You can win your choice of two different, awesome kitchen aids. We already have ONE and just LOVVVE it! But I figured, what's the harm in having a second? It'd actually be extremely useful since we bake a lot and cook a lot in our house, and especially for our big family.
I'm going to give you the link to the giveaway but here's the catch: After leaving your comment--DON'T FORGET (BEFORE you post the comment!!) to say "Lissie Darcy Sent me". IF you do, and you end up winning the giveaway, since there is 2 kitchen aids if you win and you say "Lissie Darcy sent me" then that means we BOTH win! We each will win one of the kitchen aids!! So please, don't forget to say I sent ya. :D
CLICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKIEDY CLICKKKK!
Have fun and good luck!,
~L. D.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Garden Story-Replayed
It's the same story. We want peace, harmony, love, happiness, etc. But, we don't want to get these things the way Christ wants us to. We want that peace that passes all understanding, without having to get it from God. We want things to be the way they should without divine intervention. We want-WHAT we want WHEN we want it, without the help of the cosmos. Without God's innervating.
Just read the garden story. It's the same old story being replayed. I want peace. I want to be in my own mind WITHOUT having to be split into two selves: Flesh, and the Holy Spirit. I just want shalom.
The desire itself isn't bad, God Himself has put these desires in us all. We all want peace. Why? Because if you can imagine things the way they would've been (i.e. without the stain of sin in us) don't you think there'd be peace!? OF course! We can't exactly imagine that because we've never experienced THAT kind of peace. Mind you I'm not saying we've never experienced peace. I only mean we haven't experienced that peace-WITHOUT a sinful nature. Adam and Eve did for a time, before they sinned. We won't experience that until heaven. TANNNGEEEENT MUCH!!?
Anyways. We all desire peace. But to get the peace that passes all understanding comes from God. We cannot gain peace through ourselves, by ourselves, without Christ. To get peace God shows us through His compelling example by sending His one and only Son, who offered His own body for us sinners. You have to die. I don't want you to go get a knife and you know, "Ok God! I'm going to die like you did! La dee da!" If you read Romans 12 it tells you exactly how you are to die. Die to self. All your selfish desires, all your sinful desires, etc. are to be left behind. GO. Pick up your cross and follow HIM. If you read all the epistles of Paul you'll see how this man has suffered, and unbearably so. Yet, you always see Paul talking about how he is at peace. And the reaction that comes to mind is..WOOA WOA PAUL. LET'S BACK UP HERE..you're at peace? DUDE...what's going on..*psst maybe Paul's getting a little cuckoo from age..??* Seriously. How can you suffer and be at peace..? You have to place yourself in Paul's shoes. He's not just suffering physically, I'm sure he suffered mentally, and emotionally as well. Yet he was at peace.
Paul was at peace because He knew this life was NOTHING compared to where he would be going. He can deprive himself of the luxuries of life, and go and spread the gospel. WHY? Because NOW isn't the time to be worrying about "me" about what I "want" about what I'm "doing" what I'm "taking pleasure in"...no. Now is the time to pick up our Christ and march to Christ. We are to with ever fiber in our being, mirror Christ's image. We're like little stalkers..except YES we follow Christ around--but we do so with a little mirror in our hand. We wave those mirrors and shout out to everyone "HEY--LOOK AT HIM! LOOK AT THIS GUY! SEE HIM!? LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DONE!" That may be a bad analogy.."stalkers"? Sorry. We're to be transparent-to the point where someone looks at us and they see the reflection of CHRIST...not us....not the world..not our flesh...not the devil..not the filthy sinner we are...NO. THEY LOOK AT US AND SEE HIM.
Jesus says to come to Him, all who are weary and He will give us rest. We have a hope. We have a hope of an eternal life with Him. We have a hope of living eternally, of being made new, of things being the way they were originally made to be. When Christ comes back, He'll give us new bodies..now none of us know WHAT they'll look like our how they'll be. BUT, you can be sure of this: He will make you new, and what you were to be had you not been under the curse of sin.
Peace comes from God Almighty. He and only He, can quiet our hearts. We need to not harden our hearts towards Him. We need to open our chest, go to Him and say Father rip out all bitterness, rip out all unrighteous anger, rip out all impatience, rip out ALL THE WEEDS THAT ARE GROWING IN HERE. HEAL MY HEART. RENEW IT FOR YOU, CHRIST. TAKE AWAY ALL THAT WILL PREVENT ME FROM SERVING YOU. FILL THE WHOLES THE WEEDS MADE IN MY HEART WITH THINGS THAT WILL HELP ME TO GLORIFY YOU. TO BE MORE AND MORE LIKE YOU. Fill these wholes with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control, humility, a burning desire to serve you, holiness, etc.
Go to God with your sin. Don't tarry. Ask Him for peace. Pick up your cross and follow Him. Some of you may ask well how is "dying" going to give me peace? How can suffering for Christ bring me peace?
Let me answer a question with a question, if you will. Is going against God going to give you peace? Is inclining an ear to bitterness, jealousy, anger, hatred, frustration, satan, the world, your flesh, is that going to give you peace?
