My Little Corner Of The World

Happy New Year! Who's ready for a room tour? I've seen room tours on a lot of blogs I read and it looked like a great idea, so when I rearranged my spot to fit in my Christmas things I went ahead and took the pictures for it.

Right now my bookshelf consists of my NKJV bible that I got for the twelfth day of Christmas in 2006, my ESV bible, my ESV journaling bible, "To Have And To Hold" by Mary Johnston, "The Secret Garden", a journal Tori gave me, and a bucket with color pencils and bible journaling pens.

The stack of books on the top is a planter, but I'm using it as a box until I get some plants.

Bri gave me that picture on the wall for Christmas last year.

my jewelry drawers, candle, and mixed contents bucket.

The lamp Mommy gave me.

The whole of it.

Above my bed.

Well, what do you think? Let me know in the comments. Bye.

(P.S. Post # =50)

Goodbye December/Hello 2019

December is done and 2019 is upon us. This has been a really good year and I can't wait to see what the new year brings. This is my first ever month wrap-up post and I hope the first of many more to come.  One of my goals for the new year is to post at least twice a month.

Events that happened:
We celebrated St. Nicholas day with stockings, cinnamon rolls, pizza, and going to Swan Lake to see some Christmas lights.
Our church had a meal and concert to celebrate its one year anniversary in the new building.
Making Christmas candy,

Daddy's family came down,
We went to see lights again twice

Christmas eve family night.
CHRISTMAS HAPPENED!

The above are some gifts that I made.

And my collection.

New Years Eve marshmallow roast.

And I got a phone, hence the pictures. They aren't the best quality, but their the best my camera can do.

Reading: To Have And To Hold, by Mary Johnston.
I'm also reading through the bible with a ladies fellowship reading challenge by some Christ Church women.

Word of the year: Patience. I have been struggling with patience a lot, so I am going to make it my goal to practice it a lot more often in 2019.

Goals for 2019:

1. Read 1 new book a month,
2. Write a few more short stories,
3. Perfect my sewing skills,
4. Write two blog posts a month,
5. Work harder at school then usual,
6. Bake more often,
7. Babysit my younger siblings at least once,
8. Not go over my $15 budget like I usually do,
9. Get at least semi-good at lettering (in time to make Christmas cards that look good for once),
10. Do a little more crafting than I have been doing,
11. Practice patience,
12. Journal more.

What did you do for Christmas? What are three things that you want to do in 2019?

A Winter Tag

I made my own tag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided since no one has tagged me this year, I will make up my own tag

The rules: Link back to the starter of the tag (that's me!),
Thank the person who tagged you,
Answer all 12 questions,
Name 12 facts about yourself,
Tag at least 5 people,
Have fun!

1. What is your favorite Christmas activity?
Making Christmas presents.

2. What is your earliest Christmas time memory?
Opening our Andy Griffith show box set.

3. Do you celebrate St. Nicolas Day?
Yes.

4. Which would you rather, lights at the zoo or looking at your neighborhood through car windows?
I would rather looking through the car windows. You can bring your own Hot Chocolate, it isn't so busy, and you can go on an adventure.

5. How do you spend Christmas Eve?
Finishing Christmas baking, wrapping gifts, finishing advent, and watching a Muppet's Christmas Carol.

6. Hot Chocolate or Ice Cream?
Hot Chocolate, but Ice Cream is good any season.

7. Are you an early Christmas shopper or a late Christmas shopper?
I start early and finish late. I'm still not done with extended family gifts.

8. What Christmas book do you look forward to each year?
A quiet little woman by L. M. Alcott.

9. What is your favorite Christmas movie?
A Muppet's Christmas Carol.

10. How many family gatherings do you have a year?
At least two.

11. What holidays do you celebrate other then Christmas?
St. Nicholas Day and Epiphany.

12. What is your favorite winter activity?
Watching winter movies with popcorn and Hot Chocolate.

Facts about me:

1. I love doing math but I don't like figuring it out.
2. My favorite chocolate is Rollo's.
3. My hobbies include working in the garden, making peg dolls, and working with felt.
4. I'm excited about driving because it is harder then it looks.
5. I like to journal, but I don't do it much.
6. I burn the eggs every time I make them.
7. I like to read.
8. I have written one short story and I hope to write more someday.
9. I can't even get much weeding done without someone beside me. They don't have to talk or help or anything. They just have to stand there.
10. When I grow up, I want to work at a nursing home.
11.  I am extremely extroverted, but I don't talk to people outside of my family that much.

12. I am not very good at keeping a blog, but I hope to change that in the coming year.

I tag: Bri, Hannah, Sarah, Micaiah, and Bee.

And so ends the first tag I ever created. Goodbye until next time.

Winter/Christmas Tag

Hi guys! I decided to update this tag that I did last year and see how many of the answers have changed. And I will be able to tag people that might actually enjoy getting tagged. Also this is my first time posting as me. I have been using my moms account, but I now have my own.

The rules: Thank the person who nominated you,
Answer all the questions,
Tag least three bloggers.

1. Do you celebrate Christmas?
Yes! It's the most wonderful time of the year, which, by the way, only has 2 WEEKS LEFT! WHERE IS MY LIFE RUNNING AWAY TO!

2. Do you celebrate any other festive holidays other then Christmas or in addition to it?
Yes. We do St. Nicholas Day. This year we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, did stockings (we do them on St. Nicholas Day instead of Christmas), and we went to Swan Lake to see some really pretty lights.

3. When it comes to weather, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, or 10 degrees?
I think 50 degrees is about the perfect temperature.

4. Rain or Snow?
Snow all the way. Also, it wasn't until this year that I realized let it snow is a love song. I had never actually heard the lyrics, just the music.

5. On the perfect winter day, would you go shopping or stay at home?
That one is a little if-y, so I guess it would depend on where all we were going and what all I need to get done that day.

6. Trip to the mall or walk in the park?
I am an equal opportunity person on that one as well.

7. Favorite Christmas movie(s)?
I think for now it's The Muppet's Christmas Carol. That's the one we watch on Christmas Eve when everyone is asleep as soon as they are done with there candy and it's 2:00 in the morning so all the inside jokes that you have collected are a lot funnier then they should be.

8. Favorite Christmas tradition?
Candy making and The Muppet's Christmas Carol.

9. Would you rather say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas".
Fellow "Christmas with a Capital C" watchers will already know the answer to this one, "merry Christmas".

10. What does your Christmas morning look like?
I'm just going to go with the poem I used last year...

 "Twas the day of Christmas

               and all through the house, 
 not a creature was stirring,

          not even a Mouse."

We are more like afternoon people.

11.Favorite Christmas song/carol?

I really like carol of the bells.

12. Hot Chocolate, Peppermint Tea, Peppermint Mocha, OR Peppermint Milkshake?

My answer is Hot Chocolate all the way.

I tag: Bri,
Tori,
Hannah,
Maddy,
and Julia.
That is the first time I have ever had more than enough people to tag. Thanks for reading and goodbye.