A new day and a new year ...(almost) :D

Wow.  I'm really excited about my blog.  I never thought I would be a blogger, but here I go and what a great time to start!  The purpose of my blog is to share what I've been doing and what God has been teaching me ever so patiently!  :)  This is my life and hopefully it will inspire someone else along the way.  :)

Over this Christmas break, I have logged more hours than I should have on Pinterest, but it definitely hasn't been wasted.  I've been blessed with the time off and so I've been trying to be productive by trying new recipes, meal planning, changing the decor in my house, reading as many books as possible, working out on the eliptical, planning out a garden for the backyard and also I started painting!!  The picture on the background of my blog is one of my first paintings.  I love it and it is now hanging in our bedroom.  I don't know what it is, but I just LOVE it and I am so glad that I reached out in faith and tried something new.

My first piece...

My second piece...

I've found that the canvas for painting is so expensive so a friend and I went thrift store shopping and found some old canvas paintings for 25 cents.  She had the great idea of just painting over them.  At first I felt bad painting over someone's work, but then as I thought more about it, I decided that if my work ended up in a thrift store for 25 cents I would be okay with someone repurposing it instead of it ending up in the trash. 

Tomorrow I plan to post some recipes that I've been experimenting with and are BONUS...husband approved :)