Well. This is me saying goodbye for a week or so. I will be going to my grandma's and they don't have internet. So yes! Although I don't think any of YOU will be able to tell the difference since I don't get a chance to go on very often in the first place. But! I will come back with my sewing projects! Hopefully ALL of them will be finished. And I hope you guys are interested in seeing them. well it's about time to eat then leave for church! Then I'm off to Grandma's house! I'll see you guys(and post) in a week.

#*Eudoxia*#

My sewing.

 Well I have gotten very into sewing lately.  With embroidery. Hemming and fixing the family's clothes, and darning. But also I am very into (or as Katie would say "obsessed") with the 19th century. or, the 1800's. or even more specifically, the Regency era. you know, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. (I haven't seen or read Mansfield Park yet.) Mostly Jane Austen. Though I really like Jane Eyre as well. Anyway. with both those things. I am now making three Regency era dresses. and Two jackets, and some )I do not know how many yet) Bonnets. Like I said. Katie would say I was obsessed. so I have bought patterns and fabric for two dresses, and most of the fabric for the jacket. I still need the lining fabric and the clasps. any way here are some picture of what I'm doing.

These are the dress patterns that I'm using. two of the right simple one, and one of the left fancy one. but I'm going to do some changes. (I'm only going to do the two latter at first.) So, I'm going to use only the bodice of the fancy one on both I think.. well maybe I'll do one of each. but I'm going to have that, one long sleeved, one short sleeved. maybe I'll mix them. have the one with long sleeves, and the bodice of the left dress, and the dress with short sleeves, have the bodice of the right hand side dress... hmmm. Does that sound good?

And these are the Bonnet patterns that I just bought. I'm hoping to get them in the mail tomorrow. i think I shall make one of the top left. one of the top right, and one of the bottom left. it looks like the bottom two are virtually the same. and I have no idea yet what colours I'm using,( my spelling weird is art of my fascination with England and the Regency era. I also spell favorite Favourite.) so yes. Maybe I'll do one a medium brown, one a light red. not pink though. and... I have no idea what I'll do the other one. I'm just guessing here. I have to look at the fabrics before I can decide.







And... Here, I have the "Spencer Jacket". I have a dark brown Linen. it's pretty simple. and I do not know which kind of clasps I'll use. I don't like frogs though. they're to hard and take too long to clasp. so I'm using the middle pattern. but I'm going to have a long bottom like the one on the far right. so yea. Like I said pretty simple.












and that is about it. I have a wonderful grandma who is going to help me. =D I'm not nearly smart enough to do it on my own. though I might be able to do the bonnets on my own. but I don't know. they look difficult to me.   and I think I shall change my alias to.... Elinor Bennet. you know a cross between Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. well good night!

Things about me! about. 21. =D

Well I got the inspiration from facebook. most of my friends have a 25 or more things about me post. so I'm doing this. enjoy??

1: ummm. I like 80's and 70's music. like the BeeGee's and the Beatles. and REO speed wagon.. oh and ELO.
2: I LOVE!!! to draw. but I'm not very good at it. I am best at pencil drawings. and copying other people's art.
3: I can not stand smacking or talking in movies. although I think i do that latter way too often.
4:My favorite accent is British. of course it's also the easiest. but I really want to perfect it!
5: I am fascinated with the 19th century, England. I'm making 3 dresses. and use candles, dipping pens, and sealing wax. =P
6:my absolute favorite TV show is Psych! if you haven't seen it you should try it out!
7:I am fascinated with cars. but I really don't know much about them.
8: I'm also fascinated with gun.s but like cars, I don't really know anything about them.
9:I love skinny jeans! But why are they so expensive?
10:I have played the piano for about 7 years. maybe a bit more.
11:Snowboarding!! that is enough for itself.
12:I love the Sims PC. I have all sims1,2 and 3.
13: I love to sew. but I'm really bad at it!
14: My favorite thing to do is make people laugh!
15 I love playing most any sport, but again. as most things, I'm really bad at it. someone needs to tell me how to play ultimate frisbee. cause I just don't get the rules.
15:I'm allergic to chicken!!! NOOOO!!! it's soo sad. but I still like to make it.
17: my favorite snack to eat while reading is ham, and tea.
18: I have really weird breakfasts. I have leftovers. or garlic bread, or a tortilla with beans, salsa, sour cream and duh. cheese.
19. I really don't like milk! I really wish I did. but I don't. so I just drink chocolate milk instead. =D
20: I really like history from the Renaissance period. and the Regency period.
21: I don't hate math.

