Saviour, He can move the mountains; my God is Mighty to Save, He is Mighty To Save ♥

I life my eyes up to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. - Psalm 121:1

"It's a blustery day, Piglet..."

Off to KYCK in less than an hour! I'm so excited. But it's going to be terribly cold up in Katoomba. I don't like cold weather generally, but there I are a few things I absolutely love about winter:

Hot chocolate

Ugg boots

Hoodies

Scarves

Fire

Being in the country at night and looking up at God's beautiful universe

Writing on fogged-up windows 

Snuggling

And now I feel quite warm and fuzzy thinking of all these things. :)

The pain of loving someone is bearable when you have someone else to lean on.

Last night I was thinking about all the things that have changed over the past year and half.

Some of it was painful.

Most of it was good.

But the best part is I know that the friends I have now, I will have for life.

Everybody has a story....

I had to put this picture in a different post, because I want to write a story about it. When I see this picture I get so many thoughts in my head ... why are they sitting so far apart? Are they angry with each other? Are they in love? Have they even met? What song is he playing? Is he singing? Did he write it for her? And so on, and so on.... Maybe I will write their story later. After I do my homework....

We ♥ it

Well good morning.

I'm sitting here in my room on this beautifully rainy day (yes, I'm surprising myself by loving the cold weather); I'm alone but I feel warm and fuzzy and very loved, mostly because of the hot milo I'm drinking and the warm hoodie I'm wearing, but also because I had a wonderful night's sleep, and closed my eyes last night with many a happy thought in my mind.

Anyway ... I'm actually blogging because I found this gorgeous little website yesterday, http://weheartit.com, and I am in love with all the pretty images. I spent a good amount of today and yesterday stealing ones I liked. Here are just a few:

Oh, how I wish they were mine. I wish I'd taken them, I wish I knew the people in them, or knew the story behind them. Which ones do you like best?

Something's missing

I miss the old you

The version of you that talked to me

The you that played games and laughed with me

The you that didn't care what your friends thought

The you that wandered with me

The clever, inventive you

The you I wanted to spend time with

The you that liked my company

 My friend

The you that cared

Or did you? 

I'll probably never know.

I love them ♥

So as mentioned in the previous post, it was Mom's birthday yesterday.

Max Brenner's was quite fantastical - drinking milkshakes from Alice cups with 'drink me' inscribed upon them, sipping hot chocolate from hug mugs that tasted as if it were straight from the river in the Chocolate Factory, and chocolate-coated waffles with strawberries and ice cream that tasted like edible happiness. Katherine laughed at me because I couldn't stop smiling after I tasted her waffles.

Not only was there good food, but lovely company too. :)

After Brenner's we went home, and Katherine and Jackie joined us later for dinner. The four of us - me, Mom, Jackie and Katherine - sat outside after we ate and snuggled up on the futon with blankets and Starbursts; and Daddy was kind enough to bring out the little TV and the dvd player so we could have a mini mother-daughter movie-night watching I Love Lucy. The chocolate factory episode, of course.

It was the loveliest moment ever: cuddled up nice and warm on our little back patio with three of my most favorite people on earth, while the little TV flickered through the black-and-white images of Lucy and Ethel that made us laugh til we cried.

Happy birthday Mom. :)

The longest walk, earth’s darkest day, the pressing crowd, his mounting pain. A heavy load of grief and shame.... Breathless that we should breathe again! ♫

What an awesome two days. On Wednesday I finished TAFE at 10am, got back and made a huge pot of chili for dinner later that evening, went to drama and hung out with friends, then came home to find that mum had made scones - epic win - and later ripped up Nazi Zombies with Justin, Katherine, Oliver, Daniel and Jamie. Took photos on the mac in our mad new SALT hoodies, which are giant on all of us! Snuggled up with Katherine and Justin on the couch after the boys left, watching Lost and The Big Bang Theory. Mum and Dad had been out with Katherine's parents so when they all got back to the house, we stood outside for a moment and looked at the stars.

What better way could there be than to start the Easter holidays standing outside in the cold night air with people you loved and admiring God's beautiful universe?

The next morning we headed off by train to the Royal Easter Show. Meh. When you don't have hundreds of dollars to splurge on it's a bit pointless. But I got some cool photos! As you can see. And had a wonderful time chilling and eating free samples with Keira and Jayden. :)

Today is Good Friday. The day we remember the death of our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ, who took upon him God's wrath for our sin by dying on the cross. How amazing, and so unfair. But by grace we are now cleansed of our sin and in a relationship with God once more. And that is why we praise Him today!

Today is also Mum's birthday. So this afternoon we're going to Max Brenner with some friends to celebrate. A birthday + friends + chocolate = good times. :)