Saturday, November 10, 2007
NOVEMBER
1. WHAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE? HOW DID THEY IMPACT YOUR LIFE?
Sunday, October 7, 2007
OCTOBER
~MA in Grapes of Wrath
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Friday, September 21, 2007
SEPTEMBER
1. DID I LEARN TO SEW OR MAKE OTHER CRAFTS? IF SO, HOW AND WHEN? WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU MADE?
As far back as I can remember I was always doing some sort of craft. I learned to sew when I was fairly young. My dad's mom was a sewer and so was my mother. Many of the clothes we wore were made by my mom and grandmother. I made doll clothes and Barbie doll clothes with a babysitter we use to have. In Jr. High and High School I took Home Ec. classes where I learned more advanced techniques in sewing. I took classes over in Coos Bay at night at one of the sewing machine stores on how to work with "knit" fabrics - polyester was just becoming popular at that time. I continued using my sewing skills, especially working with knits, when I had to sew Nicole's clothes as a little girl. Her Cerebral Palsey made it difficult for her to get her arms in form fitted clothes and her dexterity wouldn't allow her to do "buttons" when she was little. Her and I would go through the Sears and JCPenny catalog and sometimes women's magazines and pick out clothes that she liked. I would then copy that style of item and make it so she could wear them. I used my sewing skills when the kids were young to make their Halloween costumes, sew badges on uniforms and hem pants, etc. In my late 30's I joined the Sacramento Living History Program where I used my sewing skills to make period appropriate costumes for the characters we portrayed. Over the years I made a few quilts and now that I'm a gramma, I'm going to be taking on that sewing task again.
Grammie Babs, my dad's mom, was a BIG 'crafter' and helped me learn alot of crafts. I guess I came by it naturally from her. She did a little bit of everything and she was good at whatever she did. Let's see, I did a lot of 'cross stitch' when I was in my mid-20's, followed by cake decorating, bees wax candle making, beading, and on and on. I've dabbled in many different crafts. I've dwindled them down to my favorites which I'm hoping as time passes to have more instances to do them. I enjoy knitting - which my mother is very proficient at; embroidery - which my Granny (mom's mom) did a lot of when we were young; I enjoy sewing and most of all paper crafts - card making and scrapbooking where I can incorporate my love of photography. I have a great aunt (maybe "great-great", I can't remember) on my mom's side of the family that was 'crafty' and did alot of scrapbooking. She was also quite the artist. I'm proud to have an heirloom piece of hers hanging in my dining room.
I honestly can't remember the first thing I made. Some early 'recollections' of craft projects include a coaster made from clay - in the shape of a 'leaf' - a still life portrait done in oils; my sister and I use to make pot holders from polyester 'loops' and weave them together - I think that was called "Looper Loom" or something like that! Grammie Babs use to work with us when we were very little learning to crochet - she would sit with us on the sofa and let us "chain" away.
2. TELL ABOUT A SPECIAL OUTING YOU TOOK WITH YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER.
I remember taking a few trips as a younger girl - one to California (we lived in Oregon at the time) right shortly after my brother was born - so I must have been 11 or 12. We went in my dad's truck with camper. My sister and I road in the upper part of the camper the whole way. I remember it being 'hot'. I can remember stopping in Golden Gate Park but don't know what we stopped for...I remember diaper changes and the first "Pampers" - you still had to use diaper pins with them - no velco or plastic tape tabs - no elastic around the legs and no cute 'designer' styles. I remember going to visit cousins and my Great Grandpa Burt down at the retirement home he lived in. We went to Knotts Berry Farm and Hearst Castle.
I also remember going to the Oregon State Fair when I was in High School. My parents let my sister and I invite our 'boyfriends' at the time. For us, that was HUGE! Haha! I remember thinking that was the coolest thing my dad ever did. We stayed in a hotel that had a swimming pool. I don't remember if it was the same trip or not, but we ate at a Denny's restaurant (in Salem, Oregon) and sat at a table across from Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and their son. My 'memory' isn't too clear on the 'when' - it might have been another time - but we definitely saw them in a Denny's - which was kinda cool.
Our summers also consisted of "trips" - so to speak. My dad was a commercial fisherman for several years and we would stay in the County Park for the summer a then come home on the weekends to do laundry, shopping and go to church. I grew up playing and staying at Bastendorf County Park for years. They were good memories of a lot of fun.
3. WHAT WAS THE MOST TENDER DAY IN YOUR CHILDHOOD?
Boy that's tough. The dictionary defines "tender" as:
1 a : having a soft or yielding texture : easily broken, cut, or damaged : DELICATE, FRAGILE
6. WHEN DID YOU MOVE AWAY FROM HOME? DESCRIBE WHERE YOU LIVED AND HOW YOU FELT ABOUT IT.
8. WHAT ARE YOU SPIRITUAL STRENGTHS?
9. HOW WOULD I LIKE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY?
10. WHAT SPECIAL TALENTS DID YOUR PARENTS NURTURE IN YOU? HOW HAVE YOU DEVELOPED THOSE TALENTS?
11. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO DO? WHY?
12. WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IN LIFE IF YOU COULD?
13. DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL STYLE IN CLOTHING, MAKEUP OR SKIN CARE AND HAIR CARE.