100 post Blog-iversary

Today will be my 100th blog post. I am so excited to have finally made it to a mile stone in blogging. Yey me!

I thought about what I would post for this post but nothing seemed right. So I decided on this a special day for my blog I would treat it (and you of course) to something nice. I have decided to make Mondays: Movie Monday.

I love movies, I love watching them crying to them, laughing with them, well you get the picture. I am the proud owner of over 355 movies. (I have a list!) You could say I am a collector (that would be the nice word for it) but to tell you the truth I am addicted to movies!  I love all kinds of movies; of course I love romance, drama and true stories. However I also like horror movies, comedy, fiction and fantasy.

I can be very critical of movies, and this is where this post will come in. I watch movies almost every night, I am the one that if I have seen it and you haven’t, you better tape my mouth shut. I love watching good movies over and over and some I could watch every day without ever stopping.

When I was younger, I remember watching Dirty Dancing with my sister for a week straight. My mom rented it and had to take it back just for us to take it out again. We watched it over and over and the only time we had a break when it was rewinding so we could watch it again. Yes I know that makes me sound old, VHS was so awesome. I remember my first movie I ever got, Beauty and the Beast; I think my mother still has it. And my all time favourite movie is Mary Poppins, which I own the collectors addition of.

Anyway, where I am going with this is, I am 100% movie nerd and I am not afraid to admit it. And I am going to start sharing another one of my passions with you, right here on my blog. So I hope you will enjoy it, and maybe you can watch some great movies along with me!

Hope everyone is having a good night! And thank you for sharing this special day with me J

 

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79.   blogging

80. crossing something off my bucket list

81. Photoshoots with friends

82. fall leaves

83. the telephone

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New!

New – adjective

different, inexperienced, strange, unfamiliar, unique, unknown

Many new things have happened to me the last few days. It has been a week of learning and experiencing and just plain growing.

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New toy! The Gypsy for my cricut machine and I am trying to learn how to use it. I have been trying to figure it out for a day or so now and getting the updates and stuff but I just haven’t had time to play with it yet.

New days! I have started going back to the gym and man does it feel good. Zumba today and loving it more than ever! I had stopped for while; I was so focused on getting my license that’s all I was doing in my spare time and the gym kind of feel behind. But I am going back to 3 times a week again, and it feels nice. Well my legs would not agree with this statement however but I know my brain does ;)

New meaning! To date night, the other night was date night with me and my loving boyfriend. And everything was going according to plan. I mad supper and cleaned the house. We finished eating supper, Cashew Chicken, and were watching a movie. Half was though the movie the power goes out! So now its 8:30 and there is no power. We could hear the sirens from our apartment and decided to go and check it out. So we hopped in the car, and just a few blocks down there were fire fighters and SASK Power. So we decided to keep driving around, even though it was pouring out. I got some cool pictures.

New makeup and hair products! (was in serious need of restocking) I was in need of new colours to mix it up a bit. I got this one colour it reminds me of a mermaids tail, kind of shinny greeny blue, sooo nice! I also got some new mascara because I needed it bad.

New scratches on my car L Skylar was out last night and got into an accident (He is ok) 3 thousand dollars in damage. But we have to wait and see what the adjuster has to say and go from there. I’ll keep you posted.

New painting! For my craft room. I bought it at a store that I had never been into before and I was walking by and I saw that they were having a closing out sale. Well as soon as I spotted the 70% off sign I was already though the door. As soon as I laid eyes on this painting I knew I HAD to have it. Guess what I paid for it…you will never guess. $5.00 Needless to say I was happy to take it off there hands.

New Teachings! I have been working with another wonderful Friend of mine, Sasha over at Lemonade Makin Mama! She has been teaching me all the things I need for my journey. She has been sort of bible Study though email. And it is wonderful, she spells it out just perfectly so I understand every word.

New music! for my IPod. Francesca Battistelli and Meredith Andrews.

New Bible! From my wonderful friend Becky over at Farm Girl Paints! She sent me a wonderful care package full of fun stuff. The Daily Reading Bible, which includes date on which things to read on which days, great for a first time bible reader like myself. God’s Wisdom for your Life: 1,000 key Scriptures. As well as a lovely card.

Thats what is new in my life how about you?

Tell me whats new with you!

