Unworthy Maiden

Please Read

2011-03-22T21:53:00.000-04:00

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Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

New Blog

2011-03-19T21:26:00.000-04:00

I will no longer be posting on this blog anymore. I have gotten sick of it and rather embarrassed, even. Therefore, started a new blog some weeks back, whilst I was sick. The first post on that blog will tell you why I started it and am bringing this one to an end. There are some posts on here that I will be re-publishing on my new one (already have a couple), after which, this will probably be deleted. Please visit my new one: www.icomebytheblood.blogspot.com.

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

A Favorite Quote

2011-01-26T13:58:00.000-05:00

I, once again, asked someone whom I consider to be a queen of blogging for an idea on what to write and she suggested a favorite quote so, here you go:

'There is no fear of crooked walking

While the eye is fixed full on Jesus'

~Ruth Bryan

I highly encourage you to read her books: "Handfuls of Purpose" & "The Marvelous Riches of Savoring Christ". They are both very excellent books of her letters and pages from her diary.

I hope you all are having a blessed day.

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of Jesus' Blood,

Katie Bekah

Christmas/Birthday Gifts From One Of My Best Friends

2011-01-12T17:25:00.000-05:00

Hi-ho! It's highly unusual for me to post again so soon but I'm hoping to fix that.
So, the 16th is my 21st Birthday and, yesterday, I got a package from my 'sis', Monica, containing both my Christmas and Birthday gifts so I wanted to share pictures with you.

A gorgeous snowflake ornament!

Body lotion and shower gel which smell divine!

Pumpkin pie candle (which also smells divine!).

A make-up brush set.

Gorgeous and soft afghan she and her Mom made for me.

Beautiful ruffle edge which her Mom did:)

Y'all don't reckon I LOVE pink, do you? ;)

God has blessed me with the best friends and family ever!

Hope you don't mind my short post. Ciao!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Sad Examples For Young Girls

2011-01-08T23:30:00.003-05:00

I would imagine that most of you have heard of the singer Katy Perry. New Year's Eve, my Uncle Randy and cousin Randi Michelle visited my Memaw and Grandpa so my Mommy and I went there too :)
Randi and I spent the day together and we got on their computer 'cause she wanted to show me a Katy Perry video for her song "Firework". Oh.My.Gosh. Now, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be but, it wasn't nice, that's for sure.
First, they show this girl take off her clothes to reveal a terribly small bikini (not that any bikini is right in the first place) and then what made me go crazy was zooming in on two guys kissing. There's everything wrong about that. First the fact that there are young girls (my cousin is only 9!) that like her music and possibly look up to her and what the heck is a 9 year old supposed to think when she sees two guys kissing and doesn't know what it means?
I was glad when she said that it was 'nasty' and she'll never watch it again.
I mean, come on? Don't people think before they go putting that trash on a video or anything for that matter, that a child might see? She didn't understand why they did it. I couldn't tell her, just told her that's one of the reasons I don't like Katy Perry, because she's 'nasty'.
Another singer is Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. Wow, first of all, she claims to be a Christian, so far, I have never seen Jesus Christ in anything she has said, done, sung, or worn. She might (that's a big 'MIGHT') have been cute at the start of her career but she totally went downhill as, it seems, most Disney actors and actresses do.
So, this is the Miley that parents are letting their little girls be like:

Nice, right? Wow, so wrong in every way. There were other bad ones I saw but thought this would be fitting.

I looked for Katy Perry pictures but, honestly, it was too sickening and I couldn't bring myself to use any of them. They were either (oddly enough) not revealing enough (for this post) or trash beyond trash.

Is this what we want then? Our little girls to show everything? Let guys like Miley's up there touch them in certain places? I would hope your answer is 'no'.
I'm sure that Katy and Miley and all other trash singers know that little girls look up to them: have they no intelligence? no common sense? The pictures I saw, well, those things are quite clear. They don't know so they don't care.
They don't care that little girls look at them with thoughts like, "I want to be just like her!", "I want to dress like her!", etc. As long as it's about them, who cares, right? Wrong.
The Bible tells us that, the older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. We are to teach what is GOOD. (Titus 2:3). Train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled (Titus 3:4-5).
You know something sad? Katy Perry used to be a Christian singer. That's a complete turn around if I ever heard one. The pictures, songs, videos, outfits, none of them say 'I'm a Christian'.
Not only is it awful that girls want to be like them, they look at them thinking they're not good enough and try to change to feel good enough.
What about our men? What about when they see a girl dressed (or barely dressed in most cases these days) like this? It stirs up thoughts in their heads that no one should ever think. It's the woman's fault that causes these thoughts and emotions. I honestly don't understand how any parent could find it ok to listen to such trash and let their children see such trash.
Parents, how do you feel when your young men see girls dressed like that? You can't possibly tell me you think it's ok. How on earth would it be ok for a young man to see that? How?
How do you feel when your little girls say they want to dress like these singers? Do you mind that they go around 'showing off' everything? Do you honestly, honestly not care? How could you not?
Moms, even if you're not a Christian, you cannot honestly deny the fact that we are to teach young women what is good.
Oh, Satan will do anything to warp our minds into thinking it's alright but deep down, we all SHOULD know, it's not.
You've no doubt heard of the show, "Toddlers In Tiaras" or something goofy like that. What is that supposed to be? Entertaining? In my opinion, it's a sad show. It's truly sad to think that those idiot parents encourage such absurdity just for money. And, it's not for the little girls, it's for the parents, ALL for the parents. They don't mind that their little girls are getting all messed up at such a young age just so they can get their money and fame. As long as the parents have what they want, who cares about the child? Let them scream, cry, whine, and whatnot, the audience will like it (for some strange reason), they'll enjoy it and think it's cute and continue watching. Parents will get what they want, the little girls will miss out on being an actual child because they have to pretend to be grown up all because that's what their parents, make-up artists, and whoever else tell them to do. Nice parents, eh?

Anyway, I've veered from my original subject:
Are we, as the older women, proud of the way younger girls are these days? Are we doing everything we can to teach them what is good and what is bad? What is right and what is wrong? Does it bother you when you hear a little girl say, "Oh! Katy Perry's new music video! I love that song!!"? Because that's pretty much what Randi Michelle said to me and I did not like hearing it at all. I was relieved, though, when she had said earlier that she really doesn't like Miley/Hannah anymore. She used to love her, so thankful that faze is over.

Katy and Miley are just two of the singers that I can't stand. I'm no better than they but there are some things that a person should just know what not to do and say, especially if you're someone that almost every little girl knows and many look up to...and every guy sees.

There is probably still more I could say but this is already rather long.
Good night.

God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

I Changed My Blog Background For My Birthday!!

2011-01-03T21:25:00.001-05:00

Hello, been awhile. First of all, I just wanna say that I have the best friend in the world, we were chatting on Facebook and she got excited that I was going to write a blog post and is looking forward to it :) She's awesome :) Then again, there are many reasons why she's awesome :)
Anyways, I wanted to share with you all pictures of Christmas, my Christmas gifts, and snow.

Our Christmas tree. The prettiest one we've ever had!

32 inch flat-screen HDTV Tommy bought us for Christmas :-D

Me holding Charlie :)

My Christmas gifts:

Snowglobe my Aunt Nana gave me :) To this day, I LOVE Winnie the Pooh! :-D

Aren't these boots adorable??!! Can't wait to wear them!

Bracelet my cousin gave me :)

I hope you all had a blessed and wonderful Christmas with your loved ones! God certainly blessed us and I look forward to seeing what He has planned for us in this New Year.

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Charlie & Alyssa

2010-12-03T20:13:00.000-05:00

As promised, please meet my new little cousins:

Charlie:

In my Mommy's arms.

Alyssa:

In my arms:)

Aren't they adorable???? How can anyone say there's isn't a God? Just look at those beautiful little creations He has given us! So perfect:)

Bye now:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Family

2010-12-02T15:04:00.000-05:00

It occurs to me that I never did share with you all my Mommy's and my adventure down in Kentucky to our Family Reunion so I thought I would share it now and with pictures:)
On October 15th, we went out for awhile to get some things ready for the trip and we had rented a car, we had a really fun day! Then on the 16th, we finished up our packing and stuff and then headed down to where our Reunion is held, stopping a few places along the way and getting a few little things. When we reached our hotel, we were amped because there's a Starbucks literally right next to it, in the same parking lot! After resting in our hotel for a bit, we went to Cracker Barrel for supper (Mommy got chicken fried chicken and I got country fried steak, YUM!) it was SO good! We ended up having to take some of it back to the hotel.
Unfortunately, it was warmer than we thought it was going to be so we had to go to Wal-Mart and get cooler tops and pick up a few other things too.
Back at the hotel, we decided to warm up our food (unfortunately, we had to use a microwave, blech!) in the little dishes we had gotten at Wal-Mart. Well, wouldn't it figure, we didn't have utensils so we had to use our fingers to eat our meat and mashed potatoes, haha! That was all just a part of the fun of it:)
Anyways, the next day was the Reunion so after we got our showers and then everything all packed, we went out to the car and onto the Reunion.
We had a really fun time with everyone. I just love listening to them all talk because they have that country accent and say some things that I don't understand (LOL!) but I love it!
Now onto the pictures:

Our room:

Wonder who's bed this is? :p My Pooh Bear and Nani bear

and camera case.

My handsome cousin, Dougy, and me.

My cute little cousin, Randi Michelle, and me.

I thought this was cool :) I was gonna put my camera in there a little more to see if I could capture a picture of a little creature or something but was afraid there might be something in there and then jump out at me, lol.

Dougy's beautiful wife, Angie, and me :) Spent most of the day with her and we had a really good time together :)

My Uncle Randy, Randi Michelle, and me.

I took LOTS of pictures of the scenery on the way down and back so, I really shouldn't look through those 'cause there are too many pretty ones. I just have them on Facebook. Maybe sometime I'll put some on here :)

I'm just so thankful to God for the wonderful family with which God has blessed me. I never get sick of them and miss them TERRIBLY when we're not together. I wish we could all get together more than just once a year!

On my next post, I'll have to 'introduce' you to my new 2nd cousins in my Daddy's family:) Charlie and Alyssa. Please pray for them as they were born on November 16th and are still in the hospital. I think they are improving though, praise God.

Talk to you later:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Long Day

2010-11-23T23:54:00.001-05:00

Hi-ho! So, I have like 4 or so ideas for a blog post so I don't know why I haven't written any of them. I thought I would share with you my most recent idea since it just recently happened.

On Saturday night when Mommy was in bed, her left hand started itching really bad. In the morning, she noticed her hand was swollen and red, and the left side of her tongue was swollen. She called her Dr. but they never called back so she called the pharmacy and they told her to go to the ER because a swollen tongue would eventually lead to a swollen throat. So, we got there and they took her back and got her all situated and stuff. A little while later, we called Tommy and he came also. It turns out it was an allergic reaction to some new medicine she had been taking but they were going to admit her overnight just to keep an eye on her.

A little while later, Tommy and Chris left to get Chris' Birthday gift (we had planned to have Tommy come over that night to celebrate their Birthdays and we were going to make dinner but, obviously, our plans changed) while Mommy and I waited for someone to take her to a room. After about 4 hours of waiting, Mommy decided she wasn't going to stay there overnight. I went to get a nurse so that Mommy could tell her (apparently those people there are like stupid or something because it didn't seem like they really knew what I was saying) and it figures a few minutes after I did that, the dude came in to transfer Mommy to a room. She told him she didn't want to stay overnight so he went and got the Dr. and she came and told Mommy she didn't have to stay! OH MY GOSH! So, we basically waited for four hours just to find out we could go ahead and leave. So, yeah, Mommy was fine, the swelling was down completely and she's all fine and stuff now :)

One cute thing about the boys was that while they were gone, they got Mommy and me Peppermint Mocha's from Starbucks:) They're so sweet (speaking of our boys, not the mocha's;))! Anyways, all was not for naught: when we found out Mommy could leave, we tried calling Tommy but his phone was turned off so we were going to wait in a parking lot but as I was pulling out (I had to drive), the boys were pulling in, thankfully they saw us and then got behind us real quick. We went to an empty parking lot and discussed what to do about supper. Tommy suggested we get Chinese and then go home and eat...so, we did:) Oh, and by the way, for Chris' Birthday; Tommy got him an Xbox360, an extra game paddle, AND the new FIFA11!! Chris and I have been havin' fun with FIFA:)

Those weren't all the events of the day though:

Later that night, Mommy and I had to go to the grocery store. Well, after we got home, we had just barely gotten out of the car when the neighbor's dog across the street bolted over here (the gate on their fence in their backyard was open) barking and growling at Mommy. She was closer to the front door so she was able to run up there real quick after Daddy came outside with a bat ready to swing at the dog, however, I had to kind of hide behind the car so she wouldn't see me (it was dark outside) and when Daddy got her far enough away, I ran to the front porch whilst he guarded me (though, if the dog would've come near me, I had a grocery bag with two 2 liters in it and if I had to whack the dog with it, I would have even though I was hoping I wouldn't have to). Well, she still wouldn't leave us alone so, when she ran back over to their yard, Daddy guarded the driveway while Mommy called the police. A few minutes later, an officer arrived and between he and Daddy, the officer was able to get to the neighbor's front door (before, the dog wouldn't even let Daddy get in their yard). The owner came outside with his daughter and she put the dog in the backyard and he closed and locked the gate. Anyways, the owner apologized and said he was taking the dog to the pound yesterday.

She had done this to us a few times before and finally she did it when the officer was actually HERE!

Yeah, long day:-D Praise God, everyone was ok!

So, looking forward to a wonderful Thanksgiving with my Mommy's family! My Daddy's Mom (Mawmaw) will be joining us as well and hopefully my cousin, Rachel can make it too!

Oh, please keep my new little twin cousins Charlie and Alyssa in your prayers. They were born on the 16th but are still in the hospital. Pray that they will be ok and will be able to come home soon, if the Lord is willing.

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Favorite Songs That Begin With 'S'

2010-11-09T19:48:00.001-05:00

My latest status on my Facebook is: 'why is it that when I have time to write a blog post I can't think of anything to write? Anyone got any ideas?' My bff, Guitargirl, commented and told me to write a list of my favorite songs that begin with the letter 'S'. Since she's so cool (and bossy, LOL, jk:)) I am going to do so:

(Not in any particular order).

1. "Somos Novios" by Andrea Bocelli

2. "Supersonic" by Family Force 5

3. "Shine On" by NEEDTOBREATHE

4. "Something Beautiful" by NEEDTOBREATHE

5. "Signature of Divine" by NEEDTOBREATHE

6. "So Close" by Bethany Dillon

7. "Surfer Medley" by Celtic Thunder (Keith Harkin)

8. "Share It With Me" by Family Force 5

9. "Some Might Say" by Oasis

10. "Stand By Me" by Oasis

Looks like that's all. Well, hey, at least I got in another blob post.

Bye now:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

The End of A Barlow Girl Era....Forever?

2010-11-02T13:58:00.000-04:00

Sometimes following famous people you really like on Tweeter isn't always a good thing...then again, you might view that 'bad thing' as good anyway.
I'm going to be perfectly honest here: as of right now, I am sick of Barlow Girl. Their music, lyrics, tweets, the fact that they released a new CD of songs off their old CD's to which there really is no point (in my opinion) also (in my opinion) they seem to go overboard with the whole being a vegetarian thing (not that there's anything wrong with being vegetarian), etc. They didn't use to be vegetarian so I don't know where the heck that came from. Now they're all defensive about it and it's just kind of annoying.
I can't describe it but, it feels like God is pulling me away from Barlow Girl, at least for now. To be quite honest, it's kind of a relief.
I asked Chris to take them off my iPod for me and he did: the two posters I had on my walls have been removed, I'm no longer following them on Tweeter either, and it's a really good feeling.
I used to be totally obsessed with them, thinking about them, listening to them all the time, etc. I was so sick of it and didn't know how to stop. I prayed about it, stopped listening to their music for awhile, and so on. Finally it started dying down and, now, it's dead, praise God!
As of right now, I don't see myself listening to their music anytime soon.
I'm sure they're real nice girls and it's not their fault that I don't care for them anymore.
There are just some things about them that bother me.
I always thought Lauren was so awesome but, now, she isn't as awesome to me as she used to be.
I started to just skip through their tweets and just decided there was no point anymore in following them.
I hate saying they 'make me sick' because it's mean but, it's true.
I'm not going to write anything that they've tweeted that annoyed me because I wouldn't be able to explain why they annoyed me in a way that makes sense.
It's not like they say bad things or whatever, I just got sick of them and now believe God is pulling me away from them...in a way that isn't painful like my attempts were in the past. Only God knows why He is making this change in my life and we'll see what His plan is.

