It's Christmas Eve! I just love Christmas, even if it can't be white. All the presents are wrapped and under the tree. It looks so pretty! I think it's funny how we (as a society) build up to Christmas for like three months, starting before even Halloween, and then it's just one day...and it's gone. That's why I like to think of the whole month of December as Christmas instead of just the one day. :D
I usually know almost everything that I'm going to open on Christmas morning before...well, Christmas morning, but not this year! Yay! I hate when there are no surprises! That ruins all the fun, right? So this year, I'm a bit more excited than usual partly because of the added suspense, and also because I'm cooking the entire Christmas dinner! I love cooking! What are we having?
Well, first of all, each of the 4 people in my family gets their own cornish hen all to themselves! We could've gotten some giant turkey or something, but everything is cuter when it's mini-sized! Then we're going to have rice and mushroom stuffing to go with those. There's a cherry cheesecake cooling at this very moment, and there will also be green bean casserole.
We don't always get to spend Christmas with our big family like a lot of people do because they live so far away! This time, they were all getting together in Texas. It takes 2 full days to drive to Texas (yes, drive). Also, we couldn't really afford that right now, especially with redoing the house as I talked about yesterday. I have been away for Christmas for the past 2 years, so it's nice to be home this year anyway. :)
Have a wonderful day today, tomorrow, and every day after that! Happy Holidays!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
If only. *sigh* If you can believe it, I actually had to turn the *air conditioning* in my car on yesterday! December 22, even in Charleston, should not be that warm! My, oh my...
We're making progress on the redecorating going on in my house since it's break and all. I think we've decided on a color scheme consisting of blue, green, and brown for the living room. My dad and I sanded the floor some more today. We're finally getting our wood floors back! Personally, I like them much better than carpet.
The other day I was watching tv (this isn't completely off topic, though it sounds like it) and the picture just wasn't that clear, and I couldn't figure out why. When it got turned off I could see a nice, fine coat of sawdust on it. It was lovely. :P
We've never done this before, so I'm just finding out how ridiculously expensive decorating is! It's horrible! We bought this one pillow for our couch, just to base the colors for paint and such off of it, and it was 13 dollars! ONE pillow. Yeah. The price for all the fixtures for one large window (actually 2 windows beside each other) can get bank-breakingly high as well. Let's see...
2 window scarves: $20
1 curtain rod: &20
2 sets of decent blinds: $40
2 sets of the actual curtains: $30
One cozy room: PRICELESS ;)
So when it's almost 100 bucks to dress the windows in one room of our house, plus it's Christmas, plus we're painting walls, adding decorations, redoing floors, getting a rug, AND doing a couple other rooms, too...yeah, it can get stifling. Slowly but surely...hopefully it will be done before I leave for college so I can see it all! I'm excited for it to be done!
We're making progress on the redecorating going on in my house since it's break and all. I think we've decided on a color scheme consisting of blue, green, and brown for the living room. My dad and I sanded the floor some more today. We're finally getting our wood floors back! Personally, I like them much better than carpet.
The other day I was watching tv (this isn't completely off topic, though it sounds like it) and the picture just wasn't that clear, and I couldn't figure out why. When it got turned off I could see a nice, fine coat of sawdust on it. It was lovely. :P
We've never done this before, so I'm just finding out how ridiculously expensive decorating is! It's horrible! We bought this one pillow for our couch, just to base the colors for paint and such off of it, and it was 13 dollars! ONE pillow. Yeah. The price for all the fixtures for one large window (actually 2 windows beside each other) can get bank-breakingly high as well. Let's see...
2 window scarves: $20
1 curtain rod: &20
2 sets of decent blinds: $40
2 sets of the actual curtains: $30
One cozy room: PRICELESS ;)
So when it's almost 100 bucks to dress the windows in one room of our house, plus it's Christmas, plus we're painting walls, adding decorations, redoing floors, getting a rug, AND doing a couple other rooms, too...yeah, it can get stifling. Slowly but surely...hopefully it will be done before I leave for college so I can see it all! I'm excited for it to be done!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
So...