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68. gifts that mean the world

69. re-inventing date night

70. the word SALE

71. subway for supper

72. my wonderful Zumba instructor

73. the way my body feels after a work out

74. my cats ability to sleep in some of the positions he does

75. quality time

76. teck friends that get you all of the coolest gadgets

77. Noah B’s laugh

78. having a friend that could be your twin

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Tie Dye Cupcakes & Date Night

Here is a song to listen to while you read, if you want!

Today is just going to be mostly pictures! I hope you like them

Today I decided to make a new kind of Cupcake. TIE DYE

Step one: get everything you need

Step two: mix it

Step Three: pour in to different bowls and add food colouring to each different bowl, and mix

 Step Four: pour a little of each colour in the bottom of the cups

 Step five: layer each colour over the other colours

Step six: take a tooth pick and swirl it around to mix the colours together. Don't mix to much or colours will blend together

Step Seven: cover with white icing to leave the colours a secret then...

 Surprise!!

Tonight is also Date night with my honey! We haven't really spent any time with each other this past week. So i made dinner and cleaned the house and were going to have a nice supper and watch a movie! Sounds good to me♥

I also got this new shirt for work, its so nice. I don't really have anything white so i am kind of scared of staining it. Well see how it goes i guess!

Hope everyone had a good day, and have a wonderful night!

Don’t forget to smile!

61. Music that sings to my soul

62. A clean kitchen

63. The smell of fresh brownies

64. the internet that teaches me now things everyday

65. tie dye cup cake

66.  spending time with my honey

67. the way my house smells while I am baking

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Today in my life...

Outside my window… the sun is rising and the wind is blowing

I am thinking… I will try to find my sweater before I leave

I am thankful… the air I breath and the one who gave it to me

One of my favourite things… tea in the morning

From the kitchen… a hot cup of tea is calling my name

I am wearing… Jeans because its Friday and a blue shirt

I am creating… a church painting-that I haven’t worked on in a few days :s

I am going… to work

I am wondering… if I will be able to get tomorrow off for my driver training class

I am reading… One thousand gifts

I am hoping… that I will be able to do this  course and take my road test next week

I am looking forward to… driving

I am hearing… the sound of the bird feeder hitting the window in the wind

Around the house… is a mess

I am pondering… why does God test me so…

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52. My cat always knowing when something is wrong and comes and cuddles

53. Being taught to draw by my boyfriend

54. My WORKING car

55. Summer

56. Finding out something new and unexpected out about a friend

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10 years ago today...

Nineteen hijackers took control of four commercial airliners.

At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower.

At 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower.

At 9:37 a.m., another group of hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.

At 10:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

That airline was thought to either targeting the United States Capitol or the White House.

There were a total of 2,996 deaths, including the 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims. The victims included 246 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors), 2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. All the deaths in the attacks were civilians, except for 55 military personnel killed at the Pentagon

What do you remember of this day 10 years ago? Where were you when it happened? I was at school when it happened. I remember coming home and watching the videos over and over on the news with my family. I didn’t want to show you photos of that day, because I know it is every hard to see even 10 years later. I want to help people that maybe still are grieving. Today will never be forgotten and neither will the lives of these loved people.

What is Death?Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without affect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolutely unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.

All is well.~ Henry Scott Holland

Here is a painting that I did for today.  Hope you like it. Lost but never forgotten….

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47. Having today

48. all the hero’s that helped with 911

49. Warm sunshine on my face

50.  not knowing Gods plan but knowing it will work out

51. All the families and friends of the lost

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5 Years!

This week was my Honey and I’s 5 year Anniversary! Wow 5 years, I can’t believe that it has been that long. It seems just yesterday…

September 1^st 2006, seems so long ago that I meet my wonderful and handsome man. But feels like yesterday the first kiss we ever shared. I remember the first day we meet, and if you were to ask him he could tell you exactly what I was wearing. Those kinds of things just amaze me, the little things that he does that just makes my day completely. When I am mad, he won’t stop saying I love you until I say it back and mean it.

The way he wakes me up in the morning before he leaves for work just to tell me he loves me.

Five years! Five long but short years; building a life together and growing up with each other.

This year we both had to work but speed off to Regina as soon as we done and went to dinner and a movie. Kickin it old school! It was so nice to just have time together away from home to just be with each other.

 

Happy 5 year Anniversary to us!

