Clearly Beautiful

While working at RNW yesterday I came across this link.  It isn't actually used, but I thought it was funny. "Clownservice.com - Classified browsing resource provider offers clown entertainment search"  Wow... I never thought that would ever be a real site. I guess I never thought hard enough! *giggles*

Rock-N-Water is very much underway and many exciting things are going on in my life.  God is so good and keeping me very busy.  As well as working trips at RNW I am now doing some office work.  It's not very hard, more mindless tasks that take time.  Well, they aren't really mindless, because they take time to do and the doer must have a brain.  Well, since I have a brain I qualify. *winks*  IUt's actually kinda fun, in a boring way.  I'm still enjoying it and I finished my second day.  It's only going to be every week or so though, so it won't be too tiring.

Along with that work I am going to submit an application to a bead store about 30 minutes away from us.  Lord willing I'll get the job, because that would go a long way towards making enough money to go to Jackson Hole Bible College next fall.  I'm still praying about it though.  I do not know what God has for me and I'm still waiting.

The other day Matt and Rebekah and I walked around some at RNW.  We had a wonderful time marveling and God's creation.  While we were looking I noticed something.  There were a whole lot of these little grass-like plants growing on the ground.  They were each about 3 inches tall.  As I was looking at them I noticed that the top of each plant looked like there had been a flower growing on it and the petels has all fallen off.  I decided to take a closer look and realized something amazing.  There hadn't BEEN flowers on each little plant... there still WERE petels! There were tiny little flowers on each plant!  Not only were there tiny little flowers, but the flower petels on the flowers were see through! It was so amazing! I still can't get ocer it. I took a couple pictures while I was in camp today.  It's hard to see just how amazing they are, but you should be able to tell that the petels are see through.

Each and every plant and tree and animal and person has been uniquely designed by God.  I continue to see and learn this.  What an AWESOME God we serve.

Jewelry Giveaway at 500 Earrings!

I am hosting a giveaway at my 500 Earrings blog! Click HERE to visit my site and click HERE to jump directly to the giveaway page!

I hope you all can enter every way possible.  This giveaway is to help get my name out there, so posting about the giveaway on your Facebook or blog would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Quotable Quotes - Post 1

Introducing "Quotable Quotes"!!  I will be collecting quotes throughout the week and trying to post and share them with you.  These are just ones I find in books or I hear from other people. :)

"It's funny how different things make different people cry.  Some people cry when they get hurt, my biggest problem was when I got boiling mad, but Mother didn't very often cry unless she was real happy. She cried when I gave her the six dollars. At first, she just looked at the money as if she didn't believe it was real - it was a five-dollar gold piece and a cartwheel - then her eyes filled.  She pressed the end of her thumb against her teeth for half a minute, as she always did when she was trying not to cry, and then she just bubbled over." Man of the Family, by Ralph Moody

"Half my heart has a grip on the situation.  The other half takes time." (I can't remember where I found it)

"This is the story of how I died." Flynn Rider, Tangled

"Could we with ink the ocean fill,
and were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
and every man a scrib by trade,
To write the love of God above,
would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though strestched from side to side." 
- "The Love of God", by Frederick Lehman (This song has been running through my head the last 2 days. Which reminds me...)

"Are you tired? Cause you've been running around my mind all day." - Pickup Line (I don't use these except to be funny with someone I know pretty well.)

Jewelry for Sale!

I've posted a lot of items on my jewelry blog, and they're all for sale! Go ahead and check them out and let me know if you want to buy some!

The Pearl Earrings

"Re-Use It" Necklace

"Spring Flowers" Necklace

"In The Dark" Earrings

"Absolutely Glowing" Earrings

"Purple and Green" Earrings

"Strutting Around" Earrings

"Poker Face" Earring and Necklace Set

Choose Your Own Color Earrings (2 colors)

Choose Your Own Color Earrings (3 colors)

Earrings For Sale

More Earrings for Sale

Beautiful For Me

We were watching a VeggieTales movie tonight and I remembered a song I liked from one of the ones we watched a while ago.  I decided that I wanted to try to find the song on YouTube, but sadly I could not.  Instead I found this song.  Beautiful For Me

I really liked it and thought I'd share the lyrics with y'all.

