It will take tears and time...

Sometimes life just doesn't go as planned. Things happen, people move in and out of your life, some things end, and some begin. Some things just continue on.

 

Well, today has been one of those days where NOTHING seems to be going right in my life. It feels like everything is pressing down on me. School starting, Aunt moving furthur away, buissness is not going as I hoped, having major allergies (ragweed), missing camp, not looking forward to youth group starting, and all around feeling like breaking down and crying, and Dreary weather is not helping much...

 

It will take tears and time till I'm ok again, but I'll be ok eventually...

 

Sometimes finding the positive in things is VERY difficult, that's for sure.

 

                                              

The Magic of Music!

It's amazing what music can do for someone! There are so many times I've just needed to lose sight of my problems for a little while, and music always presents that escape... While I may begin my "escape" feeling angry or frustrated at myself, I can leave my escape feeling happy, as if there's something or someone out there totally worth living/waiting for... =) Lately my favorite CD is so totally Up all Night-One Direction... The beats are AMAZING, the singers are adorable, the songs are so relatable... I like to crank up the music and sing... It just helps in a way I can't describe.   =)

 

 

Another thing that seems to help me is imagining the ocean. I don't know why it helps me, especially because I've only been to an ocean beach a couple of times. I imagine the sun right before it's starts setting (before the sunset colors in the sky), with the sun reflecting off the water. Sometimes I imagine the water still, and other times, I see it as waves. As weird as it sounds, I've always felt like I had a connection to the sea/ocean/Lakes.

 

Today's been one of those days I just need to escape! =)

 

 

Hug O'War~Shel Silverstein

Hug O'War
~Shel Silverstein~

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.

 

 

 

I just had to repost this one. It was too cute not too! =)

Back to school daze...

I can't believe school is about to start up again! It seems like this summer has flown by... and in about a week, school starts again... That just doesn't seem fair! I feel like there's so much I need to accomplish before school, so many things I haven't done, etc...

I'm also a little stressed, because this year is the year I need to figure out what I'm doing... Do I want to be a photographer, do I want to work with children (and if so, what profession/area? Teacher? Daycare? Orphanage?), do I want to work with animals ( animal trainer? pet shop worker/owner? Vet? Breeder? Rancher? Farmer?), Food/sweets (Baker/Work in a bakery? Chef? Candy store? Culinary arts?), Books/Writer ( Librarian? Author? Poet? Bookstore: owner, or worker? Journalist?) etc. There is so much to choose from... I feel like Barry from the Bee Movie... So many choices, but I don't want to be bogged down with just ONE thing for the rest of my life... I want to have freedom to do what I want... I also don't think I can stand being in an office, cooped up, ALL day long. I need to be able to walk around, be able to talk without feeling like I'm on speaker, etc. I can't stand being in offices that are so quiet you can LITERALLY hear a pin drop, you can even hear the employees BREATHING. HECK, you can hear their heart beat!!! No, definitely NOT for me...
So, among many other things, I need to try and pin point what ONE thing I want to do with my life... It will be difficult for sure!
I'm trying to make a goal list for this upcoming year... Kinda like New Year's Resolutions, but in this case, Back to School Resolutions...

1. Work more on my blog! I need to focuse more on keeping my blog updated!

2. Work on keeping my Etsy shop updated! I need to figure out prices, and all that fun stuff! ;)

3. Learn to live more funly! ;)

4. Try to complete some things on my "bucket list"

5. Try to complete some things I've started over the past year, and have just never finished... That crocheted purse I started 2 years ago, those latched hook pillows I started (and almost finished!) from 2-5 years ago, severeal stories, etc. You get the idea ;)

6. Convince my parents I need a couple of girl's day out with A.) My Aunt and B.) My best Friend... I can't believe it's been over a year since I had a "Girl's Day" with my Aunt! Actually, it's been exactly 1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks, 6 days, OR 417 days! Need to remedy that soon! =)

7. VISIT THE MALL... ;)

8. Actually do some of the things I pin on my Pinterest boards! ;)

But for now, I must be heading off... Saphira is warning me to get off ;)

Summer Stars - Carl Sandburg

Summer Stars

by

Carl Sandburg

BEND low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

 



The Rules For Being Human

1. You will recieve a body

     You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period of this time around

2. You will learn lessons.

      You are enrolled in full-time informal school called Life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrevelant and stupid.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.

      Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works"

4. A lesson is repeated until learned.

    A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end.

    There is no part of life that does not contain it's lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better that "here".

      When your "there" has become a "here",  you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better that "here".

7. Others are merely mirrors of yourself.

    You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What  you make of your life is up to you.

     You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie inside you.

     The answers to Life's questions lie inside of you. All you need is to look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.


~Cherie Carter-Scott

 

What's been cookin?

 

Sorry I've been away so long everyone! I've been super dooper busy! Last week was Saphira's and my little sister's birthday, and then this week has been all sorts of prepartion for a fair we enter things into every year! Below are a couple of pictures of the yeast rolls I entered in the fair... I shall have to post more photos of the things I made, after the fair...as it's going to be a busy weekend! I thought I would let you all know, I'm not ignoring you! Just getting things done for the Fair, getting ready for school/fall, and a whole bunch more of crazy things! So goes the life of a teenager ;) =)

Look yummy don't they? =D Let's hope the judges think so too!

 

Off to catch some zzzz's! Hope you all have a great week! and I shall try to update the blog sometime over the weekend! =)

See ya all next time! ;)