{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

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 There was probably atleast 20 bananana boxes FULL of clothes(most about 20 years out of date.lol).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".

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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

wanting...

Wanting peace and quiet on a lovely afternoon...

The other afternoon I went out behide our shed

in hope of having a little quiet time.

It was quiet and peaceful too.......with the exception of loud music blaring from the neighbors on the next street over, constant sound of traffic going by our house(including lots of loud motorcycle's), a neighbor mowing their lawn, and an airplane flying overhead.

At times it's difficult to find a place of solitude when you live by a busy highway and on the edge of town. Even my bedroom, located by the main entrance to our house, isn't quiet most of the time.

I love peace and quiet, silence and stillness.

The sound of birds in the tree's.

The sounds of nature. And I love the country.

There are times when God strips us of things around us,

things we take forgranted or don't notice, so we can appreciate them more.

That's kinda've where I am right now.

But God's plans are greater than ours,

and I am so thankful for parents who listen to, and obey what He says.

When we moved here over a year ago,

we thought we would only be here for a few months--6 months at the most.

Look where we are, still here!

But I'd much rather be here, a place I would rather not be sometimes, 

than somewhere else and out of God's will for my life.

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Three different translations of Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,

saith the LORD, thoughts of peace,

 and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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I alone know the plans I have for you,

plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster,

plans to bring about the future you hope for.

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For I know the purposes which I am planning for you,

says Jehovah; purposes of peace,

and not for evil; to give you posterity and a hope.

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Trust in the Lord, and do good;

so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thyself also in the Lord;

and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

  Psalm 37:3-5

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand,

saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isaiah 41:13

 

-corina.dm

About the header...

...It's about as close as we get to winter in GA.lol The big holly bush at the end of our drive. (:

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Some days....

I miss New York more now than I have in the past 9 months since we moved.

I miss the scenery.

I miss my friends.

I miss going out to the barn and petting the horses whenever I feel like it.

I miss the place that I called home for almost 8 years.

Isn't it just GORGEOUS!?!

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Things are different here in GA...

There's only been a couple white flakes in the air and its almost New Years day.

There's no wood stove to snuggle by after playing in the snow.

No more shoveling the long path from the barn to the house so we can pull wagon loads of wood, through the snow, to the house.

For Christmas we didn't have granpa and gramma S. close by to spend the day with.

We didn't trade names with mom's family as we have for the past 8 years, or spend the day with everybody eating and playing games.

Sometimes it doesn't feel good to be taken out of our comfort zone, but how can we learn to trust God if we're doing fine on our own?

There are days when I'd rather not be here. We don't often see close friends. And because of where we are I don't have the options of things to do that I had where we lived in NY. We live on the edge of town with a small yard and only our 2 dogs, instead of a "farm-et" in the country. I love to keep my hands busy so without outside chore's, something I enjoyed doing, somedays I get bored and tend to feel sorry for myself.

Those are the time I need to remember to trust Him! God's plans are so much better than ours, but sometimes it's hard to put our trust in Him. He see's the completed picture: all we see is one piece of the puzzle. We have no idea what the future holds...even our next breath isn't guaranteed!

TRUST~

Proverbs 3:5--TRUST in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Psalms 40:4--Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his TRUST, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Nahum 1:7--The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that TRUST in him.

 

Psalms 118:8--It is better to TRUST in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

~remember to put your TRUST in God ALONE.

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Over Christmas we had the opportunity to spend time with granpa and gramma M in Florida.
And while we were there, we went to the beach!!!! (:

My friend took our family pictures out there so once I have more time to sit at the computer and go through and edit more pictures I WILL post them on here..

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!

~corina.dm

Trust

All I have seen teaches me to Trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

--Emerson--