I don't have a tital for this post.

 This one I just finished. although this picture isn't it when it was done. this is still unfinished. this is a Fettle-legger. also from the Edge Chronicles. this is from the last book. book 10. I'll post another picture later of it finished.

this is my first drawing from the Edge Chronicles. I'm not sure which book. there are 10. this is a white collard wood wolf. and it took me... I think it was... 3 days to draw.

life!

Life is a horrid beautiful thing. it's full of sin, and creation. but I was thinking about a book John MacArthur wrote.  where he said. when one becomes saved, the stop ( as much) wanting to thirst and hunger for worldy things. but start hungering and thirsting for godly righteousness. though we are never satisfied. ever. until we are in heaven. we will keep thirsting for it. and never have enough of Him. just my thoughts of the moment. I pray every day that I will thirst for Him never ending!

I'm back! (Ish)

It's a Sunday morning. and I hope to go to church but I doubt it. I haven't Blogged in a long time. So sorry! It's been 7 months since I have been kept to my bed. I get out a little bit on my good days. and sometimes I have no choice. but life is the same. I read The Hiding Place again. I hadn't in a long time. and most people know it as being a good or even a really good book. but I encourage you to read it again! It is really really good, and I'd like to think I learned a lot from it. I pray every day that the Lord work on me. "form me to Your ways" but I am lazy. I don't do as much as I should. Pray! it's the best thing for it. but how do I remember. every time you think about it. pray. for someone your self. don't always ask for things. thank God for what you have. and what you may not want but have. like in The Hiding Place. Betsie thanks God for the lice. and it shows it's quality. the guards wouldn't come in their room because of the lice, so they were able to share the bible with everyone else! and the miracle that God performed. with the drops. they just kept coming out until they had a replacement for them. but anyway. this is my new blog. I'm sorry for being so lazy, I'll try to keep up more. and I hope I have some good things to write about!

             #*Eudoxia*#

Our beautiful world that God gave us!

I woke up at 5:00 this morning and saw the sunrise! It was sooo beautiful I couldn't believe it! and it made me think, God gave us sooo much and what are we giving back to Him? all He asks is for our love, and some of us don't even give Him that! I started reading and finished a book called Stepping Heavenward, which I think every Girl(and boy) should read! it has some great wisdom in it. And after I read it I started a journal similar to the one she has in the book, I have put everything from verses, to random thoughts, to prayers. and I wanted to share some of it with you. this is my first entry to it.


"I've been thinking a lot lately... I have many friendships that I could be witnessing to, but I never have! I just put those friendships off thinking,'I'll take care of them later, I think I'll go play Nancy Drew'. But I should be nurturing those friendships and witnessing to these friends. I don't know that they're saved and I should be setting an example for them. For as a Christian I am representing God.How would I represent Him when I don't show His love to all the others of this earth??? that would be giving unbelievers the wrong impression of Him. I read a book called Holiness by J.C. Ryle. and he talks a lot about Sanctification and justification. I may be justified but I have not been working very hard on my sanctification! but after thinking about witnessing, I started to think about HOW we witness. by our dress. the way we talk. the way we act. in dress, do we glorify Him in dressing immodestly??? No, we glorify Him by dressing they way He wants us to be dressed. He talks about that a lot in the bible. woman should not show themselves off, they should protect themselves. and save those things for their husbands only. and We witness by the way we talk. Do we use language of take the Lord's name in vain???? one simple phrase is used ALL the time! Oh my ...... and that is taking His name in vain. and in the way we act. are we rash and quick in our temper? no one can be perfect, but it is our duty to grow as much like the Lord as we can!( I think I've completely gone off what I wrote in the book. sorry!)   We ask the Lord to give us patience, and what does he do? he gives us the opportunity to use patience. I have asked a lot for patience, it is my greatest fault i think. and He has given me many opportunity's to better myself in that. I have mostly fail, but in the times I haven't, I praise Him!!!! and in the times that I DID fail. I should have praised him... but no. I am a proud selfish being...... but I just want to encourage everyone in prayer, and in asking Him to help us. we can't do it by ourselves. in fact we do nothing ourselves that the lord didn't give us the means to do in the first place! so like a Morning and Evening I read recently. "Continue In Prayer"

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2.

