Dandelion Days

Since I have a readership of only three I tagged myself for this . . . November 18, 2007

Filed under: Uncategorized — Candace @ 11:21 pm

8 things I’m passionate about…

Raising my children myself
Learning more about Jesus
Sewing
Thrift shopping
Reading (although I don’t have much time for it now)
Baking
Cooking
Zac

8 things I say often

I love you
No, don’t do that
What are you thinking about
Jesus loves you
What is going on here
Hi sweetpea
Oh no
obey Mommy

8 books I’ve read recently (or want to read)…

Calm my Anxious Heart
Atlas shrugged
A Foreign Policy of Freedom
Pride and Prejudice
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Trail of Tears
There’s a wocket in my pocket (Dr. Seuss)
Little Red Riding Hood

8 things I want to do before I die…

Attend my daughters’ weddings
To raise my children to love Jesus
Travel to Canada to spend Christmas with my family
Learn Greek so I can read from a Greek Bible
Grow my own garden
Be a masterful seamstress
Travel to Paris
To raise a son (adopt)

8 songs I can listen to over and over again, and probably have…

The Sands of Time are Sinking
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks
Zac playing guitar and Him and Sophia singing “Amazing Grace”
Andy Peterson’s “Queen of Iowa”
All of Andy Peterson’s Christmas album
Hymns
Hymns
Hymns

8 things that attract me to my friends

A desire to live for Jesus
Honesty
Good sense of humor
Someone willing to teach me things (anything really)
A little bit nerdy, like me
Like-minded – Like Anne Shirley would say, “a kindred spirit”
ummm – that they can put up with me

8 things I learned in the last year

Some new sewing tricks
How to use a serger
How to make a perfect steak
How to do a blind hem stitch
How to wash dishes with one hand while balancing a baby on my hip with the other one
How to make bell choir capes
Spend more money
How to make a fat belly on a Halloween costume

I don’t know the official way to tag other people so I will just do it here.

Liz, you’re it, and Leah, you’re it. Just copy this list and post your own answers on your blog.

 

Two More Animoto Videos November 4, 2007

Filed under: Uncategorized — Candace @ 6:32 pm

Here are a couple of more Animoto videos that I’ve made that Zac just figured out how to post on my blog without everything messing up.