Barlow Girl have always been my favorite girl band so, when I told Mommy and Chris, they were like, "Whoa! Who are you???!!" LOL! Of course, they weren't being mean, they were just really shocked.

So, should Barlow Girl release another CD, I am curious to see whether or not I would want it, we'll see.

Hope you all are having a blessed day!
God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Happy Reformation Day!

2010-10-31T18:59:00.000-04:00

Yes, my friends, this is the day when, back in 1517, Martin Luther (the great reformer dude) nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, which started the Great Reformation.

Seeing as I love this song and video I shall add it to this lovely post:

"Reformation Polka"

Enjoy, my friends!!!

"I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen."

-Martin Luther

"I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist."

-Martin Luther

May we all learn from Martin Luther's courage and his trust in God to live our lives in a way that pleases God and brings honor and glory to His Name no matter what the cost.

I highly encourage everyone to watch the movie "Luther", it's an excellent movie about the start of the Great Reformation.

Once again, I wish you a Happy Reformation Day!!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Prayer For Haiti

2010-10-28T16:23:00.000-04:00

The people of Haiti are suffering in nearly every possible way right now: cholera, earthquakes, and whatever else.

I've read that they are the poorest Country in the Americas: 90% of their children have terrible diseases: 5% of their adults have HIV and so on.

My heart yearns for these people, these children.

Think of all these people that have passed away because of cholera, all the families left homeless because of the tsunami and earthquakes: children left orphans or all alone, parents left childless. I've seen pictures of men carrying coffins of the people that have passed because of the cholera outbreak, hear about the deaths and can't help but wonder: can they even afford whatever might be needed to help the people with the disease? are we, as America, doing everything we can to help them?

I know our economy is suffering and thousands of people are thousands of dollars in debt but, what about all of those much-too-disgustingly wealthy people that can provide for them: I wonder how many of them are helping.

I realize there are poor people in America but, right now Haiti is suffering with so many things placed there at once, now, what can we do?

Has anyone ever thought about going there to help and then your second thought is: "Oh, no, I don't want to be around a bunch of sick and dying people, then I might get sick, plus it would be so depressing. Never mind."

I read a 'tweet' on Twitter that said something like, "pray for Haiti and that the disease doesn't spread." While I understand what they were saying, it brings a question to mind, "Do they truly and honestly care about Haiti or are they just concerned for themselves?" I mean, seriously, do people think like that?

I am in no way trying to make myself sound good or better than anyone else (because I'm not), I've just developed a love for these people and wanted to share my thoughts.

I would love to go there and hold them, cry with them, feed them, help them. My heart hurts for them.

Now, saying all of that, I know God has a reason for everything that is going on there and it is all for His Glory.

With other things that happen in other places, I've read that some Christians say things like, "This is God's punishment on them because they don't worship Him, they worship idols", whatnot and so on.

Well, I suppose that could be true but, you can also argue: why aren't bad things happening to everyone that isn't a Christian (not that I want them to)? Why do good things happen to people that aren't Christians? Why do bad things happen to Christians?

I, myself, cannot support Haiti financially, nor can I go there and help but, I can pray for them and will do so. Will you join me in lifting up this poverty and disease stricken Nation to the Creator and God over all the earth in prayer?

Let us also remember the people of Indonesia in our prayers as well for they, too, are suffering greatly.

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

I Must Say Something

2010-10-22T15:37:00.001-04:00

On the 17th, my Mommy and I went to her family's Family Reunion. We had a blast, hangin' out with all the family and stuff! Plus, we stayed in a hotel the night before and it was really, really nice.

Anyway, at one point I was outside talking to some 2nd and 3rd cousins and was asked if I had a young man yet, my answer: look away, giggle, and say no. Totally the wrong answer.

Instead, I should've said something like, "Nope, I believe in courtship and am waiting for God to bring my future husband and me together". Ever since then, I've been so embarrassed about the way I answered him.

That was such a worldly way to answer that question and I hate that that is what I did. If I could go back and respond the right way, I would.

God has put me into this world, but, I am not to be part of it, and, that, is how I acted when asked that question. I am so ashamed.

Not much in this blog post but, I just felt like I needed to say this.

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

GRRR!!!

2010-10-09T14:49:00.002-04:00

Ok, I was going to write a review for Hayley Westenra's CD "Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2" but, recent developments have caused me to write something else.

So, on Tweeter, Thanksgiving is a trendy topic. Well, to be FUNNY, I said "Thanksgiving is a trendy topic & it's next month. Might as well make Christmas one too for those that don't celebrate Thanksgiving". (meaning people in Europe!) Little did I know people would take offense at that. These two Canadian chicks said something mean to me and I honestly don't know how I could've offended someone by what I said.

One said something about if I knew there are Countries other than my own and that they have holidays too and the other was like, "Ugly American. Party of one. I guess only the States celebrate Thanksgiving...my mistake...I'll go return my turkey". What the heck? Do people have no sense of humor??

I would never, ever want to offend anyone! Honestly, I've read the tweet over and over and still cannot figure out how it could make someone think along those lines.

.......Later.....As it turns out, it's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, well I didn't know that. You'd think someone would be nice enough to explain that to me instead of say cruel things to me. If any Canadians are reading this, I am terribly sorry and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

I mean, like seriously, couldn't someone have thought, "Hmm, I wonder if she knows it's Thanksgiving here" and then tell me....in a nice way. I do feel bad about saying it before even looking to see why it was a trendy topic but, still, can't people just say something nice. I mean what the girls said was really rather cruel. I shan't repeat exactly what one of them said, but it was very, very, wrong.

I'm just the kind of person that likes to be goofy and funny. They just totally went overboard over what I said.

I know there are other Countries, I know they have Holidays and ours isn't more important.

It's interesting to actually offend someone online. It was never ever my intention and I'd never want to do it again or anything (never wanted to do it to begin with), but it just shows me how easily people can throw something way out of proportion.

We are all God's creatures and not one of us is better than the other. I have nothing whatsoever against Canadians or anyone else.

If I ever offend any one of you, tell me....in a nice way!

Now, I am going to finish my Angel Food Cake, with strawberries, and homemade whipped cream while watching a Hayley Westenra video, so if you'll excuse me, goodbye.

God bless and keep you (no matter where you're from)!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Pictures

2010-09-26T12:30:00.000-04:00

Howdy peeps!
Yesterday, I got all dressed up in my opera outfit and Mommy took some pictures of me so, since I said I would show you pictures, here they are:

My Sandals!

The earrings I made for the opera!

I am so thankful we found this top! It's the most beautiful one I've ever seen!

Mommy asked me to look over my shoulder at least once so, I did.

Mommy curled my hair:)

Oh and by the way, the reason our grass is so brown is because of a drought. We haven't had rain in weeks!

So, there are those and now onto my piano!

Oooohhh! Look at all the pretty signs!! Mommy made: "Simplify", "Country", "God Bless America", and the little "Simple Country Living" stitchery! She's soooo talented!

Yes, I have a little Football rubber duckie sitting on my piano. I didn't put him there but, I like him so, he stays. His name is Javier Hernanduck (after Jaiver "Chicharito" Hernandez who plays for Manchester United....whom I also like to call Chicharito-The Little Burrito, because I'm weird and it rhymes:)).

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the pictures :) I love my piano that my Aunt Nana gave me, she's totally the BEST Aunt ever!!

Hope you all are having a blessed Sabbath!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Hayley Westenra Video Reviews

2010-09-06T14:01:00.001-04:00

As promised, I'm going to write reviews of two Hayley videos.
The first one is called "Tsubomi". It's off of her album "Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2". I don't have it but how I wish I did for I just love this song!

I absolutely love this song and video. She's so pretty and the setting is gorgeous! I really love her voice on this song. The color of her dress goes so well with the flowers in the video (I know, leave it to a girl to notice that;)). One thing I love about this video is that she's always smiling, I like that in a singer :) So yeah, everything about this song and video is perfect. By far, my favorite Hayley video, possibly my favorite Hayley song as well.

The next video is her and a singer dude, Jonathan Ansell. I love this song but don't know if I can find it anywhere.

I do really love this song but I have a problem with it as well. That problem is Jonathan Ansell (no offense to the guy, I'm sure he's a nice dude). In my opinion, he doesn't have the best voice for this song and I don't find it very impressive either. I'm most likely wrong here, but when he sings, I don't see real emotion. To me, it seems like he's trying too hard. Whereas you can hear the emotion in Hayley's voice, and see it on her face, and even in the way she kind of moves around. It's a beautiful song and, once again, I love her dress :) She has such power in her voice in this song, like the lyrics really mean something to her. He just kinda stands there and moves his head and closes his eyes every now and then. The young guy that I think would have the best voice to sing with her (even though it would be kinda weird for him to sing it) is Josh Groban.
So yeah, I don't mean to insult ole Johnny boy or anything, but I just don't care for his voice.
I told Chris that I think it's like he's thinking, "Oh, I need to be like Hayley and show some emotion here" but he doesn't do a very good job at it. I don't know, that's just my opinion.
I love the song and Hayley is just awesome in this video!

I suppose that's all for now. See you peeps later!

God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Jolly Rancher Jelly Beans Are Like The Best Jelly Beans Ever!!

2010-09-04T17:22:00.004-04:00

I mean, like seriously, they are...but that's not what this post is about.
So, the other day I was talking to my bff, Guitargirl, on the phone and was all, "I need to write a blog post but don't know what to write. Tell me what to write!", so she (being the bossy person that she is, LOL, jk;)) told me to write a post about my favorite movies and why they are my favorite movies.
Well...I was going to write that but, there's been a change in plans. You see, I had started writing it, but after about 15 or more minutes of not knowing what to write after the info-less review I had started writing, I decided to stop. Maybe someday I'll get around to it, but don't hold your breath ;)
Instead I'm going to write something useless (the main reason I'm writing this is simply to update my blog) that I've been meaning to write for a long time because I wanted to revise my review about Celtic Thunder's CD, "It's Embarrassment!"...uuuhh, I mean, "It's Entertainment!".
The way I reviewed it was rather harsh so I'll be a little nicer this time :)
Ok, so, Paul's voice isn't really as bad as I said. It's not that it is bad or anything, but the songs he sang just aren't suited for his voice, in my opinion. He has a REALLY nice voice but I personally think he should stick to the opera stuff because his voice is perfect for those songs. So ya know, love ya Paul, but please stick to the opera!
Then, there's Damian. I must admit that when I first heard his voice a few years ago, I guess he was 14, I was amazed that a 14 year old could have a voice like that. However, on their most recent album, he kinda does some weird things the way he sings and it's not very 'attractive', I guess. Also, one of his first songs he sang was "Puppy Love" and it was kinda cute on their first concert DVD but on one of their newer ones, well, he's too old for that now so that should just be forgotten in concert. I still like his voice, but ya know. So yeah, Damian, you're a good kid. One thing he's got goin' for him is he's a Manchester United fan and you can't go wrong there!
Umm, ok, Neil's song, "When You Wish Upon A Star", I'll stand by what I said earlier, that's just embarrassing and I don't think I could ever bring myself to listen to the whole thing, it isn't even on my iPod (Scrawny Ronnie). However, I really do like his voice anyways...even if he wasn't an original member but ya know, welcome aboard Neil!
I'm still totally against a woman singing on their CD's, especially singing a whole song by herself, I mean, hello, it's guys. I also find all this girl stuff in their concerts annoying, I mean, why can't they just sing normally without having to have all that goofy stuff goin' on?
Of course, I have nothing bad to say about Ryan, George, or Keith, seeing as they're my favorites.
Another thing I don't like about their concerts is the goofy choreography. Why they can't just stand there or just walk around on occasion is beyond me, but instead they have to be dramatic and, at times, goofy about it all. Oh, but on their first DVD, Damian sings "Young Love" (which I like:-D) and the other guys (save for George) do these kinds of goofy things that I find funny :) Well, Paul's a little odd, but that's one of the reasons we love him!
When they're performing "Caledonia" they have to do this really disturbing thing where they're singing the part "let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time". So, they're facing us and then they turn around and walk to the back of the stage and when they start singing that part they turn around to face us again and point at us....such a boy-band, disturbing thing to do! I especially feel sorry for George because he's like in his late 30's/early 40's (plus, he's so cool!) and a man of his age should not be forced to do that.
Anyways, yeah, they're nice peeps, I s'pose. I like 'em :)
Ok, well, there's that.

Seeing as I couldn't find a decent picture of the original 5 with Neil that I liked and then I couldn't find a picture of just Neil that I liked, this one will just have to do. L-R: Paul, Ryan, Keith, Damian, and George.

Tune in for my next post when I review 2 Hayley Westenra videos!

Side note:
God has blessed us with a gorgeous day today and lovely weather! It's breezy so it's a little chilly outside and the sky is just so beautiful! Anyone who has never seen Kentucky's AWESOME sky before MUST come and see it! Some days (like today), it's like you could just reach out and touch it! God is so Good!
If I had my camera I would take pictures and show you. Do you want to know WHY I don't have my camera??????!!!!! Well, I'll tell you:
So, we ordered it a few weeks ago and the peeps that sent it to the people that are going to send it to us sent the wrong color! They had to send it back and told us they would e-mail when THEY got the camera! Have we gotten an e-mail from them??? NNNOOOO!!!!!!!
Ya know what's cruel??? The other day I sent a message to Hayley Westenra on MySpace and the next day I got an e-mail from MySpace saying, "Someone sent you a message on MySpace" or something like that...so I go there, it was a message FROM MySpace! How cruel can ya get! The message hasn't even been read yet.

Anyways, ciao!

God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Why I Am A Manchester United Fan

2010-08-24T16:33:00.001-04:00

Howdy folks!
So, I have this British buddy on Twitter and he, too, is a huge United fan :-D Seeing as REAL Football isn't popular in America, he asked me why I am such a huge fan. Since there isn't enough room in the little Tweet box, I told him I would write a blog post about it for him!

