My African/Thai/missions wall

This is my African/Thai/missions wall.

Like it? I do.

It reminds me to remember the bigger picture and to pray for people sharing the Message.

:D

+My dad bought that clock when he went on a business trip to Thailand. (it glows in the dark!)

+top left picture: my pastor and his wife from the church I went to in Hawaii. They now work with YWAM (youth with a mission) and travel to many different African countries.

+down from the first picture: the Ayer family (their blog). They attend the same church as I do, and they plan to do missions in Ethiopia.

+down from that one: The Gray family (their blog). Just a month ago, they flew to Niger where they will be living as dorm parents!

James 1:1-6

I love taping pictures & cards & painting & theatre stubs & people (aka memories) onto my walls. I have a Valentine's day wall too. :) Hehe. yes, I do :)

My 19th

The week prior to my birthday, we had an ice and snow storm. Our power went out for 3 days, and we had to entertain ourselves the old-fashion way. ;)

Playing King's Corner while my Nate plays background music for us.

Here we are learning poker... our chips were Life cereal. Haha.

We came up with many puns. Example: "You're taking my life away!"

I think I ended up being in debt by 20 pieces... :\ Oh, well. It was just cereal.

No electricity. Just the light of the candles.

We camped out in the living-room to stay warm.

Lucy liked trying out everyone's sleeping bag :)

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Nate's birthday was in December, but he didn't have a party, so we had a combined party.

And you might be wondering... how did we make a cake without electricity. Well, I went to my friend's house, and we baked it the night before the party. Thank you, Katherine!! :)

She decorated my side: Once upon a time... Rosala turned 19.

I did Nate's side: HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY NATE.

Kai, me & his card.

:)

Josiah, me and his card.

:)

My aunt is so cute. She sent the gift from Minnesota, so she must have known the bow needed fluffing. :)

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We did Lazer Tag to celebrate! :)

Fun. Fun. Fun.

Game #1.

Game #2.

Make a wish! :)

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On my actual birthday, my mom and I went shopping! We ate lunch at Red Robin. I got the Chicken teriyaki sandwich. :) Then we went to Target, Forever 21, Value Village, Barnes & Noble (I could spend forever in that store... I ended up reading some of the new book by Katie Davis: Kisses from Katie. Her blog is here), and Cold Stone for dinner. Yummm

End-of-the-day picture :) I love you, mom!

20 by 20

I have dreams and goals.

some are little. some are big. some are important. some are not.

I want to try, to experience, and to accomplish some of these goals this year (before I turn the big 2-0!)

I turned 19 about two weeks ago, and I thought it would be a fun idea to make a 20 by 20 list. I don't know if doing all these things is too much in one year or not, but I'll find out :)

I split up my goals into 4 groups: spiritual, physical, personal & social.

my little wall reminder

Spiritual

1. read the Old Testament: (39 books) it might take a little more dedication and focus to finish the Old Testament rather than the New. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalm, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)

2. read the New Testament: (27 books: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans,1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation)

3. fast for 36 hours: in its most basic sense, fasting is refraining from something to be able to focus on something else. I will be giving up food (only drinking water), so that I can focus on God and seek Him and pray more. That hunger-reminder is also a pray-reminder. :)

4. fast for 48 hours: Same as a above, but this time I'll drink water and maybe juice. I don't think it would be a good idea to pass out due to a lack of glucose ;)

5. "pray in the spirit on all occasions" -Ephesians 6:18

Physical

6. do 20 pushups in a row: Haha, this might take a while. :P

7. run 3 miles in 25 minutes: Right now, I can do it in 28 or 29 minutes.

8. do a Sprint Triathlon (either officially or unofficially): swim 16 laps, bike 12 miles and run 3 miles.

9. be a vegan for a week: I have a hard time talking about vegetarianism and veganism. Not because it confuses me, but because I have a hard time explaining to people the reason I want to be a vegetarian (I don't think I could ever be a long-term vegan- I would miss my dairy! haha) Basically, my stance is this: God gave us this planet to live on, and yes, He gave us animals to eat, but that means we should probably take care of both the earth and the animals. I'm not an avid animals' right person, I'd much rather help people (they have a soul). I'm much more passionate about orphans and poverty. That being said, veganism is interesting to me. It takes a lot of creativity and thinking outside of the box and lots of learning. (just one example is this: common red food coloring (Carmine) comes from a scaling insect-- look it up if you don't believe me.) So, we'll see where this goes... my diet that is.

