It's The Little Things...

Sometimes it's the little things in life that you just got to stop and admire.

Last Tuesday night we were at the airport waiting for our new puppy to come home (more on that sometime).  While we were sitting there waiting, I was bored so I was on my mom's phone.  She told me to look up and it was the sweetest thing that was before me.  A soldier had just come home and his sweetheart was in a black dress with her pink purse.  My mom said she saw her just bursting with excitement as he came down the escalator.  She ran to him and he swept her up into his arms.  People started to clap. I did, too.  It was beautiful.  They just kept embracing, kissing, and holding on to each other for all they were worth.  As you all know, I love to read Christian Romance books, but this, this was the real deal.  It was SO sweet.  My eyes even filled with tears.  It such a lovely thing to witness. I am grateful I was able to behold that lovely moment.

My brother finished his dance class that he was doing.  So, on his last day we got to go see him dance.  He did a great job!  And his teacher loved the way I was dressed.  She said she used to dress vintage, too.  But once she started having children she stopped. She said she has clothes from the 20s to the 60s.  It was really nice to talk with someone who loves vintage clothing like I do.

I wasn't feeling well over a week ago.  My stomach hurt and I just wasn't doing well.  I was laying on the couch and my dog, Pepper, came over and laid by me.  I think she knew I wasn't feeling good and she just wanted to be near me.  Sweet baby. <3

This last month, we watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.  I really love Captain Barbossa.  He is the pirate of pirates.  Shoot, I think he is more of a pirate than Captain Jack Sparrow!  Anyways, I heard that they were thinking of giving him, Barbossa, a daughter in the new film coming out.  For whatever reason they decided not to.  I thought if they eventually did give him a daughter, it would be a lot of fun to play her.  I told my family this and they thought it would be cool, too.  Then my sweet brother told me, "you're too pretty to play his daughter." What a nice compliment I wasn't expecting.  Thanks, Zach. <3

They say to take time to stop and "smell the roses," but I think it also goes for to stop and "enjoy each little moment."  Time doesn't stop or slow for anyone.  I wish it did, but it doesn't.  Sometimes it's nice to take a moment and appreciate the little things that make life special.  Well, I hope you enjoyed this little post.  Happy May and thanks for reading! Many blessings to you and your family! ~Morgan

A Secret Unveiled

There is something you should probably know.  I'm letting you guys know, partly so you can keep me accountable and that I won't quit on it.  What is it?  Scroll down and you'll see, but first pretty pictures. ;)

                                                        

   

                                                         I AM WRITING A BOOK!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I have started writing a book.  Actually, this will be my fourth attempt at writing a book(though I have done writing stuff for school).  I started writing in a notebook that said on the front, "If you wish to be a writer, write," about Susan Pevensie, but I didn't get very far.  Then I started typing another book, this time for the Rooglewood Press contest for Sleeping Beauty.  I never finished it. 

Later on I got an idea to do my own fantasy world.  I am still not anywhere near finished and I haven't been working on it as of late, but some day I do want to finish it.  Anyways, for the book I am writing currently is going to be called, Dragon Fire.  Although, I might change my mind. :)

A bit of a rough draft is that it is about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, but in fantasy style.  One is a girl and the other two are twins, they are all siblings and have different names than above.  Instead of them being thrown into a blazing furnace, they are thrown into a huge dragon named Blaze(though I'm not there yet).  I am currently only at only 4,047 words, but its a start.

I must admit, I am kind of scared to share snippets.  But I must be brave and put my best foot forward.  So, here you go.

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“Ah…food, the love of my life,” Aza tipped his curly red head back and laughed, “Me and Old Boy are ready when you and Glider are,” he said as he swayed towards Mishael patting Old Boy’s head. “Ha!  We were born ready.  And is that what you have decided on?  OLD BOY?!  What a name for a GIRL Pegasus!”  Mishael said shaking his head. “Well, we all don’t get what we want in life now do we? And besides, I don’t think “Old Girl,” is very nice, do you? Now, are we going to race or not?” Aza said with a crooked smile.

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“He would have eaten your food as well, but I set some aside in the cupboard to hide it from him,” she arose from the table and opened the cupboard to reveal the plate of food.  Mishael sat down, “thank you Haniah, what would I do without you?”  “You’d be starving thanks to Aza that’s what,” she said with a wink and sat across the table from him and sipped some tea.

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She washed off the dishes and put them nicely back in the cupboard.  Her own little dragon, Geezer, who had been sleeping on one of the steps that led to the next floor woke up and stretched.  “Well, good morning Geezer,” she said with a smile.  He had dark blue fur that was very soft and dark green eyes.  As soon as Haniah sat at the table to finish reading, Geezer hopped into her lap and was soon fast asleep.