So I've been thinking...I should really get back in to this blogging thing, huh?
I guess I have to start somewhere, so here's the icebreaker (and not a very original one :P):
It's almost Christmas! I love Christmas for several reasons:
I have an excuse to give people random (well actually, not so random...) gifts, and I get to see the happy looks on their faces that I caused!
I have an excuse to receive afore mentioned gifts, and be made happy myself. :D
It is cold! And I love the cold. I love getting all bundled up in a cute coat or two with a hat, scarf, and pair of gloves. I love hot drinks (mostly coffee). Hot weather makes me want to die. It's like...pancakes without syrup! :O I guess that's one reason I should try really hard to follow the Lord and go to Heaven. Because if I don't like the hot weather here, well...yeah.
I get out of school. This is a big factor of the joy I find in winter. Speaking of, My mom and I went to Barry's Jewelers today and ordered my class ring! How exciting!
There are LOTS of parties. Just last weekend, we had our annual ladies cookie swap at church! I've been exercising extra hard to burn them off. ;) There's also the sock party, where I get to come home with a new pair of ugly socks every year! Of course, we might hold that one off till March since this time of year is so busy and all.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Santa leaves fantastic things under the tree for you!
I guess I have to start somewhere, so here's the icebreaker (and not a very original one :P):
It's almost Christmas! I love Christmas for several reasons:
I have an excuse to give people random (well actually, not so random...) gifts, and I get to see the happy looks on their faces that I caused!
I have an excuse to receive afore mentioned gifts, and be made happy myself. :D
It is cold! And I love the cold. I love getting all bundled up in a cute coat or two with a hat, scarf, and pair of gloves. I love hot drinks (mostly coffee). Hot weather makes me want to die. It's like...pancakes without syrup! :O I guess that's one reason I should try really hard to follow the Lord and go to Heaven. Because if I don't like the hot weather here, well...yeah.
I get out of school. This is a big factor of the joy I find in winter. Speaking of, My mom and I went to Barry's Jewelers today and ordered my class ring! How exciting!
There are LOTS of parties. Just last weekend, we had our annual ladies cookie swap at church! I've been exercising extra hard to burn them off. ;) There's also the sock party, where I get to come home with a new pair of ugly socks every year! Of course, we might hold that one off till March since this time of year is so busy and all.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Santa leaves fantastic things under the tree for you!
Monday, September 6, 2010
I've been distant...literally.
I've been distant in that I haven't posted anything since...August 17th. I've been distant in that I haven't posted anything other than 30 Days of Music since...July 22. I just haven't felt like it. I haven't had any sort of motivation to blog and had nothing I really was dying to say.
I've been distant in that I went to South America! :D And lots of other places for that matter.
And I'm finally going to be mailing out my Guyana report letters within the next few days! Yay! Guyana letter written: CHECK!
So...
"Dear friends,
The Guyana Mission trip this year was a huge success! I want to thank you once again for the donations, prayers, thoughts, and moral support that you provided to me and others involved in this work! Because of the generosity of others, there was over $1000 in extra funds that we were able to give to the Amelia’s Ward church of Christ to further the Lord’s work in Guyana! I hope you will consider continuation of this support in coming years. I am more grateful than words could ever express for the worldwide network of loving Christians that I am a part of.
As you probably already know, I and fifteen other Americans spent seven days in Linden, Guyana at the house of preacher Nigel Milo of the Amelia’s Ward church of Christ. On Sunday, the men taught classes and preached sermons at the Amelia’s Ward church of Christ as well as the Burnham Drive church of Christ in a nearby area. Monday through Friday, we had a pretty regular schedule. At 10 o’clock, we and some brethren from Amelia’s Ward met at the church building to begin door-knocking. We were spilt up into several groups and, together, we conducted over 50 home Bible studies throughout the course of the week!
In addition, several correspondence courses were started. At 2 o’clock, we returned to the house for a wonderful lunch prepared by Nigel’s wife Jasmine and her mother Birney. If there were any Bible studies that had been set up for a time after that, those groups would go back out to conduct them.
