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April 19, 2007
Hammerhead Shark
I have a few more designs out there...and would welcome any new design ideas from you all. Just leave them in my comments.
I was excited to try something new, something for a boy. I wanted to do an ant but ended up with a shark instead. The shark made me happy and it turned out that as I was working on it Kirk turned on the TV and there was this whole documentary about sharks. So awesome!
If you have an out of town family or friend who you want to send a special gift to, I wrap all I sell in nice tissue paper and yarn and will personalize a Joanna-designed card to send along with it. Check out my shop on my sidebar.
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April 11, 2007
Defining Discipline: part2
Genesis 6:5 "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
"The heart is the foundation of behavior," says Plowman (though God said it first). She presents three truths of the sin nature in relation to children (though all of us fit into them).
1. Your child is born sinful.
2. Sin is bound in the heart of your child.
3. Sin is not a laughing matter.
The third point really struck me the most. Joanna's a cute kid and when she backs away from me when I call her or drops her food on the floor, it can be really cute looking. But I have to remember that when Joanna disobeys me, it not just her breaking some little rule, her disobedience is a sin. I can't laugh when I witness my daughter sinning. And I see now, as we've let things slide (i.e. not coming when we call her) she falls into the sin even more. Now, when we call her she'll stomp her little foot down, walk backward away from us, or the more discrete "get distracted with something else." And now, we suffer for our sin in not disciplining Joanna and it's harder work to get her to obey.
Outward behaviors are merely a reflection of what is in the heart. It's easy for me to fall into teaching Joanna to behavior correctly (especially in public in order to impress people with my awesome mommy skills) but that's not the heart of the issue (no pun intended). I have to somehow, thankfully with God's help, teach her heart to be pure before God, to desire to do good, to obey, to serve and love others, etc.
Which reminds me of something else...I've also been reading Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp (another awesome book) and he says something that has really influenced me in how I view obedience. He says that obedience is not obedience unless it's done without challenge, without, excuse, and without delay. Wow!
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April 6, 2007
What in the World!?!
I remember there was some sort of kid's nature magazine that had zoomed in photos of things and you had to try to guess what the object was. Well...here's my version (hint: it's not any kind of animal or plant).
It's a cupcake. Check out my etsy shop for more photos. This was made for my best friend's daughter's birthday on Sunday. I love it!
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April 3, 2007
No Accent
So, I have no accent really, perhaps because I was in such a mix of accents as a child.
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. | |
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| The Inland North | |
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| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz | |
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