Written on 09/12/2011
Heaven forbid we speak truth, in fear it could possibly offend someone.
Heaven forbid we admit our struggles, for fear of being judged. Isn’t the person judging the one who is suffering more?
Heaven forbid we get involved when help is needed. It’s much easier to “pray” and stay away.
Heaven forbid we have difficult marriages. If we’re Christian’s our marriages should be great!
Heaven forbid we feel real conviction in our lives. Because doesn’t feeling conviction mean we might have to change something?
Heaven forbid we make the changes we know we need to make. Isn’t justifying ourselves so much easier? And don’t Christian’s make it easy to justify just about everything sinful to some degree?
Heaven forbid we go all in and live our lives simply and purely for the one who gave His for us. Jesus is cool but not when I look uncool living for him.
Heaven forbid someone asks us to help. What a bother. We’re just so busy with our own lives!
Heaven forbid we forgive.
Heaven forbid we love our enemies.
Heaven forbid we love others.
*sigh.
We’re all selfish. You know you are. Christian or not, we all feel a void when we know we can be doing more to love each other.
I was thinking about this “quote”
“You are what you are willing to give.”
Ouch.
K.
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Written on 09/09/2011
I have an ongoing bag of fish crackers in my room. It goes from my bathroom to my sewing desk to the floor and back up on the sewing desk. And yes. My girls regularly eat from it. I’m pretty sure Vin stepped on it the other night on his way into bed. It’s probably a month or so old…. I know.
Sometimes I am in denial that Isla isn’t potty trained and I let her roam the house naked. I might kinda like her little baby bum too, but anyhoo when she has a little accident on the carpet I just soak-er-up with the nearest dirty clothes or hand towel and call-er-good. Oh yeah. I totally fabreez so I’m sure that totally kills the germs. My carpet is an awesome short shag beige and hides everything. This may or may not be a bad thing.
I’m pretty sure I have contributed to at least half of our nation’s debt crisis. I think I could round up a few billion dollars in pennies in our vacuum bag. What? You know you hate them too, except when you can give them to a cashier and get a whole dollar bill back instead of $.99. That is all a penny is good for. Seriously.
Sometimes poopy diapers sit on my front porch in the 90 degree weather until night time. No one wants to see me in my robe in the morning. I do the neighborhood a favor and open my front door and dop the mo-fo outside. It’s much easier. Let’s face it, when I am rushing out the door I don’t want to grab a poopy diaper and risk getting the debris on my hands. Have I mentioned the condition of our outside garbage can? Ok, I will save this for another post. Who cares if the outside of my house smells like a dump, literally.
I am a self proclaimed photographer and 1 out of 6 frames in my bedroom have stock images in them. In fact the couple next to me on my bed stand is pretty cute. It’s a nice trick to spicing up your mariage :-) I kid! I kid!!!! I’m lazy. I have the pictures downstairs in my junk drawer. I’m.just.lazy.
Speaking of photography, We’ve taken ONE family picture since Isla was born. Wow. That one kinda stinks.
Sometimes I bake things and eat them all by myself. This is usually once a month. Vin doesn’t like to eat my baked goods and I can’t be that mom who gives her kids cookies all day long (cause I will cause they are really cute and they get what they want)
I’m really lucky and my kids usually sleep in until about 8:30 9. Sometimes this isn’t enough sleep for me so I give whoever is up my phone or ipad and let them watch cartoons next to me while I snooze. They might occasionally munch on that everlasting bag-o-goldfish. Cohen can even turn the TV on downstairs and get me herself a yogurt. Soon I will have Cohen trained to make me a cup of coffee… muahahahaha.
I don’t ever wash my jeans. Especially my skinny jeans. If I washed those suckers I would never get them back on. Ever. I already have to do all sorts of gymnastics to get them on after wearing them about 100 times.
I really, really love squeezing blackheads. It’s incredibly satisfying. Admit it.
And here’s the grand finale….. and the reason you might stop reading my blog….
I like the smell of ear wax.