 

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27. Having an amazing hair dresser

28. Pickles

28. Date night

29. Having fresh clean air to breath

30. Movies that make you laugh so hard it hurts

31. Hot showers

32.  Hot tea

33. Alone time

34. Books

35. Waking up in the morning and having another day to live

36. Very helpful driver trainer

37. Loving boy friend that isn’t afraid to tell me he loves me

38. A boss that trusts you whole heartedly

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New Painting

Today has been a day full of surprises for me! First I got to sleep in, then I checked my blog and had a beautiful comment that brought me to tears, and then I got inspired to finish a painting that I have been working on for over two months.

Surprises are good, I love them.

Recently I have come to the conclusion that I am ready to let the lord in to my heart and I have been struggling at where to start. There are so many questions I have and so many things I want to learn. I was reading the book of Romans the other day online (because I don’t own a bible yet) and I was having trouble understanding it. So I opened it up again today with the audio and read along. And for some reason it all made sense, I think that I was not really ready to read it the other day and that I was meant to read it today. Because I got to Romans 5 and got the eager to paint, so I closed everything on my computer and pulled out my paint. While I was painting the wording on I realized that what I wanted to write would not fit, so I got angry and pushed everything to the side and opened my computer. I read this post from a blog I am new to and have completely fallen in love with, Lemonade Makin Mama. And it was like she was talking to me, starring at me and giving me this advice herself. I have been focusing on all the things that are wrong in my life right now and not focusing on the little things that mean the most. I have been shaking my cup and only bad things have been coming out. As I sit here in my craft room and look around at all the beautiful things I have and how lucky I am to have this space all to myself. It makes me feel selfish for even thinking bad things about my life. I have a loving boy friend that gives me everything I need and more, a loving family that I don’t call as much as I should and still loves me. I finished my painting and it couldn’t have turned out better! I am very pleased with the way it turned out, so thank you for your advice.

I have been living with my eyes closed. I have recently read about this book called One Thousand Gifts and I can’t wait to read it! I have put it on my wish list on the Chapter’s website and I am hoping to be able to get it soon. I believe that when He thinks I am ready to read it I will receive it. But until then I am continuing my list, with Becky, and look forward to reading it one day.

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16.Finding new friends

17.Random thoughts of kindness that means a lot

18.Unexpected gifts

19.Clean blankets

20.The smell of your house when you finish baking cookies

21.Friends that text me every day, just to say hi

22.Finishing a long overdue painting

23.Finding inspiration from unexpected places

24.Organized shelves in my craft room

25.Being able to be wrapped with love when my honey hugs me

26.Country music

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Life is what happens...

This has been the busiest week of my whole life. Ok maybe a little bit of a stretch, but who can blame me. I told you about my friend Tara coming for a visit and I have been so excited to just have girl talk and catch up on gossip and such. But nothing really works out the way you plan.

Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans

So the weekend before she is coming out she asks me if her and her boyfriend can stay at our house, and of course I said yes. But wait a minute; my house is so not ready for this. So the Monday morning I am on the bus and I get a phone call from my driving instructor. She is calling to arrange an in car and I am more than thrilled so I make an appointment for Friday. It wasn’t till I got to work that I realized that it was this Friday and Tara would be here. Not only did I schedule an in car on practically the only day we could hang out, but I also couldn’t get time off work. My boss’s sister is coming down for the weekend and she booked it off, which is good for her, she was/is so exited! But I am not complaining one bit because at least I get to see her and that’s what counts. So here is to staying up late even though you have to work!! Yey : )

11.Seeing old friends again

12.Laughing until you can’t breath

13.The good night kiss

14.Realizing you were scared over nothing

15.Complements from complete strangers

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So the list begins!

Faith
is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

Dr. Martine Luther king JR

So the list begins! A list of Gifts, little things that you might miss on a day to day basis but would miss if they were gone. Gifts that God has given us, I need to remember the small things and rejoice in the many pleasures of this world. I am hoping that it will help me look past all the troubles of this world and see the good. I cannot how ever take all the credit for this wonderful idea it was Becky’s idea. Without her blog I would undoubtedly lose my way. She is doing a list as well, join us and remind yourself to see the little things in life.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew

Gifts

1.       The smell of rain

2.       The feel of sand between your toes as water rushes towards you

3.       Finding lost treasures when going through old boxes

4.       The feeling of laundry fresh out of the dryer

5.       An ice cold glass of water with a lemon wedge on a hot day

6.       The love in a hug from an old friend

7.       The tears on your mothers face when you surprise her

8.       First snow fall

9.       A good Quote

10.   The smell of paint as it squeezes out of the tube

 

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