provider

I have been pretty stressed this summer. Between being really broke and having a CrAzY roommate (who on top of being crazy won't pay bills adding to my broke-ness)  Right now I feel like I can barely relax. And in less than a month we start back school. The 2nd year is the hardest year out of all 4 so I need to be relaxing right up until August 17th because after that date I won't be able to relax again until May 2012. This is the third year in a row that I have had a roommate refuse to pay bills in the summer. I just do not understand why people think that it is ok to make someone else pay for things like that. Yes the bills are in my name but you lived here too. It drives me absolutely bonkers. I can't wait to be married and not have to worry about whether my other roommates are going to pay me for their part.

On a better note, the Lord has provided funds for me when I need them. I have a job so I get money but after not working for 4 weeks due to family vacation and rotations, I was down to my last few dollars. I was almost empty and then came my birthday so I got birthday money. I even got an extra paycheck that I wasn't supposed to get. I let CVS know and they still haven't corrected it so that was extra money for me until I get my paycheck (THIS FRIDAY!) Even though my roommate owes me nearly $200 God has provided money from different ways that I have everything that I need. It really has made me much more thankful for all that he has blessed me with. He has blessed me with a job, a house, wonderful and generous parents, and even the power and cable that I can barely pay for at the moment. I have learned to just trust the Lord and praise Him when he provides. He promises he will provide. God cannot break his promises and there is so much comfort in that.

musica

Since it is tuesday...I officially missed music monday again. I feel like doing musica tuesday this week so hope you dont care!

I have been really into the band He is We lately. I first heard their music a while ago and their new album My Forever is very good. My favorite song is All About Us. I just think it is so cute.

Another band I have had on repeat is Steel Magnolia. I cannot get their song Last Night Again out of my head! Their whole album is so good too.

I think she is completely weird but I love Florence and the Machine. Cosmic Love is one of my new faves.

The last one I am going to talk about for now is Christina Perri. I like a alot of her music but right now I just love her song Arms.

Hope you all enjoy!

crafty

A few weeks ago I talked about how I had a craft day. I completely forgot to ever talk about my crafts. I have an app called CraftGawker and there are all kinds of DIY things. It has new stuff every single day and way more crafts than I can even look through. You can go through and add things you like as favorites so you have all the things you like in one place. I started favorite-ing things and one day I decided I was going to do a few of them. I set off to Hobby Lobby and the thrift store to get my supplies. I didn't spend a ton of money and made 4 crafts! The first thing I made was dryer balls. People used to throw a tennis ball in the dryer instead of dryer sheets but that makes a ton of noise so these babies are the same idea but much quieter. I don't have a picture of my finished product but I have a couple of in between ones.

The next thing I made was a leather bow cuff bracelet. I used more of a pleather because the leather they had at hobby lobby was thick and not cute at all so I went with the next best thing. Here is how mine turned out 

 

The next thing was a necklace made out of an XXL mens t-shirt! I used a purple one from target and only used 2 of the braids instead of 3. I used the leftover to make a bracelet. I love it!

The last thing I made was an apron. I saw a picture in a magazine of this apron made from mens button up shirts. I googled and found nothing on how to actually do it. I bought 4 shirts and 2 ties just in case I messed up the first one I wouldn't have to get back out. I made one like the magazine and the top was way too narrow and the bottom too wide. It looked so strange so on take 2 I decided to improvise. I designed this one all on my own. No pattern. No how-to. Just me, my sewing machine, and trial and error. In the end I LOVE it! The neck strap even buttons and unbuttons so it is adjustable. I am pretty dang proud of it. 

 So my craft day was a success. I can't wait to have more before I get back to studying every single day. Let me know if you make any of these and I highly recommend CraftGawker!

you make me melt like a popsicle on the fourf of july

I am as red as a tomato. We went to the beach for the weekend since we were off on Monday. I was so good to relax and lay on the beach. I came back a wonderful shade of red. Since I didn't get home until about 10 last night I decided to wait until today to make my 4th of July cake. I looked up a few different cute ones. One even had a little firecracker made out of pop rocks! Maybe I will get to that one next year. This year I made the kind that when you cut into it the cake looks like the flag. I haven't cut into mine yet so a google picture will have to do for right now.    

 

I did mine a little different than most of the recipes say. The recipe said to cook one blue cake and one red/white cake. Then you cut the middle out of them both and just swap them so that the red and white middle is in the blue outside. I just poured my red batter in the center and then the blue around the edge so I wouldn't have to make such a mess (or waste a ton of cake). I topped it off with my almond buttercream and some red white and blue sprinkles. I will post some pictures of my actual cake after I take it to my rotations tomorrow (only 3 days left...hooray!)

I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th!