so i found the new camera that i want and… its pretty much on a WISH LIST. lol, but – i decided that im not spending any money on a camera unless it is exactly what i want. (that and i need a job first) however, this camera is exactly what i want, it even has hd video recording :) isnt it pretty?

i also found this on parents.com and thought it was super cool! :)
Banana Split Freeze Pops

8 tablespoons strawberry topping
4 bananas, peeled and halved crosswise
1-1/2 cups strawberry ice cream, softened
8 tablespoons pineapple topping
1-1/2 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
1/3 cup chocolate-fudge topping
1-1/2 cups chocolate ice cream, softened Whipped cream
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
8 maraschino cherries (drained and patted dry)

1. Divide strawberry topping among eight 6-ounce plastic or paper cups. Insert a wooden stick into each banana half; place one in each cup, stick side up. Cover and freeze for an hour.

2. Divide strawberry ice cream among cups, spooning it in around bananas; repeat with pineapple topping. Freeze for 15 minutes. Spoon vanilla ice cream, fudge topping, and chocolate ice cream into cups until full. Place a square of aluminum foil with a slit in the center over each cup. Freeze overnight or until firm.

3. When ready to eat, peel off the cups. Top each pop with whipped cream, walnuts, and a cherry.

i dont know that im gonna have these before the 4th of july – which is the holiday that they were directed toward on the site, but definitely before the end of this summer heat!

the power of prayer

so, its probaby much too late and long overdue for this post but it seems to be a recurring idea with my posts lately, so lets go with it. :)

at the banquet the other night, for the building fund… pastor steve said (something), im not sure – but regarding money and the building fund. and it got me to thinking. now, before i go further let me state my disclaimer: i am not saying that we do not need money for the building fund. obviously money is quite the tangible answer to being able to proceed in the building fund. however, what i am saying is that.. have we forgotten the power of prayer? i wonder how many of us who were pumped up and excited at the beginning of the campaign, because yes.. it was a very inspiring presentation on the “to be” building, but i wonder how much of that zeal has been lost? i wonder how many of us now look at those business card sized window clings and dont think twice, or do.. but only 50 percent of the time. yes, yes, yes we need money. but we need ferventness.. we need passion… we need prayer. we need action to be taken in the spiritual realm that will produce an amplified re-action in the physical realm. are we demanding so much of ourselves instead of relying on the One, Who has the ability to produce the desired results? i heard pastor micah referto it once as synergy and i was unsure as to what that meant so i totally googled it :] the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. and i really liked that, well put.

so yeah, maybe this is/would be a good reminder for anyone, or all of us – but mostly me. and not merely in regards to the building campaign. i could explain it more, but basic point is that i think i have lost… maybe never even have found.. that place of familiarity. and i feel like i crave it, i need it. but theres a part of me that is scared.. why? i dont know. because it is new.. unventured territory. and just to conclude and ponder upon this definition of “familiarity”
fa·mil·iar·i·ty (f-mlyr-t, -ml-r-)
n. pl. fa·mil·iar·i·ties
1. Considerable acquaintance with.
2. Established friendship; intimacy.

Strength and honor are her clothing

an incomplete thought,… or a few

i felt like it has been a while since i last posted a picture and well… this is more of a graphic than a picture perse’ but oh well. it will suffice; it is my favorite.

so i have been thinking lately, and wanting to blog those thoughts. however, i was waiting for one of them to make a circle and complete itself. that hasnt happened;;; ill post them anyhow :)

thought 1: im not sure if i want to post this one o.O it came from a recent conversation with a friend; upon beginning positive confessions over a particular situation or circumstance have you ever felt like you were infact in denial?

thought 2: i have found that remembering the past can help to improve my view on the present even during the most frustating of circumstances

thought 3: goals are not goals if you are not “actually” moving toward them.

:) and although, now that i look at these 3 thoughts they seem oddly similiar, they were not even closely related upon origination.. so yeah. thats all.

id like to forget memories, because sometimes even when you think youve moved on – the memory can still jump up and twang your heartstrings. i found a set of goals that i had written much over a year ago,(again completley unrelated to thought # 1,2, or 3) and one goal was for me to learn how to stabilize myself emotionally – whether you may realize it or not – i used to have very off-the-charts emotional levels – particularly reactions. i would get very hyped about things and was quite unable to maintain a mellow aka rational viewpoint or approach. it would take me days, sometimes weeks to be able to pace myself. idk if you can understand what im even trying to say.. so ill stop. but it is awesome to see how much i have changed, grown, since then.. however if i had to take a look at my life now versus then i would have to say that if i lacked anything it would be proactivity.. i may get too mellow these days as opposed to hyped. annnnd i didnt really mean to break off into this tangent of a paragraph that this has turned into now, so i will go :) peace be with you. stop and think about that, like really… p e a c e

Strength and honor are her clothing