Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Afternoon Tea
Don't I WISH I lived the kind of life that included dressing up for "afternoon tea"....ha ha ha!
January
I'm playing around with www.polyvore.com these days, basically to try and build a vision for a modest wardrobe that includes a headcovering. Notice that each outfit (I'm just dreaming here) I publish will have a headcovering of some sort included. Mostly scarves.
If you wanna play, post a link to your the modest outfit you make in my comments section. I'd love to see more ideas.
Tidying and a small Giveaway.
Going through the scarf drawer this afternoon, to tidy and cull. I've already done plenty of culling in the past, and it's amazing how fast things can get out of control in the head covering department.
After sorting, folding, throwing things into piles, etc. here's what I came up with:
1. pile of bandanas. I gave those to my daughters.
2. stretchy snoods and wide stretchy headbands: I'm less than in love with those, but I'm hanging onto them. I go through phases, you know. And they do make good
underscarves.
3. Pashmina type of warm shawls. Folded neatly, and put in drawer: black, brown, teal, pale gray/blue, pink, peach. These are nice. I wish they didn't give me hot flashes.
4. Lace mantillas. I have about four of these, and wear them often.
5. large square cotton print scarves. I have several from anokhi.com. These are less lovely than one would imagine. One from target and one from Walmart with long fringe and paisley. These are better colors, being more subtle. I really like them because they stay on my head.
6. Random pile of scarves (mostly long and narrow) that I dub "Church Scarves" for that is what they are. Some tend to be slippery, and so are a fuss and don't get worn quite as often as I like. Should they stay or should they go? Perhaps I should sew
clippies into the ones that are still nice, and get rid of the worn out ones.
7. A pile of silk (most of them, at least) accent scarves: they make good wide headband type of things, but don't provide complete coverage. I hardly ever wear most of them. But always think "what if", so I keep them.
9. Knitted wool hats and berets. I'm sad because one hat I made went through the laundry when it should not have and is now a child sized, felted beret. Looks cute on my youngest dd, though.
9. Homemade calico or plain cotton snoods. Some people look darling in them. I don't look darling in much of anything. I think they need to go. Anyone want them? I think I have six of them: plain white, white eyelet, beige/multi with beige trim, beige/multi with burgundy trim, olive green with black trim and olive green with burgundy trim. Let me know, and if more than one person wants them, I'll put names in a hat and draw one. I only want to ship to one person.
After sorting, folding, throwing things into piles, etc. here's what I came up with:
1. pile of bandanas. I gave those to my daughters.
2. stretchy snoods and wide stretchy headbands: I'm less than in love with those, but I'm hanging onto them. I go through phases, you know. And they do make good
underscarves.
3. Pashmina type of warm shawls. Folded neatly, and put in drawer: black, brown, teal, pale gray/blue, pink, peach. These are nice. I wish they didn't give me hot flashes.
4. Lace mantillas. I have about four of these, and wear them often.
5. large square cotton print scarves. I have several from anokhi.com. These are less lovely than one would imagine. One from target and one from Walmart with long fringe and paisley. These are better colors, being more subtle. I really like them because they stay on my head.
6. Random pile of scarves (mostly long and narrow) that I dub "Church Scarves" for that is what they are. Some tend to be slippery, and so are a fuss and don't get worn quite as often as I like. Should they stay or should they go? Perhaps I should sew
clippies into the ones that are still nice, and get rid of the worn out ones.
7. A pile of silk (most of them, at least) accent scarves: they make good wide headband type of things, but don't provide complete coverage. I hardly ever wear most of them. But always think "what if", so I keep them.
9. Knitted wool hats and berets. I'm sad because one hat I made went through the laundry when it should not have and is now a child sized, felted beret. Looks cute on my youngest dd, though.
9. Homemade calico or plain cotton snoods. Some people look darling in them. I don't look darling in much of anything. I think they need to go. Anyone want them? I think I have six of them: plain white, white eyelet, beige/multi with beige trim, beige/multi with burgundy trim, olive green with black trim and olive green with burgundy trim. Let me know, and if more than one person wants them, I'll put names in a hat and draw one. I only want to ship to one person.
Friday, December 25, 2009
1 am Christmas Morning
I'm keeping vigil here at home while most of my family is at Church. I had to stay home because B and I both have bronchitis. She's been on her antibiotics a few days longer than myself (I just got sick last night and to the doctor today...it came on very suddenly) and so I'm up coughing a lot.
I might as well stay up and wait on the rest of the family so we can break the fast together with some meat, cheese and milk.
Christ is born! Glorify Him!
This nativity fast has been long and hard, physically. Fasting (and I do it so imperfectly) makes me get on a carb overload kick and I eat and eat and eat...all the wrong things. I tried to make big vats of vegetable soup as often as possible, but there was far too much of the other stuff. Oh, how Ironic. Something that is supposed to help me to become more spiritual just makes me more carnal instead.
But it's good to be at this place of knowing how wretched and broken and messed up I am. Because that way, I can turn to God and ask for His healing and help. Can't do it alone, that's for sure.
I need to go to confession. And there are some things in my life that i need to/want to change.
The person I wished I were: consistent, faithful, devoted to God, prayerful, self denying instead of self indulgent...
I might as well stay up and wait on the rest of the family so we can break the fast together with some meat, cheese and milk.
Christ is born! Glorify Him!
This nativity fast has been long and hard, physically. Fasting (and I do it so imperfectly) makes me get on a carb overload kick and I eat and eat and eat...all the wrong things. I tried to make big vats of vegetable soup as often as possible, but there was far too much of the other stuff. Oh, how Ironic. Something that is supposed to help me to become more spiritual just makes me more carnal instead.
But it's good to be at this place of knowing how wretched and broken and messed up I am. Because that way, I can turn to God and ask for His healing and help. Can't do it alone, that's for sure.
I need to go to confession. And there are some things in my life that i need to/want to change.
The person I wished I were: consistent, faithful, devoted to God, prayerful, self denying instead of self indulgent...
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
No Guts, No Glory
Well, gang, I did it. I went out today (twice!) with ALL my hair covered, AND my neck/chest veiled. You can imagine what I looked like.
and I got a compliment from my husband, too.
(I made sure to wish every store person I encountered a Merry Christmas.).
...been feeling slightly convicted lately. Don't want to harden my already too-hard heart towards this calling/conviction any more. God have mercy.
and I got a compliment from my husband, too.
(I made sure to wish every store person I encountered a Merry Christmas.).
...been feeling slightly convicted lately. Don't want to harden my already too-hard heart towards this calling/conviction any more. God have mercy.
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