You can wrestle with God all you want, but in the end He wins. I wrestled with God. I was angry and I realized that everything isn't "ok". I've just been ignoring my emotions that are telling me "heeeeyy we're bitter against this person" or "we dislike this person" or..WHATEVER...these emotions are flashing neon signs that are basically telling me "hey you need to go to God..because you've got some serious issues". Instead I've ignored them and moved on. Thinking "WOW things are great!" and when "injustice" is done (or a better way of putting it is when "things don't go MY way") my whole "great" world came crashing down. Hopelessness, frustration, bitterness, murderous anger crept up and seized me. I was frustrated with God. Why aren't things going MY way. Why haven't you stopped this? Why hasn't THIS and THIS happened? Why am I so angry!? As R. C. Sproul in "Holiness of God" put it, "I wrestled with God and lost". I did. But, I'm at peace right now. He has quieted my heart, and opened my eyes to the cross. I didn't have to fix myself before I came to Him. In fact, I was anything but fixed. He reminded me that I need Him. I can't control my life. And I certainly need to stop ignoring the flashing signals He's giving me on a daily basis. I am not with every fiber in my being, with every red blood cell, down to the last leukocyte, reflecting Him. I begged for forgiveness and the realization of how nasty I am, how much I need Him made me sick (of me..how I truly am..of how I want very much to reflect Him.)..I have not been (lately) living for Him, and Him alone. It's been more of "some of me" "some of Him"..you can't do that. If you are Christ's give Him your ALL. It all boils down to sin. It's the garden story replayed. I wrestled with God, and He reminded me who is holy and who is called to be holy. See the difference? There's the "is" and the "be" God IS. In and of myself..(this goes for every thing that has life) I'm no "is". God's made me to "be" but only God just IS. He IS and always has been! God's existed before the past even was there.. Well I mean before anything. Before time.. I better leave before I start talking nonsensically and well confusing you and myself.
Pray for me. I had a self check. And God's directed me back on the path of righteousness. Thank you Father in Heaven you are so good.
~Lissie
He is in total control in this story. are you coming under the rule of Jesus or are you asking him to come to yours?~Our Pastor
(Ps. was listening ..aggh italics is still on!! anyways was listening to a sermon at the same time as I was writing this (super multi-tasker I know!) and so the quote above is a quote from our pastor..and it really stuck out to me..I was like..wow. Um..before I wrestled with God I was asking Jesus to come under MY rule..until He reminded me it's HIS rule that I'M coming under...anyways I hope that the quote above is thought provoking for ya..:D Thanks for reading, and for baring with me here..pray for me..)
Ps. (sorry too lazy to take off italics ;p) The irony of all this is I'm reading this book called "The Cry of the Soul" and it's about how our emotions speak loudly of our relationship with God. It's basically about how your emotions are asking the deeper questions of God like, "Is God good"? And if you're like me..(or your human..:P) we tend to ignore our emotions..and it's very very dangerous to do. God put emotions in us (well for lots of reasons when it comes to the anatomy aspect of it ;) ) as flashing neon signs to tell us when things are going great and when they aren't and perhaps we need a self check. If only we'd examine just exactly "why" we're angry..or we're jealous etc. What is it that's causing us to be angry, or whatever the case is. That's what I'm trying to get at. So ask yourself next time you start to feel like emotional wreck. First calm down. Go in a quiet room, then ask..why am I feeling/acting this way. Then go to God. It is always going to boil down (if you are a Christian) to our cross is too heavy so inSTEAD of letting GOD carry the load, I'm gonna do it myself, my way. I'll just rest for a bit. That's dangerous. So go to God immediately with your worries and troubles and struggles. If you're NOT a Christian it'll always boil down to this: You're at war with God. You're not FOR Him. You're created in His image yet you refuse to go to Him..instead you want to keep on sinning. And when things go hay-wire (..is that uhum..correct spelling/usage of the word? hehe) you keep wondering..why you're back to square one. Why doesn't "my" peace last? It's because the cry of your soul is you are needy, weary, tired, sinful being who's created FOR God's purposes and instead of living out those purposes you're doing your own thing. You need HIM.
OK I'M DONE PREACHING---TOOOOOO MYSELFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-------------!!
Just read the garden story. It's the same old story being replayed. I want peace. I want to be in my own mind WITHOUT having to be split into two selves: Flesh, and the Holy Spirit. I just want shalom.
The desire itself isn't bad, God Himself has put these desires in us all. We all want peace. Why? Because if you can imagine things the way they would've been (i.e. without the stain of sin in us) don't you think there'd be peace!? OF course! We can't exactly imagine that because we've never experienced THAT kind of peace. Mind you I'm not saying we've never experienced peace. I only mean we haven't experienced that peace-WITHOUT a sinful nature. Adam and Eve did for a time, before they sinned. We won't experience that until heaven. TANNNGEEEENT MUCH!!?
Anyways. We all desire peace. But to get the peace that passes all understanding comes from God. We cannot gain peace through ourselves, by ourselves, without Christ. To get peace God shows us through His compelling example by sending His one and only Son, who offered His own body for us sinners. You have to die. I don't want you to go get a knife and you know, "Ok God! I'm going to die like you did! La dee da!" If you read Romans 12 it tells you exactly how you are to die. Die to self. All your selfish desires, all your sinful desires, etc. are to be left behind. GO. Pick up your cross and follow HIM. If you read all the epistles of Paul you'll see how this man has suffered, and unbearably so. Yet, you always see Paul talking about how he is at peace. And the reaction that comes to mind is..WOOA WOA PAUL. LET'S BACK UP HERE..you're at peace? DUDE...what's going on..*psst maybe Paul's getting a little cuckoo from age..??* Seriously. How can you suffer and be at peace..? You have to place yourself in Paul's shoes. He's not just suffering physically, I'm sure he suffered mentally, and emotionally as well. Yet he was at peace.
Paul was at peace because He knew this life was NOTHING compared to where he would be going. He can deprive himself of the luxuries of life, and go and spread the gospel. WHY? Because NOW isn't the time to be worrying about "me" about what I "want" about what I'm "doing" what I'm "taking pleasure in"...no. Now is the time to pick up our Christ and march to Christ. We are to with ever fiber in our being, mirror Christ's image. We're like little stalkers..except YES we follow Christ around--but we do so with a little mirror in our hand. We wave those mirrors and shout out to everyone "HEY--LOOK AT HIM! LOOK AT THIS GUY! SEE HIM!? LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DONE!" That may be a bad analogy.."stalkers"? Sorry. We're to be transparent-to the point where someone looks at us and they see the reflection of CHRIST...not us....not the world..not our flesh...not the devil..not the filthy sinner we are...NO. THEY LOOK AT US AND SEE HIM.
