My revival

It is spring. Flowers are in bloom and the Earth is alive. I made a pact with myself to stop and smell flowers each time I pass a particularly potent one. I passed some lilacs the other day; I was reminded of my blog. And thus I have been revived in my posting.

Here's a beautiful flower I saw the other day.

Warm sand

There are few people in the world that can appreciate little joys like a 2 year old. My little nephew rejoiced in rolling around in the soft, warm sand for quite a while.

Jonah

Sometimes it's easy to read the scriptures as a history book. But it's so vital to remember that these things actually happened to someone! Abraham had no idea that an angel was going to stop him from sacrificing Isaac. Just imagine how he must have felt the moment before the angel appeared! Or imagine the despair of Jairus when he heard his daughter was dead; he had no idea that Jesus was going to raise her from the dead! I gain a deeper appreciation for Daniel's courage when I think about the fact that he was prepared to die in the lion's den. He did not know the Lord was going to protect him!

This vain of thought was inspired by the following video. This little girl speaks with such conviction and it really draws you in to the story of Jonah. Plus she's just so cute and her little kid lisp makes me smile. Enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB-s0ZeDVX0

Sentences to make you think

(Forget that double negatives are grammatically incorrect in English.)

1. Little girls that don't like candy may also never fail in not liking brownies.
2. Walking in the crosswalk doesn't guarantee not being hit by a car.
3. Not wanting to go to a party, doesn't mean you don't like the host.

In my spaghetti

I remember with fondness the Seymour's book worm talking thing-a-ma-jigger. You would press different buttons corresponding to different parts of speech. Then it would make a sentence! My favorite aspect of the toy was the prepositional phrases. In the grass, on the chair, in my soup. But my favorite one was in my spaghetti. Always made me laugh. Still does. To this day when I'm with my siblings, I'll randomly add in my spaghetti.

Childhood toys are so sentimental. The toys you always wanted but never got are even more so. Take, for example, the easy bake oven. Always wanted one, never got one. They're still magical to me. I'm sure the finished product would now taste disgusting to my adult taste buds but that's not the point. It was just...miraculous.  

Rainy Days

Gloom. Rain. Gray. Clouds.

YAY!

People might think I'm crazy (and my sister is probably the only one that will understand this post) but I actually love gloomy days. They make me excited to be inside, make cookies, curl up with a blanket, read a good book, play Christmas songs, drink hot chocolate, think about Christmas food, be creative and the list goes on. I am an Oregonian true blue through and through. I enjoy rainy days.

Bargains make me smile

I went to lunch to Olive Garden with a friend on Saturday. It was 4:10. We quickly found out that the lunch menu ended at 4. Well, shoot. Being the cheap skates we were, we meticulously looked through the dinner menu for the best deal. We settled on ordering soup. One bowl was $5.65. You may be thinking, "What a rip!" but indeed it was not. The soup is bottomless and it also comes with bread sticks (which are of course MY favorite part of Olive Garden). So endless soup and endless bread sticks. Pretty good deal. Then to make a good thing spectacular, the waiter got our order wrong. She brought us a huge bowl of salad. And once a waiter sets something on your table, there's no going back. So we got to eat it at no charge. The cherry on the cake was that the waiter gave us, not two but six mints Andes mints to 'cleanse our palet.' *contented sigh* A good meal, especially a good meal for a bargain always makes me happy.