Beautiful For Me
By Nichole Nordeman

Every girl young and old has to face her own reflection
Twirl around, stare it down
What’s the mirror gonna say
With some luck, you’ll measure up
But you might not hold a candle to the rest
“Is that your best?” says the mirror to the mess
But there’s a whisper in the noise
Can you hear a little voice
and he says

Has anybody told you you’re beautiful?
You might agree if you could see what I see
Oh
‘Cuz everything about you is incredible
You should have seen me smile the day that I made you beautiful for me

If it’s true beauty lies in the eye of the beholder
What my life and what’s inside to give him something to behold
I want a heart that’s captivating
I wanna hear my Father say

Has anybody told you you’re beautiful?
You might agree if you could see what I see
Oh
‘Cuz everything about you is incredible
You should have seen me smile the day that I made you beautiful for me
Close your eyes
Look inside
Let me see the you that you’ve been trying to hide
Long ago, I made you so very beautiful
So I ought to know you’re beautiful

Has anybody told you you’re beautiful?
You might agree if you could see what I see
Yeah
‘Cuz everything about you is incredible
You should have seen me smile the day that I made you beautiful
You’re so beautiful
Beautiful for me
So beautiful for me
Has anybody told you?

Excuse Me Please.

If you read my last post (Dreams.) than I may have confused you a bit, and for that I apologize.  I will clarify.  I meant that I had a dream once that I had a surprise wedding... it was really very awkward for me in my dream, because I really don't see how I would even THINK of that type of thing.  That's why I thought it was a funny example because if a dream is a wish your heart makes than it would mean that I had wished at some point for a surprise wedding.  Maybe I wanted a surprise party and had gone to a wedding or something.  Whatevere the reasoning behind it, it was odd.

So read my last post if you're wondering what this is all about and I hope you enjoy! :)

Dreams.

Ever wonder what dreams are made of and where they come from?  I know I have.  It's those strange outlandish dreams that stand out the most in my mind, although I don't remember my dreams for the most part.  I wonder what dreams are made of, and I wonder how we can so clearly be told what little boys and little girls are made of when dreams aren't talked much about.

"What Are Little Boys Made Of?"
Author Unknown

What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails,
And that are little boys made of.

What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and all things nice,
And that are little girls made of.

(Only the first half of the poem)

(Side Note: I don't fully agree with this poem, because I have met a number of adorably sweet little boys, and a few not so sweet little girls. Just FYI)

Upon further research we find a song written to explain what a dream is...

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
By Someone at Disney

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling thru
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
the dream that you wish will come true

As you can see, in this song we learn that a dream is a wish your heart makes.  I don't know about you, but I've never wished for a surprise wedding [somewhat like a surprise party, but you show up and the song they start playing is the wedding march and the groom is a surprise to you (although sometimes I think that would really be the easiest thing) and that's what happens at a surprise party] and so I don't know that a dream is really a wish my heart makes. Of course there are some exceptions, because some of my dreams are beautiful.

According to ScientificAmerica.com there is some sort of connection with your thoughts and emotions throughout the day.
            "Some consider this loose making of connections to be a random process, in which case dreams would be basically meaningless. The Contemporary Theory of Dreaming holds that the process is not random, however, and that it is instead guided by the emotions of the dreamer. When one clear-cut emotion is present, dreams are often very simple. Thus people who experience trauma--such as an escape from a burning building, or an attack--often have a dream something like, 'I was on the beach and was swept away by a tidal wave.' This case is paradigmatic. It is obvious that the dreamer is not dreaming about the actual traumatic event, but is instead picturing the emotion, 'I am terrified. I am overwhelmed.' When the emotional state is less clear, or when there are several emotions or concerns at once, the dream becomes more complicated. We have statistics showing that such intense dreams are indeed more frequent and more intense after trauma. In fact, the intensity of the central dream imagery, which can be rated reliably, appears to be a measure of the emotional arousal of the dreamer."

I found this to be very interesting. (although I still don't see how a surprise wedding fit in with ANYTHING).

Anyways, now you know "why" we dream the way we do.  I know this is just "scientific speculations", but it still makes sense doesn't it?  Anyways, next time you have an interesting dream... think of me! ;-)