The Grave

Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior

Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord

Paper on Biblical Courtship

Finally done writing my paper on Biblical Courtship. I just need to read it over with a clear head. And get my sister to tell me if it's missing anything. So happy. It is due the end of this month. (4 days away)

Almost.

Almost done

Why is it so hard to decide where a paragraph should go?

Just not where it is now

Oh, and the conclusion....

Ha! 

Nonexistent 

For now

But still,

I'm almost done

The Gift of Concentration

Concentration is a gift

Which I don't have

Writing is a gift too

I like my writing style 

(whether or not other people do)

But writing fast is a gift too

And I don't have that gift either.

Shrek

Shrek: it's been too long

Quotable

Funny

Hilarious

Donkey is the best

Soft Butter

You know it's spring when: the butter is soft enough to spread in the morning.

The Life of Irena Sendler

A movie (last night was girls' movie night). About a Polish woman who lived during World War II and smuggled more than 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto, saving them from death at the hands of the Nazis. A true hero, she was caught and tortured in an attempt to persuade her to reveal where one of her contacts lived. She was sentenced to be shot by a firing squad because she would not give up her information. She lived because one of the Germans on the firing squad was bribed to free her. She hid in the mountains for the rest of the war. Not one of the children she rescued was found by the Nazis. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008, but lost to Al Gore because he made some slide show on global warming.

Bikes

Some little boys who live a few houses down were already biking up and down the sidewalk yesterday; between two- or three- foot piles of snow.

Spaghetti Dinner

3:00

Start spaghetti

Tables

Coloring paper

Salad

Garlic bread

47 people

Lots of food

Happy people

More food

Loud room

Talking, fellowship

Sing song

Dessert of ice cream

Ice cream toppings (nostalgia sets in)

So good

Clean up

Washing dishes, cutlery, cups, crock pots

Six hours after I left: home

Success

Desperate People

All these people, advertising that they are desperate for a relationship. It makes me sad. Not only because they are not happy like I am. That is a small part. Mostly because they are trying for happiness on their own terms. Desperate enough for a relationship they'll do anything. They think that is what will make them happy. They are not trusting and content in God. If they really think a relationship is the thing that will make them happy, they will never be truly happy and content and full of joy. That is what makes me sad.

Wake

The black sky brightens to a dull grey. My dog prances at my bedroom door, wanting out. Why is it so hard to get up in the morning?

Bacon

Bacon. Need more be said?

Instagram

Just joined Instagram. How could I resist? :) I love taking pictures, and this gives me something to do with the pictures I take.

Snowboarding

I went snowboarding today. Probably my last run of the year. Another bittersweet moment. I wish I had someone else to go with, it was pretty lonely today. But it's final. Spring can really really come now, please.

Piano... or Snowboarding :) ?

Concentration goes out the window. Piano practice? What's that? Can't concentrate on that when I'm going snowboarding this afternoon. :)

Dance

Dance like no one is looking

Sing like no one can hear

Love like you've never hurt before

Live like there's nothing to fear

~ Newsboys

Concentrate

Lord help me to concentrate on the things I need to do.

Hebrews 3:7,8 (NKJV)

Today, if you hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion...

Life of Pi

Life of Pi. Makes me want to read the book.

Piano Practice

If I spend an hour on technique and twenty minutes on each song every day, five days a week, that's four hours a day, twenty hours a week. Three weeks til music festival means I'll practice, between now and then, sixty hours. Fourteen weeks til my exam means 280 hours spent practicing piano for my grade 9 exam.

This Weekend Was

Inception

Talking late and sleeping in

Fruitloops

Mario Smash Bros

Nutella cookies

Painting nails

Jetpack Joyride

Leafs vs Jets and a shootout

Sitting up late together

Sunday and church

Young peoples 

Home again

Bittersweet

Last shift of the year 

The possibility of never going back

No more waking at six

No more lugging 50 lb mats

No more joking with the customers,

Laughing with my coworkers.

Bittersweet.

Coffee and Sonya

I love it when we go out for 'coffee'... and get fruit smoothies inserted so we aren't up all night. We could probably talk for twice as long as we did, without running out of things to say. We two are like peas and carrots. We are so alike. We make each other laugh and giggle so so much. Two blondes, with such similar personalities. I wonder what people around us think. Not that it matters. If we knew we'd probably just laugh some more. We need to do this more often. 

I am so blessed.

I Love Lucy

Every day with lunch, the show 'I Love Lucy'. I think it's her facial expressions that make the show. And I'm not sure how anyone could possibly get into so many awkward situations.

Talking With You

I love our talks. How we can talk all evening and still have things unsaid when we say goodnight.

Snow

Grey skies

Gently falling snow

It swirls around the yard before settling on the trees the fence the grass

Covers the new growth in a gentle blanket

Tomorrow it will be gone again

Or maybe on Friday.

Good Morning

When your boyfriend sends you a text that starts "Morning beautiful" <3 Just made my morning... Probably my day. Is that a little extreme? :)

Night Shift at the Tube Park

The joy on a little girl's face when I push her tube down the hill. The smiles and laughter when I say 'yes, I can spin you down the hill'. The utter exhaustion of moving mat after mat, and still having more to move. The feeling of peace driving home so late at night, almost the only one on the road. Bed.

Spring

Little black squirrels, munching on the bird seed already picked through by the birds. The stuff that has been dropped on the ground in mounds. Birds flit from branch to branch. Piano music. Working in the melting snow.

Warmth

Heating pads

Baseboard heaters

Sun

Little dog

Cozy shirts

Socks

Favorite hoodie

Blankets

:)

I 

Miss

You

Forrest Gump

Monday night movie nights. Four girls, junk food, and movies from Thor to Glass House to Forrest Gump.

Almost-Spring

Lovely almost-spring day

Sunlight shooting across open blue skies

Piles of snow slowly shrinking

Natural light streaming in through the windows 

Brandon and Jacob playing chess

Silent house except for Jacob's constant chatter

Sleeping dog, chirping bird

Contentment