{1.thing}

If I could get one thing right now, only one. I know what it would be.

{pardon the google images. i can't stand them either.. but if i had this stuff than i would have pictures of them, right???}

I want it more than



a bigger and better camera...




a laptop of my own...




or a nicer guitar...

That one thing is a REAL piano.

I haven't played on a real piano for months, only a keyboard. A keyboard is good and all, but nothing can beat a piano. Nothing.

Over the weekend I visited friends and had the privilege of playing on their piano. It was so refreshing. I could have played for hours on end and never gotten tired of it...

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It's so easy to take for granted the many blessings God has given us. I know that I have taken so many things for granted, a nice piano included. And there's other things like fresh grape juice, grandparents only a few miles down the road, a large yard and a property in the country with lots of acreage, and friends close by. When we lived in New York I had all of that. For me it was normal and everyday. I never stopped to think what it would be like without those things. You can never completely know how much you love something till you no longer have it. When my family moved to Georgia over a year and half ago, we left behind all that we had known for almost 8 years and stepped into the unknown, but we knew God wanted us to do exactly that. Since then God has been taking us on an amazing journey of faith and trust. I am so excited to see what God has in store for us in the coming years!

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-corina.dm

Now it fits. [a DIY idea]

7 belts for $.50 each[happy dance!!!] were the super bargains today!!!

I got them at a sale across the road. Most of them looked pretty nasty dirty and even moldy, but it was nothing a wet rag couldn't wipe off! All except for the 2 thin white ones that had marks on. And what did I do with those??! Spray painted them!!! Yup, one is now gray and the other is gold! I'm hoping to do {THIS} on them. (:

Also one of the belts was a little too big for me (about 1 1/2 times around). So....I chopped it off, cut the end to a point then sewed it, and punched in holes!

Take a look..

See, about 8 inches chopped off.

You really can't tell the difference unless you look close.

Thanks to my daddy's leather hole punch this job was very easy!

It fits me now!!

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I love to get ideas like this from other people so I thought I'd share an idea of my own this time!

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-corina.dm

new stripey shoes...well, new for me atleast (:

You probably remember my favorite shoes that I mentioned in {THIS} post.

Well I have another pair to add!

The best part is that these super fun shoes were given to me by a friend.

I can't wait to see how they'll add some spunk and craziness to my outfits!!

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-corina.dm

the beauty of fall

I got my fallish pictures[happy dance]!

 Now I don't feel so left out when I see everyone elses 'fall pictures'. (:

Yay for fall colors and looong exposure!!

Poor electric wire...lol

Much better...but not quite as pretty. :/

How cool is that??!! Zoominess PLUS sunflare!!!!! I was so happy(:

His favorite page of the book: trucks!

This morning I was working at a writing assignment in my room. It was getting closer to lunch when I volunteered to keep Harrison occupied for a little while. That way mom could help the girls finish up their school(he's such a momma baby some days). I looked at books with him...he's a trip!! And I love him so much!

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A quote I read during devotions this morning:

Faith sees the invisible,

believes the unbelievable,

and receives the impossible.

- Corrie ten Boom -

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-corina.dm

My toes are cold.

I know, I live in the south, but fall will be fall. It gets cold here, too...

Who doesn't love a little[or a whole lot of] sunflare??!!

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GARAGE SALE FIND OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!

It matches the dresser and nightstand I already have, it's just bigger!! (and comes with a mirror)

Notice the broken handle. :( I think I'll just get 2 round knobs or something to put on the top 2...

ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?????

 



[My phone's jus there to give you an idea on how big it is]



My Favorite Shoes: [in no particular order]

 

Got these at Goodwill over a year ago.

Shoe Carnival(cheers!!).
Last October I went shopping at the outlets in AL with a friend.
Her sweet mom bought these for me so my bestie n me could be matchy, matchy.(:

"$7 shoes"
 My favorite shoes of all time.
IDK, I must've gotten these over 3 years ago(they're pretty old).

FREE!!! [don't we all love that word??]
My sis picked em up at a church sale where everything single thing was free!!

Cato's sale.
These shoes are so versatile...
I can where them to church - cause they're sorta dressy,
or out to town - the heels aren't too high so it's not uncomfortable.

You probably remember my yellow chuck-wanna-be's from :THIS: post...
Wear them with striped knee socks and you got yourself a pretty funky outfit!! lol

Last {but NOT least}
I have to make myself wear something other than my desert sandals right now...
Believe me, they have got to be the most comfortable shoes EVER!!!!

