The One With a Skirt as a Dress

I was looking for something to wear for church last night and tried on this skirt. I would occasionally wear it to class with rainbows and a white tank top, real casual like. Needless to say it was never my best look. I bought this skirt at a thrift store a couple years ago though, so don't judge me, I did not spend much on it! Anyways, long story short, it ended up being worn as a dress to church today. Not bad eh? :P

Because of Memorial Day weekend there was no Sunday school today and one of our associate pastors spoke. It was a great sermon on Matthew 6.

He started in verse 24 with:
No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

He related the sermon to the economic times and then went on to preach on the rest of the chapter which tells us not to worry.

My favorite point he made was about verses 28 and 29 which read:
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lillies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all of his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Solomon was not a ruler that ever saw war, his name means peace, which is where shalom comes from. David fought all of the battles, accumulated much wealth, and Solomon was the one who built the Lord's temple with that wealth. After Solomon finished the Lord's elaborate temple, he spent 13 years building his own elaborate palace.

He was the richest and wisest man in the world and yet the Lord says that Solomon in all of his glory does not compare to the beauty of the lilies of the field which do nothing to work for or earn their beauty.

So in conclusion, how much more does the Lord love, protect, and guide us? Who do we think we are worrying about such trivial and insignificant things that do not have eternal value? It makes no sense!

My prayer for the week is that I will keep the Lord and His will in the foreground of life and other things that I am tempted to worry about in the background. If I live focused on the Lord, I am confident that everything else will not seem as significant :)

The One With A Mountain Hardwear Giveaway!

Head over to Thrifty and Chic Mom and enter Ellen's giveaway to win this Mountain Hardwear Transition Jacket!

The One With Place Mats and Charm Squares

I finally finished this set of place mats for my mom! I am so happy with how they turned out, especially for it being one of my first sewing projects :)

I also completed the sewing for both of my sisters bulletin boards last night. My inspiration came from the Eva Patchwork Memo Board at Moda Bake Shop.

I am using charm squares from the Amy Butler Love collection (which I think is fabulous!). Here is the layout of the squares before the sewing:

Anyways, so far so good! I'll be sure to share pictures of the finished product :)

The One With Arbonne and the GRE

This book is going to be the end of me!

I have never felt less intelligent. My vocabulary is pathetic! I only made it through the analogies portion today and was exhausted. I loved the analogies on the SAT, they were like little puzzles that made me feel smart.

Now I am a little fish in this big grad school pond and the GRE is my first official welcome to little fish-dom. It is exciting to keep getting closer to the actual application process, today was just my big realization that I have a lot of work to do! I am planning on taking the test twice, once at the end of June and then if I need to I will retake before training camp in early August.

Before my study session my mom and I picked me out the right shade of Arbonne's Mineral Powder. I have been using Bare Minerals make-up for the past few years but just tried Arbonne (because my mom has gotten involved in the company) and LOVE it.


There are so many awesome things I could say about this company and so many products I want to recommend! I love that all products by Arbonne International are all certified vegan. I am not a vegan, but the fact that all of their products are free of animal by-products is just one sign of the caliber of materials the company uses.
As I have studied and learned about the human body and nutrition I have found it fascinating how the things we put on our body affect the inside.

Anything we put on our skin is absorbed into the bloodstream within 26 seconds. On top of that, many of the ingredients used in common cosmetics, shampoos, and skin care in the United States are illegal to put into similar products in Europe.As if that is not motivation enough, Arbonne has a number of different lines, their most popular is the anti aging RE9 system. They also have a great detox spa collection (which is my favorite), aromatherapy, weight loss, nutrition, cosmetics (I prefer them in quality and quantity to Bare Minerals or any other powders I've tried), and even a teen collection (which has a collection of amazing scents!).


I L-O-V-E their products and hope you do too! :)

The One About SwagBucks

Has anyone else had any experience using swagbucks.com?

I signed up for it today and have been looking around it, trying to figure things out.

I guess the more you use it, the more points you get, and once you get a certain amount of points you can trade them in for Amazon gift cards and other prizes.

You just have to use the search engine and get points for it.

Check it out and let me know what you think! Its worth a try right? :)

The One About Screen On The Green

There are so many things I love about summer in Atlanta. There are so many awesome things to do and places to go. Piedmont Park is one of my favorite places to go, I love day dates there! There are tons of playing fields and great picnic locations. I love being goofy and roller blade-ing around the park, I think they even rent them out :P

Anyways, for a month or so of the summer there is Screen on the Green and it is so much fun! It is one of those things that no one has an excuse not to come to because its cheap (free), after work, and at a pretty central location. People pack picnics and groups of all ages come out for it.

Photo is from Piedmont Events. The article reports that in 2007 crowds were around 20,000+ per showing!

The line-up for this summer is:

• May 27 - National Treasure
• June 3 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• June 10 - Dreamgirls
• June 17 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
• June 24- Viewer's Choice: Jurassic Park

The best movies are the ones I have already seen because usually it is hard to hear or I get talking for 3/4 of the movie and just sit still to watch my favorite parts and ending. :P

I love it and the first one is tonight! Dinner at Moe's and then walking to the park.

National Treasure, oh yes, here I come!

The One About A CUTE Market Tote

Yet another adorably Lilly giveaway!
Head over to Juleps & Jon Jons to enter!