Q&A Again

Okay, Prommy.  Here we gooooo.............

What's your favorite vacation you've ever been on?  How old were you, where did you go, and what was your favorite thing you did?
Hmmm. Maybe our trip to Michigan a few years ago. We rented a huge house off of Lake Michigan. We went sight seeing and had a blast! 
Have you ever wanted to live somewhere other than our homey, Midwestern city?
The south. I love southern things! 
What's your favorite thing to do in your free time?
I love to read beauty books and watch beauty videos. I like makeup in general...
What's one language you have always wanted to learn?
Latin. 
If you could study absolutely anything in the world, what would it be, and once you had studied it, what would you do with your knowledge?
I would would study...........I have no idea. Honestly, no idea. Why would you ask this question?! I don't know! 
Would you rather have unlimited superpowers (flying, force fields, ALL of the works) or unlimited knowledge (instant mental calculations, a perfect historical record, and flawless cognitive skills)?
Hmmm. Super powers? 
Are you more rough-and-tumble, or more girly-girl-princess-perfect?
Hmmm. What do you think? 
What's your earliest memory?  How old were you and what was happening?
My sibling's birth. I was almost 3.
What's your favorite song?  
Right now, tell your heart to beat again by Danny Gokey. 
Lastly...if you found out you would only live for another day, and could do absolutely anything you wanted to, what would you do?

I would eat regular food that wasn't gluten free...

Q&A...47??

Prommy's bored and she wants me to do another Q&A.  So here I go...

If Gracie was a flower, what kind would she be?
She would be a rose. 
If Grace was a kitten, what breed and what color?
She would be the little grey tabby that attacks your feet, then sits in your lap and purrs.
If Grace got married, what would her wedding colors be?
Navy, baby blue and pale yellow.
If Grace somehow got stranded on an island, what would be one thing she'd be sure to have with her?
Her scriptures. Also her phone, so she could text me. 
If Grace were to visit any country, where would she go and why?

Berlin. Because. She spouts off German stuff all the time. 
If Grace wrote a novel, what would it be about?
........let me pick from one of her 100,000,000 already existing novels...
What one word describes Grace?
ENTHUSIASTIC. 
If Grace were a school subject, what would it be?
Algebra. Hahaha! No, probably English. 
If Grace were in a magazine, what would her part be (writing, editing, photographing, etc), and what would the magazine be about?
Writing/editing. Her cant stand un good grammar. 
If Grace were a novel, which one would she be?!

hmmmmm. Id say something by Charles Dickens. 

Q&A (again!)

Okay, so Grace and I were insanely bored, so we decided to do another Q&A! YAY! So here are some questions about me that Grace shall answer...

If Promise was a perfume, what would she smell like?
Something tells me Promise would smell like jasmine.  I don't even know what that smells like, but it would be Promise.

If Promise was a dress, what would it look like? 
Promise would be a dazzling yellow number, and the waist down would be bedazzled with sparkles.  Of course, five years ago she would have been a pink princess gown with ruffles.  :)

If Promise was a shoe, what would it look like?
Promise would be a sparkly black stiletto.

If Promise was a color, what color would it be?
Promise would be that funky neon-yellow-of-a-dress that I just described.  Something like a cross between green and yellow, but also neon, and very funky.

If Promise was a word, what word would describe her?
Oh mah gosh.  Promise's word is...um...supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.  Because that's what you say when you don't know what to say.

If Promise was at emoticon, which one would she be?
Oh goshhh.  Prommy would prolly (hahahaha) be the face with its tongue stuck out and sunglasses.

If Promise was a country, what country would she be? 
Hmmmm, I can see Prommy here being Estonia...

If Promise was a character from a movie, what role would she play, and from what movie? 
Promise would play Wesley in The Princess Bride.  Mostly because if she was a boy, she would be Wesley, and she likes to say "As you wish".

Finally, if Promise was an ice cream flavor, what flavor would she be?
I'm reminded of an ice cream flavor I saw in New York last summer...it was called "Up All Night" and it was purple.  Prommy would probably be that mixed in with mint.

