4&1/2 Sewing Project #1

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{for a seamstress wannabe my terminology sucks, so thank goodness for pictures, 'cause i'd be at a loss to explain myself.}

1. What it was:
A silver-blue scoop-necked knee-length semi-gathered/wrap-around dress that looked pretty but, in my opinion, rather boring. Plus it looked better on the hanger than it did on me.


2. What it took:
A yard of cream-colored satiny stuff. Another dress from which cream-colored satiny flowers were removed. A yard of blue netting that gets sparkles everywhere. A whole lot of hand-sewing effort thanks to delicate materials.


3. What it is:
A silver-blue scoop-necked knee-length wrap-around with cream-and-midnight-blue accents that's a bit flashier and fancier and cheaper than any dress I could find.


4. What it cost:
Original dress - $10. Total cost - $27.


1/2. Where it goes:
Prom/graduation banquet. Then my closet.


~Charli Rae |Job 39:19-25|

He Is Risen

He was betrayed by a kiss. He was disowned by His closest friend. He was mocked for Who He was, beaten because He wouldn't defend Himself. He was found innocent, yet condemned to die. He underwent excruciating pain while people watched.

Then God turned away.

He was made to be one of us. He grew in a woman's womb, was raised by a simple man, limited by His flesh, and - though He was sinless - He took my sin, and was separated from God.

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Jesus did not come to make my life perfect. Through this life, I will be betrayed, disowned, mocked, beaten, condemned, and finally, I will die. But because of His sacrifice, I am no longer separated from God - He will never turn away from me.

~Charli Rae |Job 39:19-25|

Surprise Blog Break!

Did ya miss me?

Hey, don't be mad. It was a surprise even to me. It's been the lazy kind of hectic where I had plenty of time for blogging but just didn't feel like it. Plus, I've had nothing interesting enough for a post of it's own, but now I can shove it all in one post and be done with it!

What's been happening -

I got a job...
At a barn. Where they don't pay me. But I do get to be around horses and on rare fifteen-minute occasions they let me ride. So now I work up to seventeen hours a week at two very different barns and don't earn a cent.

Four or five unfinished sewing projects...
That you will probably be reading more about later. Like, June-ish. When I'll (hopefully) have them finished.

Ben's leaving in three months...
The day after graduation. He got accepted into Pensacola Christian College's work-study program, so he's their prisoner for the whole summer. And then he starts college. Without me. Yippee.

I'm writing on a schedule now...
Book-wise, at least. Right now I feel very smug because I'm two weeks ahead of schedule, but I can see the dark cloud hovering in the distance - the day when I can't send the chapter out to my readers and they all hate me and I feel like a slacker. Which I am.

Well, this is a lot shorter than I thought. There's gotta be something else...

I guess that's it. Huh. It feels like my head's screwed on backwards and I can't think at all, so I leave you with... four... pitiful... excuses. *ducks behind my desk* Don't hate me!

~Charli Rae

I'm on a Techie Diet

Two hours of textbook reading. An hour for sewing, which might seem like a lot, but some of these projects I was supposed to have done before Christmas (oops). Two hours of writing time, one for my thesis paper (yikes) and the other for my book (yes, book, singular). One hour on the tablet, now my only source of internet -- one short hour to access facebook, blogger, and skype.

That's six hours. Of a +sixteen-hours-of-up-and-about day. Oy.

Needless to say, I'm going to be bored. Healthy. But bored. Who knows, maybe I'll be bored enough to clean the house. We'll see.

In the mean time I'll be writing all blog posts on the tablet, which, aside from having a really weird format, has absolutely no form of spellcheck, so y'all'll get to see what I really write like. There's nothing to tell me that "y'all'll" isn't a word. Nothing to tell me that "mean time" is really "meantime". I depend so much on technology that it scares me.

So, that's all. Sorry for the absense. I can't find my signature on this thingie, so I leave you with a simple--

~Charli Rae

Happy New Year!

My mom, Danielle, and I spent the last week (Saturday-Saturday) in Panama City while Alyx was at a CAP Encampment. After--

* a whole lot of driving

* climbing up poles on a beach (at my insistence; Danni didn't wanna get her feet sandy ;P)

* playing on the coolest playground ever (amid odd looks from parents of littles)

* lounging about in pajama pants

* wearing blankets as capes ;)

* about forty games of sudoku

* a bajillion movies (some great and some lousy)

* and one "Do you have any Neo-whatsits?" - "Neo-what-nows?" - "Exactly."

--later... we survived. :)



~Charli Rae |Job 39:19-25|
(PS - it's Alyx's birthday tomorrow. :D)