Back in '07 (being 2007, not 1907, LOL!), one night Chris (my older brother) and I were trying to find something to watch on television so we were just flippin' through the channels and landed on Fox Soccer Channel and there was a game on. I think that game was actually Reading v. uuuuhhhh, some other team, lol. Because we were getting ready for bed, we couldn't watch the end so didn't know who won. The next day, Chris looked online to see the results and I believe it was a nil-nil draw, but I could be wrong.
Anyways, that got us interested in watching it. I don't quite know how we got to liking United (when we started liking them, we didn't know they were like the best team in the world, so that's not the reason we're fans of them) but they were soon our favorite team.
So, ya know, now we're huge Football fans. Unfortunately, Fox Soccer Channel is rather dumb now and we find all of the people on there annoying. We just find it very blech and wonder why they can't find anyone good to be on there 'cause it seems like none of these people even really know what they're talking about most of the time. Plus the fact that they use terms that are just stupid.
We do get Sky Sports News like three times a day so that's nice, but it's nothing like having it ALL the time where people are actually huge fans of the sport and know what they're talking about.
Chris and I are actually the only peeps in our fam who like it and Daddy still calls it Soccer, blech! That's another thing, it shouldn't be called Soccer because it is real Football...I mean, you actually use your foot, duh...unlike in the American 'football' where you use your hand most of the time! Anyways, moving on....
So yeah, I guess that kinda sums it up :)
We would love to able to go to England someday to see them play, but also because we just love England anyways, AND we want to get Pukka Pies :-D Don't see it happening anytime soon, but maybe someday, Lord willing.
We also love SerieA and La Liga Football.
Anyways, any questions????????????
I will now leave you with a song for the best team in the world:

I've had this video on here before but there's nothing wrong with putting it on again, seeing as this post is about United after all :-D

Laters peeps!
God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Piano Lesson :)

2010-08-13T23:23:00.000-04:00

Oh, hi there! How are you? Good!....that's great!...wow, that's wonderful!...so happy to hear that!....oh, I'm sorry...............well now, that was a little odd, then again, what else would one expect from me:)
I'll bet you have NO idea what I'm going to write about in this post!!
My 3rd piano lesson!! :-D
It's always been on a Wednesday at 2:00pm: however, since he's still in the midst of re-construction inside and all that, he had to postpone it to yesterday, and then today. We also had it at noon instead of 2. AND since he had to postpone it twice, we did an hour instead of half an hour.
First of all, Chris came with us this time and waited for me:-D My Grandpa had bought Chris a used guitar so he has been playing that and teaching himself a couple of songs. After the lesson, Chris and Piano Professor were talking about guitars and he said next week, he'll give Chris a 10 minute or so lesson for free! Also, Chris used to have a capo for his guitar but we don't know what happened to it so he asked Piano Professor how much his were. He said they were 15 dollars. We didn't have 15 dollars with us at the moment so he said that we could just take it and then pay for it later. He's so cool!
Ok, onto my lesson:
Last week, he gave me a music book. He told me it doesn't matter how much or how little I learned in the book, but to go at my own speed. Well, with Chris' help, I pretty much mastered the first 5 songs. (We almost have the 6th one mastered as well:-D).
I didn't think he would find that very impressive because I was sure that all of his other students had gone much further with their first lesson....I was wrong. He said I played them perfectly: that most of the time, people will just rush through them instead of counting the beats when you need to or whatever. (I'm kind of a perfectionist so I like to do things the way they're supposed to be done.....plus, I just love playing the piano and want to do it right:)).
He said the way I held my hands and everything was perfect, too. Here's the embarrassing part: he's going to order a book for me with hand/finger exercises that he hasn't ordered for a student before (at least not many, I don't remember what he said, lol) because he thinks I could be a great pianist by the way I move my fingers and all that! I was SHOCKED when he said that! I just assumed everyone else played the same way and there was nothing special about the way I played.
He also said, we're going to 'work on my ear' (lol, funny way to put it) because he thinks I COULD be pitch perfect....like him:) I guess, in time, we'll see. He did a little test on me: he played the first 3 notes of a song and told me to figure out what it was, I didn't know the first time, so he played again, still couldn't figure it out, he then added another note and I knew what it was:-D He also had me look away and he played a few keys and told me to play the ones he played. I was actually able to do it! Not the first time, mind you, it took me a couple of keys to get it right.
I know that I am not able to do any of this by myself, it is only by the Grace of God and Him working through me that I can do this. He is Awesome (in the true sense of the word, Meghan;))!
His timing is ALWAYS perfect! He gave us the piano right when the little store was opening, everything He does is amazing! What an Awesome God we serve!

Anyways, that's pretty much it for right now. I must get offa here pretty soon and get ready for bed.

Oh, real quick, exciting stuff! Mommy ordered a camera for me today!!!!!!!! Yummy! I can't wait till it comes! I'm considering asking my Piano Professor if he'll let me take a picture of him to put on here;)

Good night, peeps! Or good morning, top o' the mornin' to ya and all that:)

God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

I Love My Piano

2010-08-05T16:15:00.000-04:00

Yesterday, I had my second piano lesson and it was great! He gave me a beginners music book so I practiced that when we got home.
He told us that you can go online and find online metronomes so Chris found one for me:)
He brought the lap-top downstairs and set it on the piano and let it go while he counted the beat for me as I played my song. We had to do it several times because I kept messing up but he never said anything. There were a lot of laughs, surprise, surprise, lol. It's so sweet that he helps me with it. He's like my second music teacher. He also works for free, LOL!
Mommy and I forgot my teacher's name, lol, so we had to ask him, haha! I told him that since we forgot it, I've just been calling him the Piano Professor, he liked that. Mommy said, it made him stand up a little taller, hehe. He's so nice! He's friendly and likes to talk (which is good because I'm the same way).
Anyways....
While I was practicing my piano yesterday, I heard my phone ring (which is "Beautiful Ending" by Barlow Girl), so I ran upstairs and it was a text....from my oldest brother, Tommy :-D I thought that was so sweet! The other day, I called him and we kept breaking up so the third time I called him back, I just said that since we were breaking up so much to just give up on the conversation, lol. So, as always, we said 'love ya' and so on :)
Also, last night, Chris made some S'mores in the oven for him and me :) They were really good! A little while ago today, he made some more for Mommy, him, and me. Once again, they were tasty. We haven't had S'mores in forever! Of course, I'm sure they're better over a fire, but these were dang good :)

Ya know the bad thing about putting videos up on youtube.com? The stupid comments people write. I have three videos on there. One from FIFA'10 (a video game for those of you who do not know) and two I made at xtranormal.com. Mommy checked my e-mail this morning and someone left a comment on two of my videos and she read them before I did to see what they said and they were trash so she deleted them from my e-mail. I then went to my youtube and deleted them there without reading them. Some people are so stupid. Both videos involved Manchester United and Mommy said she guesses he doesn't like them....so yeah.

So ya know, lookin' forward to the coffee bein' done so Mommy and I can have some.
It's so cool, we have like an old-fashioned-ish coffee grinder so we grind our own coffee beans without the boring and extremely loud electric coffee grinders they have nowadays! We also use a percolator instead of a coffee maker :) Don't know if a percolator is old-fashioned but I LOVE doing things the old ways!
We do our laundry mostly the old-fashioned way, but we do use our dryer after things have been out on the line for awhile.
Oh! How I would love to live out in the country! Mommy tells us about how when you're in the country, the sky is just so full of stars and it's absolutely beautiful! We live in a stupid subdivision so we don't get to see that beauty. We, of course, do see stars, lol. Anyways, I'm really a country girl at heart and could never understand why someone would want to live in the city, but that's just me. In the country you can just run and run and run and it's so much better! I hope we can move further out there someday and have a farm, garden, all that good stuff!!!

Yummy :) Autumn-ish, farm-ish....home-ish.

I am thankful we like have a home though, lol.

Well now, that was a random post.

Ciao, meu amigos!!

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

July Blessings From God

2010-08-01T23:37:00.001-04:00

Ola, meu amigos:) I don't speak Portuguese, just to let you know.
I would like to tell you all about the exciting things that happened to me in July.
Early in the month, my Aunt Nana gave me her piano! She had been trying to sell it for awhile but couldn't so she gave it to us. I love it! Every time I walk by it I have to touch it :) It's so awesome to have something like this from my Aunt. It just makes it better because her sweet fingers touched it which makes it so special. I just like to sit there and play around (with my right hand, right now because that's all I can do, lol, my brother, Chris, calls me the 'one-handed wonder'), it's so wonderful!
As I said before, on the 10th, my cousin, Della, took me to an opera! It was "Otello", I absolutely loved it! It was great to go out to dinner and then to the opera with her. We had such a lovely time together!
Mommy took me shopping for my new out-fit to wear and Memaw paid for it :) One day when I get a new camera, you'll see me in my outfit :)
On the 17th, my bff/'sis' got married. We weren't able to go to her Wedding, but I loved hearing about it from her!
We also found me some piano lessons! Last Wednesday was my first lesson and I absolutely loved it!
The little music store opened like the day or so before my lesson. Mommy and I had seen the sign in the windows a few days before and she called and left a message. The next day the fella called her back and they chatted for awhile. Anyways, I'm really enjoying it. I can't wait for my lesson this week!
On the 29th, Mommy and I got to spend a little 'girls' day out', it was so fun! We got some hair things at Meijer and then went to Cracker Barrel for lunch! It was a really nice time and we were so happy that God blessed us with being able to do that! She truly is my very best friend!
Even though today is August first, I want to share what we did today as well :)
Today, Mommy, Chris, and I went out for a bit. First we went to Starbucks where Mommy and I got venti Cinnamon Dolce Lattes and Christ got a slice of pumpkin loaf. We then traveled through the parking lot over to the Family Christian Store. I went in to get Esterlyn's new CD "Call Out" but alas, the chick looked it up for me and they didn't have it :( She didn't even know who Esterlyn was!!! AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!! From there, we went to the grocery store and I went in to get lunch, which was fried chicken and Texas fries (I also got bagels but those aren't important to my story ;)). From there, we came home and watched an episode of "Foyle's War". After that, Daddy came home from work and blah, blah, blah. I made coffee for Mommy and me, so on, so on, so on. At about 9:40-ish or so tonight, Mommy, Chris, and I went out yet again. We went to UDF to get Daddy and me a milkshake (he got Cookies & Cream and I got Peanut Butter & Chip) then to Frisch's to get Mommy and Chris a Fudge Brownie uuhh somethin' or other, lol, and get the 4 of us sandwiches :) Oh, also, earlier tonight, Guitargirl and I were chatting online and she helped me put the new pages on my blog and add the Tweeter update on my sidebar :) She's so nice :) Isn't my Tweeter update thingy pretty?????? So, tell me, what do you think about my blog's new look?
Anyways, hopefully I can get Esterlyn's new CD soon and then I can tell you peeps about it :) In the meantime, why don't you go visit my Esterlyn fansite: www.weallneedesterlyn.webs.com :)
Oh, I also want to leave you with a video of one of my new favorite songs that Mommy got me likin': Gary Puckett and The Union Gap "Young Girl":

Hope you all are doing well!
God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Life Without A Computer

2010-07-19T13:25:00.000-04:00

Awhile ago, we had to go without a computer for awhile and I rather liked it. The only reason I like having a computer is my buddies :) I missed them bunches when we didn't have one!!!
I didn't get as much reading done as I thought I would but it was still nice to not have the temptation to get on the computer for hours doing absolutely nothing. Praise God, that hasn't happened this time.
I have noticed a change in myself that I rather like. For some reason ever since my cousin and I were blessed to go to the opera together, God has blessed me with the strength and energy to do things everyday that I only did on occasion before. So far, most every day I've made my family a treat of some sort and have made our meals most days, it's lovely! Right now I have some blueberry muffins in the oven (they don't know what they are yet;))! Surprising my family with little treats or making their meals or really doing anything for them is something I just LOVE!
I don't know what caused this change but I praise God for it! I know it is only because of Him that I can do these things.
I don't know, something feels different inside of me and I think it's a good thing.

I have laundry soaking right now but don't think I should take them out to the line today because we're supposed to have storms and sometimes it looks like we will and then it gets sunny so I don't want to chance it. I'm just going to ring them out best I can and throw 'em in the dryer!

In other news: on Saturday, my bff/'sis' got married!!! We weren't able to go to her wedding but I'm sure she looked beautiful! I can't wait to see pictures!
We always talked about going to each other's Weddings and I was sad that we weren't able to go but at the same time I tried to be ok because I was so happy for her and her new hubby :)
We of course hope to meet someday and we hope it will be soon, Lord willing.

We are now eating my blueberry muffins and they are quite good, if I do say so myself :)
Hope you all are having a wonderfully blessed day resting in the Lord!!

God bless and keep you all!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

My Cousin Took Me To An Opera!!!!!!

2010-07-15T13:44:00.002-04:00

In my last post I mentioned that my second cousin, Della, was taking to me an opera.....well, we went and it was totally awesome! We had such a wonderful time together.
First, we went out to dinner to a Chinese restaurant and it was absolutely divine! The people there are so nice. Since my cousin goes there so often and is on a first name basis with the owner, he gave me a heart-shaped plate:) So sweet! Both him and our waitress thought Della was my mom, lol. I got a Kobe Steak with vegetables and fried rice, sooooo good!
After we left the restaurant, we were on our way to the music hall when we ran into a TON of traffic! Oh my gosh, it was moving SO slow and I was so afraid we weren't going to make it there on time (Della told me later that she was afraid of the same thing) but Della found a way past the other cars to get off at a different exit and we got there with 13 minutes to spare and there were still plenty of people arriving after us, so it wasn't bad:) I was so thanking God when He got us there!
Once we got there (the place was so crowded and I had to keep up to stay close to Della, whilst running into other people....the only part that wasn't enjoyable, LOL!), we found our seats and they were in a great place! When the opera began I just kept thinking, "I can't believe I'm actually at an opera!". I was just so excited and still get excited when I think about it.
During the second intermission, we went to get some European chocolate (we didn't actually go to Europe though, lol) and it was divine!
I still can't stop thinking about all of it and never will forget it.
Such a lovely experience and I hope we can do it again sometime, Lord willing.
Our next adventure is to go to a Ballet together sometime, Lord willing! Can't wait for that either!
Anyway, that was our night. I really can't describe how wonderful it was, so I'll just keep it like this and if you have any questions, just ask and I might answer them depending upon what they are:p

Also, a few days before the opera, Mommy and I went out shopping for a new outfit for me (which Memaw bought because she's so sweet!), so we found a lovely black skirt at a store in the mall (we hate our mall), some totally cute black sandals at Payless, and a lovely cream colored scarf with silver specks in it!
The day before the opera, we went out to find a top and finally found the most beautiful top I've ever seen! We found it at Dress Barn.
We had also bought a new hairdryer which excited me, LOL! (It's the little things;)).
So, Mommy had curled my hair for me and I put on my new outfit and make-up then Daddy and Chris took me to Memaw and Grandpa's where Della was waiting to take me:)
As I told Mommy, Chris, and Della and have said on my Facebook, July 10th was the BEST day of my life!!!
I thank God that He blessed us with that time together. He is so Good!

Have a wonderful, blessed day and may you rest in God's abundant Love!!!
God bless and keep you and Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Hello! I'm Back!

2010-07-08T14:12:00.001-04:00

Howdy peeps! Yes, I have returned to the blogosphere:) Well, actually, we got back online on June 16th....ahem, anyways.
I am soooo amped because my second cousin is going to take me to an opera!!!!!
The day before yesterday, Mommy and I went shopping to buy me a new outfit (well, actually, Memaw is buying it, she's going to give us the money later, she's soooo sweet!!!). We found a totally cute black skirt (the first item of black clothing I own, lol) that has gold and silver around the bottom (whenever we get me a new camera I'll put pictures up on here wearing the full ensemble), cute black sandals, and a cream color scarf with silver specks in it! Tomorrow, Lord willing, we're going to go look for a top to complete the ensemble:)
So, when we were at the mall (we hate our mall, by the way, but go there if we absolutely have to), I saw all these girls hanging out with their friends and whatnot while it was just Mommy and me. Honestly, I would much rather go shopping with my Mommy than anyone else, if someday, I was to go shopping with friends, I would still want my Mommy to come and their Mom's too. I just don't understand why girls would choose friends over their own Mother's. My Mommy and I are best friends and love doing everything together! There are only 3 exceptions I make of who else I could shop with being: my Memaw (Mommy's Mommy), my Aunt Nana (Mommy's little sister) and my cousin Rachel (Daddy's niece).
Yes, I'm 20 years old and STILL grab my Mommy's hand when we go places. Laugh if you want, but that's just how close we are. (I hold my Daddy's hand too when he and I go places).
I know that someday, I'll have to go places on my own (like when I get married and my hubby is at work) but I'm going to enjoy the time God has blessed me with now to spend as much time with my Mommy as possible because she's my very best friend and I thank God for her always. She and I have never fought, there was never a reason for it.
She's such a wonderful example of God's Love and I can only hope to one day be at least half as awesome as she is.
She's totally the best Mommy in the whole world!
I guess one could say, I kind of have two Mommys though because I feel the same way about my Memaw. She, too, is a wonderful example of God's Love and I love spending time with her as much as possible. We're hoping to start up our painting lessons again soon for we both miss them so much! I am so much like my Mommy and Memaw and I love that! Being like them is like being like angels:) God has truly blessed me with the best ladies that I can look up to. They're both always there for me and are such blessings. I could never ask for better examples of God's Love, for they are the only ones.
Well, I've just thought of another lady that I love spending time with, my second cousin, Della, who is taking me to the opera:) She, too, is a wonderful example of God's Love...and she is another exception of who else I could go places with;)
We've only spent time together, just the two of us, once. Several weeks ago, when I helped her clean her house (which was a BLAST!) and that's when we discovered we both love opera and Ballet. She's been to some before and she told me that sometimes she will take me. She gets free or really good discounts on tickets sometimes. I was so amped when she e-mailed me and told me about the opera and invited me to come! We're both so looking forward to it! My Memaw said that her sister (Della's aunts) said, Della called her and was talking about the two of us going to the opera and said that she sounded as excited as a little girl:) That made me feel good that she would be so excited about spending time with me.

