I am super excited to announce the launch of my all-new website: ajperspective.com! This has been something I've wanted to do for a long time now and am so excited it's finally happening. It will be a little of everything I love in life: my family, crochet, quilts, photography, design work, and crafting in general. It will house a special showcase of products I am selling as well as a portal for placing orders, including custom work.
Thank you for all for the years you've spent following this blog. It will always have a special place in my heart. It was an outlet for me through some of the most crazy, insane, difficult, and wonderful times of my adult life. I have already transferred all my posts to the new site so I can remember everything that's happened (you know my memory is terrible)! I will continue to blog through the new site and have already posted a few new things there for you, including a new section called MY QUOTABLE KID! You're gonna love it!
If you want to receive updates of when I post at the new site, I'll make an RSS link available on the homepage. You can save it as a bookmark in your web browser.
And finally, here's the link to the new site... go crazy, spread it around, share it with your friends and family:
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Don't Worry...
... Be happy, mon! This oh-so-happy hat is my latest completed crochet project and is now for sale in my "shop" to the first person to claim it! Click read more for all the specs!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
For Sale
Hey guys, I've been working the last couple weeks on a few items for sale. I only have a limited number so the first people to claim them get them! :) Check them out!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Back-(B)logged
I've got such a back-log of blogs. In the last few months I've been busy sewing, crafting, creating, cooking, confronting, and designing... maybe too busy because I haven't been able to blog about any of it. So... this blog is dedicated to Design Work!
Back in the Kitchen
I cooked my first meal post-Katelyn's-surgery tonight and it really did feel great to be back in my kitchen! That said, it wasn't my best: Shepherd's Pie with corn that definitely needed more spices! I tend to over-salt my Shepherd's Pie so I was trying to avoid that... which I guess I did, I just also avoided any flavor at all. Oh well - there's just something about eating a meal you cooked in your very own house that makes even the most bland meal taste great!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Faithful to My Heart
I know it's silly. I know it's irrational. But it's still what I laid awake thinking about last night.
My child is lying sick in a hospital bed - she's 18 months old and had surgery yesterday. I should have been thinking about doctors and antibiotics and stitches and gauze. But all I could think about was her Easter basket.
My child is lying sick in a hospital bed - she's 18 months old and had surgery yesterday. I should have been thinking about doctors and antibiotics and stitches and gauze. But all I could think about was her Easter basket.
Katelyn's Story
Click the pic of my baby girl to be taken to the story of what's going on with Katelyn right now. Thank you all for your many prayers and sweet thoughts - it's really been overwhelming! We love you!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
To the Love of My Life
Happy 8th anniversary to the love of my life! I can't believe it's gone so fast! You and I have shared some of the most beautiful and the most devastating moments together and through them all you have been a safe place for me to fall, a shoulder to cry on, and a best friend to laugh with. I do not deserve you but I thank God everyday for you.
I know this anniversary is bitter sweet. Even as we grieve together, you have been a source of strength and comfort. In those moments when I see you beside me, I think of your song, "It's been harder than we dreamed but I believe that's what the promise is for, so let's go dancing in the mine field." And then I remember... you and I have always been able to dance in dark, haven't we?
I know this anniversary is bitter sweet. Even as we grieve together, you have been a source of strength and comfort. In those moments when I see you beside me, I think of your song, "It's been harder than we dreamed but I believe that's what the promise is for, so let's go dancing in the mine field." And then I remember... you and I have always been able to dance in dark, haven't we?
I love you!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Happy Belated Valentine's Day!
I wanted to take pictures of Katelyn in her pretty Valentine's dress, which ended up being too big. Then, on top of it, she wasn't in the picture taking mood, so we got only a few decent pictures of her. Needless to say, I had to get pretty creative with the wording of her Valentine's card for family. All in all, I thought it was pretty cute! You can see the few other pics we got by clicking Read More!
Labels:
Baby Katelyn,
Crafts,
Photography,
Scrapbook
Friday, February 11, 2011
SO in Love with HIM!
Labels:
Crafts,
Inspiration,
Knitting,
Sewing,
Softies
Friday, January 28, 2011
My Heart Hurts for This Belief
Thursday, January 20, 2011
2011 Goals, Personal & Otherwise
Since I believe firmly that my personal (aka "inner") life is directly related to my professional (aka "outer") life, the following goals blur the lines between work and home. But I know me, and if I don't find a way to articulate these things, I will inevitably forget what I have set out to this semester / year. So, in all their relentlessly honest glory, here are my goals for 2011:
- Work out a minimum of 5 times a week
- Read a successive chapter of Celebration of Discipline during the first week of each new month and work to incorporate that discipline into my life during the remainder of that month
- Write a minimum of 1 blog on some aspect of Christianity / faith / religion each week, to be posted here and at sfaxa.org
- Implement and stick to an envelope system of budgeting for our family
- Discover and make steps towards becoming a person who consistently honors the people in my life
- Discover and make steps towards becoming a grateful person
Labels:
Confrontations,
Goals,
Growth
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