10. Stretch: palms to the ground while knees are locked.... almost there!!

Personal

11. visit Hawaii (aka my family who will be living in HI) :D

12. Read the Help by Kathryn Stockett: 1/5 of the way done

13. Read Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

14. fill another journal (at least halfway)-- I got a new one at Barnes & Noble for $5 with my gift card! :)

15. smile more: I don't hold a mirror to my face everyday, so I honestly don't know how much I smile, but I thought this one would be easy. It might balance out the more difficult goals.

Social

16. Make cookies for someone: anyone! :)

17. write and send 20 letters: (I've done: || so far)

18. be an unofficial mentor to younger girls: Basically, I just want to be a good Christian example for younger girls to look to for advice... not that I have any good advice.

19. get 20 people to follow my blog: sounds lame, 20 people. but my reason is valid (I think). If I get twenty followers, that means I'm blogging more frequently and more interestingly...? maybe, I don't know.

20. Meet someone new: Just be more out going and meet new people :)

Due date: January 22, 2013

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THOUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH.

-PHILIPIANS 4:13-

Ready? Set? GO!

*I will make this post a page (20 by 20), so it will be easily accessible for you to view.

Mug sweaters

First things first.

Pinterest is fantastic.

&

I love tea.

Second things second.

Pinterest is inspiring.

&

I can somewhat knit.

THERE. done.

I think I ended up making 8 of these for my friends as Christmas presents. I slacked off a little bit, so I had to finish them up in January. :\

DIY leg wamers

Again, pinterest has given me more ideas! *love*

I made leg warmers in 2 minutes. All you need is an [old/thrifted] sweater and scissors

...add maybe a sewing machine.

($1 izod sweater at the thrift store)

score!

Cut the sleeves off and there you go : )

Leg warmers!

<3

God Help the Outcast (or lower class)

Or... "God Help Us Help the People in Need."

I want to read this book!

I watched the movie a few months back.

Then, I put the book on hold at the library.

(it's a popular one)

Then, I picked it up a few weeks later.

THEN, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO READ THIS BOOK!

yeah...

I was too busy with school, and the 3 weeks went by way too quickly. :(

Sad day.

Today, I put it on hold again. If I was smart, I would have done that at the beginning of this wonderful Christmas break... but.... I didn't. So now I'm paying the price. Maybe I'll go to Barnes&Noble to enjoy the wonderfulness of that place and hope they have that book or another good one to read.

p.s. i loved reading this book.

.::sad, but good::.

{safe haven by nicholas sparks}

merry Christ-mas to all and to all a goodnight

I loveeeeee the Christmas season.

Joy and cheer seem to flow out of people more easily. :))

snow.hotcocoa.family.cookies.brightlights.

candycanes.evergreens.caroling.cheer.cozysocks

parties.warmcoffee.ornaments.

What's not to like?

But we must must remember Him.

..............

JESUS

Baby Jesus

He is why we celebrate.

He is why we should be full of joy and cheer.

He is the reason for the season.

He did it all for us.

happy birthday to the

wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, & prince of peace.

{isaiah 9:6}

Rumor has it

I have been trying to educate myself in the blogging world.

Yes, trying.

Trying very hard.

I didn't know what a favicon was until 15 minutes ago. Do you know what one of those is?? You probably do. And you've probably known what one is for a year or 2. Ok, I did know what they were, only thing is, I didn't know what they were called. Favicon, that's their name.

(For those of you who don't know what one is, I'll tell you. It's the little tiny picture that appears next to a website url.) there you go... : )

And..... it took me 2 hours, no 3 or 4 hours, to figure out how to make a simple little button with a code for people to put on their blogs. That's just not right if you ask me.

But after ALL that, I am 1) very proud of myself AND 2) in awe of the blogs I see. People put a lot of work into them. Codes for this and that. Codes, codes, codes.

here it is(!!!):

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<a href="http://www.arosewithhappiness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6571231829_6bc9ee6eed_m.jpg" width="125" height="125" /></a>

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big happy face.

Button up!

It's cold outside.

(ha ha ha...)

And while I'm at it, I'll tell you the story behind this little picture. It was taken in '09 (i think) while living in Germany (i know). My friends and I did a fun little photo shoot in our German village, Huetschenhausen. We dressed up in skirts and cowboy boots and grabbed a couple umbrellas then headed out to brave the cloudy (almost rainy) weather.

Saturday&Sunday

Between the studying, reviewing, and writing, I found some time to have fun.

On Saturday, I played Ultimate with some friends.

We played hard.

We played well.

We sweat a lot.

...because where I live, 70 and sunny is HOT.

{Especially for the month of September}

Haha.