Today, I'm taking care of my 'invalids' (as I called them on Facebook;)). Mommy has Strep and Chris has a headache:( Of course, I want them to feel better, but I like taking care of them:)
I'm also hoping to get a few things done today, Lord willing, so we'll see how that goes.

My bff and 'sis', Monica, is getting married on the 17th but unfortunately, we will not be able to make it. I was heartbroken when Mommy told me. I couldn't bring myself to call Monica because I was so afraid she would be mad at me but I knew I had to tell her soon.
The other night, I texted her and asked her if when she has awhile to talk she would call me. So she called me later that night and I told her we weren't able to go and that I was afraid she would be mad at me. Guess what?? She wasn't, she totally understood. Yeah, she's awesome:) She had told me before in an e-mail that she was thinking after they got married, I could come up and stay with them sometimes over a weekend so hopefully I'll be able to do that sometime this year, Lord willing.

Anyways, before I go I would like to share with you this disturbing video of Manchester United players doing aerobics: Enjoy!

God bless and keep you! Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Temporary Farewell

2010-05-07T19:23:00.001-04:00

Ola! To my very few faithful readers, I'm sorry about not updating for awhile, just couldn't think of anything to write I suppose. So, what do I write now? 'goodbye'.
Not goodbye forever though. We are in the midst of getting ready for a yard sale tomorrow and hopefully moving soon. There have been some 'developments' of late that are kind of indicating a swift move so we'll see. The problem is we don't know where yet. Not out of the state (though my brother Chris and I wouldn't mind moving to England, particularly Manchester, but that's not gonna happen;)). Please pray for us with the moving thing and that we will do well with the yard sale tomorrow!
Exciting yet stressful Football weekend comin' up this weekend (not that my faithful readers really know what I'm talking about, but someone that comes across this here blog might know). Manchester United really need to beat Stoke City and Wigan Atheletic really need to beat Chelsea FC! You see, if that happens, then Man United win the league, so yeah.
I'm also happy because Inter Milan won the Coppa Italia and that totally rocks too, plus we're through to the Champion's League Final and it would be so awesome if we won that AND the Scudetto. If we won all that AND if United win the Premier League Title then it would be an AWESOME Football season:) Plus, United won the Carling Cup which is also AWESOME:)
In other news, Mommy ordered me a new phone and it's sooo cute because it's pink:) I love pink, pink is the best color in the world:)
We're supposed to have rain and thunderstorms tonight which makes me happy because I love thunderstorms!
Anyways, amigos, I should go now. Till next time, fare thee well.
Oh, I wanted to add a video real quick:

"Come On You Reds" by Status Quo:

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Hope Chest

2010-04-23T11:43:00.002-04:00

Howdy! To my faithful readers (though you be few, LOL!), I'm sorry I haven't written for awhile. Believe it or not, I keep meaning to write, but ya know.

Anyways, I have a temporary Hope Chest (I had to use a pink plastic box before, lol;)) and my friend, Meghan, wants to know what it looks like so I thought I would finally get around to posting some pictures of it;)
It's actually my Mommy's cedar chest but she told me I could use it until I have one of my own. I'm so excited because Chris is going to make me one sometime and that's so awesome!

So, here it is with nothing on it. Isn't it pretty??? And it smells divine!!

I just had to decorate it a bit because I don't like plain surfaces. So, I have a tea-set, a pretty box (it was actually a box for a travel coffee mug that my Mommy got me at the Family Christian Store awhile ago, but I thought it was soooo pretty that I just had to put it there!!), a hand-held fan that my 'sis', Monica, got me, a little blue dish, and one of my favorite porcelain dolls! Oh, they're all sitting on top of my pink baby blanket:)

Here's what the inside looks like.

My two babydolls that I took EVERYWHERE when I was little, Michelle and Chastity (though, their nicknames are Mitzy and Chaz)!! Yes, I gave them voices and they were my 'little sisters'. When my brothers and I were in school, Mommy would always have to take them with her wherever she went (though they didn't go in places with her) because I didn't want them to be home alone. Mitzy has a little bit of an eye problem as you can tell. She's one of those dolls that would close her eyes when you her laid her down, well something happened to them so Mommy and Chris once took "eye-drops" (superglue;)) to fix the problem. Oh, the stories I could tell!

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this little venture once again into my Hope Chest!

So, let's see if there's anything new with us. Monday-Thursday, Mommy, Chris, and I went to Memaw and Grandpa's everyday to do some work for them, which is always awesome just so we can be with them and they're always SO appreciative which totally makes it worthwhile! It's just so fun to be with them and awesome when we can see them so often! God has truly blessed us!

Chris had to use a power washer on their deck so we could paint it soon and it was a blessing that he finished it yesterday because it's raining today and is supposed to continue for like the next 4 days:) God is so Good!!

You all have a blessed day!

God bless!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Questionnaire

2010-04-05T19:53:00.001-04:00

Howdy! My friend, Sara, did this on her blog and I wanted to do it as well, so I stole it from her and am doing it :)

BIOLOGY
Are you right-handed or left-handed? Right

Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Nope.

What is the last heavy item you lifted? I don't know, probably a box wif stuff in it.

FOOD-OLGY
What is your salad dressing of choice? Ranch.

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Applebee's.

What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? Probably a romaine salad with cheddar cubes, cauliflower, broccoli, popcorn chicken, potato sticks, ranch dressing, and cherry tomatoes.

What are your pizza toppings of choice? Mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, black olives, and pepperoni.

What do you like to put on your toast? Butter and jelly.

RANDOM-OLOGY
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Nope.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? Lauren Grace

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? Probably.

DUMB-OLOGY
How many pairs of flip flops do you own? Nil.

Last time you had a run-in with the cops? Never had a run-in with cops.

Last person you talked to in person? Other than my family, the cashier dude and the bagger dude at Kroger.

Favorite Month? December.

CURRENT-OLOGY
Mood? Ya know.

What are you listening to? Birdies tweeting outside :)

Watching? Nothing.

Worrying about? My Mommy has had a bad headache for a few days :(

RANDOM-OLOGY
What’s the last movie you watched? Just finished watching "The Dark Knight" with Chris. I didn't see the very beginning, but I saw most of it.

Do you smile often? Lol, yes :)

Do you always answer your phone? Nope.

If you could change your eye color what would it be? Oooohh, I like my blue eyes :)

What flavor do you add to your drink at Starbucks? Umm, I'm not exactly sure how I'm supposed to answer this question, but I like Cinnamon Dolce Latte and sometimes add an extra shot of espresso :)

Do you own a digital camera? Yep!

Have you ever had a pet fish? Yes.

Favorite Christmas song? All of the songs on Mr. Bocelli's "My Christmas" :) No better versions of those songs than his, in my opinion :)

What’s on your wish list for your birthday? My Birthday was a few months ago so I don't have a list. Actually, I never do, just a list of things I'd like to do on my Birfday :)

Can you do push-ups? Don't think so.

Can you do a chin up? Unfortunately, no.

Do you have any saved texts? Not really saved, I just haven't cleaned out my inbox yet.

Ever been in a car wreck? We had a tree fall on our car once.

Do you have an accent? On occasion :p

What is the last song to make you cry? I don't know.

Plans tonight? We have to go to the grocery store and the library.

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? I don't think so.

Name 2 things you bought yesterday: 1. Nothing: 2. More nothing.

You ever been given roses? No, but my oldest brother, Tommy, gave me a little vase of flowers on my Birfday :)

Current hate right now? Manchester United loss to Chelsea FC (their second goal should NOT have stood!!).

Met someone who changed your life? I don't think 'changed my life', but made it better :)

What were you doing 12 AM last night? Hangin' out in the living room with my bro, Chris :)

What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I don't know. Chris had already turned on "The Dark Knight", so I just started watching that.

TECHNOLOGY
How many televisions are in your house? 3: one in Mommy and Daddy's room, one in the living room and a little one in my room that I really never use.

What color cell phone do you have? It's a boring silver-ish one but I put pretty sparkly jewels on it :)

What does the first text message in your inbox say and who sent it? "Happy Valentine's Day!!:) Xoxoxox", my friend, Katie :)

Who was the last person to call you? Haha! Meghan just now called me as soon as I got to this question!

Later....

Okie, I tag Mommy, Guitargirl, and Meghan....unless she already did it, then never mind ;)

God bless and pray for my Mommy 'cause she has a bad headache :(

Oh, also, God blessed us with an awesome thunderstorm today! After Mommy and I got back from the grocery store and I told her I would get the groceries (there were only a few bags) and my back and hair were all soaked!

K, gotta go!

Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

I Had A Cold/Questionnaire

2010-03-23T15:38:00.002-04:00

You know you're loved when your family miss the sound of your voice, lol. On the 12th, I lost my voice which was the beginning of a bad cold. Mommy and Chris were so bored because I couldn't talk and they didn't know what to do with themselves and were so thankful when I was able to talk again, lol.
At night time, Chris and I always hang together, he plays his game while we chat but because I couldn't talk he didn't know what to do and got sick of playing his game so turned it off and we watched something on television, don't remember what it was though.
They tell me I'm the life of the party ;) Chris also tells me I have the 'cool factor', lol.
Anyways, I'm pretty much over my cold now so that's awesome. It was kind of funny because Chris and I got a cold on the same day, however, mine was a lot worse than his. The worst part of it only lasted a couple of days, so that was good.
I thank God that I'm over my cold and I thank Him for the family and friends that He has blessed me with, 'cause they are so totally the BEST!!!
I'm glad to be over my cold and so are the rest of my family. Guitargirl is too so I can e-mail her again ;) Well, so are my other girls :)
Speaking of Guitargirl, she did a questionnaire on her blob so I decided to steal it from her and do it on my blob :)

Coffee or Tea? I like both but have coffee a lot more often than tea.

Do you have any animals? Nope.

Any news you'd like to share? I can talk again :)

What is your favorite flower? I have a lot of favorites.

Favorite day of the week? Sabbath.

What time did you get up this morning? Don't remember.

What is your favorite TV show? Premier League World, Avonlea, Father Brown, ???

What do you usually have for breakfast? Lol, nothing :p

What food do you dislike? Unfortunately....chocolate :(

Salty or sweet? Depends upon my mood.

What is your best quality? Hold on, let me ask Mommy.....she says compassion :)

What is your name? Katie Rebekah

What characteristic do you most despise? Arrogance, pride, selfishness (which makes one wonder why I like Cristiano Ronaldo, LOL!!), etc.

Anywhere in the world on vacation? England, Portugal, Ireland.

Are you organized? Yes.

What is your favorite song at the moment? "Cuando Me Enamoro" by Andrea Bocelli.

Where are you going to retire to? Ireland.

What is your birthstone? Garnet, I think.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? PINK!!!!

What is your favorite drink? Coffee, tea, water.

Favorite clothing? Long full skirts that turn around :) Long full dresses that turn around, lacy tops, baby-doll style tops, cowgirl boots, sandals...

Favorite restaurant? Applebee's.

What was your favorite toy as a child? Babydolls, a little play kitchen.

Chocolate or Vanilla? Now, vanilla.

What is under your bed? I don't know, a few little balls, lol.

What do you usually do in the evening? Ya know, stuff.

I tag Mommy, Meghan, and Sara.

I shall now leave you with a NEEDTOBREATHE video for their song "Hurricane" off of their latest CD "The Outsiders", which you need to go and purchase so you're not an outsider :p

God bless!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Question Thingy

2010-03-06T17:13:00.000-05:00

Hellooooo!
My friend, Sara, did this on her blog and I decided to do it as well because she's cool and I like to be like her :)

1. What's your favorite time of the day, and why? Afternoon because Mommy and I usually have coffee and it's just a calm time of day, really nice.

2. If health wasn't an issue, what food could you live off of? WATERMELON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Couldn't think of any unhealthy foods, lol.

3. If you could have one wish granted (besides wishing for more wishes), what would it be? That my loved ones would get everything they want.

4. What's one thing that you get teased about a lot? I can't think of anything.

5. If you could choose one movie, book, or TV show to spend your life in, which would you pick? What type of character would you be? I don't know. This is what I would want:
My favorite fiction book, "To Have and To Hold" (by Mary Johnston) to be made into a movie and I would play the main character's wife :)

6. If you could have one talent that you don't already have, what would it be? Ok, I don't want to be a professional Footballer but I would like to play like one just for fun, lol :)

7. If money were no object, where would you go on vacation? My brother, Chris, and I would go on a trip around the world :)

8. If you were an awesome singer, which genre would you sing? Classical (like Andrea Bocelli and Hayley Westenra).

9. If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree to one store, what would it be? Hobby Lobby, a professional kitchen store, Manchester United store, Inter Milan store, soccer.com....I can't choose just one Christian store because not one store has EVERYTHING I like, I have to get the stuff from different stores.

10. If you could live in any point in time, when would it be? 1800's

11. If every outfit in your wardrobe had to be one color, what would it be? PINK!

12. If you were one of the seven dwarves, which one would you be? (Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Happy, or Dopey) Ummm, none. I don't know the dwarves quite well and, to be honest, don't really care, lol.

13. What's the last album you listened to? I listened to Celtic Thunder's "It's Entertainment!", skipping through some of the songs, lol.

14. What's something we'd be surprised to know about you? I think it would be fun to play Football in the rain and mud, LOL!

I tag Mommy, Guitargirl, and Meghan :)

God bless!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Placemats & Earring Sets

2010-03-05T11:58:00.001-05:00

So I keep meaning to put a picture up here of the Birthday gift my friend, Meghan, gave me:)

They are place mats and they will go quite well with my decor someday as it will be all Victorian (if that's alright with my future hubby)!:

Sorry about the dark picture. They're soooo pretty!!!

Also, we have our own little ebay store where we sell some handmade things and some, well, not handmade things. Anyways, I make earrings and finally got around to taking pictures of them and Mommy put them up in our store. I had to be creative because I don't have the things that other people have to hang the earrings on, so here's what I did:

I took two little boxes, put pretty handkerchiefs on top so they would look pretty, put a pretty shiny pen sitting on top of the boxes, folded up a little white blanket and stuck it in the back there, and put all of that on top of my lap desk! It works so well!

I never really wrote with this pen because it's so thin and it wasn't very comfortable to hold and now it has a real purpose! God works in mysterious ways:)

They sit perfectly on the pen!

So yep, that's my little 'set' for my earrings:) What do you think??

God is soooo Good!!! He has blessed us with gorgeous weather! The sky is a clear blue, the sun is shining and it's not too cold outside, how wonderful!

"Praise God from Whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below, praise Him above ye Heavenly Host, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!"

I hope you all have a wonderful day, resting in the Lord!

