As In a Mirror

Hello, there! This is my first ever post in the Something Beautiful meme, hosted by my sweet friend Renee, at A Glimpse of Beautiful!

I guess my first subject is inevitable: our BEEEEEAUUtiful Siamese-point cat Livvy!!
Look at those eyes!

Never knew a cat could be so sweet, so personable, so curious, and so INNOCENT!!!!

Right now, this kind of thing is VERY VERY beautiful to me. I know it’s not what would usually come first on your list of things beautiful… but it’s a big part of my life right now.

Sheetrock. It’s almost done!!!

God puts such beauty in all of our lives; and in all these things He leads us to the most beautiful thing of all:

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

Such a beautiful promise:

The LORD is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
The LORD is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works. (Psalm 145:8-9)

This sign is now on our refrigerator; I made it to remind me and all of us as well.

Thank You, Lord. Life is good now, not always tranquil, but where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And You’ve blessed us so much even though we are clumsy and stupid. You make the rain to fall on the just and the unjust. You shower us with blessings, and for those who honor You, You give to them to the point of overflow!

Can’t wait for next week’s Something Beautiful! Hopefully by then we can show you our progress on our kitchen!!

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I recently invented a method of making my own paper CD cases, and I decided to share the recipe here for y’all (complete with pictures!), cuz sharing makes you feel good inside…right?

Here’s what you will need:

Construction paper or some similar heavy-duty paper
Scissors
Ruler
Highlighter marker (if you’re smarter than me, you’ll use a light-colored one)
Glue stick
Scotch tape
Pencil
Colored pencils
Utility knife

1) Cut a 6 inch by 11 inch piece of construction paper. (TIP: Make a perfect rectangle by measuring and marking a 6 inch length at the top and bottom of your paper.)

2) Fold your construction paper, leaving about an inch of a lip at the top.

3) Measure and mark 1/2 inch off each side. (TIP: It is very important to be exact here, because this ultimately determines whether or not a CD will fit in your case!)

4) Cut ONLY along the marks, ONE layer of your paper, as shown below.

Here’s a better look:

5) At the lip, cut at outward angles to make a nice edge for your flaps.

6) Fold the side flaps over firmly and tightly.

7) With the gluestick, glue these flaps generously, especially at the edges. Fold immediately and press down tightly first with your finger and then with your ruler.

8 ) Allow to dry (fortunately, glue sticks dry quickly ) You may want to tape the bottom edges as extra support.

9) Fold the top lip over to make a flap.

10) With a pencil, trace a line in the center just below your top flap (when closed).

11) Draw a semi-circle over this line.

12) Cut ONLY the semi-circle pattern, down to a little bit below your straight pencil line. (TIP: I used a very sharp pocket-knife for this job, but I imagine a small-bladed utility knife might also work.)

13) Erase your pencil marks.

14) Decorate your case with colored pencils! (These I recommend because regular marker will bleed through, and crayon will get on your hands!)

So now you have just saved on buying CD cases, and you can decorate it as you so desire! (BTW, my amazing artist brother, The Brickster, decorated the cover you see above!)

CAUTION: These cases are not waterproof, so be careful not to get them wet.

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Yes, it… is… finally… SPRING!!!!

Okay, I know it has been for some weeks, I just have not gotten around to uploading the pictures I took. Until now. Aren’t they cute?

I love this antique look. This is a 19th century cat’s eye view.

In color.

Violets. I love these cute little flowers!

And Livvy, in the evening, wanting to be out and about as spring is happening and everything is becoming alive! Classic shot, eh?

So there, I have done it. Spring in photos.

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I won’t believe you!

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Okay, it really wasn’t a super-storm. No power outages here, though the roads were rough (my poor father!) Anyhow, I woke up VERY late this morning, so after I got up, I was very shocked to see this outside the window:

But then I remembered that we were expecting about two feet of snow. Oh yeah. It was snowing pretty heavy outside; I don’t know if you can tell from the picture. At least all was quiet outside, except for the snow plows and the RUDE SNOW MOBILERS WHO DRIVE RIGHT PAST OUR HOUSE AT NIGHT. Maybe you can see their tracks here.

Sometimes I wake up and am shocked to see snow outside, then I remember, “Oh, yeah, it’s winter. Pooh.” Hee. Well, at least there is snow, not sleet or that HORRIBLE wet snow. Hee. Hee. Haha. WHOA! Alice is kinda LOOPY tonight. Like HARLEY. Have you ever visited this blog? It’s hilarious!

So if you have never seen snow, now you know what it looks like.

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