Delayed Greatness

    I was just writing a friend and she was taling about how she failed do do something and I responded that you didnt fail, you just Delayed Greatness.
It cought me by suprise, I have felt like a big failure recently, and I havent known what to do. But when I was talking with my friend, it kinda hit me that even if I didnt do whatever it was on time, or in order or if I felt like I failed. I didnt fail I just Delayed Greatness.

    I want to try something, right now, right here tell yourself you have failed, it doenst matter what it is, and maybe you are already telling yourself that for something else that happened.
Are you telling yourself yet? Good.

    Now I want you to tell yourself that you didnt fail, you just Delayed Greatness.
Now how do you feel? better? worse? I hope you feel better, I felt better.

    I don't know about you, but when I tell myself I have failed I usally stop what I am doing to go cry in the corner, or I become depressed. Well if everytime you felt like you have failed don't say failed say "I have Delayed Greatness." Don't stop what you are doing, keep going, become great!!

Fashion #4

   My mom made me this top when I was 13, I found it while going through some old costume box's. I tried it on and it fit. I have been wearing it to a lot of things, like the dance last Friday. The sleeves are super short on me, so I just push them up to my elbows, but I like it anyway.

   I have this American Indian necklace I got in Silverton. I have only worn it once, but as I was getting ready for the dance I realized that I could wear it with this top.

  The second necklace is just a bird in a bird cage, which I have always wanted so I was happy to find one at Pink Zone.

Till the next outfit!

Shopping!

   On saturday I went shopping with my friend, and I had a goal of $40 to spend. I only spent $31. I was so proud of myself.

   I went to Kohls first, because I had a Kohls cash and a 15% off everything card.
I got this shirt and two tank tops for $10

   I have always wanted a shirt with the multi layered ruffle thing, and this one was on sale, so I had to get it, and I loved the color.

   Then I went to Fashion Sense which is just down the street from Kohls. I hadn't ever bought anything from there but I saw this top in the clearence rack, and well it was only $8 so I had to get it.

I just love it! It is a shear so I have to wear a shirt underneath it, but thats ok. I am not the type of person to buy frilly girly shirts, but this one was not too girly so I got it. And I knew my mom would like it.

Next I saw a blue blouce that I like soooo much, but it didnt look right one me (I tried it on.) But next to it was this top. And it was $13 and I hadnt ever spent that much on a top, but it was worth it. I still wasnt sure after I tried it on, but since it was modest I thought I might as well get it.

Sorry the pictures are soo bad.

I can't wait to wear my new clothes!!

Fashion #3

  I love this outfit, and I wear it alot, which I dont know if thats a good thing or bad thing.

I dont know where I got the shirt but its my fav church shirt.
The skirt I made about a year ago.

The skirt is hanging funny because I had to pin it to the shirt.
I usally wear it with red heels, or my black strappy heels.

Fashion Post #2

  I have this bad habit of wearing somthing really cute and then not taking a picture of it, and I know I would post more fashion posts, so I decided I would just take a picture of the outfit and that would count.

  I got this dress at Dress Barn, and my mother had a gift card so I didn't have to spend anything!!
I wore it on sunday, I curled my hair, wore red shoes, and a double strand of pearls.

  I told my mom I felt like I had walked out of a 40's black and white movie. One of my guy friends told me a looked really nice, and that I made the right choice to wear it.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!

So there is a BBC show called Merlin. And It is Just AMAZING!!!
You can watch the first 3 seasons on Netflix. But then you have to wait for the next two to come out.
The Acters are just out of school, and some this is their first big thing. You would think that it would be cheesy then, but its not, ok there are a few places that are but only acouple.

This is Arthur Pendragon, isnt he just a hottie? I think he is.

He is played by Bradley James

This is the cute (not quite hot) Merlin, he is a really good acter, and plays the part perfectly.

He is played by Colin Morgan

I would recommend this to a family, but there can be some gross parts, so watch atyour own risk. But it is very funny, and no swearing.