God bless!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

CD Review: Celtic Thunder "It's Entertainment!"

2010-02-25T23:29:00.001-05:00

A couple or so weeks ago, I purchased Celtic Thunder's new CD "It's Entertainment!", but what it should really be called is "It's Embarrassment!" LOL! Most of the songs on this one are a few that have been popular within the past 30 years, so I don't really care for it.
Ya know, I always thought Celtic Thunder was supposed to be 5 Celtic guys singing Celtic music, but nooooo! Not only do they sing these goofy songs (save for "Amazing Grace"), there's a WOMAN that sings an entire song by herself! It's so weird.

Here are the track listings and how I feel about the songs:

1. "Home"-
Sung by Damian. I don't particularly care for this song, he kinda ruins it at times, to be honest. I've never heard the original but this is just blech.

2. "Life With You"-
Sung by George. I actually don't mind this song because I like all of his songs. He's got a really nice voice and sings this one wonderfully. Once again I've never heard the original of this one either, but I like his.

3. "Lough Swilly Railway"-
Instrumental (written by the producer or whoever he is, lol, Phil Coulter). This one is good, but it sounds too much like one of his other ones.

4. "Hallelujah"-
Sung by Keith, Ryan, and Neil (their guitarist). I actually do REALLY like this song. Their voices go so well together on this one and it's just really nice.

5. "Just Like Jesse James"-
Sung by Charley Bird (the WOMAN!). I really do not like this one at all. There should be no woman in Celtic Thunder. Even though she's not really in the group, that's not the point. In my opinion, no woman should sing on their songs or of course sing one by themselves. I only listened to it to see if any of the guys sang on it at all, nope! This song just needs to fall off the face of the earth, haha!

6. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry"-
Sung by Keith. I love this song, he sounds really nice on it and I think he was the perfect choice to sing it.

7. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"-
Sung by Ryan. This song is ok, Ryan definitely has the best voice suited for it. The 'd' word is said during the chorus, though, so that's not cool, but it's a strange song, lol.

8. "Doo Wacka Doo"-
Sung by *gulp* Paul. Oh gosh! Terrible, terrible, terrible!!! It's bad enough that they would put on such a goofy song but to have Paul sing it is a terrible mistake. He has a sort-of operatic voice that soooo does not fit the genre of the song.

9. "Amazing Grace"-
Sung by Keith, George, Ryan, Paul, Damian, (the original 5) and Neil. I really like their version, it's soft and Neil sounds pretty good with them. Nicely done.

10. "Hello Again"-
Sung by George. Once again, you can't really go wrong with a 'George song'. He has a really good voice and sings this song quite well. Granted I've never heard the original, but I don't have to :p

11. "When You Wish Upon A Star"-
Sung by Neil. To be perfectly honest with you all, I have never once heard this entire version. I was already embarrassed when I saw they sing it but then to hear a little bit of it....well, I just went to the next song. It was much too embarrassing and I really don't understand why they would chose that song, it's just weird! So, I can't give an honest rating for this one since I've never heard the whole thing and I don't know that I ever will, it's THAT embarrassing!

12. "Standing On The Corner"-
Sung by Damian. I don't like this song, it's weird. I don't like his voice on it. Mommy said that the way he sings it is how it is originally sung, but I think it's gotta sound better than his. Oh gosh, I actually just heard the first few seconds of the song on youtube.com and immediately enjoyed a LOT better than Damian's. He makes it annoying, if I'm to be truly critical here. Now, I'm going to tell you all that the very first time I heard Damian's voice, I was impressed and liked it a lot. It's still nice but he kind of, well, ruins the niceness of it.

13. "Surfer Medley"- ("Surf City/Fun, Fun, Fun/Surfin' USA")
Sung, of course, by Keith. I really like this song as well. I love how Keith sounds on it. In my own personal opinion, Keith should come out with his own Celtic music CD. I love his voice the best and just think he's the best out of all five of them. If I could convince him to come out with his own Celtic music CD, I would, 'cause, in my opinion, he needs to;)

14. "Sway"-
Sung by Paul. Don't really care for this song, it's a little weird actually.

15. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"-
Sung by Ryan. I really like this song a lot. He sings it wonderfully and I think he has the best voice suited for it as well. Very nice and smooth, it's a good one.

16. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"-
Sung by Keith, George, Ryan, Paul, Damian, and Neil. This song isn't bad. I like it better than U2's...then again I don't really like U2 anyways. It's a nice ending to the CD....hopefully, it is the end to Celtic Thunder's goofiness as well.
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Yes my friends, that is my opinion of Celtic Thunder's latest CD. Please don't get me wrong, I really do like them and actually LOVE their first 3 CD's, but this is a total letdown.
I've been a fan of them from day one and they totally let me down here, not cool. I'll keep supporting them, but I do so hope they get better from this stuff!

Cheers!

God bless!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

2010-02-23T14:24:00.000-05:00

First of all, everyone wish my Daddy a 'Happy Birthday!' because today is his Birthday :)

Second of all, I have some things to share :)

I do not know any guys right now and therefore have no prospects of a future husband but I would like to share my idea of a relationship with a guy.

Personally, I don't want to touch a guy (or him touch me) unless it's my future husband but after we're married. I haven't always felt this way until I read about Josh & Noelle Goforth not holding hands or touching each other until after they were married. I was so inspired by that and decided that's how I want to be.
I've always wanted a pair of pretty, lacy gloves to wear, but especially now for another reason: I once shook hands with a young guy and found it weird to touch him (not that he felt funny, lol) because I'm not used to doing that, so to have those dainty little gloves would be perfect.
I also totally believe in Courtship and praying for God's guidance, waiting for His timing, etc. There is only one man for me and God knows who he is and though it is hard at times, I have to trust Him.
I'm not saying it's easy for me to just say, "Ah, God knows who he is so I won't think about anyone else", because it isn't easy!
I think, as girls, it is quite easy to look at a guy and think "Wow! Is he attractive!" (which I do and Mommy can attest to that!) but extremely difficult to rid oneself of the thought. I've had goofy little crushes on guys before and still struggle with that even though there is only one man for me and I pray for him!
My Mommy and Guitargirl can totally attest to my goofy little crushes (one in particular)!
There is a post I wrote before about a 'certain guy' I liked and he doesn't even know I exist, plus he's in a different Country and I will most likely never meet him. I know nothing important about him anyway and don't think he is a Christian, I do not know for sure. Sometimes, I still struggle with that, too.
Anyway, I want to save EVERYTHING for my future husband...and AFTER we're married.
My single years are supposed to be a time of growth and preparation for being a wife and mommy someday and I don't want to waste this time daydreaming about falling in love, there is no point in it. It will happen in God's time and my daydreaming about it isn't going to rush the process, rather it'll make it feel that time is going so slow and that DEFINITELY doesn't help!
I know it's hard, but as daughters of the One and Only King, we must trust Him and pray.
We must pray for patience, for peace, a greater trust in Him, and pray for our future husband, whether or not we know who he is. We don't have to pray for him by name, God has known since before there was time who he is :) We must rest in that!
It's not easy, but with prayer and talking with our loved ones and asking them for prayer, telling them when we're having a hard time with it, it makes it a bit easier. It's always wonderful knowing that you have someone praying for you....one of the best feelings in the world!

God bless!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Painting #2

2010-02-22T11:44:00.001-05:00

Hey peeps,
As a couple of you folks know, I'm taking painting lessons from my Memaw. On Friday I finished my second painting so I would like to share it with you:

First of all, here is the original. It's a little Christmas card:

Here's mine:

Here is an up-close picture of my signature:

I rather like it actually. I think my little bird is cute, lol. Memaw loves my little doggie as well :) I know the little boy is wearing different colors on the card, but Memaw and I liked it this way.

Changing the subject:
Yesterday was a lovely day! God blessed us with gorgeous weather! It was like almost 50*f and sunny, oh it was so beautiful! The meteorologists said we were supposed to have rain all day but that didn't start until last night. It is raining today and it's cloudy and foggy but I like it :)

Laters!

God bless!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

My Hope Chest

2010-02-15T16:21:00.000-05:00

Howdy peeps! My friend, Meghan, has asked me to take pictures of the stuff in my Hope Chest, so I finally got around to doing it :)
I think it's very important for a young lady to have a Hope Chest, no matter her age. That way she can have things to decorate her house and have things for her kitchen and other things for her little ones someday. She can make her house feel like a home to her hubby and all who enter it. It's so much more special, I think, to decorate your house with your own handmade things and I think your hubby will like it too and feel special that you made it partly for him :)
Ok, let's start my little tour:
First we will start off with a few little toys that I played with as a child and wanted to save for my girls :)

REAL Polly Pockets!!!!

A little Precious Moments Nativity.

My baby spoon, lol.

A little Precious Moments doll. (I LOVE Precious Moments!).

One of my little critters I had as a baby :)

Kitchen items. There are bowls in bubble wrap and measuring spoons in bubble wrap. I didn't really want to fool with removing the bubble wrap and then putting it back. All the red things, my bff and 'sis', Monica gave me for this last Christmas :) Oh and then there's a pink rubber spatula and a rolling pin :)

Handkerchiefs and pink flour sacks.

A hand mirror from my Daddy's side of the family. It's old, lol, I can't remember who's it was. The fan my Mommy got when she went to Hawaii several years ago (before we ever came along ;)) and the afghan she made for my cousin Jeremy when he was a baby but never finished it.

My Above Rubies magazines. I always save an extra one when we get them and put it in my Hope Chest.

Journals that I filled up starting in '02. There are 10 of them.

Some stitcheries and a little quilt I have yet to start.

An apron Mommy and I made for me when I was a wee lass! (Hard to believe I was ever that tiny, lol!).

A dress Mommy made me when I was little. It's probably my favorite, I love the little jacket!

And another one.

And another one with a sash.

One more.

I'm hoping these will fit my girls someday :)

There were a few other little things, but one was in a taped little box and I didn't want to fool with that.

To tell you the truth, I don't have a Hope Chest. I have two plastic 'Hope Boxes'. I used to have a Hope Chest, but it kinda fell apart, so I need a new one :)

Ok, well I hope you enjoyed my little tour of my 'Hope Box'.

Goodbye for now!

God bless!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Ghostly Oil!

2010-02-12T23:14:00.000-05:00

S'goin on folkies? Ya know what's awesome? God blessed us with MORE deer in our backyard yesterday! I took some pictures:

That guy there was havin' a good ole time eatin' offa that branch, lol!

Chris and I actually saw 6 but I couldn't get all of them in the same picture. Anyways, it was so dang awesome!

Oh, I wanted to show a picture of my candle that my friend, Monica, gave me for Christmas all lit up, 'cause it's so dang purdy! :

I took some pictures at night too, but they don't look very good so this is one I took in the daytime :) Isn't it pretty????

I also made some Butterscotch Cookies and a Pecan Pie yesterday which are sooo dang good, lol! Here's some pictures:

Some of the cookies BEFORE the frosting.

Now, AFTER the frosting :)

My Pecan Pie:

Oh yyyyeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!!!

I was putting oil in a frying pan last night for chicken and had to take picture of it because it looked like a ghostly face, so I did, yes I'm weird....but we've known that all along ;)

It looked better before but I didn't have my camera ready.

A few weeks ago I got a package in the mail from my second cousin, Della (Mommy's cousin), it was a Birfday gift from her! I thought it was soooo sweet and I just LOVE it! :

She know-eth me so well! I can NEVER have too many journals!

So ya know, Mommy and I went out for awhile today and had a swell time. We went to Starbucks and we had to find my Celtic Thunder CD (which we found...I will post about that on a later date) and we also got some new tops which are sooo cute!

Anyways, I'll let you go now, so bye!

God bless!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

We Have LOTS of Snow!!

2010-02-09T12:42:00.001-05:00

So, what do you do on a weekend when you can't go anywhere because of snow? And it looks like this outside:

Well, first of all, you thank God for the beautiful snow!!
Then, you open your front door and see little birdie footprints and thank God for that cute little scene:

Plus, you have to make Apple Fritters for your brother because he has been wanting some and you love him so much :)

You also love your Daddy so much that you make him Sugar Cookies because he's been wanting cookies and he didn't really care for the Fritters:

On a night when you're going to have Cheeseburger Soup for supper you HAVE to make homemade white bread to go along with it because that's the best!:

(Before it's baked)

(After it's baked...and you forget to take a picture of both the loaves so after one is gone and the other has a few slices taken off of it, you take a picture of the remains)

Of course, you also love your Mommy so much, but she likes all the things you make :)

And that, my friends, is what you do on a glorious snowy weekend when you can't go anywhere. However, you should always praise the Lord no matter what!

Oh oh! I got a new CD the other day! It's Andrea Bocelli's "Amore" LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! (Even if he does sing a duet with Christina Aguilera and I don't like her voice but can bear it on that song).

Goodbye my friends!

God bless!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Happy Birthday Cristiano Ronaldo!

2010-02-05T16:28:00.001-05:00

Today is (obviously) Cristiano Ronaldo's Birthday. He turns 25:)

Cristiano plays for Real Madrid. He used to play for Manchester United but ya know, he left and that makes me sad:(
His full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, which, in English, is Christian Ronald of Saints Aveiro. Yeah, I think that's an awesome name!
He is Portuguese and grew up in Funchal, Madeira. Here's a picture of it:

Hmm, let's see if I can think of anything else that might be interesting.

He has won SEVERAL awards for being like the best player on the planet.

He's kind of funny and has a funny laugh, LOL! (I'll put up a video of that;)) (and no offense to him or anything;)).

Now onto the picture part where I will be sharing some of my favorite pictures of him:)

(Yeah, that's not disturbing, lol!)

This one is my all-time favorite picture of him!:

That's Sir Alex Ferguson with him, he's the manager of Manchester United.

K, I think that's enough pictures;) Now, I'll go find that video I promised you.

The second guy in the video is Nani, but you can hear Cristiano make a funny noise in the background.

Here's another video of him 'dancing' with the ball.

I do believe this is the longest Birthday post I've written for someone I don't know, lol!
Oh, he needs a cake!

I know he plays for Real Madrid now but I couldn't find a Real Madrid Birthday cake so this will have to do!

Ok, I just found a video of him singing, you GOTTA watch this, LOL!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRISTIANO RONALDO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laters!
God bless!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

We Have Snow Again :)

2010-01-26T15:04:00.000-05:00

Howdy peeps!
Hope you all are doing swell :) I know I am!
Is there anything new with me? No, not really. I've been 20 for 10 days now :-D
In a previous post of some sort, I said something about not wanting chocolate ever again and then told you I would tell you why.
The day after Christmas, Mommy and I went out for awhile and I felt terrible, felt like I was going to be sick at any moment. Earlier in the day I had eaten some chocolate cookies that were so good (at the time, now thinking about them, they're disgusting) and I don't know if I ate too many or what happened exactly. Anyways, that night while Mommy and I were out doing whatever it was we were doing, yes my friends, I got the sick in the car! It was, obviously, extremely disgusting, poor Mommy too. I don't really want to go into detail but let's just say it was ummm, definitely the 'last thing' I ate....plus, Mommy and I had gotten Peppermint Mocha Lattes from Starbies and now I don't want those again either.
I'm actually kind of thankful for it to be honest. Ever since then, I've only craved healthy food. God works in mysterious ways sometimes :)
In other news, I once again have a Facebook, so that's exciting stuff :)
Oh my friends, there were a few things that I wanted to write in my blob post but I cannot remember what they were, so I will get offa here now seeing as Chris and I have a Football game comin' on in about 1 minute, Fulham v Tottenham.
I would do my usual and look for a picture or somethin' but ya know.....ya know?
So, k bye!

God bless!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Oh Deer!

2010-01-20T15:15:00.002-05:00

A week or so ago, there were some deer in our backyard and I took some pictures. Yes, I know my title is lame, but ya know, oh well.

