How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news!

a prayer.

2007-04-16T23:12:22Z

Father,
keep your loving arms around the families who have lost their sons and daughters this morning at Virginia Tech. only You can give them comfort. be with the students of V.T. and the families who are waiting to see if their loved one or friend will be on the list of those who are dead. be with those students who are in the hospital, fighting for their lives. i pray that if there is to be another death from this, Lord, that they won't pass away without Knowing You. put someone in the path of the students and the families who are hurting. put someone there who will tell them about You, and the love and comfort You offer. be with the students who will have to face another day, fearful of what has happened. don't let their fear and their pain take over their lives.
let them know You are near.

Amen.

happy b'day!

2007-03-18T20:20:21Z

hey - happy birthday ibelonginnarnia! i hope you have had a great one! :)

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song meme

2007-03-10T22:05:51Z

i got my letter from my good friend thelamppost - it actually wasn't as hard as i thought it would be! :)

here goes... the letter W

1) When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley
         ^ i really love this song - it makes me excited to think about "gettin' where i'm going." Heaven is going to be so beautiful.

2) When Did You Fall - Chris Rice
        ^ chris rice is one of my absolute favorite Christian artists. (i totally recommend him!) he sings a lot of stories - ballads - and i love it. this song *when did you fall* has such a wonderful melody... and... well... i just love it! XP

3) Wonder - Chris Rice
        ^ another one by chris rice! i love this song because it's talking about the wonder a person feels when they realize just how BIG God is. part of the chorus goes "hey - i'm getting dizzy now, falling to the ground. hey - i'm getting teary-eyed, my mouth is open wide - in wonder." i just love it - we should be living our lives in this state of awestruck wonder.

4) Worth It All - FFH
         ^ this song is written from the Lord's perspective. i love how they put it - and it makes me feel so special when i realize that these words are true - God thinks that I am worth it all. He thinks that each person is worth it all. how easily we forget that sometimes - especially when the world tries to tell us that we are of no value. "you are Mine, you are loved, you have always been thought of, when you hurt i feel it every time..... long before you took a breath, i took your pain upon my chest. i knew your name i heard you call. it was worth it all. you are worth it all."

5) Would You Go With Me - Josh Turner
        ^ so... this song has no spiritual meanings whatsoever... but i love it! :) josh tuner's voice is amazing! plus the music video is really good...

6) Witness - Nicole C. Mullen
        ^ "can i get a witness?" this song is asking for witnesses who will stand up and be a witness for Christ and His Love. it's a fun song - but the message is so important.

7) Waiting For The World To Fall - Jars Of Clay
        ^ what can i say? it's off of the inspired by narnia cd! :)

8) Wunderkind - Alanis Morissette
        ^ this song is probably the weirdest song i've ever heard in my entire life. it literally makes no sense - except for the "wunderkind" parts. but it has such a catchy tune, and it's so addictive.... XP

9) Wouldn't Trade It For The World - Sandi Patty
        ^ this song talks about how a Christian wouldn't trade the Love God gives them for the world. "i wouldn't trade it for the world this love you give me - now i have a reason to sin. look at how my heart leaps before You - it's music to me... i'm dancin' to the rythm of Your mercy, movin' to the motion of Your grace - living in Your presence - wouldn't trade it for the world..."

10) [The] Walk - Steven Curtis Chapman
        ^ "You can run with the big dogs - You can fly with the eagles - You can jump through all the hoops - And climb the ladder to the top - But when it all comes down - You know it all comes down to the walk..." basically - you can do everything you wanna do and say that you're a Christian - but in the end - it all comes down to your walk.

Haven't gotten a letter? comment and i'll set you up with one! :)

ZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz

2007-02-16T05:53:38Z

sooooo..........tired.............................need..........sleep.................

*falls out of chair*

snow day PLEASE!!!

2007-02-13T01:36:33Z

i need a snow day tomorrow....

i need a snow day tomorrow....

i NEED a snow day tomorrow....

alas. i'm afraid i won't get my snow day tomorrow.... so it's back to work. i procrasinated - again. grrrrrrreat. you'd think i'd learn.

*facepalm*

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shivers

2007-02-06T14:18:57Z

it is too cold.

it is WAY too cold.

this is not the kind of cold where it's fun to wrap up in a blanket by the fire and read a good book. *BRR* oh no. this is the kind of cold where you sit IN the fire because it is the only place that is remotely warm. i'm bundled up like an eskimo - and i'm INSIDE. i would be wearing gloves - but i can't type with them on. *shivers* okay. complaining is over. i'm going downstairs before my muscles freeze up and shatter into millions of pieces.

mountain_music @ 2007-02-05T16:42:00

2007-02-05T21:45:01Z

i hate typing in all caps, usually. but this a a special occasion.