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She heard Geezer make a sound she turned and saw him jump from the window after her.  Haniah could barely keep up with the man as he pulled her along.  Geezer flew as fast as his little wings could carry him.  Haniah could barely restrain her tears.  “Please,” she said, “why are you doing this?”  The man didn’t even acknowledge her, but kept up his fast pace.  She turned to look at Geezer, who was starting to fall behind.

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Aza didn’t understand how this man could know so much about him when he had never seen him before.  The man started to turn away again. “These dragons,” said Aza gesturing to the ones he held.  “Are newborns which means, they have to be kept warm.”  Aza had the feeling that there would be no escape from these men, so he might as well take care of his animals; even if they were stealing them and him.
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That's all for now!  Many blessings and thanks for reading! ~Morgan

When You Don't Know What to Say...

Have you ever heard that song that goes, "When you don't know what to say, just say Jesus.  There is power in the Name, the Name of Jesus."  I don't know who sings it, but it is true.  Sometimes when life is hard and you don't know what to do, or what to say just say Jesus.  There IS power in His Holy Name. 

I've got to tell you guys, this past month has been hard.  Our kitchen had black mold so we had to have it removed right after Thanksgiving.  That means the kitchen was tore up and its taking a long time to put it back together.  I mean cabinets had to get replaced and we had to get new floors and counters.  And all this is going on right at Christmastime.

It has been hard on all of us.  Even down to my little sister, Mackenzie who has Down Syndrome.  She got potty trained back in the summer and since this with the kitchen, she had some accidents.  She likes her routine and structure and when it is out of place, it makes her upset.  Shoot, it makes me upset!

If you have been reading my posts for awhile, you'd know that I like things neat and tidy.  I am a very clean person and with having the kitchen torn up has not been fun.  But I know that God is with us through it all.  Even if it is hard to see it, He is.

There is this quote I like, "An unseen God is never more present, than when He seems strangely absent."  And that is so true.  Even through all the chaos in life, He never leaves us nor forsakes us.  We just got to get our eyes off of the problems around us, and put them back onto God.

There are so many people in this world with much worse problems then a kitchen under construction.  And I am so thankful that I have kitchen and it has food and a stove and running water, even if the counters are temporarily wood(we're getting counters in today, YAY!), its ok.  I have a beautiful family and a warm home.  And so much to be thankful for.

Ok, now that I said what unpleasant things happened this last month, let's focus on some good things.  Because even though it was a hard month, there were some wonderful memories made as well.  At the first of the month with some of the kitchen down, we took a trip down south.  It was wonderful.  We stayed in a beautiful hotel and I got to go to a vintage clothing store not too far away with my Dad (my siblings and Mom stayed at the hotel).

I got to spend a day out with my Grammy.  We went to the Antique Faire, saw my Nana, had lunch, went to a store called, the Antique Trove, and finished with seeing my Great Aunt, Uncle, and my second cousin.  We were gone most of the day, but it was a lot of fun.

I got to see Rogue One...sniff.  BEST STAR WARS MOVIE EVER!!!!  Seriously, at the beginning it was a bit jumpy, but then it took off and soared.  It was so well done and connected the puzzle between three and four PERFECTLY.  You may not know, but Obi-Wan is my favorite Star Wars character, EVER!!  He's the best.  So that was my only thing with the movie was that he wasn't in it.  But that is understandable because he probably shouldn't be. ;)  So, out of all Star Wars movies, in my opinion, it was the best. <3

At home we had a craft day, baking day (since by then the kitchen was usable, but still not "done," which it still isn't, yet), and building day, as in LEGO's.  We built two of the Christmas sets.  One is a train and the other was a toy store and Christmas tree.  And of course, we watched Christmas movies throughout the month. 

Christmas was a wonderful day.  We had a fun morning with our stockings and gift opening and then a wonderful lunch.  Then we played games we got from Santa.  One of them called, "Bean Boozled," its a Jelly Belly game.  It's fun, but super gross.  I urge you too look it up and see what I had to go through. ;P

So, if you take out the kitchen being under construction, December did have a lot of good times in it.  So despite having something unpleasant and frustrating going on, we still made the best of it and made memories.  I hope you all had a wonderful December and that you will have an awesome January.

Thanks for reading!~ Morgan

Farewell, The Day the Lord has Made!

                           

You may have noticed my blog name has changed.  It is true. The Day the Lord has Made is ending and sailing into the west.  But fear not!  I am not going to stop blogging.  It is just time for a change.  I felt like, The Day the Lord has Made isn't very personal.  I want this to be a place where I can share my heart and thoughts with all of you.  And that you might be encouraged in some way. 