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On Sunday, the Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda, Africa came to our church! They are orphaned kids who love Jesus very much! A small fraction of them come to America and put on shows at different churches. They sing and dance, and they have the audience sing and dance too. :) :) :) I love love loved it! It was IMPOSSIBLE to not smile back at them when they flashed their radiant smiles. :) They make me want to pack up my bags and move there right now!

My Friend and I got pictures with a few of them :D

{the little girl in the front with me is eight years old and her name is Ellen}

Praise the Lord for these wonderful kids!!

Here's a mini promo video:

http://vimeo.com/watoto/beautifulafrica

My Pinky Purple Room and HW

I have homework galore.

My professors are wonderful people, but they like to give their students homework over the weekend. Especially my A&P (anatomy and physiology) teacher.

-Read/take notes for chapters 1, 2, and 3.

-Memorize the body regions (there are about 50) for a quiz.

-Read the lab for Monday.

-And of course review lecture notes.

This whole morning has been spent reading and studying A&P. I will be jumping up and down if I get an A in that class. And I would drop dead in shock if a 4.0 was in reach. You have to get 97% or above to receive a 4.0.

So, I needed a quick break from school (and cramming my brain with info). Here are some pictures of artsy stuff on my walls.

{painted this summer in my art class. Pompeii with Mt. Vesuvius in the background.}

Please excuse my un-made bed. My wave of pictures gives me something to look at all the time. Most of the things up there are pictures of/with friends, places I've been, and things I've seen.

I would go back to my homework, but I'm meeting with friends to play Ultimate Frisbee.

Side Note: If there is one thing you need to know about me, it's that...

I L-O-V-E ULTIMATE!! : )

I'm backkkk

After a long summa break, I would like to welcome you all back to my blog :))

I hope to blog more about my life and maybe share some stories from this summer.

I have loved this summer SO much, but all good things must come to an end at some point. A few highlights from the past months:

-5 credits from a 5 week art class :D

-visiting amazing friends in Colorado.

-amazing friends from Maryland came to visit us!

-road tripping to California for some SAILING!

-youth group went camping, hiking and whitewater kayaking :)

-Ultimate Frisbee (x8)!!

-Eating mounds of fresh snap peas, green beans, tomatoes, and blueberries from our garden.

And, who knew you could get tan in the cloudy state of Washington. It is possible though! :-)

Wish me luck on my first day a school. It won't just be a new quarter, but a whole new year! I hope my brain is capable of memorizing again. (It has been hibernating all summer...)

Peace out <3

Buying things from garages.

Today is the semiannual garage sale for our cute little town. Because this only happen twice a year {and the fact that we live in Washington}, this event carries on... shine or RAIN! :)

Yes, it did rain. It rained last time too. But you know what? Contrary to poplar belief, humans don't melt! I know! How strange. ;)

I bought a few things... :D

Some flip-flops :) $1

Two Old Navy cardigans- $1 each.

And a tank top with a pink lace rose on the side. $1

I also purchased a few shirts and a pair of puma shoes that may or may not fit haha

I think it was a productive day of garage sale hopping ;) I spent a total of $7-8! That's a steal :)

Side note: my mom bought a pair of Keen shoes that fit me and two of my brothers for $3!!

{they just went to Cabela's, and Cabela's sells them for $94! Good thing she didn't buy them there.}

Turquoise Flowers

The other day I made some flowers out of scrap felt that was in a box in the garage.

I was pretty happy with how they turned out seeing as I hadn't made anything like them before.

(The yellow dots are just beads sewn on with thread.)

It's hard to tell from the picture, but all three are a different shade of blue, turquoise, or gray blue.

They can slip onto a thin object such as a headband, safety pin, or bobby pin.

{Safety pin}

{bobby pin}

Socialite Skirt

Lately, I've been checking out other interesting blogs.

One of them is Elle Apparel.

And let me just tell you, she is amazing with a sewing machine!

She is so creative too!

Today through June 2nd, she is having a GIVEAWAY! She'll custom make a socialite skirt for the winner! How cool is that?! : )

Check her out:

the key to happiness...

...is achieved by putting one's faith in Christ Jesus.

"a happy heart makes the face cheerful..." proverbs 15:13

make a joyful noise unto the Lord!

:)

A girl with a striped hat.

[In between the chemistry homework...]

I guess I've never worn this hat when Lucy has been around.

I put it on today, and she totally freaked out! She walked into my room to say hello, but she took one glance at the thing on top of my head and started growling and howling at it haha :) Silly dog.

It's just a fedora hat.

Anyways...

She got use to it quite quickly.