There are only so many words to describe how good this movie was. It is my absolute favourite movie(and that's saying a lot) I cried in two parts/3. and I NEVER cry in movies. they did a great job defining Severus Snape's character!! for those who haven't seen it yet. I urge you to. it was great, and I'm not likely to forget it anytime soon. Though it didn't have any spiritual satisfaction. It was wonderfully worldly satisfactory. I rate it infinity squared by infinity stars. does that say it? anyway. that's all for now. I just wanted to let everyone know what an awesome movie it was. and if you have watched the movies but haven't read the books... DO IT! you will understand everything a TON better!

                 #*Eudoxia*#

This is getting fun!

well I'm back again! I'm getting pumped up for the last Harry Potter movie! i think it's going to be great! I've had a lot of time in bed to think and do creative projects. such as embroidery and cross stitching. on my sisters blog ThirstForPurity or TheVioletAnthology, (I'm not sure which) she has posted a picture of a dress I sewed the other day. a doll dress. it's not very good but it shows of what I do with a large portion of my time. I have recently watched and re-watched Emma, and Pride and Prejudice. which are both in my favorites list. they are one of the things that encourage me to my sewing and other thing like those. I am currently cross stitching a sampler. I hope it will turn up well. my first one did okay, but one can;t really do ill on cross stitching. it is too easy. but it is late and I must get to my night reading so that I  might go to bed.

Harry Potter review.

I have been a BIG Potter fan for the better part of 2 years. I wish it had bee longer. I have only seen one in theaters. But I like every single one of the movies! The first one really developed the characters well... though a tad exaggerated they were. that's as good as one gets with such young actors! they got the point of the story along without dragging it too long or adding things! on the second. I think they may have gone a little too much on the story... the book had so much information and not as much action that the movie seemed a little long. but otherwise another great film! the third went as wonderfully as the first. and was not as long as the second. though they took out some interesting and slightly vital information that a lot of people don't know about now because they never read to books. such as WHY they planted the whomping willow at the exact same time that Harry Father, godfather and.. well all those characters were first at Hogwarts. because it was a hideout for Lupin, so that when he became a werewolf he wouldn't have to stay in the school. but that isn't very important! they did the action and the rest of the story perfectly in my mind! the fourth, other than the fact that Harry,Ron and the Weasley twins had such long hair it was very close to the books. and the actors did an excellent job portraying their characters. the fifth. I don't really have anything to say about it except that I thought they did wonderfully! all the actors and actresses did wonderfully with their parts. and the story went really well. they got all the information in without making the film too long. in the sixth though. they skipped some small interesting things. I don't wan tot get into it though. the seventh. I just bought. I am very glad that they made the last book into two movies! they had already had to skip things as it is! I love this movie! All but the scene with the horcrux. they just HAD to put something bad in it! and because I, and no one else, has seen the 8th film. I don't have anything to say about it but that I am super excited for it.... and that was an under exaggeration... and I'm glad that they Gave Matthew Lewis(Neville Longbottom) such a big part! I've seen all the previews and it looks like it's going to be brilliant! the best yet! I have no favourites! I love all of them equally! but that is what I think about them. I own. the third, sixth and seventh films. I hope to own the rest of them too. but until then I still have the library and Netflix! write to you again soon!
                             #*Eudoxia*#

it's good to be back!

