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Saturday, March 3, 2007

All Day For One Task... My First Dress!!!

Noted in... Leisure of a Lady

Today was a day unlike most.

I got up around 10, ate breakfast, and decided to sew.

Yesterday I cut out my fabric for a dress pattern we ordered a while ago…

I literally started sewing at 11 and just stopped hardly 15 minutes ago! (8:30 pm)

Mom joined me all day to make 2 more t-shirt dresses for the children

and started on the same pattern for a dress of her own.

This was my very first dress I made on my own… which can be tedious work…

But, after literally all day, I was glad to finally finish my sewing project!

I was determined to get it done today so I could wear it to church tomorrow,

and I’m glad to be finished.

Mom and I were teasing throughout sewing, “Shall we gather…”;

sometimes replacing ‘river’ with ‘bodice’.

Well, I thought I’d share my new dress.

I plan to make more of the same pattern.

It’s from Common Sense Patterns and pattern number 416E – ‘Women’s Square Neck Dress’.

Enjoy the beginning of a new week!

(I’ll be on vacation!!!!)

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Hand-performed and Home-done Hair Styles

Noted in... Leisure of a Lady

For Christmas I got a self-hair styling book, and ever since,

I’ve been trying new hairstyles; on myself and people who will let me.

Although there’s almost a whole section (a pretty one, too)

that I have to skip because my hair is too long.

(An oxymoronically good bad thing, I suppose!)

I’ve personally favored putting my hair up in a bun,

which I was never able to do until it showed me in 3 simple steps

and now I wear my hair in a bun when I feel like putting it that way.

Not lately because I’ve been and still am very sick.

I’ve never been able to do buns, so this was a great accomplishment for me!

Excuse the thin hairs poking out here and there,

my hair is very hard to handle.

I’ve also done a sloppy French herringbone, French braid,

braided chignon, and a regular herringbone on myself,

but haven’t had photographs of them.

On friends I’ve done twists, rolled braids, French braids,

herringbones, and French herringbones.

Again, I didn’t get photographs.

But today, my dear sister Beth was kind enough to lend me her

doll for a few minutes to try a ‘not so sloppy’ French herringbone on her.

And I can definitely do them better on others than myself!

(Though I’m better at French braids on myself than on others)

I like that style, and perhaps I’ll practice more on myself.

Well, January’s almost over, and I didn’t give the poem of December,

so I’ll give January’s real quick:

“Sunshine, flurries, & frozen pipe worries.

Testing easing – coastal blow, island snow!

Melt song won’t last long.

Chilled to the core worth waiting for!

Sled dogs mush through rain and slush!”

Well, I’ll be going so mom can detoxify the premises I’m currently occupying.

Have a great week and stay healthy!

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Delightful Day, Dangerously Delicious Desert, and Done!

Noted in... Leisure of a Lady

Sorry I haven’t written in a while.

I’ve been really busy getting school started back up again and errands.

Anyway, Tuesday, my friends came over for lunch and dinner.

We had lots of fun and we ended up baking – which we love to do,

you can see from other posts a while back!

We decided on a chocolate cake we’d never tried before, and started with our alterations:

½ cup butter or margarine

2 cups sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

½ cup packed cocoa

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 ½ cups milk

Beat butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla.

In separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients;

Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.

Pour in a greased and floured baking pan.

Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

Let cool in pan for 20 minutes,

then cool on wire rack before frosting.

The frosting recipe given was:

½ cup margarine, softened

2 ½ cups powdered sugar

½ cup baking cocoa

1 tsp vanilla

2-3 tbsp hot water

But, we decided to go with Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting.

It made it so rich and chocolate that I couldn’t eat a whole piece!

(Which, being lactose intolerant, I shouldn’t have been eating it anyway!)

Here is a picture of the finished project:

My friend frosted it, and I decorated it.

So fun and yummy!

Also, Will and I started a hard 600 piece Global Puzzle Monday.

Well, we finished it today, and I’m so happy!

It took a lot of work, but it was fun.