Jesus says to come to Him, all who are weary and He will give us rest. We have a hope. We have a hope of an eternal life with Him. We have a hope of living eternally, of being made new, of things being the way they were originally made to be. When Christ comes back, He'll give us new bodies..now none of us know WHAT they'll look like our how they'll be. BUT, you can be sure of this: He will make you new, and what you were to be had you not been under the curse of sin.
Peace comes from God Almighty. He and only He, can quiet our hearts. We need to not harden our hearts towards Him. We need to open our chest, go to Him and say Father rip out all bitterness, rip out all unrighteous anger, rip out all impatience, rip out ALL THE WEEDS THAT ARE GROWING IN HERE. HEAL MY HEART. RENEW IT FOR YOU, CHRIST. TAKE AWAY ALL THAT WILL PREVENT ME FROM SERVING YOU. FILL THE WHOLES THE WEEDS MADE IN MY HEART WITH THINGS THAT WILL HELP ME TO GLORIFY YOU. TO BE MORE AND MORE LIKE YOU. Fill these wholes with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control, humility, a burning desire to serve you, holiness, etc.
Go to God with your sin. Don't tarry. Ask Him for peace. Pick up your cross and follow Him. Some of you may ask well how is "dying" going to give me peace? How can suffering for Christ bring me peace?
Let me answer a question with a question, if you will. Is going against God going to give you peace? Is inclining an ear to bitterness, jealousy, anger, hatred, frustration, satan, the world, your flesh, is that going to give you peace?
You can wrestle with God all you want, but in the end He wins. I wrestled with God. I was angry and I realized that everything isn't "ok". I've just been ignoring my emotions that are telling me "heeeeyy we're bitter against this person" or "we dislike this person" or..WHATEVER...these emotions are flashing neon signs that are basically telling me "hey you need to go to God..because you've got some serious issues". Instead I've ignored them and moved on. Thinking "WOW things are great!" and when "injustice" is done (or a better way of putting it is when "things don't go MY way") my whole "great" world came crashing down. Hopelessness, frustration, bitterness, murderous anger crept up and seized me. I was frustrated with God. Why aren't things going MY way. Why haven't you stopped this? Why hasn't THIS and THIS happened? Why am I so angry!? As R. C. Sproul in "Holiness of God" put it, "I wrestled with God and lost". I did. But, I'm at peace right now. He has quieted my heart, and opened my eyes to the cross. I didn't have to fix myself before I came to Him. In fact, I was anything but fixed. He reminded me that I need Him. I can't control my life. And I certainly need to stop ignoring the flashing signals He's giving me on a daily basis. I am not with every fiber in my being, with every red blood cell, down to the last leukocyte, reflecting Him. I begged for forgiveness and the realization of how nasty I am, how much I need Him made me sick (of me..how I truly am..of how I want very much to reflect Him.)..I have not been (lately) living for Him, and Him alone. It's been more of "some of me" "some of Him"..you can't do that. If you are Christ's give Him your ALL. It all boils down to sin. It's the garden story replayed. I wrestled with God, and He reminded me who is holy and who is called to be holy. See the difference? There's the "is" and the "be" God IS. In and of myself..(this goes for every thing that has life) I'm no "is". God's made me to "be" but only God just IS. He IS and always has been! God's existed before the past even was there.. Well I mean before anything. Before time.. I better leave before I start talking nonsensically and well confusing you and myself.
Pray for me. I had a self check. And God's directed me back on the path of righteousness. Thank you Father in Heaven you are so good.
~Lissie
He is in total control in this story. are you coming under the rule of Jesus or are you asking him to come to yours?~Our Pastor
(Ps. was listening ..aggh italics is still on!! anyways was listening to a sermon at the same time as I was writing this (super multi-tasker I know!) and so the quote above is a quote from our pastor..and it really stuck out to me..I was like..wow. Um..before I wrestled with God I was asking Jesus to come under MY rule..until He reminded me it's HIS rule that I'M coming under...anyways I hope that the quote above is thought provoking for ya..:D Thanks for reading, and for baring with me here..pray for me..)
Ps. (sorry too lazy to take off italics ;p) The irony of all this is I'm reading this book called "The Cry of the Soul" and it's about how our emotions speak loudly of our relationship with God. It's basically about how your emotions are asking the deeper questions of God like, "Is God good"? And if you're like me..(or your human..:P) we tend to ignore our emotions..and it's very very dangerous to do. God put emotions in us (well for lots of reasons when it comes to the anatomy aspect of it ;) ) as flashing neon signs to tell us when things are going great and when they aren't and perhaps we need a self check. If only we'd examine just exactly "why" we're angry..or we're jealous etc. What is it that's causing us to be angry, or whatever the case is. That's what I'm trying to get at. So ask yourself next time you start to feel like emotional wreck. First calm down. Go in a quiet room, then ask..why am I feeling/acting this way. Then go to God. It is always going to boil down (if you are a Christian) to our cross is too heavy so inSTEAD of letting GOD carry the load, I'm gonna do it myself, my way. I'll just rest for a bit. That's dangerous. So go to God immediately with your worries and troubles and struggles. If you're NOT a Christian it'll always boil down to this: You're at war with God. You're not FOR Him. You're created in His image yet you refuse to go to Him..instead you want to keep on sinning. And when things go hay-wire (..is that uhum..correct spelling/usage of the word? hehe) you keep wondering..why you're back to square one. Why doesn't "my" peace last? It's because the cry of your soul is you are needy, weary, tired, sinful being who's created FOR God's purposes and instead of living out those purposes you're doing your own thing. You need HIM.
OK I'M DONE PREACHING---TOOOOOO MYSELFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-------------!!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Hey! Ah-hah Uh-huh!
Yeah I like the "ehs" you find in hip hop music as well as from a Canadian's mouth. And I like the "EH, ah-hah, uh-huh" you find the in Jay-z's song "New york". Lol Get over it. That's just me.
To the point now, ol' chap!