How to Look Amazing in Glasses -- Grace

So I have news:  Soon, I'll be calling an optometrist and getting an appointment for the first time since September 2013.  Not only that, but because my glasses have been broken and repaired so many times since then (I practically LIVED at Gerry Optical last spring...), I'll be able to choose new frames as well.  I'm SUPER excited, because I can't read sheet music any more -- and that is something I NEED to know how to do.

Well, I got started thinking a few weeks ago...there are SO many kinds of glasses, from semi-rimless to the 80's coke-bottles.  Nowadays your glasses can make you a chic businesswoman, a nerd, or a funky teenager.

I also got started thinking that just like hair, there must be guidelines for choosing glasses for your face shape.  Since my face is round, I researched into choosing glasses for a round face, and what I found was really fascinating.  I thought I'd share some of my newly-acquired glasses knowledge with you guys, in case you're curious!

The Face Shapes
As you may or may not know, there are generally four to five different kinds of face shapes.  These are, according to the wonderful world of Google....

-- Oval.  Oval faces are just amazing.  I covet them.  ;)

-- Round.  My face is either round or heart-shaped.  I've had people tell me both.  Round faces are slightly wider at the cheeks.

-- Square.  As the name suggests...they are square!

-- Heart.  Heart faces are wider at the cheeks and have a generally narrow chin.  It seems that they often have widow's peaks too.

Perhaps Promise would be able to provide you with more information on these.  :)  I'm not technically a huge makeup researcher like SOME PEOPLE are................... ;)

Coloring
Although it's not technically needed, you should know your coloring before you go glasses shopping (Promise did a post about that here.)  As you most likely know, you're most likely either warm or cool (I'm cool...*pulls up the sunnies*).

Warm people look best in gold, orange, brown, tan, olive, red, yellow, and ivory glasses.

Cool people look best in black, tortoiseshell (I want these so badly!), blue, purple, pink, gray, green, and silver.

For an oval face...
Oval faces can wear anything and rock it.  I'm slightly envious, but that would make choosing glasses rather boring.  You would never know the heartbreak of passing up those gorgeous frames you just saw on the rack.....

For a round face...
People with round faces look best in rectangular glasses.  The bottoms of the glasses should sit just above the cheekbone for the best effect.  I'm particularly partial to the look of semi-rimless glasses to make everything look less defined, but after this recent pair, I won't try any for awhile.  I'm looking forward to some square torties. :)

For a square face...
For our friendly followers with square faces (which I have always admired), you would look best in oval or round or circular glasses.  Rectangular frames can make you look more angular and square, but circular frames can balance all of those angles out.  Just don't go for geometric frames, and you'll be FINE.

For a heart-shaped face...

Go for round, cat-eyed, square...just NO top-heavy frames for you.  Sorry.  :)  Heart-shaped faces are already a little heavy up top, because the forehead is usually wider than the cheek and chins -- thus giving it the shape of a heart.  So you want to draw attention away from the forehead.

:D

Have fun on your next glasses shopping spree!  ;)

~ Grace

Realignment -- Grace

It's January 5th, and I'm making a new New Year's Resolution.

Yeah, I'm crazy.  No, I'm not about to give up now.

I took this quiz -- you can take it here -- and it told me that my word for the year is Realignment.

And I totally agree.  In 2015 I almost lost my deepest, best connection, my best Friend.  I came way, way, way too close to losing my touch with God -- and for a few weeks, I wasn't even sure what I believed anymore.

So I'm starting over a new leaf.  I'm looking at plans that help you read the Bible in a year.  I'll have to make up for the first five days of 2016, but I am really hoping this works.  I want to read more and learn more about God.

So...who's with me?  Wanna read the Bible in the next 361 days?!  And how are you going to tackle it?  I'm looking at Back to the Bible's one-year reading plans.  Which should I go for...Chronological, historical, beginning to end, Old and New together, or blended?!?!?

Oh, the decisions................

Wish me luck!

What of God's Word are YOU gonna read this year?!

~ Grace

Finding My Work -- Grace

You hear so often in the Church about finding the work God has given you to do.