Each night, there were maturity classes at Amelia’s Ward that addressed the subject of growing as a Christian in many different ways. The children studied a different story about David each night.
There were classes for children under 6, 6-12, teenagers, women, and men taught by the Americans. The attendance was absolutely amazing! The 6-12 year old class had to move benches outside because the classroom was too small for the up to 40 students that were present in that age group alone!
During the week, there were 4 souls added to the body of Christ through baptism!
Each one was a beautiful sight to see, and I felt so privileged to be able to witness them! Although there were 50 Bible studies and 4 baptisms, the seed was planted for all of the others. They may not have responded to the Lord’s invitation while we were there, but maybe they will weeks, months, or even years later. God always gives the increase.
Though, we go over there to help the Guyanese, I think it is just as much of a help and encouragement to us! I cannot thank you enough for providing me with this marvelous opportunity! I love you all so much!
In Christian love,
Bethany Rose Iversen"
Apart from the more professional-looking letter, here are some more pictures. :)
Oh my, oh my... :) Well on the left is Megan from my congregation, then Kierra, then Mrs. Beckie (who is met in Guyana. Love her!!) and Aesha (who I also love and met in Guyana!)
That, on the left, is Brother Nigel Milo...making a funny face. :D Heehee
On Monday, it rained while we were door-knocking. Usually, Guyana rain last five minutes and is gone, but it rained aaaaall morning this time. I loved it because that meant it wasn't hot. It was actually a bit cold. One thing we ran into, though, was out Bibles getting wet. And this was one person's solution. :P
Nertz was our favorite past time when we had a bit of free time and weren't napping or studying like those behind us on the couch. :)
The coffee pot broke halfway through the week, but we made do with what we had.
This little girl was so adorable! I adore her! She looooved taking pictures with my camera. It made me a little nervous, but it's still in one piece. :D She is Brother Cy's daughter, Shariah. He's the preacher at Burnham Drive church of Christ.
See all those bottles of bugspray sitting on the ledge in the upper right hand corner of the picture? Those are the already used up bottles. Did we still get bit? Yes.
And last...Macy emailing...SOMEONE...*at least* three times a day...every day. -_-
I can't wait till next year! It was a great mission trip!
~Bef
I've been distant in that I went to South America! :D And lots of other places for that matter.
And I'm finally going to be mailing out my Guyana report letters within the next few days! Yay! Guyana letter written: CHECK!
So...
"Dear friends,
The Guyana Mission trip this year was a huge success! I want to thank you once again for the donations, prayers, thoughts, and moral support that you provided to me and others involved in this work! Because of the generosity of others, there was over $1000 in extra funds that we were able to give to the Amelia’s Ward church of Christ to further the Lord’s work in Guyana! I hope you will consider continuation of this support in coming years. I am more grateful than words could ever express for the worldwide network of loving Christians that I am a part of.
As you probably already know, I and fifteen other Americans spent seven days in Linden, Guyana at the house of preacher Nigel Milo of the Amelia’s Ward church of Christ. On Sunday, the men taught classes and preached sermons at the Amelia’s Ward church of Christ as well as the Burnham Drive church of Christ in a nearby area. Monday through Friday, we had a pretty regular schedule. At 10 o’clock, we and some brethren from Amelia’s Ward met at the church building to begin door-knocking. We were spilt up into several groups and, together, we conducted over 50 home Bible studies throughout the course of the week!
In addition, several correspondence courses were started. At 2 o’clock, we returned to the house for a wonderful lunch prepared by Nigel’s wife Jasmine and her mother Birney. If there were any Bible studies that had been set up for a time after that, those groups would go back out to conduct them.
Each night, there were maturity classes at Amelia’s Ward that addressed the subject of growing as a Christian in many different ways. The children studied a different story about David each night.
There were classes for children under 6, 6-12, teenagers, women, and men taught by the Americans. The attendance was absolutely amazing! The 6-12 year old class had to move benches outside because the classroom was too small for the up to 40 students that were present in that age group alone!
During the week, there were 4 souls added to the body of Christ through baptism!
