Join in this moment of pure love and delight!
I know he has everything all worked out
In my life...
I walk and believe...walk and believe...
:)
Of course it does help to have music...but I had to share the lyrics :) I am not sure I am that good at writing up the music anyhow...I have it in my head but it can't yet seem to make it out of my head onto music sheets...lol
I hope you like it!
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