sorry it as been so long!this is Eudoxia The laptop would not let me log my sister out of her blog, so we figured it out so that I'm blogging from her but...well. it's still me. =P anyways. My Parasite should be all gone now! I'm slowly getting back into my old life again! I missed it more than I thought... We have some dates planned with some family friends, I have my Belated Birthday party to plan. and I get to go out to dinner with my Grandparents and my Mom and Dad. Chipotle?? oh yea!  I've been doing a lot more creative projects. I've made four bracelets from the old bead set I have. and I've draw four drawings from The Edge Chronicles book series. I think I have read..... wait.. I now this one... seven books now and painted two water color paintings. one horse. and one flower with vines.  I mean they're not very good but it's so much fun to be creative. I'm also doing embroidery. dish clothes for my sister. Owls. =P they're very cute! but other than that life is normal. get up.. read the daily devotions. read from whatever book series I'm currently reading. do some craft-ish thing. some TV shows and a movie. then end with the daily nightly devotions. there are so many things that I've taken for granted. little things. like sitting in the library with my family and watching a movie together. or taking a walk outside. or even chores! I couldn't really do any of that! but now I'm going to have soo much fun getting outside and gardening and mowing the lawn again! I forgot about doing such little things like, getting up to refill my water bottle, or getting my own food. =/ but! since it is way too late and I need my sleep for blogging tomorrow. I will end this with a good night!!   #*Eudoxia*#

Well hey there!

so I've never blogged before. so bear with me... I was going to start with "I'm just an ordinary girl" when I thought to myself... I'm not exactly ordinary. I'm quite eccentric. my days sstart with a morning devotion and taking my med. then I get into the exciting stuff. such as Reading a good book, or drawing an illustration. I don't take very good photos like my sister does! but I think I'll have her take some of my drawings to post on here. and I'm not a very good writer either so this wont be very long..... let me see. I have already stated that I became a Christian about 2 years ago. under the teaching of Pastor Johnson at TCBC. and I've learned a lot from John MacArthur's sermons! they are wonderful! especially when you spend most of your time in bed, it's really nice to be able to listen to sermons online! sooo. I think I have already run out of ideas. if anyone has any ideas for what to write about just let me know! I'll keep you posted!... well that wasn't a very good pun but still. I hope you enjoy my posts. and I'm sure that I will at least! write to you soon!

       #*Eudoxia*#

Beggining thoughts.

well... I'm sitting here in my bed... I have a terrible cold... and I have to take a medication every day so I don't get a build up of acid in my system... I'm getting less of that than I deserve. and more good than I deserve too.... Life is good!!!
 the last 4 months or so are all a blur... every day, seeing if I'd feel good or not... what would happen in my life.. i just had to trust God... It's been hard to keep track of time. only thing I can count the days with is all my books. =P I've read more in the last 4 months than most teenagers have in their entire lives...
about two years ago I got saved... in church at TCBC, Pastors sermon just sort of hit me like a cannon ball... right to the head. he preached on trusting God with our lives... and giving Him everything... I thought to myself... did I trust Him?? Was I willing to give up everything to follow Him??? I spent that week praying.. reading His word... I read one of my favorite verses. Romans 10:9.. for if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead... you will be saved... and it hit me. I'd never really understood that. I had lived my life, going to church on Sundays and Wednesdays.. I'd get home and forget everything, and just go about my day. thinking. 'I'll have time for God later' ... ... Romans 10;9 (that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved) doesn't just mean saying it... but really taking it to heart. believing it.. God saved us from our sins. when we were not worth it. He died for ME!! after that week of meditation and prayer, that God would have mercy on me, and take me back... I saw changes in myself. I didn't always answer with a harsh tong... ALWAYS... =P I found myself, with His help, being helpful and kind. and I had, for the first time in my life a REAL starvation for his word... another sermon... pastor said, every breath we take if a gift from Him. we don't deserve one more breath. but He gives it to us anyway... i found myself praying mornings, and thanking Him for the gift of life... he gave us our life... i had to give something back to Him. I didn't deserve any of it!! did I believe that He was Lord?? had I given my life to Him? Fully? not just twice a week for 3 hours.. but ALL the time. before I was saved, I couldn't see myself trusting in Him at all. I was all for myself. not even for my family. My life was terrible. I had a really bad temper. and "attitude". God has helped me with it though. =D and even with my health issues. I have a peace that I had never had before...  anyway... life is hard. but with Him. we can do it. and ONLY through Him, can we do it.
 Man we don't deserve Him!!!
---#*Eudoxia*#