Mommy and I also saw some deer a few days later while we were out. I could really only get one good picture so here it is:

Bye-ee!

God bless!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

My Birfday Celebrations

2010-01-18T21:11:00.002-05:00

Hello people,

As some of you might know, my 20th Birfday was the 16th :) Oddly enough, it does kind of feel weird to be 20.
So, for my 'celebration', Tommy came over for a visit and he got me some lovely flowers and a really cute card! Observe:

Aren't they lovely???

Another view.

Isn't the card cute?

After awhile, Daddy decided he would take us all out for supper, but Tommy insisted he treat us :) We went to El Rio Grande and had a wonderful time together! It was kind of funny because we had a booth and Tommy, Chris, and I all sat on the same side (me squished in the middle, I wouldn't have had it any other way :)) and poor Chris was almost falling off the whole time! It was all good craic though!

The day before my Birfday, I got a package in the mail from my bff and 'sis' (which is what we always call each other :)), Monica, it was my Christmas gift. I told her I would like some things for my hope chest and this is what she got me:

Oh, they're just perfect!! I think they'll go well in my Victorian kitchen ;)

She also got me a lovely candle that smells divine!:

Oh, I wish you could smell it, it's lovely!

Umm, I guess maybe a week or so ago I also got, from amazon.com, a little pink camera case for, guess what??? My CAMERA! ;) Observe:

Isn't it cute?

Also, since I'm not eating chocolate anymore (at least that's how I feel about it now, more on that in another post ;)), we got a fruity sort of ice cream on my Birfday, on our way home from the restaurant. Whilst eating it, I picked up a spoonfull and HAD to take a picture of it! You'll see why:

Does anyone else but me think it looks like an eyeball??? Yeah, I'm sick ;)

One more thing. I have the sweetest Grandmas in the world! Ok, my Memaw is in Florida right now and my Mawmaw is still ya know, home. Yet, they got me the same Birfday cards! I did notice after a while that there was a slight difference (that being, one is pink, the other is purple), other than that they're exactly the same! I took pictures of 'em:

(I apologize for the pictures not being very good. I should've taken them in the daytime but, ya know, I didn't, so deal with it, lol;))!

God has blessed us with some awesome weather of late! About a week or so ago, I had looked to see what the weather would be like on my Birfday and saw that it was going to be like cloudy and in the 30's. However, it was actually like 44* and cloudy, might've rained too. Anyway, Chris had asked me what my ideal weather would be for my Birfday and I told him that was it. We're supposed to keep this nice weather for at least the next 10 days. On the 23rd and 24th, it's supposed to be a high of 53*!

Do you peeps like my background?? ;)

God bless!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Our Snow Is Almost Gone :(

2010-01-14T12:25:00.001-05:00

About a week or so ago, I got my Christmas gift from my friend, Meghan :) It's a scarf and I decided to, once again, have my stuffed animals model it. Brittany bear also modeled another scarf that I got from amazon.com. I got two other things from there, but it would've been weird if they modeled 'em so they didn't.

The scarf Meghan gave me, modeled by Meghan cat:

Now modeled by Brittany bear:

My other scarf from amazon.com modeled by Brittany bear:

It's a Portugal National Football Team scarf:

My other things I got:

"The Little Big Book of Ireland" and Hayley Westenra's Christmas CD "Winter Magic"

Oh yeah, two more days till my 20th Birfday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farewell!

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Happy Birthday, Alyssa Barlow!

2010-01-04T22:45:00.001-05:00

Yes, my friends, it is yet another 'Barlow Birthday'. Miss Alyssa Barlow turned 28 today (I didn't know she was that old, lol!) so I need to write about her. I realize I kind of left it to the last minute but I forgot about it until I e-mailed Guitargirl.
So, let's see, what can I say about Miss Lyssa:
She seems like a nice chick, she plays bass (not a 'bass fish', a 'bass (pronounced 'base') guitar'), piano, she sings, she might play other instrments about which I don't know, but I don't know.
She's the middle sister in the Christian girl band, Barlow Girl.
Umm, she's....golly, I really don't much about her or Becca.
Now we come to the picture part. This was actually really difficult 'cause I couldn't find many pictures of just her even though I did a google search. Anyway...
(none of these pictures were taken by me):

Of course, we need a bass guitar cake for the bass guitar playin' birthday girl!

Happy Birthday, Miss Lyssa!

Sheesh, I just looked back at my Birthday post for Becca and I didn't even give her a Birthday cake! Poor Becca :( Then again, I only found two pictures of Alyssa that I actually liked so I guess it's alright.

God bless!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Christmas

2009-12-30T15:32:00.001-05:00

We had a really good Christmas this year. It was Will's first Christmas and I took some awesomely adorable pictures of him!
So, Christmas Eve was spent at Mawmaw's, which was fun. My cousin, Rachel, and I spent the whole time together!! She's so fun to be with :) Christmas Day, we went to Mawmaw's first, where Rachel and I spent the whole time together again :) When we left there, we went to Memaw & Grandpa's and spent the rest of the day there where I spent most of my time with my little cousin, Randi Michelle, yet, I did not take any pictures for some reason.
Unfortunately, Tommy wasn't able to join us because he's sick :(
So, as I'm sure you've noticed, my background is now all pinky and Birthdayee, that is because my Birfday is in 17 days!!!! Woohoo!!!!
Ok, here are da pictures:

Will & me :) (The necklace I'm wearing, my cousin, Rachel, gave me for Christmas :))

Playing with his little turtle that we got him (I think his Daddy liked it, too, though I had to show him how it works, lol!).

Him and his Daddy playing with the turtle :)

Just looking around.

Rachel (his Aunt) feeding him.

I LOVE this picture!! So adorable!

He started playing with my camera.

His little finger :)

So cute!

Close up :)

Rachel and me.

With my Christmas money that I got from fam, I put some awesome stuff in our amazon.com shopping cart that we will hopefully be ordering soon :)

Ok, bye for now folks.

Grace be with you!

God bless!

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Prayers Please

2009-12-23T13:46:00.001-05:00

I'm asking for prayers for my second cousin (my Daddy's cousin), Mary Ann, she found out that she has breast cancer.
This year has brought a bundle of joy (being my cousin, Jennifer's baby boy, Will) and sorrow and pain to Daddy's family.
A few months ago, Mary Ann slipped in her kitchen and fell and shattered her knee. She hasn't been able to go anywhere or do much of anything by herself and now she has this, poor thing! She lives in Texas, I wish we could go there and take care of her, but we cannot. Of one thing she can be sure, she is covered with prayer.
Sometimes, life does not seem fair, but God is in control of all things. I know it's hard sometimes, but we must trust Him and look to the One, Lord Jesus Christ, Who took away the sin and shame of God's elect by dying on the cross and then rising again on the third day.
Without Christ, we are dead in our sins and tresspasses against God, but Christ died and rose again that God would have mercy on His elect and love them and save them from Hell, that they might live eternally with God.
God cannot love what is unrighteous, so He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to love us and die for us that we could live in Him.
Those of us who love God only love Him because He first loved us.
Without Christ, we are unrighteous and therefore God could not love us, but because Christ died for God's elect and rose again, defeating death, God can love His elect....and He does.
Not by our own works can we be saved, but by the shed blood of the Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
This Christmas season (and all throughout the year) remember Jesus Christ and why He came. If you are one of God's children, ponder and meditate upon His Love. We are unworthy of God's Love, yet He gave it to His elect, through His Son, Jesus Christ. What an Awesome (in the true sense of the word) God we serve!

Just a picture I took awhile ago when we had a storm rolling in.

Now, I must go and finish my coffee, for I have lots of goodies to make today. If I remember and have time, I might write another blob post later with pictures of all of the things we've made.

May God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Picture Post

2009-12-20T15:28:00.000-05:00

I have a lot of pictures that I want to put on here, 17, if I'm not mistaken, lol, so bear with me ;)

A book I was reading just because it's Christmas-y. It's romance stories and I don't like romance so I stopped reading it. There were 4 stories in it, and I only read two. The third one, I knew who she was going to marry in the very first paragraph, so that was it.

What I'm reading now: "To Have and To Hold" by Mary Johnston.

A list of books I want to get out of the library after the New Year. Books on those certain subjects.

What I was listening to, whilst reading and taking the pictures.

Chris moved my room around for me, so this is what it now looks like. No, my bed does not have bedding on it.

My little table with books and journals and other stuff...and a coffee from McDonald's :)

At Mawmaw's putting up her tree, with my Peppermint Mocha Latte from Starbucks!

An ornament my Daddy made when he was little! No one really knows what it is, I don't even think he does, lol ;)

Mawmaw's tree.

The angel on top. It was on my Daddy's tree when he was little :)

Another ornament my Daddy made when he was little. Once again, no one knows what it is, but we like it :)

An ornament my Pawpaw made when he was little!

A photograph of my Mawmaw and Pawpaw on their Wedding day. Sorry the picture isn't very good.

A book I got out from the library.

What I was listening to while looking through and reading the book.

I was also listening to it while making these:

Aren't they cute?? I think the little red ones look like Rudolphs :) I made them yesterday for Christmas. The Barlow Girls made them and Alyssa had a picture of them on her Twitter, mine aren't made like theirs were but I couldn't find round pretzels and anyway I think mine look cuter :)

Our lovely, uhhh, Christmas decoration that Chris did. Candy canes on a chandelier, hmm ;) I do like it :)

God has blessed us with some snow these past couple of days and there might be like an inch or so on the ground, I can't tell if it's still snowin, though. I haven't taken any pictures of it, maybe I will sometime today, I don't know. It takes so long ya know, so strenuous to take a picture, lol ;)

In the mean time, I'm watching an Inter Milan game now and we're up 1-nil in the 32nd minute :) The goal came in the 15th minute :)

Hope you all are having a blessed Sabbath!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas"

2009-12-19T13:14:00.001-05:00

The other day, Mommy got me Andrea Bocelli's new Christmas CD "My Christmas" and oh! how I love it!
For those of you who may not know, Andrea Bocelli is blind (he has been since he was 12 from a Football (Soccer) accident, though he never had good eyesight since birth), but oh my gosh! what a voice! There is so much passion and power in his voice. It is honestly a passion I have never heard in anyone else's voice, simply stunning. He also plays several instruments, God has certainly blessed him with spectacular talent!
His Christmas CD is the only one of his I have, but I might look into more sometime.
"My Christmas" is the perfect Christmas CD. In my opinion, buying it just for "Angels We Have Heard On High" is reason enough! Never have I heard such a passionate, glorious version of that song, my favorite ever! Of course, I LOVE every song on the album, but: WOW!
I've never been a huge fan of the song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" but Mr. Bocelli's version is wonderful! Best ever!
His Christmas CD is definitely one to add to your Christmas music collection!
Mr. Bocelli's "White Christmas" is unlike any I have ever heard, gorgeous. It's incredible to think of a man with no sight singing so passionately about something he will never see, I don't know how to describe it, but it's just, I think, inspiring. I always wish for a white Christmas but if I had it, would it be taken for granted? I know it seems silly to talk like this, but think about it: wishing for something you can see and someone singing about something they can never see, it's just spectacular.
Mr. Bocelli also sings "Jingle Bells" with The Muppets, that's another one of those songs that was never one of my favorites until he sang it. In my opinion, it's the best version ever!
"My Christmas" is the CD that put me in the Christmas-y mood this year (to read about my previous mood, scroll down to the post below).
I think I will conclude in saying: Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" is my very favorite Christmas CD ever (yes, even more so than Barlow Girl's!) and one, I think, should be added to everyone's Christmas music collection. I give it a 5/5 :)
This is what the cover of his CD looks like:

Here is a video I found on youtube.com of him singing "Angels We Have Heard On High":

Until next time, fare thee well!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Christmas Woes

2009-12-17T23:25:00.001-05:00

When I was little, Christmas was so exciting to me, the decorations, the gifts, seeing family, etc. The past few years have been different though. Yes, I still like the decorations and can't get enough of my family, but I haven't been excited about it for a few years.
In '06, I had myoclonic seizures practically all day, plus I had been pretty much dreading Christmas for some reason anyway. My Daddy's family, I don't think, noticed I was having them (even though, while sitting on the floor (which is where I always sit on Christmas) one threw me against the deck door), so that was good.
When we were going to open the gifts at my Mommy's parents' house, I just kept having them (back then we didn't know what they really were). Mommy, Daddy, Tommy, and Chris knew what I was doing but everyone else was asking me if I was ok. Mommy said I should go lay down for awhile, so I did and they slowed down a lot. What I didn't know until Mommy told me later was that my Uncle Randy also knew what I was doing and he went downstairs by himself and wept and prayed for me.
Since we didn't know what they were, we assumed they were tics so that's what Mommy told everyone. Oh! my Mommy's family were so sweet about it!
Christmas of '07 wasn't bad because we did attend a Church and everyone went carolling at a nursing home, which was nice, except my Mommy started having an allergy attack from a dog they had there and she and Chris went out to the car. She told me I could stay with everyone else, we weren't long though. So that Christmas wasn't bad.
Last year, I was all worried about something that I will not mention, but a few days before Christmas I talked to Mommy about it and the next day started feeling better.
I can't really say that I'm looking forward to this Christmas because I know it will be hard without Pawpaw and I just wish sometimes that we didn't have to go through it.
Why can't I focus on Jesus Christ? He is the Reason we celebrate.
Perhaps part of the reason is because we don't have a Church to attend anymore and I miss doing things with a Church family, especially around Christmas.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE doing things with my family but Mommy and Chris need friends.
Jesus Christ died that I might live and never die, to live eternally with Him, even though I am unworthy. Why should I be distressed about Christmas when it's all for Jesus?
There is yet another reason that just came to me as to why I don't feel Christmas-y: I used to have a little pink Christmas tree for Chris' and my room (not that Chris liked it but since I did, he didn't mind me putting it up), but don't have one anymore. My point is, what sounds like fun to me is putting up a little pink tree on a rainy or snowy night (preferably snowy, of course) listening to Christmas music, and drinking eggnog with rum, lol! (or as I like to say 'rum with eggnog';)). However, since I don't have one, I'm sure I'll get over it;) After all, it's not about the decorations either, only the Risen Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ!
Of course, three more of my favorite things are family, food,....and fudge, lol!

Ok, until next time, please enjoy this video I saw on youtube.com of NEEDTOBREATHE 'Elf Yourself':

Fare thee well!
Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Gifts From Guitargirl

2009-12-09T17:08:00.001-05:00

Last night, Mommy and I went out for a couple of hours, to Starbucks and then driving around looking for Christmas lights, we had a really nice time together. The only problem last night was going to Starbucks actually, lol. We decided to try their Eggnog Lattes so we got two venti lattes but didn't like 'em at all so were able to go through again and trade 'em for Peppermint Mochas. The girl wasn't overly nice about doing it, but it was alright. We LOVE the Peppermint Mochas so of course it was a lot better, lol!
Anyway, my awesome friend, Guitargirl, sent me my gift a little while ago and I got it yesterday and took pictures of what she gave me:) She went ahead and gave me my Birfday gift too, since it's next month. So, here are some pictures.

A scarf, a little Amish girl, a little white chocolate Christmas tree (to get back at me from when I sent her the Hannah Montana poster>:) (for those of you who do not know this about me, I REALLY do NOT like white chocolate, it's not even real chocolate!)), a Christmas card (which is, of course, none else but "A Christmas Story"!) and a Birfday card.

Here's one side of the purse:

and the other:

My cards:

What they say inside:

Brittany bear modeling my new stuff:

Anyway, there you have it!
It is soooo cold and windy and cloudy today, I love it! There were some snow flurries earlier but just a few and none of it stuck:( Hopefully we'll get some soon. To me, this weather is awesome and I thank the Lord for blessing us with it!

In other news, Inter Milan won today!!!!!!!! Yea! Woohoo! Wahooey! Glory! LOL! Go Inter! Oh, and Manchester United won yesterday!!!! Yea! Woohoo! Wahooey! Glory! LOL! Go United!

