I'm in love with the Suprema camisole from Catherines…and they're on sale!
These gorgeous new ones will have me smiling all winter long. 🙂
Alesha Kay
Adding Color to My Life
I like color. I like sparkle. I like pretty and attractive and feminine.
Sometimes, due to weather or circumstances or illness or busy-ness, our lives can get a little drab. So, I love to find ways to add the beauty of color back into my life.
I am not good at painting my nails. I never did it as a child. Having no sisters may have had something to do with that. But my mom painted her nails every Saturday night. So, really, I have no excuse, except that I really didn't like to sit still long enough to do it.
Since I am so inept, I've developed a theory. I will never have that perfect salon manicure. So I might as well have fun. (And since my paint job is always less than spectacular, why not add a layer of sparkle to cover the defects!)
I bought some new colors recently:
And lots of sparkle to layer on top:
I even watched a video about nail polish clean up and picked up some of the recommended products:
I feel like I'm getting better at it. I am enjoying the process and finding that "practice makes permanent." I know I still have a lot to learn, because some manicures last a week and others peel off in a day. But I'm having fun learning!
Here's to adding color to our lives!
Thanks for reading.
Alesha
Fruit Salad, Yummy, Yummy
This past weekend we were able to pick up some gorgeous melons at our local Publix. They had honeydews, cantaloupes and watermelon.
We'd also been given a homegrown pineapple by a friend at church.
Last night, everything was perfectly ripe ~ all at the same time!
So, I spent my evening slicing and dicing and spilling cantaloupe seeds all.over.the.floor. Sigh…I know!
But the result is well worth the effort: a lovely bowl of fruit salad.
(…and bonus points if you sang the title of the blog! Yes, we are Wiggles fans here.) 😉
Alesha
It’s Time For Making A Decision
I read these verses this morning, and thought "That could have been pulled from today's headlines!"
Psalm 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
Things will ever be the same for the nation of Israel, until the day that Christ returns to earth and sets things right for His people.
Before that day, however, there will be a calling away of Christians, a gathering together of all the saved to Heaven. Then we will return with Christ on the day that He overturns the enemies of Israel.
Will YOU be ready for the rapture, for God's calling up to Heaven those who have been saved, redeemed from their sins by the precious blood of Jesus, shed on Calvary?
If not, my friend, I hope that you can take a look around you, at the things that are happening daily around the world, and realize that your time is short. Jesus will be calling us out of here to Heaven just any day now!
Why delay turning your life over to the Lord? There will come a day when time for repentance will run out. The timetable of God's rescuing Israel will be put into motion, and those who are not FOR God will be AGAINST Him.
Make your decision today to trust Him for salvation from sin and Hell, to everlasting life with Him in Heaven
The time for making that choice is quickly running out.
II Corinthians 6:2 – (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
A Bit o’ This and That
I took my mom to get a hair cut this morning. A few minutes after the hair stylist got started, my brother walked in the door. Turns out, his appointment was right after my mom's. Too funny!
Yesterday, we traveled to Orlando for some routine tests for Isaac. We asked folks on Facebook to pray about the procedure. It went so much better than we even anticipated. We were so grateful! The results of the test were good too. Our God is so good to us.
Remember, I made some homemade hair gel last week? Well, I am LOVING it!!! I highly recommend your giving it a try.
I also found another use for it: eyebrow fixative. I don't know about you, but as I get older, my eyebrows have gotten a little wild. ;) I never know what they're going to look like when I get home from church. It's embarrassing! So, I purchased a tube of brow fixative a while back, and it works well. It was getting old, though, and almost empty, so I thought I'd replace it with my new flax gel.
I simply removed the stopper from the top of the old tube, and rinsed it with hot water until it was clean. (The tube was clear plastic, so I could see when it was clean.) I washed the wand thoroughly as well. Then I used one of Isaac's medication syringes to draw up a bit of the flax gel and squirted it into the tube. Now, I have a lovely new tube of eyebrow fixative, and it didn't affect my pocketbook at all.
Today I mixed up a hair rinse, to follow my baking soda hair cleanser.
It is a combination of water, vinegar, aloe vera gel, honey, and a couple of essential oils. You can click here to find the recipe.
I'll be using it this weekend, and I will let you know how it goes.
Doug heads back to school on Monday, and Isaac and I will be fending for ourselves during the day. We are working on getting a nurse, but the process has been one of "hurry up and wait". I am trying to be patient and not push ahead of God's timing.
Praying you have a great weekend and that you spend time with God's people in church on Sunday!
Alesha
Homemade Hair Gel
So…
I made my own hair gel today.
I know! Very exciting!
I started with these:
Those are flax seeds. I added 1/2 cup of flax seeds to 2 cups of water, poured them into a pan, and brought them to a boil. As soon as I saw the foam on the top, I started to stir and removed it from the heat as soon as it was (almost) as thick as I wanted it to be.
Then I poured the seeds into a strainer, which was sitting on a funnel on top of a mason jar. I used a spoon to move the seeds around so the gel could drain out.
The whole process was really pretty messy, and I let the first batch get too thick and it wouldn't drain through the strainer. So, I added water and tried it again.
I got the recipe from here. The blogger adds lots of helpful tips about the procedure.
After adding 3 drops of lavender oil to the mixture, I ended up with this:
It's not crystal clear, like a store-bought gel, but that's ok with me. My hair is brown, so it won't affect the color.
I applied it to my wet hair, just like I would any other gel, and let it dry. It did not dry as crispy as my other gels, but the curls are very soft, which I really like.
I'll see how it holds the curls in the morning, after sleeping on it. I will spritz it with my lavender mist, and if I need to reapply it, that is easily done. The gel needs to be stored in the frig so that it lasts more than a few days.
I'm glad I tried it. I really do like it. I'm going to try to make a conditioning rinse soon, too. I'll let you know how that goes, as soon as I can find CLEAR aloe vera gel for the recipe. All I can find here in the Sunshine State is tinted blue for sunburn! Ha!
The Main Thing
I get so extremely frustrated when I watch politicians speaking things that I know for a fact are 75-80% false. Not true. Lies.
I want to jump up and scream the truth at them. And sometimes I do.
I want to write seething commentary on their lies, point out the truth and decry their political opinions, and get my voice out there to the population that doesn't know the facts.
Then I think~
"How will they ever recognize truth when they don't know the Person of Truth?"
When a man does not know God, he believes that he is the most evolved creature in the universe, and all that has been accomplished in the ages of time has been done by the hand of man. He also believes that any progress will come from the mind of man.
These folks do not want to be changed. They don't want the truth that clashes with their opinions, their pocketbook, their social agenda or their political aspirations. They simply want their own way.
It requires a fundamental transformation in the heart of a person to bring about real change. They must know Truth before they can recognize falsehood.
So, I'll hold off on my political rant.
Instead, I will speak of Truth. I will talk about my Saviour. I will sing of my salvation through the blood of Jesus. I will post Scripture. I will remind my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ that we must keep the Main Thing the main thing.
And that Main Thing is a Person…the Person of Jesus Christ.
It's all about Him.
Psalm 25:4-5 – "Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."
Obtaining Mercy 