*ahem*

*caps lock on*

CONGRATULATIONS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS!

you....

WON THE SUPERBOWL!!!

SUPERBOWL!!!

2007-02-04T19:13:21Z

GO COLTS!!!
WIN THE SUPERBOWL!!!!
YOU CAN DO IT!!!

the superbowl is so much cooler *bad grammar again* this year. why? because the head coaches of both teams are Christians. professing Christians. and quite a few of the players on each team are Christians. it is just such a neat thing to watch these two men praise God for their victories. and i know that the winning team will praise Him, and the losing team will praise Him. but in my book - both of these teams have already won.

oh - and check out (www.beyondtheultimate.org). it has the testimonies of tony dungy & lovie smith as well as the testimonies of several of the players. plus it clearly explains the Gospel and how to become a Christian. it is TOO COOL! :)

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new series by batson is a must-read!!!

2007-01-29T15:27:18Z

LISTEN UP!

if you liked LOTR or Narnia... there is a new trilogy out there that you have GOT to read! actually, my sister bought it, and read it... and then made me promise to read them when she was done. i didn't think i'd really get into them or anything, but i was wrong! they were SO GOOD! and it was really cool.. you know how C.S. Lewis had bits and pieces of symbolism in the Chronicles? like Aslan coming back to life just like Jesus rose from the grave? well, the guy who wrote this triology set out to have his story be symbolic through the whole thing - that was his purpose. so here it is!

The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson

1) The Door Within

2) The Rise of the Wyrm Lord

3) The Final Storm

(grr ^ i couldn't find a bigger picture of the last book...)

TRUST ME! you won't regret it if you read these books. they are so good! they have adventure and suspense, but the meaning beneath the stories makes the books so much more meaningful....

THEY ARE SO GOOD!!!

(oh - and check out the website at www.thedoorwithin.com)

oh - one more thing - i added on my sidebar >>> a bunch of my favorite books if anyone is interested... i'm always on the lookout for some good ones so... yeah.

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mountain_music @ 2007-01-15T22:51:00

2007-01-16T04:01:16Z

WARNING: short amount of ranting and raving to follow:

I AM SO STINKIN' EXHAUSTED. I CANNOT SLEEP. DADGUMMIT. IT'S MAKING ME ANGRY. AND I HAVE A SPEECH TO GIVE IN THE MORNING. DANGIT. AND EVERY SINGLE MUSCLE IS SORE AND REALLY HURTS BUT I CAN'T COMPLAIN RIGHT NOW (not thank i necessarily WANT to complain mind you...) BECAUSE MOM IS STRESSED TO THE MAX WITH GRADING PAPERS FOR HER COMPOSITION CLASS AND DAD IS... well... DAD IS JUST DAD. (and he'll give me this long spiel about how if i'd been taking my vitamins regularly for the past few weeks i probably wouldn't be feeling this bad... *sigh* grr.) AND I DON'T HAVE MY HISTORY AND DADGUM POLITICS DONE AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT BUT I HAVE TO. AND I CANNOT SLEEP.

*groans and moans and gets it all out of her system*

shoo.

i feel a heap better now that i got all that junk off my chest. venting on livejournal is FUN! (just kidding...) sorta-kinda that is... so... i think i'm done for now. yep.

ever have those days when you think you'e lost every single one of your marbles and can't find any of them? yeah. that's me today.

anyway. going to bed now... and PRAYING that God will let me SLEEP. aye...

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mountain_music @ 2007-01-15T13:16:00

2007-01-15T18:21:13Z

i am SO proud of myself!

i made icons!!!

granted.. they aren't THAT great - but i made them just the same. and i'm still trying to figure out how everything works... but i think i'm getting the hang of it!

:)

well.... here goes nothing!

^^^narnia icon bases by ibelonginnarnia

i'm thinkin' my favorite one is the one of jimmy wlcek. but then the very first one of lucy & edmund....

i don't know... i'm still learning... ;)

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extended edition!!!

2007-01-14T00:48:11Z

i'm now a proud owner (er.... co-owner) of the 4-disc extended edition of Narnia! WHOOHOO! i'm watching it AS WE SPEAK! er... as i type.

:)

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"the singin' bug"... among other things...

