Beautiful Blessings - 10/17/15

~ The scent of herbs drying!

~ The scent of clean laundry!

~ The scent of homemade applesauce and apple butter!

~ Hanging up all our dresses and being able to tackle lots of laundry!

~ T-bug's (and all the others) excitement over a toy magazine!

100 lbs of Apples and other Beautiful Blessings

~ Watching "The Wizard of Oz" with the girls. I love this movie <3 Its one of my absolute favorites <3

~ Realizing Lil' G is dressed like Dorothy

~ Picking apples from our tree!

~ Getting 100lbs or so of apples!

~ Having Heidi and her sis come over to help pick apples!

~ Seeing T-bug having fun with her Sunday School teacher...aka Heidi lol!

~ Going on a mini vacation to the Y to go swimming afterwards!

~ The girls being brave with ice skating and swimming!

~ Seeing how big T-bug is now <3 T-Tot wore that dress when she was little. 

~ Realizing that all the girls were wearing dresses from Aunt N! I love this one on L-Jo!

~ Being amazed by how big Lil' G is getting! She looks like a big girl!

~ Knowing I cant imagine life without my sisters <3

~ The fields being harvested!

~The beautiful fall leaves! <3

~ T-Tot getting compliments from an art teacher on her work! The lady told her that her paintings/pictures are better than some of the kids in her class.

~ T-bug's creativity for sleeping lol!!

Throwback Tuesday: By the Christmas Tree!

Sometimes during the Christmas season, you need something special to wear to a fancy fete! A dress like this always does the trick. Especially if it has roses and sparkles! It's also a good dress for a bit of dancing around the Christmas tree or under a star-filled sky! This is one of my favorite vintage dresses as it twirls deliciously! Heehee!! 

Throwback Tuesday: Purple Dresses!

When my Mom was in college, she needed a dress, so my Aunt made her one! I love wearing this dress, as it's pretty, very comfy, and is made with love! It's also one of my favorite purple dresses....

.........my other I wore when I dressed up as Lizzie Bennett. 

Purple is such a pretty color!

Slow during the Rush

Sometimes we're in such a rush, we forget about those around us.

Today I got up, ate breakfast, and went to work within an hour's time.

Rush, rush, rush.

When I got home, it was time for our tea party.

Time slowed.

We (my sisters and I) all dressed up in our "fancy" clothes, made some tea, put some snacks on fancy plates, and enjoyed ourselves immensely.

We laughed, and chatted about who knows what, yet being together drew us closer.

We slowed time, & created memories.

Was I planning on posting about this little tea party? No...actually it was far from my mind.

When it was over, they all went to play, and I started to clean up.

I picked up the dishes, and left on my fancy dress.

Silky softness rubbed against my bare feet.

The simplicity of the moment.

A simple act of love, a tea party, will be remembered for years.

Slow time; do something simple with those you love.

Treasure time slowed.

Throwback Tuesday: Coco Chanel

 

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, also known as, Coco Chanel, is well known for one of the most popular perfumes, Chanel No. 5. She also started the love and popularity for the LBD (Little Black Dress). It was during the time of the Depression when women wanted affordable fashionable dresses. Coco Chanel created a black dress that was comfortable, stylish, and practical. Women fell in love with it, and they are still in style today. Chanel was a leading woman in fashion and was the only fashion designer in the 

Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” 
― Coco Chanel

“Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.” 
― Coco Chanel

“Fashion changes, but style endures.”

― Coco Chanel

Throwback Tuesday: Christine Daae

I recently saw a stage production of the Phantom of the Opera and thoroughly enjoyed it! The music, the sets, the costumes, and as I've said, the music make it very enjoyable!

"In sleep, he sang to me. In dreams, he came. That voice which calls to me and speaks my name. And do I dream again? For now I find the Phantom of the Opera is there, inside my mind."

"Think of me, think of me waking, silent and resigned. Imagine me, trying too hard to put you from my mind. Recall those days, look back on all those times, think of the things we'll never do - there will never be a day, when I won't think of you."

Today is....

.... National Dress Up your Pet day!

Dress up your pets! 

Skirts and dresses

This is an amazingly hard subject to type about.

Sometime this summer, I made a decision to wear skirts and dresses.

I feel modest.

I feel feminine.

I feel right.

I don't like the way pants fit. They aren't comfy.

I feel like I am freer to move around.




I take ballet. I wear a leotard and tights.

I don't mind wearing it, but I feel better when I wear the costume or skirt.

For swimming, I wear a wetsuit. I don't like being in a 1 piece swim suit. I don't feel modest.

This is a personal preference.

My Mom and sisters wear shorts.

Not all homeschoolers wear skirts.

It is my preference and I am satisfied with it.

I have been thought as Amish.

But despite that, I still wear skirts.

I feel closer to God sometimes.


1 Peter 3:2-4
When they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

That is my aim, I may stand out sometimes, and wearing a skirt reminds me of that.

What is your choice? I want to hear all sides about this.