I am (trying to be) Crafty

Hello All!
I know you are all getting excited about the holidays. Thanksgiving is this Thursday! Can you believe time has gone by so fast? It is unbelievable. And Christmas is right around the corner. I can't wait! Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year. Everyone is in a happy mood, the women are baking, the men are cooking the turkey and greens, and the children all sit around the Christmas tree drooling over their presents. However, the BEST part about Christmas is the fact that Jesus was born into this world to one day save us from our sins. How amazing and wonderful. That act of love is the best gift that anyone could give. No one could give a better present than that, it is unbeatable. Sometimes I just sit and think about how many people really would give up their life for me, or take the blame for the wrongs that I had done. There aren't that many, I can tell you that. Not because people don't love me, but because that is a hefty price to pay. Would you give up your life for just anybody, or take the blame for killing someone when you had never sinned in your life? Good gracious, no. But Jesus would, and did. How awesome and humbling.

Anyways, I've quit preaching and gone to meddling. The reason I blogged today was to show you my wonderful craft I have FINALLY fininshed! I know you have been anxiously awaiting the results, right? [Ok, you probably haven't, but you could at least pretend! :) ] A while back I went to Michael's Craft Store, which by the way is my favorite store ever, and I bought some materials. Here they are:

So, what did you think I was making? ........

A beautiful wreath!

I spent SOOO much time on this thing.

First, I wrapped the wooden wreath with cream colored yarn, which took an eternity. If this inspires you to do your own wreath, just let this be your warning. I started and stopped probably four different days before the cream yarn was finished. The rest after that was pretty easy. I wrapped brown yarn in different areas and then attached the flower pin and green buttons in different areas using a needle and some thread. I am so proud of it, it is quite comical actually. I guess it would mean more to you if you did one yourself, because then you would know how much time I spent on it. But in any case, this is the last wreath I will be doing for a while.

 I loved making this wreath. 

 I'm glad I am done!!!

Have a great Thanksgiving Day, and remember to give all thanks to Him.

Until Next Time,

Tiffany

Luggage

Hello All!
This weather we have been having recently is wonderful. Don't you agree? The only thing I could complain about is it being bipolar and going from hot to cold every other day, but I guess I am used to it, being a Floridian and all. Anyways, I've been sick for almost two weeks now because of this weather change. I stay up all night coughing and I don't like to go out much because I don't want to hack all over people and get dirty looks. So far I have spread my germs to my side of the family as well as Clay's, so I'm sure you all would appreciate me more if I were to stay home until God heals me or I go to the doctor.
I was watching the t.v. the other day and an advertisement came on for Macy's, the "BIG ONE DAY SALE" it screamed, and being the shopper/savvy saver that I am, I knew I had to go. There were two reasons why I had to go: 1) because Clay and I got gift cards to Macy's for our wedding and haven't used them all up yet, and 2) because they were offering a 4 piece luggage set worth $160 for only $39.99! (I know, I'm a sucker....they make those ads for people like me). You also have to understand though, that the only "luggage" Clay and I own are the cloth zebra tote bags that Clay gave me for Christmas last year. They hold about two outfits each, and there are only two. So, I decided I would go to Macy's with the gift cards in one hand and 5 cough drops in the other. When I got there I only had one hour to shop around before the big sale went off, so I hurriedly walked around the store looking for the luggage sets. Of course they didn't come in the traditional black, only hunter green and baby blue, so I opted for the hunter green and on my way I went to the cash register. As I was trying to decide between the two colors though, something amazing happened. Something that is dying off in the world, someone did an act of kindness. There had been a woman watching me try to decide between the two luggage sets and she came up to me and told me that she had an extra, and that if I wanted it that I could have it for myself. It was a coupon for $10 off of a $25 purchase or more. I was thinking to myself "could it really get much better than this?" but it turned out that I couldn't use that coupon with my luggage set. So I went ahead and bought Clay a Christmas present so I could take advantage of the $10 off. How neat is that? I felt like a million bucks walking around with that coupon in my hand. :)
The funny thing is though, that a few months before this happened Hanna and I were shopping in the same mall at Aeropostale. Hanna had printed off two all day passes for 50% off your entire purchase (yes, we are both savvy shoppers). We made our purchases and started walking out the door when we both thought about the same idea, if we weren't going to be using the all day pass anymore we might as well pass it along to somebody else. So we did, we found a woman that was shopping with her son and gave her the coupon. She looked at us like we were crazy, as if she didn't believe it would work if she used it, but smiled and said thank-you and took it anyways. I guess she was just in shock that someone would be nice. It is funny how things come around though, isn't it? Good deeds never go unnoticed, and God always outgives us. We can never outgive God, because He will always give us more blessings in return.
Well, I must get off to call the doctor and make an appointment. I think I have suffered enough, and so has Clay, he hasn't slept in two weeks because of me coughing all night! I hope you all have a great day today and tomorrow and a wonderful weekend. Be safe and stay healthy.
Until next time,
Tiffany

