apron numero dos

This is the second apron I made following the same pattern. I almost like it better than the first one I made, but its for a wedding present so I can't keep it. shhh! don't tell!

losers and weddings

Two very different images but i love them both for very different reasons. The first is one of those old campaigns to end drug usage, which would not go over very well today in our pc culture (be wise not weird!) and the second is such a beautiful, classic wedding picture.

Camp Harkness 2010! In five weeks, I will be singing campfire songs, eating marshmellows, sleeping in a cabin with all my favorite camp friends, eating gross cafeteria food (think tuna casserole mass produced), swimming in the ocean, walking around the mansion, going to dunkin donuts and walmarts on nights off, recounting favorite camper memories, being with favorite campers, and doing 14 days. Such bliss.

I started with Camp Harkness 2007 and I was placed in cabin 5: special needs. For the past three summers I have worked with individuals with severe developmental disabilities and loved it. All the mid-night craziness, all the day-time craziness. Think well-organized chaos. Its beautiful. This summer I have a new role: administrative assistant. I've been promoted along with three of my friends and this means new adventures. Instead of working in a cabin, I will be over-seeing two cabins and making sure that the counselors in those cabins have the support they need. Along with that I'll have the task of helping to run camp itself during the week. I'm really excited to see a different angle on camp and get to work with some of my dear friends.

This will be my last summer at camp and I"m already sad thinking about it. I have so many wonderful summer time memories in that place: what will be four summers of memories. Its hard to imagine a summer without Camp Harkness, but I know its just around the bend. So this summer is all about making the most of the two months I have there, and storing up memories and friendships that will last a lifetime.

p.s. If anyone wants a summer job working with people with developmental disabilities....let me know!

This is what I would dress like every day if I could. I'm so sad that our American culture has lost the elegance and sweetness in its fashion. It seems like all we're good at is designing slutty clothing. sigh.

vintage apron

This is my latest creation. I  found some really cute material that looks mid-50's or 60's and I made an apron out of it.  I'm too afraid of getting it dirty so I think its going into my cedar chest until I have a special occasion to wear it.

Philippians

"Do everything without COMPLAINING or ARGUING, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold the word of life." (Philippians 2:14-15)


I was looking for a passage of comfort tonight in my devotions and whining to myself about insignificant things in my day, when I came across this passage. I memorized it a long time ago in high school when Mr. Hannula did a devotional on these verses. But I've clearly forgotten and ignored them. What a wake up call.

Do "EVERYTHING without arguing or complaining". That doesn't give me a whole lot of room for excuses: no "buts" and "why's" and "how comes". I wish I could find some way around it, that there was an exception because thinking of all the times I've complained in the last day alone shows my less than stellar track record. I'd be lying if I wanted to do this, but the pure in heart are those who will see God. And I want to see God. So please forgive me, Jesus, so that I might see your face, for as the Song of songs says, "your voice is sweet and your face is lovely."

It was the best of times...

I recently finished reading Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities" and once again I am mesmerized by his beautiful writing. Some of his sentences could literally be formed into a poem and the rhythm of his words keeps the story pulsing along. It is no wonder that his books are still read and valued today. The only thing I can critique him on (which is probably not legitimate since I could not do better myself) are the perfection of Lucie and Charles, which makes the story lack some of the depth it otherwise could have maintained. I say that anyone who would desire to be a good writer should know and at least appreciate Dicken's talent for crafting words and phrases into elegantly constructed sentences, which in turn lead to a fast-paced and interesting story. Summer is coming and with it more time for reading, so just do it.