I hate it when you're home with six siblings and one sibling likes to question your authority because ONE kid questions your authority then ALL THE REST of the kids think so.
You know how in families all the siblings are close to each other but there's some that are closer to the others, and therefore tend to cling to specific(s) sibling(s)? If right now you're like "huh?". Then if you've ever read books like: Pride and Prjeudice OR Little Women you'll know then what I'm talking about. You know what I mean. You see in P&P how Elizabeth and Jane are very close to each other. They ask the other for their opinion and advice. Yet at the same time they have a sense of closeness with all their other sisters. You also see how Kitty and Lidia are rather close..and yet Mary is added in that "bunch" too sometimes. (:
In Little Women Joe and Beth are close, Meg and Amy are close. Yet as a whole (group, bunch, set,*of sisters*) they are close together.
In my family it's like that too but we lean more towards "alltogetherness" then the individual groupness. Perhaps this will change as time goes on. Usually we divide ourselves into 2 groups, GROUP (A) The "big" kids (Jules, Jake, and I). GROUP (B) The "babies" (i.e. Jonah, Jami, Jess).
If we were to have individual "pairs" it'd be something like this: Lissie: Me, and Jess and then; Jules and me. Jules: Jules and Me, Jules and Jonah..or Jami..both.. Jake: Jonah and Jake (sometimes) Jami. Jami: Jami and Jess, Jami and Jonah, and sometimes with Jake and lots of times with Jules. Jessi: Jess, Me; Jess and Jami; Jess and Jonah and Jami as a group of three, Josiah: Well he's with everyone!!
Anyways. Yeah. So when your 10 yo brother questions your authority his "partner" Jonah decides he doesn't have to listen to me either.
Hmm..hold up a minute...
'HEYYYYYYYYYYYY!! AH-HAH, UH-HUH...YO. I'M IN CHARGE HERE..WHILE THE PARENTS ARE GONE. AND EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT I'VE BEEN GIVEN SOME AUTHORITY..."
Shuddup is sometimes a good phrase...when said to the person you've pulled aside. Because um sometimes thats what the person needs to do is just shuddddup! Because then these little ones think they can "do" what they've "seen" being "done" which isn't always "good".
SO the next time a sibling questions your authority..just sing Jay-z's "EH Ah-hah uh-huh"..so as to cool down..and THEN you can discreetly pull your bro/sibling aside and be like "if you think that what I'm doing isn't right pull me aside don't shout it out "You're wrong" or whatever because then everyone else thinks they can do it.."
(; So in the end Jay-z's music IS useful!! (Well at least that particular song "NEW YORK") lol!!
~Miss Lissie Darcy
To the point now, ol' chap!
I hate it when you're home with six siblings and one sibling likes to question your authority because ONE kid questions your authority then ALL THE REST of the kids think so.
You know how in families all the siblings are close to each other but there's some that are closer to the others, and therefore tend to cling to specific(s) sibling(s)? If right now you're like "huh?". Then if you've ever read books like: Pride and Prjeudice OR Little Women you'll know then what I'm talking about. You know what I mean. You see in P&P how Elizabeth and Jane are very close to each other. They ask the other for their opinion and advice. Yet at the same time they have a sense of closeness with all their other sisters. You also see how Kitty and Lidia are rather close..and yet Mary is added in that "bunch" too sometimes. (:
In Little Women Joe and Beth are close, Meg and Amy are close. Yet as a whole (group, bunch, set,*of sisters*) they are close together.
In my family it's like that too but we lean more towards "alltogetherness" then the individual groupness. Perhaps this will change as time goes on. Usually we divide ourselves into 2 groups, GROUP (A) The "big" kids (Jules, Jake, and I). GROUP (B) The "babies" (i.e. Jonah, Jami, Jess).
If we were to have individual "pairs" it'd be something like this: Lissie: Me, and Jess and then; Jules and me. Jules: Jules and Me, Jules and Jonah..or Jami..both.. Jake: Jonah and Jake (sometimes) Jami. Jami: Jami and Jess, Jami and Jonah, and sometimes with Jake and lots of times with Jules. Jessi: Jess, Me; Jess and Jami; Jess and Jonah and Jami as a group of three, Josiah: Well he's with everyone!!
Anyways. Yeah. So when your 10 yo brother questions your authority his "partner" Jonah decides he doesn't have to listen to me either.
Hmm..hold up a minute...
'HEYYYYYYYYYYYY!! AH-HAH, UH-HUH...YO. I'M IN CHARGE HERE..WHILE THE PARENTS ARE GONE. AND EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT I'VE BEEN GIVEN SOME AUTHORITY..."
Shuddup is sometimes a good phrase...when said to the person you've pulled aside. Because um sometimes thats what the person needs to do is just shuddddup! Because then these little ones think they can "do" what they've "seen" being "done" which isn't always "good".
SO the next time a sibling questions your authority..just sing Jay-z's "EH Ah-hah uh-huh"..so as to cool down..and THEN you can discreetly pull your bro/sibling aside and be like "if you think that what I'm doing isn't right pull me aside don't shout it out "You're wrong" or whatever because then everyone else thinks they can do it.."
(; So in the end Jay-z's music IS useful!! (Well at least that particular song "NEW YORK") lol!!
~Miss Lissie Darcy
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Welcome to the Future
The title is actually a quote from Brad Paisley's song "Welcome to the future". You know me, I love Brad Paisley. His song's make me laugh, some make me sad (well I don't cry unless I'm really mad/aggrivated.), some make me just crack up, some make me smile because he reminds me of me sometimes and my day dreamin self. :D
Anyways. I titled the post "Welcome to the Future" for a reason, just so you know. The reason being is, I'm excited for life! I'm excited for what the future brings, for what this summer brings! Heck for what this YEAR brings!