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The neighbors were burning brush.
I loved the way the sunlight looked shining through the haze of smoke.

*A-fact-you-probably-never-knew*

In GA, May 1-September 30 you are NOT allowed to burn any leaves, brush, wood, trash, you name it, with the exception of burning in a barrel or contained area...So, October rolls around and everyone starts burning their stuff. That's when it REALLY starts to smell like fall. (:

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One word: Adorable!!!

This boy gives the sweetest hugs ever!! (:

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The other day, I had gotten ready to go to town for guitar lessons and was still in my room when Chandler walks in. I look at him than look at myself in the mirror and say, "Hey look! We match!". So we took a picture to remember. (:

{look at my feet - I decided to wear them for the 3rd or 4th time in weeks time}

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I really super badly want to take some fallish pictures....everytime I go out to town we drive past some of the most amazing fields of goldenrod. Our dogwood trees are looking gorgeous, so I'll have to atleast take some pictures of those soon...

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 BTW,

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE NEW LOOK???????????

-corina.dm

About yellow.shoes. horses. a.free.concert. and .life. {among other things}

It's me!!

Got these cuties at a consignment shop in town. Too bad they're about 12 sizes too small.... :(
But..............



I found these chuck look-a-likes at a church sale on Sat.
They come from Rue21 but who cares?!? They're YELLOW!!!!!

I've wanted 'desert' sandles for quite awhile and I found these at the same sale.
Actually I paid $3 TOTAL for BOTH these AND the yellow shoes!!!!
OH HAPPY DAY!!!!! lol



The neighbors had a yard/garage sale last weekend. There was probably atleast 20 bananana boxes FULL of clothes(most about 20 years out of date.lol). But it was only $5 a garbage bag so in between me and mom we filled.it.UP!!!! (: Lots of scraps to make stuff with!
[The hat I'm wearing in the first picture comes from the bag!]



My pile of loot!



ANOTHER yard sale bargain!!!! Stinkin cheap too.(:

Ok. So this is the last bargain of the week I'll share with you: 1 more chair to add to my growing collection.
It was already painted white so all I had to do was sand it!
I'm thinking about painting it later. Maybe put a different seat on?? idk
I seem to have this thing for shoes, scarves, and chairs!!!!!

Me and Ashlyn walked a letter up to the post office and found this glass bottle on the way back. (:

Speaking of Coke.....it makes A.MAZING floats!

He loves opening the blinds in my room and looking outside.(:

So cute!! I love him!

Mom took me and Ashlyn to a FREE concert I heard about on the radio.(:
None other than Kari Jobe. This girl has an awesome voice!!!

Kari Jobe

Kari's music video "You Are For Me".

-Go to the bottom of the page to turn off blog music first-

Our horses are {finally} nearby!!!!

Oh, the smell of a horse!!!!

Nicki

This isn't the worst picture I've ever taken, but it would look better if my iced coffee would stick out better from the background.

So I tried another picture.......using the backside of a fabric cutting board!!!! (:

(It WAS delicious:) And it only took me about 1 1/2 minutes to make!!

For some reason that really inspired me, so I asked mom to get me a couple pieces of poster paper at the DollarTree while she was in town. Later that evening I took pictures of these radishes using one of those!!!

We have an over-abundance of radishes from our garden!!!

I picked a bouquet of these gorgeous wild flowers by the railroad tracks..

God is so good!

He has been teaching me SO.MUCH lately!!

It's a journal-keeping time. I don't want to forget what it was like to go through some of the most faith building weeks/months of our lives.

I was reading from my devotional the other morning and these quotes really stuck out to me-

"If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him."

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"Jesus taught that the evidence that confirms our leaps of faith comes after we risk believing,

not before."

That is where we are as a family right now. In the before. Sometimes I just want to see the evidence RIGHT NOW! (you know how impaitient we are as human beings;) But I have to keep asking God for His will, His way, His TIME. Than it will ALL be for His glory!

An exerpt from my journal:

"...I need to remind myself that God never backs out on His promises because if He did that would make Him a liar and He's totally perfect and cannot lie."

God has promised that He will never leave us or forsake us. And if we delight in Him, come before Him in prayer, and delight in Him, He will give us our desires and needs.

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-corina.dm