Just what have you been up to?!?!?

Me? Just about everything! We'll I guess moving to a new state will do that to you. Don't get me wrong, it's been great, but there is so much to see and do that it's hard to convince myself to stay inside and play on the computer. 

Below are a few of the grand adventures we've enjoyed! 

Here, my son and I are headed up to Boulder for the day. We visited the Celestial Seasonings Tea plant and then walked around the 6th st mall. Very cool! 

I bought a new car. My freestyle had 129k miles on it and was tired. Besides, after $1400 in repairs with no solution, and the dealer wanting another $3200 to 'possibly' fix the problem, it seemed time. So here she is, my midnight blue, 2014 Chevy cruze. May she run forever. Or at least till I'm done paying for her!

I made applesauce. 10 pints of it actually. Because we won't eat the store bought kind. EVER. 

I'll let you in on a little secret - the best applesauce has a bit of Vanilla and brown sugar tossed in for sweetness. Go ahead, try it - you'll love it! 

I found a NY style pizza joint I can sink my teeth into. Yum and thank you Lord for the greasy cheese?

{THIS} is pizza. That's all folks... That is all.

I've been baking my butt off. I've mastered the fine art of cupcake baking and am working on bread. It's getting there but these were the bomb. One step closer to opening my bakery some day!

It was blessedly cold here this particular morning - and yes, that says minus 9 degrees. I can hear what you're thinking, and I concur. My thoughts exactly! (Actually now, they just finished a blizzard back home with sustained winds of 45mph and freezing cold temps - like neg 20 or colder!) I'll take Colorado anyday now that I'm ed U macated! LOL

And, since I didn't really get to enjoy Christmas last year in light of the big cross country move, I've celebrated this year by putting up (2) Christmas trees. As of this post (Jan 8th) They are STILL up. I guess it's time to start taking them down now... the neighbors might start talking! LOL

I don't know if I'll get used to decorating my tree with the windows open though! It was warm that day for SURE!

This was cool actually, though kind of in a bummed out way. I was in Hobby Lobby recently, and bumped into this plate. Do you know the artist? Her name is Jill Ankrom. LOVE her folksy snowmen! I have a whole slew of her stuff from back in Buffalo that was carried only by one store there. I've been looking for complimentary pieces ever since. I found this one little lonely only at Hobby Lobby - they had no others! I was bummed that I could only get one, but THRILLED that it has cupcakes on it. Bittersweet I guess...lol



Well other than work, and church, baking and crocheting, not much else has been going on in our world. What's been up with you?

~ Kisha

Pressing on, and pressing in...

Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 

Right now is a serious time of pressing in. God has me in a place where I must heavily rely on all that He has called me to, and all that He has instructed me to. It's tough at times, but then I consider my flesh so weak, and spoiled. I want instant gratification without the work and sacrifice. Is that really what a 'warrior' should look like? No. It is not. So I press on toward the goal, and I will win the prize, and I will move Heavenward, here on earth, in Christ Jesus. I will see this through to fruition.

I wonder what 6 months or a year from now will look like? I am excited for it, and I know it will be good! But in the meantime, I press on. I call those things that be not, as though they were (Hebrews 11:8). I shut down outside voices telling me this is crazy, they couldn't do it, and that I should have a plan before I just go. I shut them down, and shut them up. Including the ones in my own head. I answer with the word of God. (Romans 4)

Some quick pics

Oh Colorado how welcoming you are - cant wait to get back!

:) Happy

ok So those who follow my blog, know that for 10 years I was in one particular church, and that I absolutely loved my pastors, Joel & Amy Siegel. Well a few months back, they really felt that God had called them out of the WNY area, and on towards Tulsa, OK. They made the leap of faith, and have been in Tulsa ever since. In a similar fashion, I've very much felt that same call on my life, and know it's time to GO. My heart is ripe for a move of God and to follow him expectantly and obediently is my hearts desire.

Well... Pastor Joel is in town for the week tying up some loose ends with the house, and packing and taking everything (including sweet bella) back to Tulsa after the weekend. I've spent the last couple of days helping him wherever I can and it's been great to visit and chat with him, get my head clear on many things, and really just sit under my 'pastor'... even if he's a pastor no longer. Can I call him my dad? LOL He's only like 6 or 7 yrs older than me... hahaha

Anyway - today Ms Leslie and I spent the day helping to sort, pack and get the stuff ready for the move. Can I say I'm really grateful I'm unemployed right now? I'm so thankful to be able to help and serve... to be available as needed. Best day of my life today :)

<3
Kisha

transition, moving on... moving forward

So hard to blog about so many things, and I feel like I should catch up on everything I haven't recently shared... but I just don't have the mental energy to go thru it all. Much better to start where I am, and fill in the holes as needed.

So for a long time I've known that change is coming. I don't know all the pieces, and I don't have all the answers, but I will. Right now I just know that God is moving me and it's probably out of the area. It's exciting and scary all at the same time. And of course my mind is going "tilt" with all of the questions of "how will this come to pass"? And I'm shutting my mind up by writing, reading, and meditating on the word of God. It doesn't really matter how does it?

I can say this - I called up biblegateway.com and the daily verse was awesome - Philippians 1:5-7 - which just basically says God will complete the good work he began in me. Well there's my answer isn't it? If God started it, he'll be sure to complete it. Now I've got my good meditation... and I should get to bed soon.

Life is changing. Jobs, churches, family, it's all changing. Doesn't matter how - just matters who...