I'll list some things I'm excited for, and you might shake your head and ask, "Uuhumm..whyyy? Just..whhhhhhhhhhhhy?". Or perhaps, "Wha? How does that work,"? Just ignore any of those confusing ones that well confuse you. You know me! I'm strange-you know that if you're a regular reader, or ya know me personally. There's no doubt about my weirdness. So, just go along with it ok? Some of it is because I've just never experienced something like it before.
I mean I have tons of stuff I'm excited about so much it's crazy. My mind is bursting with excitement1
Anything fun/cool/interesting/exciting planned this spring OR summer if ya will!?
3 cheers for being excited!,
~Lissie Darcy
Anyways. I titled the post "Welcome to the Future" for a reason, just so you know. The reason being is, I'm excited for life! I'm excited for what the future brings, for what this summer brings! Heck for what this YEAR brings!
I'll list some things I'm excited for, and you might shake your head and ask, "Uuhumm..whyyy? Just..whhhhhhhhhhhhy?". Or perhaps, "Wha? How does that work,"? Just ignore any of those confusing ones that well confuse you. You know me! I'm strange-you know that if you're a regular reader, or ya know me personally. There's no doubt about my weirdness. So, just go along with it ok? Some of it is because I've just never experienced something like it before.
- I'm excited to get my permit
- I'm excited to get my license before this summer
- I'm excited to be driving everywhere this summer
- I'm excited for making money by writing articles and having Dad bid on jobs for me!!
- I'm excited to save money, and to have some extra pocket money to go shopping..and all (:
- I'm excited for this summer and what kind of adventures it will bring, such as..
- GETTING TAN AGAIN! NO MORE PASTY WHITE!
- SWIMMING AGAIN!
- Biking, ROLLAR BLADING,..who knows maybe white water rafting!?
- Maybe camping? WHO KNOWS?
- Maybe a trip to Cali!?
- Maybe having a friend visit out here in ID? WHO KNOWS?
- Painting my room and the upstairs bathroom!! Which means I might move into Jami's room and she'll take my room...I think all of us might move into different rooms this year. Just because we've found out which ones work better/we like better.
- The books I'm going to be reading this year! Due to my self-making-list
- My attempt to wear dresses and skirts the majority of this summer...(I have to build up that area of my wardrobe though..I have quite a few dresses but not 'nuff..and I have zero skirts)
- And hopefully this summer/year I'll be hanging out more with my friends then last summer. Now that I actually have made some friends here in Idaho! ;p
- dieting..only that's happening the second week of March. (: And working out.
- Hopefully getting to know our pastor's family more-this year!!
- The new music artists I'll be exploring
- TIM MCGRAW CONCERT! (I'm planning on going..but I have to have money by then..)
I mean I have tons of stuff I'm excited about so much it's crazy. My mind is bursting with excitement1
Anything fun/cool/interesting/exciting planned this spring OR summer if ya will!?
3 cheers for being excited!,
~Lissie Darcy
The Joys of Spring and New Favorites
I changed the order of favorite "stores" on my list:
1.Anthropologie
2.Forever 21
3.Urban Outfitters
4.Target
5.Oldnavy
6.Winco
7.Ross
(:
Oh and I've converted from Starbucks coffee to "The Flying M" coffee. The richness of the coffee grounds is so good! It's definitely more coffeeish then Starbucks.
It's such a beautiful day today. I had a wonderful time with a wonderful friend who took me out to Boise and we went to Anthro, and Urban Outfitters, and I tried Flying M for the first time today. IT's so beautiful out it's sunny, and blue, and warm*er*.
I have a feeling spring's going to be coming very soon because I've been having allergies lately. Itchy eyes, runny nose, very itchy nose, and sneezing. It's rediculous!
I'm looking forward to spring because
Anyways, I just love spring. My favorite seasons are really summer and fall. But I also love spring!
I'm excited! I'm excited for a lot of stuff, but that's another post for another time.
Here's to spring!,
~Elisabeth Darcy
1.Anthropologie
2.Forever 21
3.Urban Outfitters
4.Target
5.Oldnavy
6.Winco
7.Ross
(:
Oh and I've converted from Starbucks coffee to "The Flying M" coffee. The richness of the coffee grounds is so good! It's definitely more coffeeish then Starbucks.
It's such a beautiful day today. I had a wonderful time with a wonderful friend who took me out to Boise and we went to Anthro, and Urban Outfitters, and I tried Flying M for the first time today. IT's so beautiful out it's sunny, and blue, and warm*er*.
I have a feeling spring's going to be coming very soon because I've been having allergies lately. Itchy eyes, runny nose, very itchy nose, and sneezing. It's rediculous!
I'm looking forward to spring because
- Spring cleaning that's going to get done. We have a lot of cleaning! And it's nice because spring cleaning doesn't consist of the "everyday" stuff. It consists of the "odd cleanings" such as the tops of the cabinents that are RIGHT above the stove top. You know that's where all the steam and grease from whatever you're cooking goes too. So I'm really excited for the "odd cleanings" we'll be doing!
- Warmer weather, more frequent sunny days. Which means..
- Dresses and skirts can be pulled out! I mean sure you might have to wear a light sweater/cardigan over your dress. But, at least you get to pull your dresses out!
- Gardens. We had a garden 2 years ago. We wanted to have one this last spring we had but there were some complications around that time that prevented us from having one. :( This year though (I even heard it come out of my parents mouth several times lately and including my own mouth :D) we're determined to have one! And perhaps having one will keep us more motiviated in maintaining the weeds that pop up in our backyard. :D I want to have my own little corner where I can have my own little flower garden. I love flowers. I want lots of daises in mine, and tulips, and I don't know..lots of flowers. The best thing about flowers is you can be really random with them!
- Spring break-oh wait we don't ever get a spring break. Haha. I actually could care less about spring break. I just like it because I can hang out with friends during that time since they're more "free" to do things that week.
- Easter
- Windy days. I love windy days for some reason. They remind me of days where I used to run bare foot in this park that has a huge field. I used to run from some friends house to the park because we had, every Friday these days called "park days". If on those days it was really windy, after all the "park day" games some of us would pull out our kites. I'd run bare foot in the grass with my kite, and after flying it a lot I'd lay in the grass with my hands behind my head and just sigh with delight at the wonders of God's creation.