There. That’s it. I feel good. I feel honest. I feel….. slightly embarrassed but oh well.
TGIF!
K.
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Written on 09/08/2011
So, I’ve been feeling a bit guilty about my post regarding the what I wore business. The straw the broke the camels back was a recent comment on that post. Here’s what I have decided…
I sounded WAY judgmental.I did. And I am genuinely sorry.
I shouldn’t have posted that.
I was having a rough, bitter kinda day. (I’m blaming Aunt Flow)
It’s not fair to tell woman they shouldn’t do what they love.
So, shame on me. I really didn’t come across loving at all. I have a lot of friends who do this in their blogs and the more I think of the women they are, the more it affirms how wrong it was to post. It truly has nothing to do with what you wore, or how much you love what you wore and what you wear and what you plan on wearing. The fact is you love it, it brings you joy and you should continue doing it to bring joy to others who also love it.
Anyway. I’m sure I offended at least one person, and I hope they can see past how I came across and know from the bottom of my heart I didn’t intend to make anyone feel bad.
Forgive me?
K.
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Written on 09/07/2011
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Written on 09/06/2011
So Summer is coming to and end :-( Which means those hot cups of Starbucks are going to start creeping their way back into our lives! And what better way to welcome them than with a yummy CupCandy reusable cup sleeve!?
And to add, I am also giving away one of my lovely Luisla Co. Headband creations! It’s unique, lovely, fun and would look fabulous with that Fall scarf you can’t wait to wear! Not to mention it’s my favorite color :-) Besides pink of course.
SO. Here are the details. For a basic entry, simply leave a comment explaining why you want this little set. If you want to increase your odds of winning you can click on the twitter button over on your right (if you haven’t added me I suggest you do so :-) send me an (@keshathomas) and tweet about this giveaway with a link to my blog.
Lastly, go ahead and FB all your friends about this giveaway! Make sure to tag me in your FB post and also share a link to my blog post!
If you have done these all correctly you will have given yourself 3 entries total!
I will pick a winner one week from today! SO, go and share the good news!
Loves,
Kesha Thomas.
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Written on 09/06/2011
K. My rant about the whole “What I Wore” blah bla blahh… I DO think there is ONE blog I read (Ok I am pretty obsessed with) that totally pulled this off in the most real way ever! This lady is completely down to earth. She is who she is. So besides this post you really should read her blog. She’s super funny, super real and super encouraging for us Mom’s.
The Nato’s.
Now here are some more things I want to share this morning. Who doesn’t like a good tutorial? I know there are a lot of us ladies out there who are crafty, and there are a lot who want to be crafty but they need a little nudge out of the nest to get going on their own.
Want to make REALLY cute headbands?
This is a great tutorial for Fabric Rosette‘s. NO SEWING involved. Just some cute fabric and a hot glue gun. Or fabric glue whichever.
*Here’s a tip. Make sure to buy yourself some felt. Any coordinating color is fine. Follow this amazing illustration below to attach your rosette to your headband. If you don’t want to make a rosette, you can let the lovely makers on Etsy do the work for you :-) These are really cute and these are pretty darn cute, too! These might be my fave.
Stop over on etsy for some great headband supplies.
And have yourself a grand ol’ time making some headbands! (I know you can just buy the whole thing made, but the point is to have some fun, lower your blood pressure and accomplish something! These make sweet and thoughtful gifts as well!)
Now for those who CAN sew a bit. Isn’t this pillow just ridiculously cute!! This blog is not only super inspiring but has some great tutorials as well!
Ok. Since this morning didn’t go as planned and my girls are literally fighting over a pillow I think I better make like a banana and split.
Happy Tuesday!
K.