2007-01-10T16:07:49Z

http://beverlys.net/LJ/BuggingYou.swf

okay... so ^^^ this has nothing to do with ..... anything at all. but it is really cute... so i though i'd share! (( turn your volume up! ))

:)

on a different note... i'm waiting for my 3rd book to come in... i can't say i'm waiting patiently though. oh well. i've got plenty to do what with school and stuff.

whoa. brilliant idea. i'm sittin in our sunroom and man do we need to dust. but i'm gonna attempt to take pics of cobbwebbs. if they turn out halfway decent i'll share. if not...... well....... i won't.

today is most definitely gonna be a "random-feeling" day....

WHOOHOOO

see? totally random.

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mountain_music @ 2007-01-08T21:57:00

2007-01-09T03:12:25Z

putting aside my earlier LJ problems... GRR...

i snapped this pic of jingle this morning. she was playing with kay lynn and got up on her bed and scooted back underneath the covers.... and i couldn't believe how well it turned out!

^^^ believe it or not... she was fussing at me when i took this...

i wish this one would have been in focus better... i'm still working on focusing QUICKLY..... but jingle is a good subject to practice on... :)

i think i'm gonna tweak them a little bit... if i come up with anything good... i'll share again! :)

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mountain_music @ 2007-01-08T11:17:00

2007-01-08T19:19:12Z

*ARGH*

i hit the wrong button and deleted an entire post! it was extremely long and i was just about to post it... GRR.

mountain_music @ 2007-01-05T16:27:00

2007-01-05T21:40:29Z

so i'm pretty excited right now...

i'm an avid reader. (that's probably an understatement) while most kids got in trouble for playing too many video games or talking on the phone too long, I got in trouble for reading too much. i perfected the art of reading a book while doing all the household chores - and can even dry my hair and read at the same time. the title "bookworm" just doesn't do me justice. well, for Christmas i got a new book - it's part of a series that's in the process of being written. well... it was... AMAZING! only problem = the next one doesn't come out till MAY. great. so i went to berean and found a good-looking book on sale for 5 bucks. a Christian fiction book over 200 pages for only five bucks? let me tell you - it was callin' my name. so i answered. and it was more than good. it was GREAT. except... it was most definitely a cliff-hanger. so i went back today to get the rest of the series. (2,3,4) they had #2 & #4 - but no #3!!! at first i was distraught! but then i decided it was a good thing - cause if i don't have #3 yet, i won't read 2, 3, & 4 before the end of next week! ;) (i'm also a very fast reader) so i'm sooooooo excited! i bought #2 & #4 and ordered #3... and i got a discount by using my dad's pastor rewards card! *yay for discounts*

oh and by the way... the series is "Heirs of Montana" by Tracie Peterson. it's set during the civil war and the years after it... but it's not actually a "war book". they move out west to montana to get away from the war... so i highly reccomend them so far! :)

here's another picture of jingle bell. she came tearing up the stairs yesterday and hopped up on my bed and stared out the window for the longest time - like she was looking for something very important... it was so cute! plus - she's wearing her favorite outfit!

okay... just kidding on that one - this is her ONLY "outfit". :)

mountain_music @ 2007-01-04T14:01:00

2007-01-04T19:06:55Z

so... i registered for spring semester classes today and talk with the prof of the class i failed. :[ he was really nice actually and i'm going to retake his class this semester. i guess politics is just not my thing. but i'm going to shoot for an A this time. or at least a B. i know i can do it. it's just that there was too much going on last semester and i could NOT get everything done... grr.

anyway.

more later maybe... my fingers are too tired right now!

depths of despair.

2007-01-02T22:22:04Z

i failed.

i failed?

i failed!

i failed my politics class. yeah. i made an A and a B in my other classes. but i failed politics. i seriously cannot believe it. i knew that i wasnt' doing great in that class. but failing? not me.

oh man.....

LATER:

okay... i've calmed down a little bit... so i failed. oh well. you just gotta get on with it. and make yourself do better. aye...

misc...