- Tea. It's still a good season to keep drinking hot tea. (:
- Flip flops! I've already pulled mine out because I love flip flops. I could live in those things..probably because I used to ALWAYS go bare foot in Cali. To get me to wear shoes was-an accomplishment. I mean..obviously I'd wear shoes if I was going somewhere. But, being at home I'd walk outside barefoot-always. (: I'll probably when I'm married, be one of those wives that are always "barefoot"...(and well the rest is barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. But-hem. I'm too young to be thinking of such things. :D)
Anyways, I just love spring. My favorite seasons are really summer and fall. But I also love spring!
I'm excited! I'm excited for a lot of stuff, but that's another post for another time.
Here's to spring!,
~Elisabeth Darcy
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Phone update
FOUND MY PHONE!
....................................................YES!..............................................
Thanks for the prayers btw!
--LISSSSSIE
....................................................YES!..............................................
Thanks for the prayers btw!
--LISSSSSIE
An Appology
I'm sorry to any of my peers--if I offended them or said something totally inappropriate. It was late last night that I wrote that post.
Also-I wasn't thinking of people I know SPECIFICALLY...more so just the whole "typical teen" thing. AND THEN...also some broken friendships with people I used to know.
So in essence-I wasn't and am NOT against my peers..so I hope I didn't come across as that.
Nor do I love "adults" more then "peers". It's just different between the two.
With Love,
Lissie
Ps. I CAN'T FIND MY PHONE!-IF YOU THINK OF ME PRAY THAT I'LL FIND IT! MY 5 YO BROTHER JONAH TOOK IT..AND STASHED IT IN HIS BACK PACK OF STUFF FOR HIS "TRIP/ADVENTURES WITH BARE GRILLS!"..shoooooooooot me!
Also-I wasn't thinking of people I know SPECIFICALLY...more so just the whole "typical teen" thing. AND THEN...also some broken friendships with people I used to know.
So in essence-I wasn't and am NOT against my peers..so I hope I didn't come across as that.
Nor do I love "adults" more then "peers". It's just different between the two.
With Love,
Lissie
Ps. I CAN'T FIND MY PHONE!-IF YOU THINK OF ME PRAY THAT I'LL FIND IT! MY 5 YO BROTHER JONAH TOOK IT..AND STASHED IT IN HIS BACK PACK OF STUFF FOR HIS "TRIP/ADVENTURES WITH BARE GRILLS!"..shoooooooooot me!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Love and Stalking #2!!!!!!!!
You may have remembered my previous "Love an Stalking" post. Well this is kind of a cross reference to it and a follow up to it!! Woohoo!
It just hit my Mom--and then afterwards I realized it (more so) too!! Let me start off first by saying I've been made fun of (more like in a jokingly admiringly way..if that makes sense..) for looking up to adults and making tons of adult friends--rather then peers. Here's how the convo went:
Mum to Dad: Too bad, like all of the people Lissie looks up to (/admires) is basically people our age.
Dad: What do you mean?
Mum: Well you know..One of the things she's looking forward to is hanging out with Evy Yadav (i.e. our Pastor's wife. She's one of the sweetest people..ever..).
Dad: *starts laughing* Oh. Yeah I see. I mean, "Come on Lissie, cant you get some friends your own age" (He was totally joking, and all of us were laughing..)
Me in my head: Yeah I pretty much stalk adults lol.
Me out loud: I know seriously!! I have very few peers who are REALLY close to me that I love dearly. (I listed them..) And then the majority of people I look up to as mentors and just plain flat out admire are adults (starts listing them)... I mean hey what can I say, they're all in my "posse". Lol.
Yeah sometimes I wonder if I scare adults or surprise them (I know I surprise some..), or if they love me back. If they don't oh well. They'll learn to love me, because I love them. Once you're in--[referring to my posse] YOU'RE in!~A quote from Confessions of a Shopaholic (Just watched that movie with my Nana, it was her first time and my millionth. Love that movie. I'm such a gal. :p )
It's true. Some of the people that I consider as dear friends are adults. Such as our pastor at our church and his wife (even though I'm still getting to know them. I'm sorry but they've already been adopted!), and my adopted Older Brother's Mummy. She's an amazing woman. I called her on her birthday--and wow. I won't ever forget the coversation. We talked about silly stuff, and about spiritual stuff. Or some of my blogging friends. 2 chaps, I wouldn't have known if it weren't for Dad debating on several other ppl's blogs about Christianity VS. Evolution.
The thing is I love my peers but I'm cursed. I'm telling you I AM. It's FREAKY. (ok I'm kidding) but I've learned that I can't cling to my peers as much because I if and when, I happen to lose them it hurts. I've had several friends I just lost--in the past 2 years. And it was very hard for me. That's the first and closest "hear-break" I've ever come to in my life. (i.e. I'm comparing to a heartbreak that a teenage girl my age, would typically have over a "breakup" with her boy friend. But, since we have different convictions/views on dating and having boy friends and the like, I've never had my heart broken by a boy. Thank goodness too. Life's hard enough without added on drama. When the time comes, I'll have my prince charming. :D ) Anyways. Yeah. And lately I've been having more, "drama" it seems with some peers.