Our First (Mis)Adventure

Hello All,
It has been beautiful weather lately, hasn't it? Last week we took our puppy to his first vet visit. We were so excited because it meant we would be taking him in on his new leash we just bought and we were going to show off to the Vet by showing her all of Crimson's new tricks we (Clay) had taught him. Well, we get there and of course everybody is ooh-ing and ahh-ing over our puppy. He is so cute that the reactions almost come natural to people. Anyways, we fill out our necessary paperwork and sit down to wait on the Vet. Meanwhile, Clay is already talking to the receptionist about all of the cool tricks we have taught.
(Side note: The way we taught Crimson to do all of the cool things he does is by feeding him balogna and ham. I thought this was a bad idea from the start, mainly because it left me with no lunch meat, so I suggested to Clay to feed Crimson carrots when he does something good. Clay laughed at the mere mention of it, and I guess Crimson felt the same way because he spit out the first carrot I gave him, so back to the balogna we went.)
Ok, so we are both talking to the receptionist now about Crimson's great ability to learn tricks and Clay pipes up and says "Yeah, our dog must LOVE balogna because he'll do almost anything for it. That's what we give him as treats." Now let me just tell you what happened next, well, I wish I would have had a video recorder for her reaction. She drew in a deep breath and her eyes got as big as two oranges. She said "Oh my gosh! Please tell me you aren't feeding that poor puppy balogna! That is horrible for him...one of the worst things you could feed a puppy is balogna because it has pork in it." This is when Clay starts telling her that we are newlyweds, and we don't just have doggy treats laying around the house, so we had to resort to something that we eat ("human food" is what she calls it, which apparently is a sin in a veterinarians office to give a puppy "human food"). So she comes up with a solution, and says "well, if you are absolutely going to give him human food, the best food you could give him would be carrots". Need I say more? Honestly? Thank you God, You are so good! For once in my life I am right about something, and I didn't even know it at the time! I didn't really rub it in though, because Clay's face got all red and I could tell he was embarrassed. It was so funny though, and as soon as she said "carrots" we both busted out laughing. I'm sure they all thought we were idiots in that office, because they sent us home with a complimentary (yeah, right) bag of dog food, dog treats, and a fluffy dog toy that squeaks when you squeeze it. I guess they thought we were mistreating our dog because we fed him balogna. We just didn't know any better, but the experience was hilarious to say the least.

                                                        Our first Vet visit with Crimson
In other news in our lives, I would ask you all to pray for my Granny. She has been in the hospital since Monday and we hope she can come home soon. She is having multiple tests done on her to see what the problem is, but until then I would ask that you keep her in your prayers. She definitely needs some uplifting. Also today, I have an exam in Microeconomics that is worth 57% of my grade. Yeah, 57%. So it kind of stresses me out, which means now I need to get off of the computer and start studying before the exam. I hope you all have a great day and God bless you.
Until Next Time,
Tiffany