terrific tuesday! :)

today was a great great day.

1. the high today was only 79.  i didn't even know it was possible for houston weather to go below 85, but praise the Lord, it's possible.

2. free chick fil a sandwich for lunch.  pretty awesome.

3. biggest loser tuesday!! enough said. (and kind of ironic considering the rest of this post...)

3. it's october, which means pumpkins are in high supply, pumpkin patches, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin bread, dancing pumpkin cartoons, and last but not least.......pumpkin scones! : )

i'm not entirely sure what got into me tonight.  it might have been the crisp, cool, air lacking humidity, it might have been the cooking blogs i've become completely obsessed with, or maybe it was destiny, but i did it.  i baked some super yummy scones.  : )

ok, so i know the picture looks terrible, and that no one in their right mind would find that appetizing, but i promise you, they taste a billion times better than they may appear.  my new goal is to master the art of food photography, but until then, you're just going to have to trust me.

i found the recipe on one of my new favorite blogs: cook like a champion.  her pictures look a lot better than mine! 

so my run tonight may have been completely negated by my over-consumption of these beautiful baked goods, but it was so worth it.  my apartment smells like a b&bw candle, and i like it! :)

game day! :)

so,,,,,,i got a little crafty today.  give me a glue gun and i'll go crazy! i made some game day headbands, college, high school, thursday, everyday is better with a super fun headband!!

i made a few for the aggies, and a few for the red raiders/cowboys.  not gonna lie, the aggie ribbon is super cute.  i guess that's what happens when you move away from west texas, the aggies start taking over the world, and the raiders get hung out to dry. but nothing beats the beautiful combination of black and red. Wreck Em! :)

crafting and scrapping is such great therapy for me. i just get in these moods, and all i want to do is make things, and build things, and create things. and then when i finish, i feel so accomplished.

Sometimes, when i'm having a rough day, its so nice to be able to sit back and be reminded that there is a bigger and better purpose for me out there.  i'm not saying that craft-queen is my bigger purpose, but it's just a sweet gift that helps me remember how much my Savior loves me.  he's given me a passion for creativity, and i find such joy in being able to do something with that gift.

"I will praise the LORD all my life; 

       I will sing praise to my God as long as I live."

psalm 146:2

feelin hot hot hot!!!

"you make my heart soar!"

so,,,,,,,yesterday i cleaned my apartment. and today i scrapped. moral of the story, my apartment is once again a disaster.  but it was sooooo worth it.

: )

joyfully free

"for I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners." Matthew 9:13

I came across that verse this morning in my ragamuffin devo.  I find so much peace and freedom in it.  Knowing that no matter how righteous I try to pretend to be, it makes no difference. 

A few weeks ago I posted this quote:

"My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it." - Brennan Manning, Ragamuffin Gospel


I think these two statements go hand in hand.  As we learn to embrace the fact that we are sinners, rotten to the core, unable to to any single positive, clean, perfect thing, and surrender our selfish nature over to our Savior, the Christian life becomes liveable.  Knowing that no matter what I do, or think, or say, it will never be good enough, but that I am loved and forgiven regardless,,,,,,,,,what a breath of fresh air.  I am able to live joyfully and have a peace in my heart because I have confidence in knowing that I am exactly the way I was meant to be.  my creator didn't make any mistakes.