Happy St. Valentine's Day!!

... Or "Let's Knit Something Red or Pink Day" ... or if you prefer: "Single's Awareness Day"... I also heard somewhere: "Half-priced Chocolates Day Eve" ... or even better: "Target Date to Get my Crush to Fall in Love with Me Day".
This year, I chose to celebrate St. Valentine's Day, I believe, to the fullest extent to which it is intended. One might ask... "How?" since I, ahem, definitely DON'T have a significant other - no husband, boyfriend, not even a secret admirer, nor a crush. Instead, I spent the day practically daydreaming about God's lavish LOVE - His LOVE for me, His LOVE for those I care about, His LOVE for the lost. And the amazing price He paid for all of us. My prayer is for God to touch each one of His children with His Divine LOVE today.
I did this without chocolate or flowers or stuffed animals - just a simple celebration of my roommate's birthday this morning, a simple dinner, and a lil' knittin' time this evening. While I was making my dinner of grilled chicken, cucumber slices (cut into little hearts) and strawberries, I had a terribly romantic crazy off-the-wall idea. Just of how much I was loving myself by foregoing all the indulgences of the day - and my future husband, whomever that may be <3 Cause I believe happy hearts are the number one cause of awesome amazing marriages.

Also, brought this little song to mind: one of the most beautiful love songs in the whole wide world. It makes me want to sing, play my violin, dance, throw pottery, paint & knit ALL at the same time.

To Whom It May Concern, by The Civil Wars

long time, no post .... So sorry!!

Yep, this is why it's impossible for me to ever keep a journal - too easy for me to get off track in writing consistently, forget about it, lose it and then by the time you find it, well, what's the point?? I guess the good thing about a blog is that I can't lose it! Anyway, I moved this last weekend, to be closer to work, and it's been hard to stay focused! I have a couple new roomies (one is a knitter too!) and with as busy as I am, trying to get organized is an uphill battle: kitchen is *mostly* organized, bathroom & bedroom are not ... and our extra room (yarn stash room? haha) is not even close to being put together.
I did in fact knit a dishcloth out of lime green cotton, because we didn't have one ... and my roommate's favorite color is green. Kinda wish I stopped to take a picture of it, but I wanted to use it right away! I hope you understand. I will most likely knit another one soon :)
I also wanted to share a little bit about a Christian songstress that I just "discovered". Audrey Assad. I downloaded her album off of iTunes and I kind of love her music. a lot. So I will share a couple of her songs.
"Breaking Through" - a glorious melody of God's glory in our lives
"Run Forward" - probably one of the most loveliest love songs. ever.

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