Each one was a beautiful sight to see, and I felt so privileged to be able to witness them! Although there were 50 Bible studies and 4 baptisms, the seed was planted for all of the others. They may not have responded to the Lord’s invitation while we were there, but maybe they will weeks, months, or even years later. God always gives the increase.
Though, we go over there to help the Guyanese, I think it is just as much of a help and encouragement to us! I cannot thank you enough for providing me with this marvelous opportunity! I love you all so much!
In Christian love,
Bethany Rose Iversen"
Apart from the more professional-looking letter, here are some more pictures. :)
Oh my, oh my... :) Well on the left is Megan from my congregation, then Kierra, then Mrs. Beckie (who is met in Guyana. Love her!!) and Aesha (who I also love and met in Guyana!)
That, on the left, is Brother Nigel Milo...making a funny face. :D Heehee
On Monday, it rained while we were door-knocking. Usually, Guyana rain last five minutes and is gone, but it rained aaaaall morning this time. I loved it because that meant it wasn't hot. It was actually a bit cold. One thing we ran into, though, was out Bibles getting wet. And this was one person's solution. :P
Nertz was our favorite past time when we had a bit of free time and weren't napping or studying like those behind us on the couch. :)
The coffee pot broke halfway through the week, but we made do with what we had.
This little girl was so adorable! I adore her! She looooved taking pictures with my camera. It made me a little nervous, but it's still in one piece. :D She is Brother Cy's daughter, Shariah. He's the preacher at Burnham Drive church of Christ.
See all those bottles of bugspray sitting on the ledge in the upper right hand corner of the picture? Those are the already used up bottles. Did we still get bit? Yes.
And last...Macy emailing...SOMEONE...*at least* three times a day...every day. -_-
I can't wait till next year! It was a great mission trip!
~Bef
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Favorite Band? Um...
This is very out of the ordinary for me. To have a favorite band, that is. I have always just picked and chosen songs from various artists, not bought whole cds. I usually don't like very many songs from the same band because most bands just don't seem to be talented enough to make that many great songs. There is one exception for me.
THE BEATLES! :D <3
I know lots of people think the Beatles are over rated and only got the credit they did because they were 'the new thing' or whatever, but I disagree. I love The Beatles. And no, not just 3 or 4 songs. Lots and lots of them! Just today, I put up a giant black and white poster of them on my wall. (I also put one up of Johnny Depp on the cover of Rolling Stone. Favorite actor! :D)
My favorite Beatles song ever (right now) and my favorite song at the moment is...
And just as an added bonus...
Isn't he just adorable?! All together now...Awwwww!!
I love this song. It just makes me soooooooo happy! :D
~Bef
THE BEATLES! :D <3
I know lots of people think the Beatles are over rated and only got the credit they did because they were 'the new thing' or whatever, but I disagree. I love The Beatles. And no, not just 3 or 4 songs. Lots and lots of them! Just today, I put up a giant black and white poster of them on my wall. (I also put one up of Johnny Depp on the cover of Rolling Stone. Favorite actor! :D)
My favorite Beatles song ever (right now) and my favorite song at the moment is...
And just as an added bonus...
Isn't he just adorable?! All together now...Awwwww!!
I love this song. It just makes me soooooooo happy! :D
~Bef
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Zzzzzzzz...wait, what? It's day 10?
Today is the day I tell you about a song that makes me sleepy. Well, actually, I've found that it takes me longer to fall asleep if I listen to music because I sit there and think the lyrics and sing the tune in my head. So then I do not fall asleep very easily. Nevertheless, there are some songs that make me sleepy, just not asleep. Here is one of them!
Anastasia is an AWESOME movie. And guess what? I didn't see it till about a month ago! I couldn't believe I never saw it when I was a kid. But it's just great. <3>
~Bef
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Dancin' Feet!
First of all, I'm still only on day 9 of 30 days of music. So today, I will be sharing with you a song I can dance to!
I actually enjoy Elvis quite a bit. He makes me happy. Even some of his sadder songs make me happy. He's just an awesome guy! Well, his music anyways...And this song is just so perky and upbeat! :D
~Bef
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