2007-01-02T19:44:31Z

this post is... highly.... miscellaneous.

so i've decided that i'm getting too old to stay up all night.  *grimace* i feel awful. i think that every single muscle in my body hurts right now. grr. this always happens when i stay up too late and don't get enough sleep... but the thing is... i've slept plenty!!! oh well... i'll know better next time i want to stay up all night and "party" with my friends. xp

tonight my bff (olivia) and her family are coming over for a movie night... we're gonna watch "cheetah" and grill hamburgers and hot dogs on dad's new grill... i'm excited. cause soon we'll see each other only twice a week again... *pouts* she goes to "real school" now, but i'm still homeschooled. so the only time we see each other is at church. and she works on the weekends and has mucho homework. so.... but i'm thankful for the time we've gotten to spend together over her break.

okay... speaking of moving... *tries to guide topic of post in a subtle way* i've got a feeling. it's the "we're moving" kind of feeling. i can't explain it.  but too many things are happening, and too much stuff is being done with the idea of "if we move".  anyway. sometimes i think i'd like to move... part of me is DEFINITELY ready for a change - a new place, new people... you know? but then the other part of me says... "ARE YOU CRAZY?" look at all that God has given us here! i guess in the end, it really isn't my choice, rather, His choice. i just have to follow. oh well............... we'll see won't we?

more pictures! yay! *claps hands*

^^^ i'm convinced that jingle should be a puppy model! :) poor girl, she's been the object of most of my pictures! she just can't escape my camera! *evil laugh*

^^^ i figured out a way to make our Christmas tree lights look really cool! :)

^^^ this is probably one of my favorite ornaments on my tree...

^^^ this picture cracked me up! see my dog? she's jumping up trying to see if anyone has fixed her food or not. look closing and see where her feet are NOT. no one believes me when i tell them how high jingle jumps... now i've got PROOF! ;)

alrighty... on to a few backgrounds i've made recently... i like them... thought i'd share.....

grr. things aren't working with me! so click the links!

http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project44teamgf9.jpg
^^ sons of thunder - trent & carlos
* personally... i was quite pleased with this one...

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4737/project41lightscb9.jpg
^^^ "lights" (stock image)

http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project46churchul9.jpg
^^ church
*** i took these pictures and felt that this one came out great!

http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project45generalleeyd8.jpg
^^ general lee - from Dukes of Hazzard!
*** i took these pictures also.... but.... it's not my favorite....

http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project42flowersoe5.jpg
^^ flower (stock image)

okay... that's all for now folks.....

hey there 2007!

2007-01-01T06:02:51Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

so i have more to say... but it'll have to wait until tomorrow... er.... i mean today.... but MUCH later today.... yeah... goodnight!

EDIT:

alright, it's "list time". first, here are some of my most memorable times from 2006...

* going to mexico again and seeing all my friends from 2005
^^^ paola: you have much sunshine, tomas.   thomas: huh?   me: paola, i think you mean sunburn. tomas has a sunburn. :]

* going to the zoo at Christmastime and looking at all the lights

* seeing JOSH TURNER live in concert!! WHOOHOO!!
^^^ olivia: he has such a cute stomp!!!

* picking apples with my grandparents

* "arctic edge... where adventures meet courage....courage....courage..." VBS 2006
^^^ when the kindergarteners mauled us, creating a massive dogpile, with me and mrs. amy - their beloved music teachers - at the BOTTOm of that pile.... talk about uncomfortable. but cute... and quite funny....

* IYC summer youth camp!
^^^ things falling in the toilet and me "doing my laundry" outside at 11:30 at night!
^^^ "did you say you feel like being JUDAS today???"
^^^ alex... please tell me you don't have FINGERNAIL POLISH ON!!?!?!?!?!? :)

* branson, missouri and our new "house"!
^^^ the brett family and the dixie stampede were *gasps* amazing! and the cabin we stayed in??? boy howdy!

* the hours upon hours upon hours we spent at church, setting up for events and tearing down after events and getting ready for vbs and the banquet
^^^ going to kinko's/fed ex with dad at almost midnight to pick placecards up for mama

* being ashley's "date" for soiree and getting to wear a fancy dress all night long...
^^^ josh: jill..... you're ashley's... date? is there something you need to tell us? me: JOSHUA! NO. GRR. :)

* crazy dreams
^^^ evan is now my son
^^^ i am a vietnamese reindeer....
^^^ josh is a tatoo artist
^^^ siera killed thomas by popping her neck

* times with family
^^^ dad: look! it says mother!    me: uh dad.... that is NOT what that says... put your glasses back on!
^^^ kay lynn: this is gonna take me twice as long to vaccum.   dad: it won't if you plug it in....
^^^ me: i think that sign says that juanita is pregnant. wait.... dad: *laughs hysterically*
^^^ mama bringing home yet another Christmas tree

* seeing God answer our prayers
^^^ about grandad and too many other things to count

wow... there are so many great and fun things that happened in my life during 2006... but i think God has plenty in store for 2007 as well....

so here are a few of my new year's resolutions:

* truly Live for Christ - better than i did last year

* stick to the diet i'm supposed to be on (even if it means eating all of those bland, natural, healthy foods...) xp
^ oh - and take my fiber and herbs daily - without having to be told...

