NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

All based on bible verses:

1. Work as unto the Lord, not men. (Do my best at everything).

2. A fool shows his anger at once (Don't yell at Catherine so much).

3. Be grateful and don't compare yourself to others.

CATHERINE'S DOLLS HOUSE

Ok, I'm way too proud of this. This took two days to make. I made it out of a ratty old sign I had, and it cost me NOTHING to make, because I had the hinges, the paint, the sign ... and tools. That's my favourite kind of project... trash to treasure. I was going to add carpet, but I decided to go easy clean. It just needs furniture and stuff now. MMM... so proud :)

BLESS ME!

Just thinking during my quiet time tonight: I'm so terrible with people and I don't know why. I think it's because loving people like I'm supposed to would just be too painful. Loving a person who isn't Christain would be so hard looking at them and knowing they were going to hell. And then I realised: God has that pain everyday, so why should I escape that burden? Maybe having a love for people would make me a tool in Gods's hands and maybe I might actually save a few people from damnation (like duh!)
I personally have a strong belief in predestination - but I have to remember - I'm not God! I don't know what people's ultimate destiny is so it's up to me to love people regardless. But that's so far away! It's hard to do that when you're just so ready to go party it up in heaven...
which leads me to another point:
Going through 7 years of schizophrenia was just like having my innards ripped out and starting again. But that's just God's way of turning me into an empty vestle. Life was a total nightmare and the desire to leave Earth hasn't really left me - but I know, now that I'm not clinging to anything down here - God will heal, restore and bring me to a place where I can be used by Him and I can find purpose in life, my real purpose... HIS PURPOSE.
BLESS ME LORD AND USE ME! Amen!

MY NEW ETSY SHOP

Well, after months of checking out this website every day and wishing I could be a part of it, I finally got my A into G, signed up and started my own shop! I only had my decals ready to go but I figured, if I just start then that will motivate me to start spending time on creating things for the shop.... I have already been out and bought x2 balls of black wool which I intend to start making a crocheted bag. And it ties in with my new resolution... to do the best I can and not pander to what the world considers success, but just do the things I was gifted to do, to the best of my ability.
Well, there's the little "Etsy mini" as its called. Click on an image and it will take you to my little shop. There's only three things in it at the moment... soon to be more! hee hee

gingerbread buscuits and my next years resolution

I already know what my New Years Resolution is. I don't usually make them, (I sometimes make "rest of the year resolutions" to be different, but that's a side issue...) but I've been thinking about it lately and I want to do everything as best I can. These are not really a good example of that, but I want everything I do to be my absoluted best. A verse I always think of is: "Do everything as unto the Lord, not as unto men". So for me that means accepting God as a valid audience. If nobody was ever going to see what I did, I would still do a picture perfect job knowing God was seeing, and God was pleased. That's the ideal I'm aiming for anyway. I'm going to try to put it into practice starting now!

I love this blogg...and I'm my own biggest fan! It's like having a diary with pictures and I'm always coming back to look at what I've done haha (not "lol", I didn't actually laugh when I wrote that). And did you know I can barely string two words together when I talk, but when I write, bro, I can go forever. If I want to. But I don't. It would be painful. To you. Not me. ANYWAY.

Here's the recipe for GINGERBREAD BISCUITS.

100g butter

100g sugar

250g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tsp of ginger

about 3 Desert spoons of warmed golden syrup

METHOD

- Cream the butter and sugar

Add dry ingredients, mixed with a little warmed syrup

Lightly knead.

Roll, and cut.

Bake for 10 mins at 350 F, or 180 C.

I bogged my Datsun!

Hey! another before and after ... but I did it myself this time :D Theres an art to it... you've got about a 20 second "window of opportunity"... as I see it... too soon, and the putty just rolls off, too late and bog just crumbles.

Actually, after its sanded it looks pretty good, but I haven't shown how it looked straight after bogging... it was like a badly iced cake! oh well, I'm still proud I managed to get it on in the first place... (3 tries later!).

My lovely little Datsun Sunny

Well, here's what I worked on today. (Lucky for some, I know). My lovely 1979 Datsun Sunny Saloon. (Is it a Saloon? I'm kinda guessing.) I sanded some of the little rust spots off, and went over the bad bit with a grinder, but as I look at the photos I can see there's still heaps of rust! And how much do I get rid of? And what do I bog and what do I weld? I took welding classes this year, but I need someone to show me how to weld panels... I'm sure it's different to welding two pieces of piping together on a nice little work bench... And if I don't get rid of ALL the rust, will it be a waste of time priming and painting it? Will it all just come back?? Aarghhhh... o who cares. It's fun.
I'd better say, the reason I don't know how to get at all the rust is that I can't get into the backs of some areas coz theyre in like, a boxed in area. Like a hollow area, so I can't look in and see how much rust is in there. (Just so I don't sound too blonde... I know I have to get rid of the rust on the outside!)

Our new painted house

Hey! Check it out. We've had our house painted for the first time in over 30 years! Probably longer... I'm 30 and it hasnt been done in my lifetime anyway. (Before and after obviously, in the other order... this is posting funny).I'm really pleased with it. I did some vehicle signage for a guy who was starting out as a self-employed painter, and 3 days later he was painting our house :) Now I've seen the time he took over the job I'm all inspired to do the window frames now. It only took him 2 weeks, but he did a primo job. Very pleased :)