The drama and stuff I hate that comes along with fellow teenage friends (that I've experienced)-
Yeah. It sucks. That's some of the "CONS" of having peers as a friend. I can't wait to get out of this "teenage" stage. With being a "teenager" comes: Awkwardness, *It's weird unless you're not shy *as in non-social* like every OTHER teen*, upholding education and being looked down on if you DON'T have the same high standard/view of education that "THIS" person does, *it's weird when you're the new kid*, *it's weird if you don't act like a typical teen*, *it's weird if you don't like boys* (don't get me wrong. I'm not opposed to saying, "Yeah, he's cute" but I'm not going to stare at EVERY dang guy and, nor do I look at every guy so as to see if he's "Cute" or not. I'm not always aware of them like "that". It's rare if I am. The way I view them: They make great older brothers..(since I've always wanted one!!), *It's weird if you aren't starving yourself to look skinny* (luckily not too many people I've known/met who are like that..:D), *If you aren't loud and immature in front of other peers you're known and marked out as the "mature..freakishly weird one", *weird if you're a homeschooler (used to this one!)*, *WEIRD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE AND PURSUE A DEGREE..* WHICH BRINGS ME TO:, *WEIRD IF YOU DREAM ABOUT HAVING KIDS AND A LITTLE YELLOW HOUSE AND A WONDERFUL HUSBAND TO LOVE, ETC.
Need I go on? However..I'm enjoying my childhood and these days of goofiness, and laughs with my siblings, and running bare foot out to the mail box to check the mail, and pajama days, and running down to nanas in 30 degree weather to show her my new lavender summer dress I got at Target, and whistling/humming in the dark because I'm afraid of the dark, and all my free time to read and do whatever, and standing in 20 degree weather with pant legs and long sleeves rolled up so as to get vitamin D *k* (I thought at the time it was called "vitamin k" lol!), and drinking cup after cup of tea, and confiding in my parents (although this shall continue to be so even when I'm grown up!), and sighing and rolling my eyes when I hear the weather forecast is going to be "snowy"..shoot!
What I enjoy in my adult friends:
Stuff I enjoy with peers:
So-if you're an adult and in my posse. I'M AINT STALKING YA!! I'm just admiring you, staring in your eyes like a creep, waiting for you to tell me a story like grandpa's do..but it has nothing to do with your age, thinking over and over how I "heart" you, wondering how I'll be when I'm your age and have as much wisdom as you, wishing I was more like you, possibly adopting you as a distantly related Uncle, possibly admiring your cool clothes, possibly wondering when we'll have tea next, possibly just thinking yur an all in all amazing person, possibly adopting you as my godparents, possibly mentally adding you as my mentor(s)!
(NOTE: I made the above paragraph sound creepy and stalkerish on purpose ok..so hopefully no adults were offended during the reading of this posts.-Or peers. I do love ya too.)
~Elisabeth Darcy
It just hit my Mom--and then afterwards I realized it (more so) too!! Let me start off first by saying I've been made fun of (more like in a jokingly admiringly way..if that makes sense..) for looking up to adults and making tons of adult friends--rather then peers. Here's how the convo went:
Mum to Dad: Too bad, like all of the people Lissie looks up to (/admires) is basically people our age.
Dad: What do you mean?
Mum: Well you know..One of the things she's looking forward to is hanging out with Evy Yadav (i.e. our Pastor's wife. She's one of the sweetest people..ever..).
Dad: *starts laughing* Oh. Yeah I see. I mean, "Come on Lissie, cant you get some friends your own age" (He was totally joking, and all of us were laughing..)
Me in my head: Yeah I pretty much stalk adults lol.
Me out loud: I know seriously!! I have very few peers who are REALLY close to me that I love dearly. (I listed them..) And then the majority of people I look up to as mentors and just plain flat out admire are adults (starts listing them)... I mean hey what can I say, they're all in my "posse". Lol.
Yeah sometimes I wonder if I scare adults or surprise them (I know I surprise some..), or if they love me back. If they don't oh well. They'll learn to love me, because I love them. Once you're in--[referring to my posse] YOU'RE in!~A quote from Confessions of a Shopaholic (Just watched that movie with my Nana, it was her first time and my millionth. Love that movie. I'm such a gal. :p )
It's true. Some of the people that I consider as dear friends are adults. Such as our pastor at our church and his wife (even though I'm still getting to know them. I'm sorry but they've already been adopted!), and my adopted Older Brother's Mummy. She's an amazing woman. I called her on her birthday--and wow. I won't ever forget the coversation. We talked about silly stuff, and about spiritual stuff. Or some of my blogging friends. 2 chaps, I wouldn't have known if it weren't for Dad debating on several other ppl's blogs about Christianity VS. Evolution.
The thing is I love my peers but I'm cursed. I'm telling you I AM. It's FREAKY. (ok I'm kidding) but I've learned that I can't cling to my peers as much because I if and when, I happen to lose them it hurts. I've had several friends I just lost--in the past 2 years. And it was very hard for me. That's the first and closest "hear-break" I've ever come to in my life. (i.e. I'm comparing to a heartbreak that a teenage girl my age, would typically have over a "breakup" with her boy friend. But, since we have different convictions/views on dating and having boy friends and the like, I've never had my heart broken by a boy. Thank goodness too. Life's hard enough without added on drama. When the time comes, I'll have my prince charming. :D ) Anyways. Yeah. And lately I've been having more, "drama" it seems with some peers.
The drama and stuff I hate that comes along with fellow teenage friends (that I've experienced)-
- Having what seems like life-long friends and then convictions completely change-and so do people
- Clicks..(is that how you would spell it-for this terminology I mean?) as in "if you aren't somehow involved in THIS" or "you don't like THIS, THIS AND THIS LIKE WE DO" then we can't be friends.
- Idiocy. Yup I said it. Plain idiocy. Well sometimes it almost seems as if peers are going, "DUR.UHH..WHAT!? What..was that something poetical? was that a dream? was that a profound quote?..annd what am I suppose to do with that? Huh!? Eh? Say what?" It's like..come on. Haha. I'm kind of making fun of myself in this too.
- FAKE*NESS* WHY..WHY...WHY..WHY x 25 do the fake people ALWAYS get the attention? Why do people BUY INTO that stuff!? Why does it ALWAYS feel like I'm the only one who can see it!? Or can everyone see it and everyone's just pretending? Or..am I crazy? (I know the answer!! To..the last one. It's I'M NOT. It's crystal clear--that person is FAKE. DUH. O.P.E.N. Y.O.U.R. E.Y.E.S!!) Which reminds me...