* have a consistent quiet time - daily.

* work harder in school and helping mom around the house

* get a job!

* STOP PROCRASTINATING (AYE! this one is gonna take a lot of work)

* actually write that children's book story that's been sitting in my brain for the past nine years...

* remember to stop and be truly thankful for what i have and not take so many things for granted

* be more determined.

i guess some of these aren't really "resolutions".... but they are what i want to improve on this year...

* have a more childlike faith
^ trust Him for ALL my needs
^ follow immediately w/out question
^ stop worrying so dadgum much

* be stronger - able to endure more
^ both in a physical sense and a spiritual sense

* have more patience, be more gentle

* BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK, AND SLOW TO GET ANGRY. ((hmmm.... wonder where i've heard that one before...))

i'm looking forward to what God has in store for me and my family in 2007.... i'll be graduating high school - FINALLY. and so that holds a whole new challenge for me. it's gonna be tough sometimes.... but.... i think i'm excited! ;)

Father, thank You for everything that happened in 2006. the good times and the bad times. You've taught me a lot this year, but please help me to learn more in 2007. You've brought me through some rough spots, and i have no clue how anyone who doesn't know You even gets through one day without breaking apart. i want to be a light this year - glowing brighter so the world can see You. give me strength and courage to face the challenges ahead. help me to keep my resolutions, and reach my goals. may my will for my life be whatever it is You want me to be. thank You for giving me Life. Amen.

mountain_music @ 2006-12-30T17:52:00

2006-12-30T23:14:24Z

so... i've been thinking, and i'm not sure what exactly the purpose of the journal is. i reckon it's a mixture. i'd thought about doing a photo journal... and keeping this one for all my actual "journaling".... but for now, everything is crammed into one...

COOL CAR PICS UNDER CUT!!!

we went to the car show today. mucho neato. although some of those cars cost more than my house. CRAZY. i took about two hundred pictures during the hour and thirty minutes we were there... *grins* i'm still loving my camera!

^^^ what can i say? i'm a sucker for the General Lee!

^^^ jaguar... NICE.

^^^ HUMMER. oh my. i wish i could drive one of these. but unfortunately, they are slightly out of my price range. only slightly mind you. *laughs hysterically*

^^^ pretty mustang!

so... that's a litttle bit of what we did today. it does not seem like saturday to me though. it's cause we didn't go to church on wednesday. and that throughs off my whole week. anyway......

mountain_music @ 2006-12-29T15:39:00

2006-12-29T20:42:27Z

Okay... this is an extremely long post... so bear with me.

Sleepovers and Such...

So we had a sleepover the other day with our best friends. See, my bf is two years younger than me, but it feels like she’s my age. Anyway, her two younger sisters are bff’s with my little sister. So when one of us wants a sleepover, all five of us have to get one. :) Well, Kay Lynn, Rachael and Allie all like to see how late they can stay up, and how crazy they can get. Me and Olivia? I reckon we used to be just like them. But we aren’t anymore. We just want to kick back and watch a movie. So that’s what we did. We watched Fox and the Hound 2 - which I highly recommend to ANYONE! :) I loved it! TOO TOO TOO CUTE! But man! When 2 o’clock in the morning rolls around... I’m beyond ready to hit the sack.

Something has been bothering me...

I finally watched A Walk to Remember. I fast-forwarded through three parts. And I probably missed half of the conversations between Landon and his friends because TV Guardian cut out their language. And at the end of the movie? I felt like I’d wasted the two hours it took me to watch it. (I had a few interruptions.) Why did I feel this way? I thought that the casting was perfect, and Shane West is definitely a cutie. The story had so much potential. And I can relate to it. (I’m a preacher’s kid.) But when I don’t feel comfortable watching a movie in it’s entirety... I just... I don’t know. The relationship between Landon and Jamie was sweet... but a little bit intimate for a girl who supposedly had such a strong faith. Part of me wanted to love the movie - I mean come on! What girl doesn’t want a boyfriend who would stay with her through thick and thin? But another part of me said that the movie was a dud.

EDIT: I know that my "standards" for a boyfriend are different. Heck - my standards for movies are much different than most of my friends. But trash in is trash out. If I watch movies and listen to music that is not pleasing to the Lord or that go against what the Bible says, then eventually, those types of things will start to seep out of my mind and mouth. Anyway. I just don't know.