K, well, I gotsa get ready to go because Mommy and I have to go to the grocery store so, laters!

In the mean time, enjoy this video I saw on youtube.com of Seth Bolt from NEEDTOBREATHE sitting next to an elderly lady:

One of the funniest things I've ever seen!

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Interview With My Brother, Chris

2009-12-02T22:39:00.000-05:00

Howdy peeps!
I was wanting to write another post today but didn't know what to write so got the brilliant idea to interview my brother! Let us begin:

Me: So, how are you doing tonight?

Chris: (chuckles) Very good, thank you.

Me: What books are you reading right now?

Chris: (chuckles) I'm reading "The Cross of Christ" by John Stott, "The Great Work of The Gospel" by John (*searches for the correct spelling of his name and sees his picture* "Hmm, didn't know he looked like that") Ensor, and I'm also working my way through "Spurgeon's Sermons" and uhh,

*ahem, short intermission. Enjoy this picture of Charles Spurgeon.*

Ok folks, we're back:

Chris: "Christ Crucified: The Marrow of The Gospel In 72 Sermons On Isaiah 53" (me: On Isaiah what?-Chris: Isaiah 53: it's a chapter-me: Thank you!).

Me: Are you highly enjoying your books?

Chris: Uhh, yes.

Me: Dat is gooood yah. What are your favorite bands?

Chris: I like House of Heroes, Oasis, Sons of Korah, Andrew Peterson, even though I don't have their CD yet, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. Umm, Showbread, Thrice,

*another intermission as he goes to grab his iPod. Please enjoy this picture of Wilhelmus a Brackel:*

We're back:

Chris: Brave Saint Saturn, I reckon that's it.

Me: K. Umm, what's your favorite movie?

Chris: I have a couple different favorites.

Me: Well, tell the peeps what they are.

Chris: Ok. "Saving Private Ryan", "Black Hawk Down", "Luther", uhh, umm,

*bear with us folks, another intermission. Enjoy this picture of Martin Luther*

We're back.

Chris: "Shenandoah", "Touch of Evil", "Where Eagles Dare", "The Maltese Falcon", "Master & Commander", "Pork Chop Hill", "Battleground", "Sahara" (with Humphrey Bogart), and pretty much any Humphrey Bogart movie.

Me: What is your favorite food?

Chris: Uhh, I guess anything homemade.

Me: No way, that's always my answer, too.

Chris: Cool.

Me: Yes, yes, it is. What is your favorite sport?

Chris: Do you need to ask?

Me: It's for our adoring audience.

Chris: REAL Football.

Me: What is your favorite team?

Chris: I have two, A.C. Milan and Manchester United.

Me: Who is your favorite Footballer?

Chris: Well, I have a couple.

Me: Share them with us.

Chris: Uhh, Alexandre Pato, uhh, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, umm, Wayne Rooney, and uhh, Kaka, one more; we'll go with, Alessandro Nesta.

Me: Cool. What's your favorite fruit?

Chris: Uhh, the pineapple or strawberry.

Me: What is your favorite holiday?

Chris: Probably St. Patricks Day....not really, umm, well, I guess it'd be Christmas.

Me: What do you like to do?

Chris: Read, watch Football, play FIFA, listen to music, woodworking, play guitar, smoke my pipe on occasion. I went on a helicopter ride once and enjoyed it immensly. Hiking, work outside.

Me: What's your favorite show?

Chris: Show? Umm, now this is a tough question. Uhh, "Band of Brothers", History Channel, Military Channel, Fox Soccer Channel.

Me: What are your favorite songs?

Chris: Uhh, let me look at my iPod real quick, Mr. a Brackel (the name of his iPod). "Leave You Now" by House of Heroes, "Abide With Me" by Matthew Perryman Jones, "The Grace of My God" by Matt Giles, "Led To The Slaughter" by Red Letter, "Daylight" by Brave Saint Saturn, "Psalm 24" by Sons of Korah, "Jesus Paid It All" and "My Song Is Love Unknown" by Bob Kauflin and Together For The Gospel.

Me: Do you think Air1 and KLove are highly overrated?

Chris: Yeah.

Me: Yes, I totally agree. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Chris: Scotland.

Me: What is your favorite animal?

Chris: Turtles are pretty cool.

Me: What is your favorite season?

Chris: Autumn.

Me: Pirate or knight?

Chris: Knight.

Me: What is your favorite time of day and why?

Chris: Early morning, just because.

Me: If you had a dog, what would it's name be? and what kind would you want?

Chris: I guess I'd like a beagle. I'd probably name him, Spalatin.

Me: Cool. If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?

Chris: I'd buy myself a private plane. Umm, I'd build myself a huge library and fill it up with Puritan works. Uhh, I'd buy Mother a cookstove and a farm. I'd buy you everything you wanted. I'd buy Pap a bunch of Nebraska Cornhuskers stuff and a huge truck. I'd buy Tommy some land and I'd help him build a cabin on it. I'd give the rest away.

Me: What is your favorite weapon?

Chris: A bow...and arrows, of course.

Me: Country or city?

Chris: I don't know, I kinda like both.

Me: Rain, snow, or sun?

Chris: Sun, although I do like snow.

Me: Do you like Christmas trees?

Chris: They're ok, I guess.

Me: Palace or castle?

Chris: Castle.

Me: What is your favorite Christmas song?

Chris: Umm, well, I like "Little Drummer Boy" by Whiteheart. I also like "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel".

Me: Thank you to Chris and for everyone tuning in tonight. A very goodnight, good morning, or whatever where ever you are to you!

Chris: Sure, you little goofball.

Seeing as this interview was all about Chris, he has chosen a video he would like me to add, so here it is.
In A.C. Milan's game this past weekend, Klaas Jan Huntelaar came on in the 85th(?) minute and scored two goals within two minutes in added time (which was 3 minutes) to win the game 2-nil. Here are his goals that we found on youtube.com:

Later peeps, I hope you enjoyed this interview! I know I did :)

Grace be with you all!
God bless and keep you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

My Latest Creations

2009-12-01T22:24:00.002-05:00

I wanted to write a post but didn't really know what to write so after looking through a few pictures on our 'puter I was inspired!
I have some leftover yarn from things I've crocheted so decided to crochet a scarf and see if we could sell it on ebay or an online store Mommy is creating. However, I changed my mind and decided to give it as a gift to my friend and 'sis', Monica for Christmas.

Here it is in the works, but almost done.

Wouldn't ya know it? Brittany bear offered to model it for me:) What do ya think? It really is quite warm, she told me....no, not really, had you goin' though, didn't I?? It's kinda long (like the style is these days) so you can fold it over and pull it through. It is warm though.

As a couple people who read my blog know, my Memaw has been giving me painting lessons. She told me to choose the picture I wanted to paint and this is it:

Memaw said that it wouldn't be her choice for a first painting, lol, but if that's what I wanted then we'd do it. So, a couple of weeks ago we finished it:

There's mine.

There's my signature up-close.

Well, what do YOU think of my new creations? (No rude or mean comments, please).

Good night.

Grace be with you all!

God bless and keep you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Thanksgiving

2009-11-30T13:08:00.011-05:00

Hello folks. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Though, I imagine the people in other countries that don't celebrate it didn't have one;) I hope they're thankful anyway:)
Ours was lovely! We spent the day at Memaw and Grandpa's and I spent the whole time playing with my little 8 year old cousin Randi Michelle, which was a blast! She's such a cutie:)
Of course, no one in my family likes to have their pictures taken so I can't put up any pictures except of her and me. Mommy took a few pictures of Chris, but he wouldn't want me to put them up here, so I shan't. (This is why there are only pictures of myself and not my Mommy or brothers. My Daddy doesn't really mind too much;)).

We also put up and decorated their Christmas tree, so here are a couple of pictures of it:

Randi Michelle and me:)

And again.

Just Randi:)

Probably my favorite picture we took :) Grandpa, me, and Randi Michelle.

One more of Randi Michelle and me (with Grandpa in the background).

My Punkin Cheesecake!

Mommy's Sweet Tater Casserole without pecans.

Mommy's Sweet Tater Casserole with pecans. (She always has to make two because Daddy doesn't like pecans).

Now onto something else:
One of my favorite bands is Family Force 5. Well, today one of the members 'Fatty' was rushed to the hospital with kidney problems. His brother, 'Soul Glow Activatur' has been updating his Twitter all day and Fatty is doing a little better, but I would like you all to keep Fatty (who's real name is Joshua Olds; and Soul Glow's real name is Solomon Olds) in your prayers please. Thanks.

Good night or good morning or good evening or good whatever, depending upon where you live!

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

A Post From My Cousin, Randi Michelle

2009-11-26T17:33:00.001-05:00

hi what you doin'

Happy Birthday, Becca Barlow!!

2009-11-24T21:33:00.002-05:00

Yes, my friends, it's true, this is yet another Birthday post.
Miss Rebecca Barlow (Barlow Girl) turns 30 today!!!! Sheesh! LOL!
Unfortunately, I don't really know what to say about her because she seems kind of quiet and such so I don't know much about her.
However, she's the oldest sister in the Christian all girl band, Barlow Girl, she seems like a nice person, lol;) Nah, she is sweet, I'm sure. I don't think she sings much on their songs but she does have a sweet voice. She plays the guitar and that's all I can think of about the girl. Oh, wait, her favorite book of the Bible is Ecclesiastes. How do I know that? Because I asked her once, LOL! A few years ago they were on this Christian radio show called Total Axxess and Mommy called in for me to talk to them. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life (if you could hear it, you'd understand;) yes, it's true we recorded it on cassette tape;)), anyway, I asked the girls what their favorite book of the Bible was, just barely, 'cause I couldn't breathe very well, haha!
Anyway, let us now get to the picture part:

Happy Birthday, Miss Becca!
I know that wasn't much of a Birthday post, but there's only so much one can say about a person they don't know, lol!

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Tag From Guitargirl & Two "Happy Birthdays"

2009-11-17T22:44:00.011-05:00

Do you like to write? Yes!

Favourite Books? Look at my profile.

Do you compose music/write songs? Yes.

Do you like Poetry? Love it!

Loved someone so much who made you cry? Yes.

Broken a bone? Yes.

Been in a police car? Nope.

Been on a boat? Nope.

Fallen asleep at school? Nope.

Did you sing today? Nope.

KFC, Popeyes or Church's? KFC. I don't think I've ever been to Pop-Eyes.

Chick-a-flick or What-a-Burger? Ummmm, Chick-Fil-A :p

Starbucks or McCafe? STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

What's your favourite time of year? Autumn! I also like Christmas time though:)

Do you ever talk to yourself? Lol, yeah!

Do you have a favourite treat you like to buy on occasions? Not really. Mommy and I just like our Starbucks:)

Do you believe the Bible is the literal word of God and is infallible? Without a doubt.

What's your favourite sport? REAL Football.

What colour is your Ipod? Pink (of course!)!

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Can't pick just one place.

If you could go to any fictional place, where would you go? I can't think of any fictional places.

Do you love to write or do you just like writing? Or do you write at all? I LOVE writing!

What do you want to be when you a grown-up? "What do you want to be when you A grown-up?"???? Oi! I want to be a stay at home wife and mommy!

Favourite animal? Lion.

Favourite Song? Can't pick just one....no, wait, maybe "We All Need" by Esterlyn...no wait, NEEDTOBREATHE songs are great too....then again so are other Esterlyn songs!! Oh no! Oh well, I can't choose just one obviously;)

Do you like school? I'm not in school....so yeah, it's pretty nice, LOL!

Are you a people person? Because I'm getting the idea that you are! Hmm, maybe. I don't really know, let me ask my Mommy........she says, "Oh definitely!". K, there's your answer!

Do you like to talk? Not in a 'know-it-all' 'never-shut-up' kind of way, but yeah, I like to talk.

Favourite food? Anything homemade!

Hobbies? Pop on over to my profile!

Favourite Author? Idk.

Favourite weapon? Flamethrower, LOL!

Is this a fun tag or are you getting bored? Fun:)

Do you like Hannah Montana and all those girly people and movies like high school musical? NOT A CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!

What are you scared of? Temptation, being alone in the dark.

Favourite flower? Don't have a favorite.

Colour of your eyes? Blue:)

I tag Mommy and the ladies at My Simple Blessed Life.

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Now onto the Birthday part:)

Yesterday was one of my bff's 17th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Katie!!!!!!!!!! Let's see, what can I find for her:

I can't believe I'm putting a picture of these people on here, but one of her favorite bands is the Jonas Brothers, so here's a *gulp*...a....*gulp*...picture.....of....'em:

(Sorry, Katie, I can't hardly stand to have that on my blog, LOL, but this is for you m'dear!).

Okie doke, her favorite color is pink and she and I have this little 'heart' thing going at the end of our messages to each other, so I thought this would be perfect:

Here's a pretty pink cake for you, hun! Happy belated Birthday, Katie!!! Love you!

Now for the other Birthday person :)
Mr. Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha....or, Nani:)

Woohoo, Nani is 23 today!! Happy Birthday, Nani! Yeah, so I don't know him and in no way think he will visit my blog, but I wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday anyway. Nani plays for Manchester United....for now:'( (There's talk of him leaving soon, that makes me sad). He plays on the wing. He's Portuguese. Yeah, so I don't know much at all about the fella, but he's one of my VERY favorite Football players. He was believed to be the next Cristiano Ronaldo (for those of you that don't what or who I'm talking about...well, I don't know....just read on), but alas, he didn't have a very good season last year, and isn't really having a good one this season:( I just know he'll do better! But, ya know, who am I? No one's gonna listen to me when I say he should stay at United. I want him to stay, but it's not lookin' likely:( K, so yeah, I really like him and know he'll do better...no matter where he plays. Here are some pictures of him:)

I don't remember who that Arsenal player is behind him.

Doing his 'famous' celebration after he scored a goal:)

Here he is in the Portugal National Football team kit.

Here he is doing is celebration. Yeah, umm, don't pay attention to what the bottom of the video says. I mean don't click on it. I doubt it's trashy, but just don't click anyway, just incase. This is just to see him:)

A Manchester United Birthday cake! Happy Birthday, Nani!!!!!!!

Goodnight folks....or good morning...or good whatever...depending upon where you live!

Buh-bye....fare-thee-well...Au-Revior....Adeus...and all those other 'goodbyes' in different languages!!!!!!

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

The Best Brothers Ever!

