3.17.2010

Les Choristes

I would have to say that one of my all time favorite foreign films (I've only seen about four) is Les Choristes. Yes, it's in French. Yes, I hated it when I watched it in high school. But, it's so good. Summary: Clément Mathieu, a music professor, arrives at a boarding school for problematic boys, & changes the lives of the boys through music. It's really very touching...

I would like to watch it without subtitles one day.

Click here for the trailer. 

3.10.2010

The Summer Months

When blueberries aren't $5 per carton...

I love baking this beauty. But, I bake the whole pie, of course.
Wild blueberry pie with almond crumble topping...
















I baked it last summer multiple times, and it just goes so well paired with a cool summer night. I cannot wait for summer. I'm not sure what summer holds for me, but I'm excited to see. I'm excited to wait. I'm excited to enjoy SPRING.

See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come...
Song of Solomon 2:11-12

Happy Wednesday : )

3.08.2010

My Favorite Song

I like to claim this as my theme song for my life:

Well, I've never been a fashion queen
I wear dresses I wear jeans
I've even been known to wear my heart on my sleeve
I'm just your average kid next door
A plain, simple mystery
I'm a self-proclaimed daddy's girl
With my share of idiosyncrasies
But You love me for me

I'm just fine
I see a smile from Heaven
My Father's proud
And I know that I am simply, fearfully, and wonderfully
Made in You
You make it beautiful somehow

I've got old-fashioned sensibilities
I believe chivalry still exists
And I can be a princess
Even when there ain't no prince
So what if I'm right brained
I've got half a mind to disagree
I would rather write the book
Than go and read the movie
So even when I may not rhyme
You always give me reason

Every day, every way
Got my elbows on the table
My mind up in the clouds
I know I'm getting better
I can almost hear You laugh out loud
The more I trust in You
The more I find
What You create is no mistake
It's purpose by design

Beautiful somehow
That is what You do
Beautiful somehow
Beautiful in You


I praise you because I am fearfully & wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14

Yes. Yes. And Yes.

3.07.2010

Go, Go Steal My Heart

I don't want it back.

I may or may not be walking on Cloud 9 right now. I may or may not have the coolest boyfriend right now. And I may or may not be soaking all of this up right now. Jesus help us, we all love the "honeymoon" phase in a relationship; we all love the "I LOVE YOU's," being beautifully serenaded in the park, meeting the parents (scariest thing in my life thus far) & hopingwishingpraying they like you. It's just that I have to remind myself every day that I can only do these things because God first loved me/us. I can only love someone because I have first been loved. And I mean LOVED. Like, took my cross & gave Your life loved. Thus, I'm always drawn to 1 John 4 when my heart needs a little reality check, a little reminder that it's not me doing the loving.

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love... We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:16 & 19

Can March showers bring April flowers? I sure do hope so.

3.05.2010

Home Sweet Home

Coming home...is a beautiful thing. Each & every time I walk through the door & make my presence known to my parents, I am struck by my mom's beautiful decorating. She's incredible! However, our styles don't particularly mesh. She's more Southern Living, & I'm more eclectic, troubadour, vintage, homemade. She's more "matchy-matchy," & I'm more "hodge-podge." Sometimes, it's a nightmare when she asks for my opinion, but I will always love coming home to the warm house she (& my dad) have made for our family.

I think this day is going to be just what I dreamed.

3.03.2010

Standstill

It's a standstill between love & fright...

It's more a standstill between my heart & mind. I'm anticipating a very special day. March 5th. March 5th is just a day. It's between March 4th & March 6th. Ah, but no. March 5th makes my heart beat a little bit faster, makes my mind race a little bit more, & makes me smile a little bit bigger. March 5th...

BUT, I have so much to do between now & then & after then. My school work needs to be done, papers need to be written, tests need to be taken. My mind needs to be working properly, but it will not. It's wandering. I can't seem to make it stop, and thus, my work is waiting for me. Waiting for me to come back down to Earth. I don't want to!

I hope you all have a beautiful March 5th. I have a feeling I will.

















(P.C.: Weheartit)
Still waiting for good ol' springtime in Denton, TX...