GRR. As of now, this post isn't long at all. But I have to go. I'll edit later.

EDIT:

New Music...

I love all types of music. I'm very ecletic in that sense. Everything from Country to Latin-Style. Anyway. I bought Salvador's new album yesterday. It's okay. It's not as good as the other one I have, but I still like it. Part of the reason I'm drawn to their music is because they always do a song or two in Spanish. And ever since I went to Mexico the first time, I love hearing worship songs in a different language than my own. There's just something about it. The idea that my God is SO BIG that I can worship Him in Spanish, English, or even Swahili - and He still understands my words. It's just so amazing to me. On my first trip to Mexico, I went with an all-youth team. To make a long story short, one night after service, some of the guys on my team picked up some instruments and started messing around. Before too long, several of the guys from the church joined in. They all knew "Open the Eyes of My Heart". Now, I can't hear a song I know without humming along, and if I can, you can bet I'll start singing it. So I did - in English. Then, Jenny joined me - in Spanish. We were both singing the same song in the same place at the same time to a God who is ALWAYS the Same. Yet we were singing in two different languages. It was truly... indescribable. That's the only word I can use to describe the way we were worshipping that night. So that seemed to come out of nowhere but I couldn't stop thinking about that night since I bought the Salvador cd...

hmmmm.... this post really wasn't that long... oh well............ i guess it's because i'm in a better mood than when i started.................

:)

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mountain_music @ 2006-12-27T13:50:00

2006-12-27T19:15:08Z

So...

As I said in my previous post - Christmas was great!

Here’s a few gifts I received:

Narnia collectables!! (Gifts from Father Christmas) *jumps up and down*

new album for scrapbooking *claps with glee*

music: Josh Turner and Amy Grant

a really pretty picture frame

But my favorite gift was partially a gift and partially a present to me from me! :)

a new camera!!!

YES! FINALLY! I saved and saved and wished and prayed that God might magically drop into my lap. Well, He said no on that one. But I have it now! It’s a Nikon D50 and I absolutely love it! My dad has an old Nikon (ancient is more like it) and has some really nice professional lenses. Well, I can use his old lenses on my new camera! I haven't tried it yet, but I will be crushed if for some reason they don't work. I've already gotten fussed at cause I have barely put it down. Except for now - and that's only cause the battery is charging! :)

Look how well it does!

*hehe* I made chocolate covered peanut butter and vanilla wafers last night - this was pre-chocolate.

our squirrels love corn...

candles are good... but I need a little better candle to photograph...

Now for my favorites - these are of my Jack Russell Terrier. Her name is Jingle Bell. She's 13 months and should be a model!!!

Looking out the window - ready to attack a squirrel at a minutes notice!

OK. Is she not absolutely ADORABLE!?!?!

Well, I gotta go. I might update more later!

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mountain_music @ 2006-12-25T23:28:00

2006-12-26T04:29:44Z

Christmas was....

**FANTASTIC**

i'll fill in the details later.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Christmas thoughts...

2006-12-24T23:59:29Z

Tonight was our Christmas Eve service at church...

I love Christmastime. I just do. I love almost every aspect of the celebration. Anyway. Tonight, we had the Lord’s Supper. The bread was passed around and I took my piece and just prayed silently while the music continued playing. But my prayer was interrupted by Aaron, who was sitting a few rows in front of me. Aaron is two years old, and is a doll - sometimes. Tonight was one of those times where "rascal" defined him better. All of a sudden he started hollering - "where’s my piece of bread!?!? I want a piece of bread!!!" Finally, his mom took him out of the sanctuary after he wouldn’t stop fussing. I smiled, thinking, "He doesn’t understand what the Lord’s Supper is about. Or that you must be a Christian to partake of it. He just doesn’t understand."

That’s when it hit me.

Do I understand? Do I truly realize what the Lord’s Supper is about? What it represents? Can I truly comprehend what a great price Christ paid for me? Can I understand what God must have felt like that first Christmas morning when He watched His only Son being born in a cattle stall? No. I cannot fully comprehend what an amazing event happened that morning. I know that it saved my life, and the lives of many of my family and friends. And I know that He loves me more than anyone ever could - although I can’t even grasp that type of love.

Jesus. You loved me SO much that You left Your home in Heaven. I cannot truly understand Your Love, but I thank You.
My Christmas wish is that You would let me be able to really appreciate what You did for me. And help me to love You more. Amen.