Plans...important plans....

Thanksgiving weekend plans include:

Consume as much of my mom's Thanksgiving dinner (+ leftovers) as possible
Black Friday shopping (online and in stores)
Seeing HP7 again with friends (and maybe Tangled, too)
Finish a dominoes game with the parents (we started it while camping)
Eat more leftovers
Finish editing photos for friends
Write out blog posts that are swirling in my head
Make a big, long list of things I am thankful for
Start Felt-A-Licious!
Make a few art journal pages
Do my Breaking Free homework
Work on a secret project
Take photos
Play with Winnie
Skype my sister, nephew, niece
Shop for wool roving
Research dyeing wool
Shop for Christmas presents
Play Banangrams (and maybe win, just once)
Sleeeeeeeep


What are you up to this weekend?

City love

Two of my favorites...

"carry me?" she asked.

Always.

Time for bed routine

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1. Straighten room. (I can't go to sleep in a mess. I will literally toss and turn in bed until I get up and straighten everything. I need order when I go to sleep so it will be in order when I wake up.)

2. Wash face, brush teeth, etc...

3. PJ's. Comfy, cozy things that usually don't match.

4. Into bed with Bible and journal in hand.

5. Read the Word and pray/journal for about 10-40 minutes depending on the night.

6. Turn out lights.

7. Turn on alarm.

8. Asleep in 10 minutes or less (usually)



My big thing before bed is reading the Bible. I started this in middle school, I think. I believe that I'm most emotionally vulnerable at night. I get weepy over hard days. I get wistful over dreams and plans. I ponder everything that went wrong that day (pessimist, that's me). It's the time of day I'm most likely to break down in tears.

I discovered many years ago that if I end the day with verses and words from Jesus, life is livable. Sleep is possible. Hope is readily available. Joy will come in the morning. I fall asleep easier because I've laid everything down before The One who can handle it. I'm not saying that I don't pick it back up in the morning, sometimes. But I do handle life better when my last words of the day are with my Savior.


What does your routine look like?

Last night, I had a wonderful time with my camp girl friends. We drank lots of tea and ate lots of British cookies that my roommate brought back from England. Then we laughed and laughed and laughed until we cried (especially at the video above). What a blessing and wonderful relief from the last month of crazy weekends. I'm so thankful for these girls and magic of their friendship. I'm blessed beyond measure to have them in my life.

Today I went to my 3rd wedding in 5 weeks. I think I'm wedding-ed out. Tonight is all about cozy-ing up at home.

The end.

I see you there

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What makes me notice someone.....

1. They make me laugh. All my closest friends are hilarious to me. We laugh together.
2. They exude the love of Jesus.
3. Outgoing/extrovert. I'm shy enough for 10 people. Give me someone who is confident and outgoing.
4. A quoter of movie lines. Totally guilty of this myself.
5. An understanding of the wonder of sarcasm.
6. Selfless-ness.
7. A random Battlestar reference.
   
8. Hair/hairstyle. It's the first thing I notice.
   

Would you rather be wealthy and ugly, wise and sickly, or beautiful and stupid?

I think wealthy and ugly. Here's why...

I could adopt as many kids as I wanted with no worry about funds.

Schools could be built, children and families fed, orphanages built and medicine supplied in Uganda

I could spend a year in China at MBHH with no worry about money.

I could fund friends who wanted adopt, but didn't have the money.

Camp could do a million different things like build a new dorm, replace the Cottage, hire more staff, add fun new activities with a few million dollars.

I could travel and see all my friends and family who are scattered across the country.


And let's be honest. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My looks will fade no matter how beautiful I am. I'd rather be ugly and help other than be beautiful with no sense to do anything.


What would you choose?

The plot

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After yesterday's downer post, I found out that it is NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). So, now I have a constant stream of ideas to inspire me and prompt me on to writing. It couldn't come at a more perfect time. I always feel more mentally stable when I can write. Anyone else every feel that way?

Anyway, on to today's prompt....


Describe the plot of the next book you want to read, even if the book doesn't exist yet.


That's an easy answer....

It would be another Harry Potter book. Maybe in the years between the end of the war and the epilogue in the end of Hallows. There are 19 years of stories just waiting to be told. It would, of course, center around Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny. It must have lots of the Weasley family. All of them. I miss those Weasley's.


ps....I'm in the middle of 3 books right now. Three completely different genres so I can read what I'm in the mood for. Anyone else read books like that?

pss....If you decide to participate in NaBloPoMo too, let me know in the comments! It will be so fun to share ideas and thoughts with you.