- Why do the attention hungry people get the--ATTENTION! And why, when given attention (The WRONG kind of attention), do they grab for it greedily...? Do they really crave attention so..? Are they copping out so as to get the EASY way of getting..attention? Not caring it's the wrong kind?
- One-sided-ness. Meaning you go a long, thinking you're friends and then..you see this whole other side of them you didn't know..and then you REALIZE that "OH". It's been me, my part, my pursuit of this friendship.-Yeah. I've had that too.
- Gossip, and untrustworthiness, as IN..You realize "Oh" they talk about "EVERYBODY" Duh. That means as soon as "I" turn "my" back they'll go on and talk about me!! And that's lovely..I just confided all my secrets with them..because we're "such" good friends. And therefore, you mark them with a big red X (no make that a big, fat, ugly "U" for UNTRUSTWORTHY) and then the friendship downfalls from there. Oh and did you notice it's a "red" "U" *x*? IF you haven't watched, "The Village" well, RED'S THE BAD COLOR! HA-HA! I'm so funny sometimes..it's sad that I laugh at my own jokes..ok moving on..
Yeah. It sucks. That's some of the "CONS" of having peers as a friend. I can't wait to get out of this "teenage" stage. With being a "teenager" comes: Awkwardness, *It's weird unless you're not shy *as in non-social* like every OTHER teen*, upholding education and being looked down on if you DON'T have the same high standard/view of education that "THIS" person does, *it's weird when you're the new kid*, *it's weird if you don't act like a typical teen*, *it's weird if you don't like boys* (don't get me wrong. I'm not opposed to saying, "Yeah, he's cute" but I'm not going to stare at EVERY dang guy and, nor do I look at every guy so as to see if he's "Cute" or not. I'm not always aware of them like "that". It's rare if I am. The way I view them: They make great older brothers..(since I've always wanted one!!), *It's weird if you aren't starving yourself to look skinny* (luckily not too many people I've known/met who are like that..:D), *If you aren't loud and immature in front of other peers you're known and marked out as the "mature..freakishly weird one", *weird if you're a homeschooler (used to this one!)*, *WEIRD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE AND PURSUE A DEGREE..* WHICH BRINGS ME TO:, *WEIRD IF YOU DREAM ABOUT HAVING KIDS AND A LITTLE YELLOW HOUSE AND A WONDERFUL HUSBAND TO LOVE, ETC.
Need I go on? However..I'm enjoying my childhood and these days of goofiness, and laughs with my siblings, and running bare foot out to the mail box to check the mail, and pajama days, and running down to nanas in 30 degree weather to show her my new lavender summer dress I got at Target, and whistling/humming in the dark because I'm afraid of the dark, and all my free time to read and do whatever, and standing in 20 degree weather with pant legs and long sleeves rolled up so as to get vitamin D *k* (I thought at the time it was called "vitamin k" lol!), and drinking cup after cup of tea, and confiding in my parents (although this shall continue to be so even when I'm grown up!), and sighing and rolling my eyes when I hear the weather forecast is going to be "snowy"..shoot!
What I enjoy in my adult friends:
- Their wisdom
- Their intellect, and williness to share it with the *speshul* 15 yo *stalker*
- Their willing*ness* to listen to me-the 15 yo
- Their encouragement
- Their not mind*ingness* that I love them to death
- Their beautifulness all in all!!
- Letting me hug and kiss and play with their kids
- Inviting me over to tea, or to go shopping with them followed by having coffee
- Their advice
- The fact that I can express my dreams to them without having the fear of an awkward silence..or perhaps a burst of nonsensical giggles...they listen and sometimes maybe..
- They'll tell me their "dream" when they were my age, and then we can laugh
- The stories they have to tell (sometimes really funny!!)
- The time they give to me..be it car pulling with me..be it tea...be it teaching me..be it-anything
- Looking at them and wondering. Just wondering. Sometimes the eyes reveal much wisdom-all you have to do is look. And perhaps ask..which reminds me..
- They allow me to TALK and talk AND TALK ..their ears off. But, probably because they know I know how to glue them back on. :D
- The fact that they can be friends with me AND with my parents. That's just cool.
- Their sense of hummor. So much more 1) profound 2) WAY less corny (most times ;P) then mine!! And my peers (sorry peers!) I mean seriously. I get a laugh at some of their facebook status messages. It's great!!
- Their taste in music..(ok well that goes with everyone because I'm always ready to steal someone's music artist1 lol!)
Stuff I enjoy with peers:
- Late nights/sleepovers
- Parties
- Laughs by the dozen about sometimes...nothing!!
- All nighters!
- The profound talks we have :D
- The understanding since we go through the same stuff
- The stupid stuff we do and share
- Encouragement and prayer I get from them <3
- The fun times we have together!
- The ability to talk about spiritual things as well! (even if that means with certain friends, I'm thankful for those who I can talk about stuff like this with)
- The, "I'm against click"ishness!! Hahah..ok..so..yeah..forget I said that
- Our funny debates on silly things such as "is tea or coffee better"
- Our sugar highs
- Our love for benadryl (..inside joke)
- MEMORIES.
- Crazy pictures
So-if you're an adult and in my posse. I'M AINT STALKING YA!! I'm just admiring you, staring in your eyes like a creep, waiting for you to tell me a story like grandpa's do..but it has nothing to do with your age, thinking over and over how I "heart" you, wondering how I'll be when I'm your age and have as much wisdom as you, wishing I was more like you, possibly adopting you as a distantly related Uncle, possibly admiring your cool clothes, possibly wondering when we'll have tea next, possibly just thinking yur an all in all amazing person, possibly adopting you as my godparents, possibly mentally adding you as my mentor(s)!
(NOTE: I made the above paragraph sound creepy and stalkerish on purpose ok..so hopefully no adults were offended during the reading of this posts.-Or peers. I do love ya too.)
~Elisabeth Darcy
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