I'm Such A....

NERD!!!

I really am. I was at a activity on Saturday and the whole time I was with my guy friends and we talked about

• The Avengers
• Batman
• Marvel
• Doctor Who
• Comic-con
• Star Wars
• Fav Acters (from LOTR and Marvel movies)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

It was just crazy, but I hadn't felt like myself in so long I forgot what it was like to not care that people thought I was nerdy.

In High School I was the one girl in the group of nerdy kinda outcast guys, and I loved it, thats who I got along with the best. Thats where I could feel like I didn't have to watch my nerd talk, I could express myself without getting weird looks, or people moving away.

I felt free!! I felt Alive!!! I felt wonderful!!
I know now for a fact that I will always be a nerd and no one can change that, and I'm proud to be a nerd. I love it!!!

I recently went to a Magic the Gathering party (yes thats how nerdy I am) and that was a little scary I have to addmit. It was like an over load of nerdyness, sence I hadn't been around it for awhile. But it was still a blast. I cam in at 7th out of 8. So not to bad for my first Magic Party.

My nerdness will soon be through the roof. I got some SUPER cool awesome fabric!! But I'm not going to tell you what it looks like and what I will be making. :P Heheheehe......

Here we are waiting in line for the opening of Avengers!!!

We waited in line for 12 hours!

BTW we had matching shirts!! Yep thats how cool we are!!

Oh it became SUPER cold by 4pm or 5pm.

My mom stopped by and dropped off somme blankets.

And here is our final wait in line for the coolest movie and awesomest movie of the year!!!!!!!!!!

Check this out!!
This is my tooth brush, it lights up for 1min so you can time yourself while brushing your teeth!!! and ITS A LIGHTSABER!!!!

Ok ttyl, till my next post!

The Lost Arts

    I was talking with a guy friend and we were talking about work, and I mentioned that I run an at home buisness. He asked me what I did and his reply was. "Oh you mean like the Lost Arts?" (I can't remeber his precies words, but that close enough.)

"Yeah those."
"Well thats cool, so do I. I am a carpenter, I carve with my hands."

   I have never thought of that as a Lost Art, but it is. You don't see many handmade things, and when you do its very rare.

Well this post is for the Lost Arts.

• Cooking
• Sewing
• Carpentry

   As you well know, I love sewing and cooking, and I post pictures and whatnot to inspire you, and to make you think I am trying to be better then you, I just I'm proud that I was able to make something and that it tunred out nice.

   If you haven't ever sewn before, do get made that your line isnt straight, and don't compare either, some people are born wih the gifts of sewing and cooking while other hafe to work harder to accomplish the same thing. And maybe the person who is sitting next you has been sewing for years.

   I was doing the dishes the other day and I was looking outside the window thinking of that what if's.

• What if we were bombed tomorrow, what Lost Arts do I have that would be handy?
• What if the people who didnt know how to cook were the first ones to die, how many peole would be left?

Now I'm not doing this to scare you, but more to get your brain working.
   When I was out a kichen for 8 months, I leaned how to cook on an open fire (its a grill) and I learned a lot. If you want to make cookies only turn one burner on and on low, then put your cookie sheet on the other side and close the lid, it works just like an oven.

    I was thinking of those who don't know how to cook, I think it woul be benafial to all to just know the basics. Like:

• How to cook an egg (Its true, some people dont know how.)
• What the difference between a watermelon and a honeydue are.
• How to make even the most basic of breads. It doesnt need to be perfect the first time. My mom has been cooking for years and she will even burn it sometimes.
• How to make a chicken and broth soup.

These are sad facts that some people don't know.

   Someone who isnt the best cook could be someone who is a born leader, and they may feel like right now isnt the time to be spending in the kitchen cooking bread, but now is the time to learn incase something happens and you need just those skills.

   Some people think cooking and sewing are hard, and yes they can be, but it doesn't have to be. Most people say they can't before they even try. They set themselves up to fail without even looking at it, or seeing if they can. Because they are sceared that they might fail.