Well, I gotta go take supper out of the oven.

Please pray for my mom recovering from oral surgery today.

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Treasures on the beach

Noted in... Leisure of a Lady

Today was a beautiful day as the sun was shining (very brightly, I might add!),

the sky was bold blue, and the weather was quite cool.

North Carolina weather, I admit, is much better than South Carolina’s

when it comes to temperature!

Although, you may disagree if you are sensitive to cold-

I’m from Michigan, hope to visit Alaska, and take freezing cold showers!

But, NC is gets pretty cool- not too much,

it’s only gotten down in the 30s once or twice while we’ve been here.

Praying for colder and snow!

Anyway, today my friends’ mom took us to lunch at Taco Bell and to the beach.

Thank you, Mz.Shiz ;).

The water felt almost as cold as Lake Huron… but not quite.

It did make me feel a bit in Michigan, though!

It felt great to dig my toes in the sand and the cool wind was refreshing.

We stayed for about 30 minutes looking for shark teeth, etc.

I only found 3 shark teeth because the tide was high and it kept messing me up.

I also found some amazing shells…

These are called ‘Shark Eyes’

These are just smooth and pretty rocks I found

Probably a common clam shell

And the unidentified species! Lol

I wasn’t able to find this cool thing in our shell book,

so if any of you know what it is, please tell me!

It almost looks like it was infected or something.

The whole time I was at the beach looking at shells,

I thought to myself how the Lord designed each and every one of the shells

that I was walking beside.

And He placed EVERY GRAIN of sand beneath my feet!

How wonderful and awesome is our God!

And on our way back, I saw some pretty purple flowers in the grass.

My True Love gave me flowers! They looked so pretty!

"Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth..." ~ Psalm 102:25

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Friday, November 3, 2006

Thursday Fun with Friends in Fall!

Noted in... Leisure of a Lady

Yesterday was a nice weather day, and a nice day in general!

The weather's actually starting to cool some in SC,

so I can only imagine what I'm going to get in NC!

I LOOOOVE cold weather! (I'm from Michigan!)

Anyways, we went over to a my two friends' house yesterday.

We enjoyed a great lunch of deliciously cooked chicken...

Our main purpose in coming, besides fellowship, was to make some fall cookies .

So after the yummy lunch, we got to work...

While we took what seemed forever on the cookies, the younger ones waited patiently outside...

When we finally got finshed, we went went into the bedroom to rest and watch a movie.

While, without our knowing, everyone starting digging into the cookies!

They got to ice 3 each, and there was still quite a bit leftover!

Everyone enjoyed the cookies, and I ate mine while running my fingers on their piano... I miss mine, it's in storage.

We all had a great time, and I like this cute picture...

Oh, and, Happy November!

This month has my favorite 'poem', and I have it on hand...

A scoop of vanilla on Northern hills

gives the snow-blower salesman thrills.

Silver drops turn white and float;

time to put away the boat.

Pilgrims suffered their first year;

be thankful that it's warm and clear.

I like! Hee hee. Well, tonight we're going to a friend's house for supper.

That will be nice, to actually eat at a table.

(Remember, our house has no furnature!)

(Save an old couch and lazy chair we're leaving behind.)

I admit, I can't wait until we move.

It will be nice to blog on a regular computer rather than a laptop!

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but be thou an example
of the believers,
in word, in conversation,
in charity, in spirit,
in faith, in purity."
~ I Timothy 4:12

I am a Christ-loving maiden of 14 years, surrendered to the will of my King to be a missionary's wife. I'm currently at a "9th grade" education level. I have been homeschooled for 8 years. My dad (and knight in shining armour) is a Marine in the United States Marine Corps. My mother is a seasoned maiden who spends her time in the castle teaching and training her maidens and knight-to-be. I am the oldest of four children. I have a knight-to-be, brother (8) and two wee maidens (4 and 3). This is where I will share my thoughts, my accomplishments, events in my homeschooling days, what the Lord is teaching me, and more.

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