Snow & Studies

Yesterday I spent about 5 hours curled up in a chair getting alot of homework done. 

Yay for productivity!

 Coffee & scone break!!

nom nom nom

God Bless =)

Pinup Hair & Mini-Photoshoot

Last night my roommate decided she wanted to try out a pinup hair style and make up... on me. She then did a photo shoot :P I thought I'd just share them you guys.

If you'd like to try yourself, this is the video she followed for the hair :

God bless!!
Love & Prayers,
Liz

What Wondrous Color is This?!

The title of this post is dumb but... o well! I love the song "What Wondrous Love" (...of which I recently found a good version on iTunes by Jars of Clay...) and I never wear pink ergo title.

 When my friend Joe and I talk it often turns into a bit of yelling and "fighting". We have a very strange sibling-esqu relationship. So we were 'talking' about the dang stressfulness of money and before leaving for a Lord's Day, he yelled :

"Don't worry about money! Take joy in little things! Wear more pink!"

Pretty good life philosophy, huh?

=P

Also, I finally bought a rosary ring! I love it so much. I like having something right on my hand as a constant reminder to myself and testament to others. It's simple and perfect.

God Bless and have a wonderful week!
Love & Prayers,
Liz Knab

Little Tools

It seems to me that God has given me little things, little tools, that I can use to calm down, be happy and direct myself back to God. He's given me little things that make it easier for me to pursue Him. He knows how weak I am and so helps me out a little extra ( As if the sacraments, saints, and His own body, blood, soul and divinity weren't enough ;) but I am weak and He wants success. I thought I'd just write up a little list of the things for which I most often say "thank You".

Running: Running gets me out of my head and gives me something to focus on. It helps me de-stress (yay for endorphins!) and feel better about myself. My body and body image has always been a huge struggle for me -- it quite often consumes me -- so anything I can do to boost confidence and feelings about my body is really wonderful. Also is gives me a great sense of accomplishment: "Yes! I pushed myself 5 mins longer!" "I finally made it to my 30min goal!" even if it's just "Well, I didn't want to start, and I wanted to quit the whole time but I pushed myself. I did it." They're small accomplishments but they do me alot of good. So running is a great little tool for me to feel better about myself sometimes some suffering to offer up ;)

Writing: This isn't always as constant as running. I will always feel good about getting out and running, even just for 5 mins. But writing... meh. Sometimes I completely give up. I think I'm an incredibly terrible writer and so I quit. But there are other times when writing makes me happy. It makes me feel like I have a skill to give back to Him.

Good Company: A night of discussion or talking, joking and goofing off with friends makes me feel united. We are all broken, all trying for the same end goal and we all need each others help.

Pretty Little Things: A pretty skirt, a good hair day, good coffee, pretty flowers... I'm a girl, okay? Little moments of beauty or calm can totally reshape my day.

Moments of Quiet: A silent, peaceful morning or just a moment to breathe and reorient oneself with the world: "I am here and He is all around."

Music, Art, Nature... : Now this one applies for every single person.  Beautiful art, music and scenery cannot help but direct ones mind to the Origin of such beauty. Same applies to poetry which often appeals to me more than prose because of the emotion and feeling often more effectively expressed. 
This is a song I just found and love: Hero by Abandon

God Bless,

Liz

Artsy

Skirt - Urban Outfitters

Sweater - Target

Other Sweater - H&M

Boots!! - Steve Madden

I'm going a bit outside of my comfort zone today. I wanted to wear this skirt and I thought tonight would be perfect since I'm going to a co-worker's house for dinner with other people from work. They're all pretty artsy so... it fits :P

God bless!!

Headscarves II

I now have a small obsession....

with headscarves.

O well =D
God bless!

Side-of-the-Cup Cookies!

That was one of my stocking stuffers this year and I couldn't wait to try it out! I used the shortbread recipe on the back:

2 cups softened butter
1 cup white sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups flour

Once cut out, chill for half an hour then bake at 350 for 12 mins. 
Make sure you let them harden and cool down before trying to put them on the side of a mug -- they will break!

 Add some sprinkles:

And there ya go!

Pour in your favorite tea, coffee or what be it & enjoy!

God Bless!