The biggest problem with this generation is the lack of recpect and confidence. Its really sad.

"Dear God,

Please untie the knots

That are in my mind,

My heart and life.

Remove the have nots,

The cannots and the do nots.

Erase the will nots,

May nots,

Might nots that may find

A home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots,

Would nots and

Should nots that obstruct mylife.

And most of all,

Dear God

I ask that you remove from my mind,

My heart, and my life all of the  "amnots"

That I have allowed to hold me back,

Especially the thought

That I am not good enough.

Amen"

I just LOVE thes poem, no idea who wrote it, but I got it in school, and I hang it on my wall to remind me of who I am.

If everyoone read this and acted on it, how many more people would we have just trying out the Lost Arts? So many poeple wont even try, if they don't try then how do they know they aren't any good?

If you are one of the people who are to scared to even just try, read this poem, and think, how much can you grow and learn by just trying?

All you have to do is try. Don't be scared, there is no point, it is just keeping you from greatness. 

 Good luck!!

A Little White Lie.

     I was talking with a friend on saturday and we were talking about Whte Lies.
He said that it shouldn't matter if we are embarrassed ny our mistake or upset or whatever, it should be the reason to lie. A lot of people think that just because its a little lie its not bad, but any little lie can get out of hand, and soon you will be lying about big things.

     Example:
  My dad asks the kids who took a tool of his out. Lets just say I did it and I say no, my bro did it. When for a fact I knew it was me. But its just a White Lie right?
Next week you leave a super expensive tool out in the rain, and your dad asks you again and yet again you say it wasn't you. And soon you can hear your sister crying and get grounded for leaving it out, but you know she didnt do it.

    If we keep white lies up then you will start lying without even noticing it.

    Its the same with bending the truth. Say you get in a fight with someone, and your telling someone and you're like "Well she said that my mom was stupid!! and then she pulled my hair!!" when in fact she might have just yelled and yeah she might have saud that about your mom, but she didnt touch your hair. You are lying.
   Just like when I am talling a story and I add a line or say something just a little off.

   When I was 10 I was joking around with my mom and I told her I had kissed this boy I liked (thinking she wouldn'd care, or could tell it was a joke.) Well she called my aunt and told her, and she was wanting me to tell her all the details, so I came up with a story. But that night I couldn't sleep because I had lied and it spread out of control. That next morning I wote a note to my mom and told her what had happened and that I didnt think it would have gotten so big. I was sooo upset, and my mom was a little too, because she had believed me. I dont think I have ever felt so bad.

    At my house lying is the biggest crime in the world, if you lie you could be grounded from everything for weeks, or she wont talk to you for days. But I love my mom and she had tought us that being honest is the best thing ever. And I love her for that. She has tought me to be pure in heart.

(Now don't go around telling people that their pants make their butts look big, thats just mean. :D )

My goal!

Ya'll know about my book goal right?

    Well do you think that listening to a book is cheating if I'm trying to read 50 books by the end of the year? I think it is, but my fam says its not. I think that if I read all of them it will be a bigger challenge then just listening to them, though I have more time to do other things of importence if I listen, because I can sew while listening, but not reading. What do you think?

    I have reached 15 books, and I am in the middle of like 7 books I think, and I'm about to start a whole new series (which I'm super excited about!!!)

    I was trying to figure out how to choose the next set of books to read without buying them, and I have an amazon acount, but I don't buy any books, but I like to have the wishlist so I can keep track of books I want to read (I have done the whole make a list thing, and I always lose the list :( .)

    So I went to the end of the list and started at the very bottom and I'm making my way up. And I just got three books on CD, but I think I will return them and get the real book.

Keep you posted!!!

Check this out!!

   If you have younger girls (12 maybe 10 and up) and you are looking for a good fun adventure book for them to read look no farther! Check out....

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

    She has written this amazing series it has three books (I have only read the first two) and each one cares you on a new adventure. I just finished the secound one today, and I can't wait to get my hands on the next one!!!

