In His Steps

I speak rarely of what is deepest in my heart, finding it too personal to post of. But I feel it is time to declare my feelings and knowledge openly once again. I know that my Redeemer lives. This is a lyric to a hymn I love, but more importantly, it is the truth. I've felt myself slipping away from what is most important to me, and have spent the last two weeks scrambling to find my ground once more. I focused too hard on my work and my schooling, and not enough on my Savior and my spiritual needs. This is not to say that I should not focus on school and work, but that my life is very empty indeed if they are all I have to fill it. I've gone through a deeply personal trial recently and found myself needing to go through the repentance process. What joy filled my heart today, when I realized the love my Lord, my God had for me. I am an ever changing work in His hands, and I delight in calling Him my Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ, my Brother. I am without eloquence enough ...

Having spent yet another Saturday devoted to my hobbies, I came home tonight afire with ideas. Last week I had attended a mini-war and didn't have any photos, but it did bring something to my attention. My red raw silk dress needed work. So today, my amazing friends Camilla and Rosslyn fixed the problem. Forgive the night shot--I would've forgotten entirely if I hadn't taken the photo tonight. They added a modesty collar to the dress. Before, the dress revealed my under-garments. Now, they are covered by a false collar to look like I am wearing a chemise under it. Simply amazing what those ladies can do in an hour. Rosslyn also made me a mockup pattern for bog shoes, so I can stop running around wars in my mary janes. Just need a good leather to make them out of. I did a ton of mending though. So far this month, I've mended two pairs of pants (one twice), two pairs of socks, and a skirt. I have another skirt in the mending pile, but that one will be tricky. It's ...

A few weeks back, I went to my first SCA event here in the frozen north (not so frozen right now) with my friends Rosslyn and Camilla. The two local baronies of the area had heard contentious words about the state of their cooks and declared a war to find out who is the best cook, and which barony produced them! It was so much fun! First, some pictures from the war itself, where of course there was some fighting (I only got pics of the rapier fighters running through the woods in their skirmish--pretty awesome), and then onto the dishes! We liked the look of this cooking setup and received permission to photograph them in action. Ambience--one of the rapier fighters' gear left behind. A lovely Viking. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: The War of the Cooks! The theme was Flock and Field, so each cook had to come up with the ingredients from the Frozen North itself's natural land--no store bought ingredients that don't grow here...

Ok, so it was more like a month of blog silence. Unintentional, I swear. After my online Business Law class wrapped up, I immediately turned around and began Accounting. This class actually makes sense to me for the most part, but I do spend a lot of time making sure I'm getting it all right. But, in the meantime, I did complete the editing for all the backed up photos for several events I attended. I'm hoping to post at least one of those events over the weekend, so keep an eye out for that. I apologize in advance if this becomes a pipe dream, but I will try. Thanks guys and see you soon!

I am taking an unintentional hiatus for two more weeks. My online class has decided I have no life, no job, and no other classes, so I'm constantly playing a game of scramble catch-up. So please forgive my being absent for so long (I've had some complaints already)! I will be back and uploading several pics and events for your delectation and delight!

I've been thinking very deeply lately on the nature of friendship and how it leads to love. I'm not talking about the people you only hang out with or only do certain activities with, I'm talking about the friends you couldn't live without. The people who you would give your life, perhaps even your soul for. Those whose absence creates a physical ache in your heart that doesn't go away until you see them again. And if they are true friends, the kind I'm talking about, that feeling and knowledge is returned. I've always been somewhat on the peripheral with my groups of friends. This is not to say we didn't have loads of fun, or that I don't miss them, or that we didn't have a real bond, because we did and we do. I love my friends dearly, and that alone is enough for me to give my life to save them. But I've never had a friend I loved so much that I would give anything for until these last few years. Rosslyn is my best friend. But I hesitate...

The law and I, I mean. I got pulled over for my brake lights not working. Running around trying to handle that around my work schedule is not fun. So far, I'm in my second module of school taking some refreshers on computers and math. It's been awhile, so while I'd rather get out of math asap, I do need the brushing up. I did qualify and receive my laptop, and boy is it nice! Roughly 300 GB and running Windows 7. I'm quite happy with it. Having a mobile computer is rather strange in some ways but I really like being able to type in bed. So far I've ported all of my old computer's files to the laptop and am slowly adding my music (that takes much longer). My main issue is having an active job and school schedule means I have a practically dead social life. Ah well. I need to do this, and it needs to happen. Hopefully I can get out of the remedial stuff as soon as I can and get onto the good stuff. I got the paperwork to get the hold off my transcripts at BYU ...