2009-11-04T15:20:00.003-05:00

Howdy there, y'all!
I thought I would share a little bit of information about my brothers, as Tommy's Birthday was October 16th and Chris' was yesterday.
First of all, let me start off by saying, they are the BEST brothers in the whole world and I love 'em sooooo much!
Now, I can't really do them one at a time, seeing as there's a lot about them that is the same, so we'll just see how all this comes out.
They're very protective of me and have never, ever been mean to me. Growing up, we always enjoyed being together and playing little games together. To this day, we enjoy being together, even though Tommy is 25, Chris is 23, and I'm 19. They're two of my very best friends.
Tommy moved out last year and so I like to text him sometimes and enjoy talking to him on the phone. He doesn't mind when I text him either, indeed I think he likes it:)
Both of them can comfort quite well. They're strong, but gentle when they need to be.
One thing about Chris is that he's always liked holding my hand (for some reason, my hands have always been soft and warm, even though I don't do anything to them). If he and I are sitting next to each other watching something or whatever, he has to hold my hand.
Several years ago, I fell and broke my ankle. When we were at the hospital waiting to get my X-Rays, I had to sit in a wheelchair, of course, and then Chris was sitting next to me in a different chair, of course, and he held my hand. What other brother would hold his sister's hand?? Especially, out in public???!!!!
When Mommy and I are hurting or whatever, it hurts Chris so much, that sometimes he cries with us and he holds us. Tommy isn't really like that, he just holds us. It's not that Chris is weak or anything because he is very strong (as is Tommy), he's just different when it comes to things like that.
When Chris had his seizures, Tommy was the strong one. The rest of us were a mess and Tommy was the one saying, "It's ok" and all that. I obviously didn't know what was going on when I had mine, but I know that Chris cried with me and both he and Tommy were helping Mommy and Daddy.
Both of my boys (that's what I call them. Daddy is 'my boy' too:)) are gentlemen.
One time, a few years ago, Mommy, Daddy, Chris, and I were going into a little convenient store to get some snacks and there were these two guys outside arguing and cursing. Chris stood out there for a moment, telling the guys to watch their language because there were ladies around, he didn't say it calmly either. I heard one of the guys apologize and I thought, "Yep, that's my Chris".
They're always opening the door for Mommy and me, and keeping it open for any other lady that might come along. Anytime Mommy or I might drop something, if Chris is around he'll pick it up for us real quick, without giving us a chance.
Tommy and I are alike in many ways, but Mommy calls Chris and me her 'twins' sometimes because we're so much alike. There have been times when he and I say the same thing at the exact same time, sometimes all we have to do is look at each other and we know what the other is thinking about something. Someone can say something and he and I will look at each other because something we've thought or said before we're both thinking about it. We both like almost the same of everything. If one of us are down or having a bad day, we need only spend a little while together and we can make the other happy. If one of us have a headache or aren't feeling well, once again, we need only a little while together and even though we still might not feel well, we make the other one feel better. We love spending time together and dream about going to England, Italy, and Spain together to see Football games. It's not enough that we're both alike in so many ways, we both have Epilepsy!
Chris always says that Tommy and I have 'the cool factor', LOL! Chris is cool too though;)
When Tommy lived here, sometimes he would have to take me to the grocery store and we had fun just doing that. He would push the cart and pop it up on it's back wheels and push it around like that, LOL! Now, when Mommy, Chris, and I go out to go to the store or whatever, Chris will sometimes come in with me and we have fun too:)
So, you see, no matter what the three of us are doing together, even the littlest thing, we have fun together. We also know each other quite well, having been homeschooled for most of our schooling and spending so much time together.
The three of us also love all the old-fashioned ways (we get that from Mommy), though we do appreciate computers and iPods. Chris isn't a phone talker at all, but phones are a good thing;)
I would post a picture of my brothers, but they don't want me to, so I'm not gonna.
Yes, so I have the best brothers in the whole entire universe and I am so thankful for them! My life wouldn't be the same without 'em:)

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAYS TOMMY & CHRIS!!!!!!!
Love you both soooooo much!!!!!!

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

My CD's

2009-10-25T15:30:00.005-04:00

Hey there peeps!
It occurred to me the other day that I never did tell you all what my CD's are, so here ye be. I'll be starting from the top left.

1. "Valley of Vision" (Sovereign Grace music)
2. The Swift
3. Superchick
4. Starfield
5. Sovereign Grace
6. Scottish...uuuhh somethin' or other "Psalms"
7. Sanctus Real
8. Sanctus Real (I don't remember the names of either one)
(2nd line, starting on the left)
9. Relient K "The Bird and The Beesides"
10. Relient K Christmas
11. Red
12. Rebecca St. James (a live CD, I don't remember the name of it and can't see it well in the picture).
13. Rebecca St. James "Live Worship"
14. Rebecca St. James "Worship God"
15. Rebecca St. James "If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something"
16. Rebecca St. James "Pray"
17. Point Of Grace (some Christmas CD, don't remember the name of that one either).
18. Point Of Grace "How You Live" (I had all of their CD's at one time but ya know, don't anymore. Chris did burn my favorite songs on CD's for me).
19. Philmont "Attention"
20. NEEDTOBREATHE "Daylight"
21. NEEDTOBREATHE "The Heat"
22. "Muppet Christmas Carol" soundtrack
23. Mainstay "Become Who You Are"
24. Mainstay "Well Meaning Fiction"
25. Leeland (once again, don't remember the name of it).
26. Krystal Meyers (don't remember the name)
27. Krystal Meyers
28. Jump5 "Rock This Christmas" (autographed. I never met them, Mommy pre-ordered it for me when it came out).
29. Jump5 (their last one, don't remember the name of it)
30. Jump5 "Accelerate"
31. Jump5 "All The Time In The World"
32. Jump5 (go ahead and laugh, Guitargirl, but I don't listen to them anymore:p)
33. Josh Groban "Noel"
34. John Catchings
35. Jessie Daniels (haven't listened to that one for a long time either)
36. Jake
37. Jake "Army of Love"
38. Hayley Westenra "Pure"
39. Hayley Westenra"Odyssey"
40. Hayley Westenra "Celtic Treasure"
41. The Fold "This Too Shall Pass"
42. Falling Up "Captiva"
43. Family Force 5 "Business Up Front, Party In The Back (Diamond Edition)"
44. Family Force 5 "Dance Or Die With A Vengeance"
45. Family Force 5 "Dance Or Die"
46. Everlife
47. Everlife (don't know if those two have titles)
48. Downhere "Ending Is Beginning" (I think, lol)
49. Downhere "So Much For Substitutes"
50. Detour 180
51. Celtic Thunder "Take Me Home"
52. Celtic Thunder "Act Two"
53. Celtic Thunder
54. Carrie Underwood "Some Hearts"
55. Carrie Underwood "Carnival Ride" (I think)
56. Capital Lights "This Is An Outrage!"
57. Bethany Dillon "Imagination"
58. Bethany Dillon
59. Bethany Dillon "Waking Up"
60. Barlow Girl "Another Journal Entry: Expanded Edition"
61. Barlow Girl
62. Barlow Girl "How Can We Be Silent"
63. Barlow Girl "Love & War"
64. Barlow Girl "Home For Christmas"
65. Article One "Colors and Sounds" (Guitargirl got that for me, the CD is autographed:))

Since then, I have:
Family Force 5 Christmas Pageant
NEEDTOBREATHE "The Outsiders" (not the physical copy though)
All the bands are sorted in alphabetical order and then by my favorite CD's of theirs.
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Now onto some depressing news: Manchester United lost to Liverpool today:( That's all.

Bye folks!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

MakeShift3

2009-10-22T16:21:00.006-04:00

I am friends with this band on MySpace called MakeShift3 (they're really good and you should give them a listen to. You can get their CD's at their MySpace for 3.99 each!) and they wrote me this long message and asked my opinion about it and this is the answer I gave them. I know it's long, so it's up to you to read it but I would appreciate it if you would.
So they asked me about being a Christian band instead of a secular band as Christians, this is my answer to them (they also asked me other stuff that's why this is so long and not all about that one question):
If we look at Thrice, they're not a Christian band but the lead singer is a Christian and sometimes the lyrics in their songs are more Biblical than many Christian bands (not speaking of any one band in particular). I'm not saying every Christian band should go secular, unless, of course, God leads them to do so.
To be a secular band instead of a Christian band should never be about money. As Christians we are to spread the Love of Jesus Christ in any way possible. It's not about how we do it, it's about actually doing it. We were not put here to make money or be famous or anything like that, we were put here to love God and to spread His Word with others that do not know Him, not everyone will be saved, but that doesn't mean we should give up and just not do anything about it. God has ordained who will and who won't be saved, (For He says to Moses, "I will have on mercy on whom I have mercy , and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion": Romans 9:15) no Christian wants a loved one to go to Hell and we can do everything we can to try to save them, but it is not up to us. (I am not in any way taking that lightly). Jesus Christ died for God's elect (And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.-Matthew 24:22: For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.-Matthew 24:24: And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.-Matthew 24:31: And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?-Luke 18:7: Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.-Romans 8:33: though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—-Romans 9:11: Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.-2 Timothy 2:10) and He calls us to be His disciples, to share the Gospel. We are not here for our own glory, but to glorify God in all that we do (So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.-1 Corinthians 10:31). All of us were conceived and born in sin, there is only one way to be saved, through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ, but we can only be God's if He first loved us. You and I love God because He first loved us. We were dead in our sin and trespasses and yet God had compassion on us, not because of our works, but because of Jesus' shed Blood. Because of Him we can come to the Father in prayer, because of Him we were made Righteous. We cannont come to God unless Jesus intercedes for us and He will not unless we are saved (which, again, is not our choice). Isn't it awesome (in the true sense of the word) to be able to come to God because of Christ? As Christians, we are to be examples of God's abundant and beautiful love He has bestowed upon us, even to fellow Christians. God is Love, none can have real love unless God is in them, but we do not come to Christ on our own, God calls His elect to come to Him, in any way He so chooses. I long for my life to be a living sacrifice to Him and to have no glory saved for myself, He is deserving of ALL glory. God has ordained everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen all before there was time. He is Almighty, Awesome, Omnipresent, knowing all. Without Him we would have no life, without Christ we would be dead. Praise to be to God for giving us life to live forever with Him in eternity! Praise be to Him that we are not living dead. We are all unworthy of His love, by no work of ours can we be saved, it is all in Christ. Yes, non-Christians are living, but they are not living alive. Saying all of that, I am in no way saying that any of us is better than another, there is only One Perfect One, Jesus Christ. I am the worst of sinners and yet God loves me, a lowly, despicable being. The Lord of all loves me, those words are way beyond comprehension. Sometimes, I think about the whole universe and how God created it and He is so much bigger than all of that (unfortunately, not enough times), how Holy and Beautiful He is, how Majestic and Almighty, and then think of me....little old me, who am I that God would love me so much to send His Son, Holy, Spotless Lamb, One who knew no sin and then died as a sinner so I could have life and have it in abundance in Him, who am I? No one.
Yes, most of the time, as a Christian, life is not perfect, but Jesus Christ never said it would be easy, just that He would be with us through everything.
Sometimes, it is very hard to believe those words, but God's Word is TRUTH and we must pray for the grace to soak in and believe those Holy Words.
On June 16th of this year, my Pawpaw passed away and I don't know if he was a Christian. Oh, I always think, if only I would've witnessed more to him about the Love of God, but I didn't. You know why? Because I was afraid, I was afraid he would be angry with me, I'm not even entirely sure that I even knew exactly how to. You can't just go up to a person and say, "God loves you." because you don't know if He really does, you have to show them God's Word, you have to pray for God to speak through you and then pray for the person to whom you are speaking, God is in control. There is nothing we can do on our own. I remember the day he passed away, all I thought was, "Was he saved? Where is he?", I could cry just thinking about that. I love him and miss him so much.

(Unfortunately, MySpace doesn't have spell-checks so I just re-read this with the spell-check and I messed up a couple words, oi, how embarrssing! I'm really particular about that sort of thing.)
I do not want to start a debate or anything, I am just giving my own opinion. I hope to not offend anyone either.

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

NEEDTOBREATHE

2009-10-16T22:28:00.003-04:00

I've never gotten a CD before that the songs are exactly what I need to hear at a certain time of my life even if some of them don't apply to me at all. However, NEEDTOBREATHE's CD "The Outsiders" is different. Although some of the songs aren't applicable to me at all, they're still just perfect.
The songs God has used to speak to me the most are as follows:
"Through Smoke"
"Lay 'em Down"
"Garden"
"These Hard Times" (that's the main song)
"Something Beautiful"
"Let Us Love" and one I just love even if the lyrics don't apply to me,
"Valley of Tomorrow"
Not exactly sure why "Valley of Tomorrow" but it's just an awesome song.
You know, it's funny, something that just occurred to me is that on all 3 of their CD's there have been songs that were just what I needed to hear, even still when I listen to them, they're the right words.
There's just something about NEEDTOBREATHE that's different, in a good way, of course, than any other band, in my opinion. Their lyrics, sound, Bear's voice, it all just works perfectly. God has certainly blessed them with wonderful gifts and talent. It seems every time I got their CD's I loved them even more. In my opinion, "The Outsiders" is their best yet!
If you don't have any of their CD's or have never even heard their music, I highly encourage you to listen to them, they're just so dang great!
My favorite bands are Family Force 5 and Esterlyn, now NEEDTOBREATHE are definitely up there with them.
Thank you Bear, Bo, Seth, and Joe for blessing us with your awesome music and wonderful lyrics!
(I don't really think they'll read this, but why not say it anyway, aye?).

(Oh gosh, Guitargirl, look at Bear!!!!! LOL! Unfortunately, we don't see Seth's teeth, haha!!) Ya know, I really wanted to keep this serious, but I just had to put that in there for Guitargirl:)

Onto other news, someone got Family Force 5's Christmas CD yesterday and that someone loves it and thinks everyone should go out and get it, that someone is also me:) Yes folks, it rocks, go get it!

Tharrrr's da covarrr of da CD!

Today was my brother, Tommy's, 25th Birthday so he came over here and we made him supper, we also bought a pre-made apple pie at the grocery store, there's a reason I didn't make one, but I'm not going to say. We had a good time with him, we always do!

Good night, peeps!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Churros & Hot Chocolate Recipe

2009-10-06T14:11:00.003-04:00

Here's the recipe for the Churros and Hot Chocolate (hence the title of the post;)).

Churros:

8 cups vegetable or olive oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional

Hot Chocolate:

4 ounces dark chocolate
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon cornstarch
4 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Churros: 8 cups vegetable or olive oil 1 cup water 1/2 cup margarine or butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 3 eggs 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional

Hot Chocolate: 4 ounces dark chocolate 2 cups milk 1 tablespoon cornstarch 4 tablespoons sugar

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan to 360 degrees F.

To make the churro dough, heat the water, margarine, and salt to a rolling boil in a 3-quart saucepan. Add the flour and stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, approximately 1 minute and remove from heat. Beat eggs until smooth and add to the saucepan while stirring the mixture.

Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a star tip. Squeeze 4-inch strips of dough into the hot oil. Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and roll the churros in the sugar mixture. Set aside until ready to serve.

To prepare the hot chocolate for dipping, place the chocolate and half the milk in a saucepan over very low heat and cook, stirring, until the chocolate has melted. Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining milk and whisk into the chocolate with the sugar. Cook on low heat, whisking constantly until the chocolate thickens, approximately 5 minutes. Remove and whisk until smooth. Pour chocolate into cups and serve with churros.

If anyone has a stupid stove like we do, you'll probably have to whisk it for like 15 or so minutes, lol;)

Anyway, seeing as how I can't think of anything else to say at the moment, I'll just leave you a video of NEEDTOBREATHE's new song "Lay 'Em Down". The song is off their new CD "The Outsiders", hope you enjoy!

Have a blessed day!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Bekah

Hot Chocolate

2009-10-05T23:16:00.004-04:00

For those of you that don't know me, I LOVE chocolate, just love it! I make a very good (if I do say so myself) hot cocoa! Well, actually what I do is either use Nesquick in hot milk or homemade hot cocoa mix in hot water and then my part is.....the toppings! Observe:

This is Mommy's cup, running over, that's the best way to have it! It has a layer of marshmallows, homemade whipped cream, mini chocolate chips, freshly ground cinnamon, freshly ground nutmeg!

This is just a close up.

Here's mine, it's the same thing but not as running over-ish, lol!

Here's a close-ish up pic of it.

Now, to a hot chocolate that I didn't come up with, but now love! Chris and I were watching the Travel Channel the other day and Samantha Brown was in Madrid, Spain and this is one of the delicious things she got! I unintentionally found the recipe online. Of course, mine doesn't look near as good as the one she got and it most likely isn't as good, but it was still tasty nonetheless. Let me go look for a picture of the real thing online! Here we go:

Doesn't that look delicious????? I don't know whose hand that is by the way;)

Here's mine:
I know it looks kind of pitiful compared to the real thing, but it was good:)

Anyway, that's my Madrid-y hot chocolate and churros! Of course, Chris and I want to go there someday so we'll still have to get it;)
Oh, another thing about my first hot chocolate, I also like to put ice cream in it sometimes, like mint chocolate chip.
I'll give the recipe I used for this one soon, I need to go to bed now:)

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Bekah