I can't wait to read her other books!!

I'm Scared!! :(

     I know I tell you all the time to be yourself. But I sometimes can't even be myself.
I like to dress odd sometimes, and soemtimes I have my favorite outfits, but I'm to scared to wear them because I am afread that other people might think I'm weird. (I will post my Fav outfits soon.)

These are kinda like the things I like and would make, but not sure how people would look at me.

or some of these...

I love this gray one. But if I made it pretty and wore it to church or something I would just get laughed at. Or I feel weird wearing them. Which I have tryed wearing my purple Edwardian Dress and that didnt go over so well.

The time area I think that should come back into fashion is the Edwardian area.

I think it would be the most fun to dress up in. You would have guys in full suits all the time (and really guys are 10x hotter in suits.)

The girls could have curls flowers and ribbons, it would be sooo much fun!! 

You can go to balls, dance with young gentleman, act like a real lady, and have fun!!

Sure they sometimes dress fance, and yes we would be in dresses all day, but thats the fun of it.

Really good book to read is of course the Jane Austan Novels, but also a book called Austenland by Shannon Hale. It is Such a good book and really cute too!

Cooking frenzy!!

I have been cooking a lot of homemade meals.

If you dont know that about me, I am a HUGE fan of coming up with things on the spot.

Like this soup, it was super easy and oh soooo good!!

1 cup fresh sliced tomatos

1/2 cup broth

+ Put broth and tomatos in the blender, and blend to your liking.

+ Pour tomatos and broth into a sause pan

1/2 cup broth

A dash of salt and peper

Garlic and onion to your liking.

Boil for a couple minutes to get the flavor

Then shred half a chicken breast that has been precooked. (I just boilded mine earlier in the day.)

Put that into the soup and cook till hot.

Last night I made stuffed tomatoes.

Basically you make meatballs and put it in a seeded tomato and pour a small can of tomato sauce over the top and put in in a preheated oven at 350 till they look done.



I'm such a failure!!!

Ok, maybe not really, but I did promise you a week of out fits, the thing was though, that I only went out acouple times, and it was just jeans and a t-shirt, and I didnt think you would be that interested in that. How about I make a new deal, I will post 7 fashion blogs for this whole month, and that will make up for me not doing it in a week. That way you can still see my cute outfits and I can still feel like I did something for you.

Post #1

This is My favorite dress to wear.

Dress: I got at Walmart for $5
Bealt: Charloyt Russe 2 for $10 Deal
Earing: The Closet $1.50
Jaket: Sears $25 (sale)
Boots: they were my great grandpas

Jaket 2: I got it for Christmas
Boot2: Walmart $25

To tell you the truth...

I have always wanted to fashion blog, but I am afread that people wouldnt like it, or that I wouldnt like it. But you know what, I have decided that I am going to fashion blog this week and you guys can't stop me. All I'm going to do is post what I wore for the day and what inspires me about it. And all you have to do is read it. You dont even need to like it (its not facebook for goodness). But I would like you to comment and tell me how I'm doing.

I will warn you, I am very outgoing and wird when it comes to my clothes. So be prepared!

New membors of the family.

Say hello to the new membors of my family!!!

Steave!!



Hermi!!

And Silvia!!

We recently had to put down our dog, and there was a great sadness through the whole house.

It lasted a couple days, and still sadens some.

Well my grandma promised my little sister a Hermit Crab for her birthday. Well because of unforseen acurences she was unable to get it.

But one trusty day after the sad passing of our dog, I came home from work and there was a hermit crab on the counter in the kitchen. I was very excited (because I had had 3before when I was ariournd her age), I love hermit crabs!!

Due to the fact the hermit grabs get depressed when they are alone, I came home from work a different day and found two more!!! My grandma thought that we might as well each have one if we needed more then one.

Bro- Steave

Me- Silvia

Sis- Hermi

We love to play with them, and they are very interesting to watch. They are now part of my family!!