thoughts from the past few days

thought 1-Praise God He gave me a job in this beautiful city of Montreal and the opportunity to learn French :)

thought 2-i really need to learn how to finish a book i start, i have a serious problem with having 10 books on the go all at once! i can't help it though, i love reading!

thought 3-living with Dorrie and being blessed by late night discipleship moments or tears over breakfast as i share my deepest sins or desires

thought 4-i really enjoy being creative and exploring different ways to express my creativity

thought 5-i dream of having a massive at home library with multiple books. one's that challenge me in my faith and others that i can sit and have a good laugh at or cry

thought 6-i love women's ministry and seeing women living authentically for Christ. i feel so blessed that i can play a part in that being here in Montreal :)

thought 7-i desire to marry a man who also lives an authentic life for Christ, who can do the things i cannot (ie. start a fire while camping, teach in the church or open those classico pasta jars...darn those jars!), who will enjoy a classy evening on the town from time to time or even a nice night in watching the Habs beat the leafs while eating a great meal :)

thought 8-i want to write a book or a blog that discusses real issues within a Christian woman's life

thought 9-i'd like to make something creative or new that is useful...what, i don't know

reduce, reuse, recycle

On a limited budget, its hard to fill those "desperate for creativity moments".
However, last week I was able to make something with things lying around the house.
I must say, I was quite pleased with how I recycled everything to make a friends b-day gift :)

So what did I do you ask? Well I made some homemade mac and cheese (yum!) and put it in a mason jar, labelled it, glued newspaper on the lid and tied a ribbon around it:



Kinda hard to see I know! But you get the idea :)

But my real thrill was how the gift bag turned out!
I took an Aerie bag and covered the name with my friends and used newspaper as tissue paper:




Yay for cheap creativity!

Hey, Hey, Hey, Heeeey, Hey beautiful day

What a great day for Amanda looks like:
-Spending loads of time at Marché Jean-Talon (http://www.marche-jean-talon.com/)
-More gads of time in fabric stores, finding great fabric to make that homemade apron I have been dying to make
-Slowly wandering through used bookstores
-Being a food connasseiur :)
-Journaling
-Great books (depending on my mood, one's that challenge and convict or easy reading books)
-Hours upon hours crafting
-Making some wonderful, goodness in the kitchen...my tastebuds for Indian food seemed to have kicked into high gear for this weekend :)
-Finding great deals
-Being inspired

AHHHHH Yay for loong weekends in beautiful cities :)