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Written on 09/01/2011
The days where you dread getting out of bed in the morning. Those days when you know you didn’t shower the previous day and you need to do the world (and your husband) a favor and take a stinking shower, and yes wash your hair. I know. Sometimes taking a shower seems as daunting as running a half marathon. A shower for me means, trying to first distract my kids for 10 minutes so I can actually focus on showering. Then comes that darn hair. I’m still a little bitter that God gave me curly, nappy, unruly hair to manage. There’s a good 30 minutes of trying to do a quick “messy bun” and about 45 minutes and 30 bobby pins later you think you have it, when really you know you could have blow dried and flat ironed it in half the time it took for your quick “messy bun”. And I’m still never satisfied with that stupid 1998 messy bun. Next comes some kind of make up. If I don’t wear makeup I can’t even talk to someone less than like 5 feet away in fear that they will see my web of spider veins, freckles and blackheads. Not to mention I have blond eye lashes. Now this can just look frightening when the sun hits my face just right. (ok ladies I am being humorous here. I know you don’t need all this to look good. Just me :-) And last but not least, what in the heck am I going to wear? I want the ” I-am-comfy-and-still-look-really-cute-and-put-together-but-I-wasn’t-trying” look. My room that was once tidy and clean is now covered in about 10 fail outfits and my girls are taking every pair of shoes out of my closet. So this is why my room NEVER stays clean….
So, my words of wisdom.
You can do it. Do it with joy. Instead of dwelling on the things that are hurting you, remember how much God loves you and go seize the day He has given you. Let God shine through you even when you feel like your pain is taking over. Give it all to Him. Lay it at His feet.
Philippians 2:14-15.
“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.”
Psalm 121:1-8
1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. Where will my help come from? 2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your feet go out from under you. He Who watches over you will not sleep. 4 Listen, He Who watches over Israel will not close his eyes or sleep.5 The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your safe cover at your right hand. 6 The sun will not hurt you during the day and the moon will not hurt you during the night. 7 The Lord will keep you from all that is sinful. He will watch over your soul. 8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going, now and forever.
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Written on 08/31/2011
I just want to clarify that I DO NOT think it is wrong or even ungodly to love fashion, or anything in that sense. In fact, God made me a person who thrives on creativity. I find a LOT of joy and inspiration in decor, clothes, beautiful things, photography etc. My concern is that, too often it can become something that draws me away from God, not near Him. I find myself obsessing over these things and even putting them before my relationship with God. I know it’s something I personally struggle with, and I’ve talked to many godly women who agree it is difficult to detach themselves from this world and all of it’s tempting goodness. I have observed a lot of Christian women becoming fanatical about which brands they own, and I see them struggle to find contentment in themselves because they are relying so much on what they look like on the outside. I have even talked to close friends who have admitted they feel jealous of other woman who are thinner, “prettier” dress nicer and who own high end things. It makes me sad. This is what I DO NOT want for myself, I can’t speak for everyone!
So there’s that!
Blessings,
Kesha.
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Written on 08/31/2011
My blog has been around a while. A while as in about 7 years. Wow…. ok. My blog will never have posts about my outfits and where I bought my outfits. It might occasionally contain outfits I wish I could have and or perhaps an unbeatable deal I got on a pair of shoes (even that makes me feel really dumb) but probably never “what I wore today”. While I think this is a cute and fun thing, and I think about 99% of blogs I read now do this and it’s just not me. And frankly I don’t want to be so consumed with my outfits that I am now blogging about them and pressuring other women to dress a certain way. When I read them, I am constantly questioning my sense of fashion and I find myself wanting more. More of what I don’t need and worrying about my outward beauty all too much. So yes. I think it’s a little ridiculous. Sorry, friends. I like cute clothes but I don’t want to live for them.
What you will find in my blog is honesty. I never want to hide what The Lord has been doing in my life and I don’t want to hide the trials He has allowed for me. My desire in this short life is to glorify Him and share my testimony with others. It’s the least I can do. And heck, it feels good to share my life with others. We need more openness, especially in the Christian community and ESPECIALLY as women, mothers, wives, stay at home moms, etc. We need each other and we need honesty. We need support. We need love and most importantly we need Jesus and his simple truths. We don’t need the pressure of this world telling us to be perfect, skinny, cute, fashionable, successful, domestic, etc.
We need Jesus. Everything else is fleeting.
Proverbs 31:30
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
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Written on 08/31/2011
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