I've always wondered what mine is.  I believed for a long time that my work was to grow up, get a college education, be married, and raise a family.

The thing is, I was never totally content believing that something great will happen in three-five years and that I will be doing the work God has intended for me to do.  I always wanted something more.  Maybe I wanted something to do for Him now.

Anyways, whatever I wanted -- I think maybe it was a clear blueprint of how my life is going to go: a college degree at twenty-one, a teaching job for two years followed by a huge, rustic, fall wedding, five sons and five daughters...those were my plans, not God's.  They may have been in line with what He wants me to do, but they were never things He really told me that were for sure going to happen.  I always wondered what my work is in life.

Sunday morning, I was sitting in the Church service.  I don't really recall thinking about my work, but all of a sudden it was as if scales were taken off of my eyes and I saw exactly what my work is.

It's what I'm doing right now, and I'm supposed to keep doing it.  I'm putting a book together, teaching a class of seven-year-old girls some of the things I've been taught over the years, accompanying a choir, working part-time for the Women's Department at Church, and generally trying to reach out in love to people.

And I love this.

I've never felt more at peace or more content with life than I have in the past two days.

For so long I've been searching...searching for something that I don't know what it was.  Sometimes I think that I was looking for a good, enjoyable, paying career option that I could study for as soon as possible.  I know that I was looking for love -- someone to adore me and accept me for who I am, someone to draw me closer to God, make me laugh, and help me feel safe and secure.

The thing that I was missing?  God is all of that, and more, and unless it's that time in your life, you don't need anyone but Him.  Horatio Spafford lost his ENTIRE family and still managed to write the well-beloved hymn, "It Is Well With My Soul."  Why?  He had God.

Like I said, I love this time in my life.  I'm suddenly searching for more ways I can show love to others -- in small ways, and in large.  I love this time of learning and growth with God.  I love being able to serve Him to the best of my ability.

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016, I found my work.  And I am sooooo excited to fulfill it with God leading me!

Looking Upward -- Grace

You can choose to have a pity party, or you can choose to look upward.

(Hint hint: Looking upward is the correct answer).

On December 11th, 2015, my tonsils swelled soooo large that they almost cut off my air supply.  I ended up in the ER for seven hours, wondering whether it was just strep or a scary abscess behind my tonsils.  You can read about that experience and testimony here if you're so inclined.

Well, the swelling in my tonsils never exactly went down.  The pain was gone, but my tonsils were still HUGE.  I wasn't too worried, but I prayed that if I was going to get sick again, that I wouldn't until after Christmas and New Year's were over.

I made the mistake of teaching a class, trying to get a book together, and accompanying a choir this month...all aside from my high school classes this month.

Imagine my surprise when I woke up yesterday morning and my tonsils were swelled up so large that I couldn't see my uvula anymore.

I was alarmed, but when I went to church I asked for administration.  (If you're not a Latter-Day Saint, here's an explanation: Administration is basically when two elders anoint you with oil and pray over you.  There's a lot of power in it).  I had never been administered to before, but I asked two elders whom I hold in high esteem.

During the prayer, one of them asked that the pain would go away, and that when I tried to rest that my thoughts would be filled with the majesty of God and that I would be allowed to rest.  Then, he said this:

Even as You walked on the sea here on earth, You are never sleeping and never slumbering, and You are in control of all the winds and storms.

I thought that was really, really neat.  It meant a lot to me when he said it.

I slept for ten hours last night, despite the discomfort in my throat.  This morning when I finally got out of bed at 9am, I realized something.  There's no pain unless I try to swallow.  

So yes, I have to go to the doctor at 11:30.  Yes, I might even have to have surgery.  

But I'm looking upward, because the God we serve is SOOOO amazing....and after this administration, and after this blessing, I feel so loved, not only by the elders who took time out of their Sunday afternoon to do the work which God has given them for me, but also by our majestic and powerful God, the greatest Physician, Who always knows what's best for me.

I keep listening to this song on repeat.  :)

Look upward, my friends.  God is good.