Serious

Do you ever get the feeling
People think you're crazy
'Cause you trust what they can't see
Do you ever get the feeling
People think you're shallow
And you will change what you believe
But I'm not here to argue
About what others think and feel
'Cause I'm not ashamed to tell anyone
What I know to be real

I'm serious about the stand
I'm taking Serious about the choice I'm making
Serious about the things that I believe
I'm serious about the talk I'm talking
what the evidence is and the walk I'm walking
Serious about love and purity
I'm serious as I can be

I'm not the first to meet with laughter
And resistance from a disbelieving crowd
But I got to meet it head on
I'm just gonna keep on
Won't let it get me down
I'm not here to give up
Jesus didn't give up on me
Even when the goin' gets rough
I've promised God that I'll be

Serious about the stand I'm taking
Serious about the choice I'm making
Serious about the things that I believe
I'm serious about the talk I'm talking
what the evidence is and the walk I'm walking
Serious about love and purity
I'm serious as I can be

Won't change my mind
Got to close the door
No time for goin' back
To what I had before
I'm so tired of playin' all these games
'Cause the more I see what
You mean to me
The more I want to say

-"Serious" by Joy Williams

Need I say more?

Spring Encampment

Finally! A picture for you guys! Thanks for being so patient. This was scanned out of a newspaper which explains the funky quality. There is a story behind how the photorapher caught me this way. I was actually watching the militia muster and raising of the flag early Saturday morning. Something caught my eye and I looked away, right into the lens of the camera guy! I jumped and apologized laughing. He laughed and said it was alright. Then he asked me to "re-pose". So I did. I had no idea he worked for the newspaper! I thought he was just a tourist! Oh well. This the bake oven up at the house. From left to right: Janessa, our friend Evan, and Mumsie. My mom runs the bake oven and we do make bread, cookies, biscuits, cornbread, cakes and cobbler all inside. It works quite well and the food is of course delicious!

I borrowed this pic from my friend Jessica over at http://anthonycourter.blogspot.com

We (mainly I with a lot of help, since I was the only one who had made it before ina churn) were making butter. Janessa (on the left) decided to give it a try. From left to right: Janessa, Jessica, and Me. We did this on the porch of the house. It took about an hour and a half to make about four cups of butter from a gallon or so of cream.

I love doing this. Churning butter and baking is one of my favorite things to do at Mansker's. By the way, we were also making baked apples during this time and Jessica was making cooked greens. So much fun!!

WIFD

So, it looks like I will be doing WIFD every month. In order to save me the strain of posting the same thing on two blogs, I will put a link to the side bar and if you want to follow what I wear in my WIFD's, you can check it out there. The next WIFD is April 19th to 25th. Until then!

I know, I know....

I know, I was supposed to post pics of Spring Encampment....two weeks ago. Sorry. My family decided to start Spring Cleaning and the entire house has been pulled apart and put back together. (not literally *grin*) We have organized, gotten rid of, cleaned and now we are in the midst of a gigantuan garage sale. Fun fun. Oh well, I ahve made some money, so that's always nice. I am tring to post a cool little tidbit for you, and it will probably be up some time tonight. Anyways, everyone have a wonderful Good Friday in the remebrance of what our Savior sacrificed for our freedom.

Change

Happy April!!! I love April. It's such a nice name and everything is so pretty. You probably have noticed that I changed the blog background again. Sorry, but the other one just wasn't workin' for me. I like changing things up allthe time anyways. Ask anyone of my friends and they will confirm that I re-arnage my room about every other month (or oftener) and every once in a while, I change my handwriting. I am constantly changing my hairstyle too! :) I just like to be *unpredictable*. :) Pics of Spring Encampment are coming up. Stay tuned!!!