I realize I haven't been writing as much on my posts either.  That is going to change.  I want you all to know me better.  With that being said, some new posts are going to be coming your way. They are going to be different from what I have posted in the past.  More personal and I hope, encouraging.  However, I am going to continue with doing posts about books, movies, crafts and the like.

I know that life isn't easy.  There are so many bumps in the road and twists and turns.  I know.  But God is good and He is on the throne.  Hallelujah!  What would I do without Him? Through all that life and the enemy throws at us, God is always with us and helping us along the way.  Even if we don't see it at first.  He is always there.

So, I think to pay a little tribute to the passing of my old blog name, I am going to share the old headers.  Thank you, The Day the Lord has Made, for all of the growth in my life that you have brought and for all the memories.  Since I have started this blog, I have changed.  I am not the same person.  But I think that is a good thing.  Thank you dear blog. I look forward to the new memories we will make by, Turning the Page.

That's a lot of headers!!!  Sheesh...but they were so much fun to make!  I'm going to continue making headers like the new one I did at the top of my blog.  My very first header isn't up there, but it was one that Olivia made.

Thank you for your comments and sweet words.  I look forward to closing this chapter in the story by Turning the Page and beginning a new one.  And always remember, this is the day the Lord has made!

Many Blessings, Morgan

P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

"I Bid You All A Very Fond Farewell..."

I am going to be taking a blogging break until sometime in January.  I will not be posting or commenting on any blogs.  I just need a bit of a break.  I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  See you next year!

Suggestions?

Hello there (I get rather tired of saying, "hello everyone" all the time.  If you have any ideas for catchy greetings, please let me know in the comments.:))!  I would like to know what you guys would like to see more of on my blog.  Movie reviews?  Crafts?  Fangirling (LOTR, Disney,...food)? Q and A?  Photography? Book hauls? Outfit of the day(s)? Room tour?  Or anything else you can come up with, I'd appreciate it. 

I am kind of stuck right now with what I should post.  Please let me know in the comments what you, the people, would like to see more of.   Thank you for all of your help!  I look forward to reading your comments. :)   And just for you...

This awesome bed!  :D  Blessings, Morgan

One-Year Blogoversary!

Good-day!!  This day one year ago I posted my second post and have been continually blogging for one year.  I had done my Welcome post in March, but I didn't post again until this day one year ago.  So today August 8th I will consider my Blogoversary day. 

Thank you to all of you for reading my humble blog.  It means so much to me and so do all of you.  All of your thoughtful, sweet comments make me smile and bring me joy.  I consider you all dear friends. <3

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(This is a picture that missed getting into My Book Photography post.)

I love you guys! *hugs* Thank you again for everything!!! :D <3

June Wrap-up + My Outfit from Yesterday

G'day everyone!!  And happy July!  I can't believe that June is gone.  It went by so fast.  It was a good busy, month for me.

Reading; Well, I read Ender's Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Phantom of the Opera and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.  I also read some of the Bible.  I'm currently working on the Old Testament.

Watching; I saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and to say the least, it wasn't as good as the first one. I have watched lots of other movies but I can't remember them all. ;)  One that I saw this month for the first time that I really liked was Now You See Me.  Guys, it was really well done and entertaining.  I liked it very much.  And this week we have been watching...Shark Week on TV.  It has been really interesting and fun.

What I did; Me and my family went camping to Lake Tahoe towards the beginning of the month.  Last week I went to Christian Redwood camp to help some friends with babysitting. 
Then my parents surprised us this last Sunday morning with a trip to Disneyland!!! 

I'm looking forward to July.  Fourth of July is in just a few days and that's always a fun holiday!  My Dad's birthday is on the 10th and my sister, Mackenzie's birthday is on the 16th.  And then drum roll...I'M TURNING 18!!!!!   So hard to believe that in a few weeks I will be considered an adult.  

My lovely sister, Madison, has started a blog!!!!!!  Her blog is at Every Day Simplified.  Yesterday she took some pictures of me in my outfit so I thought I would share it with you all.

Outfit details:

Top: Forever 21

Vest: Thrifted

Scarf: From my Grammy

Pants: Thrifted

Shoes: Zulily

So here's my outfit!  All of the pictures except the first two were edited in PicMonkey for different shades of color.  The first three pictures were by me, the rest my sister did for me. 

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July.  Yah know, I've been really feeling the red, white and blue look.  As you can tell in this one. ;)  I may post a few pictures of my 4th of July outfit.  So stay tuned!  Stay cool! And eat lots of yummy food, for that is what I'll be doing! Love, Morgan