Today was different. Today was my first day of Christmas break. I know, it's now called "Winter Break". When I was a kid, it was called Christmas Break, because its purpose was to give vacation time for people to enjoy Christmas and New Year's Day.
This morning I didn't get up early. I didn't go to work (duh) :) Last night was different, too, because I am now getting into my very own personal allergy season, so I took Zyrtec. Because of that, I also took a nap today.
I also watched my daughter's daily You Tube video. She makes "Let's Play Minecraft" videos. Anybody out there play? Ok, I know it sounds boring, you'd rather play yourself than watch someone. BUT she has some very interesting things in there. Did you know you can create a chicken coop/ egg gathering mechanism? Did you know you could create a zombie gathering box that even includes controlling baby zombies? She limits her time to 15 to 22 minutes, so it's not like you'll waste your life away watching. Her user name is +Gwinn Stacy . Check out her channel!
Today I made some more felt ornaments. It's my latest obsession, I guess. And I found some more interesting things you could make!
YouTube has so many craft videos on learning how to make things. The sky's the limit. It's endless! It's a jungle out there! But I do find good stuff and I'll pass it on here.
I happened to see a picture of string ball ornaments with nothing but air inside, I think, on Facebook maybe in an ad or something. So I searched YouTube -- of course one thing led to another. I found out how to make those. I'll write brief instructions at the end. There is a channel and user called Craft Klatch.
Craft Klatch is a YouTube channel and a website. Both are run by a woman named Mona. That's all I know so far about her. But she does several different kinds of crafts, and I've watched several of her videos. She shows clearly how to do things, and explains pretty well how to do them, too. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Last night I went to my granddaughter's winter concert. She is a sophomore in high school, and she sings in the choir. I really enjoyed it -- they have some remarkable singers at the school!
Today I also found out that a dear friend's daughter passed away yesterday. Her name was Sarah. So many people prayed for so many years for her, ever since she was 9 and they found a tumor in her brain behind her eye. I won't go into details but will say removing the tumor left her blind and with other health problems, that continued and worsened until the past several days.
But as a Christian I know she is now in Heaven, seeing its beauty, listening to the beautiful music and dancing. And she is at peace.
Please pray for her family, especially her parents. They devoted their lives to her care for most of her 39 years. They will need comfort for their loss, and courage to move on to what God has for them. They've been very involved in charity work overseas, so I can imagine them becoming even more involved now.
On another note, I saw on Facebook a post about a school's Winter concert (we used to call it the Christmas Program) -- the kids sang Silent Night, which is basically the story of the birth of baby Jesus -- but they changed the words to not mention Jesus at all!
We Christians need to quit being afraid of offending people with holidays we treasure for meaning. Non-Christians don't care if they offend us!
If you celebrate Christmas, go for it with your whole heart and don't forget its meaning. If you don't celebrate Christmas, it's ok, Jesus came for everybody, and He loves us all.
This time of year we are to focus on that fact: that God so loved the (whole) WORLD that He gave His only begotten Son, that none should perish, but have everlasting life. If God loved us all that much, we should love each other as much as we can.
Almost forgot! Here is basically how to make a string ornament ball: You need: small round balloons, laundry starch, water, embroidery floss or twine or yarn, and a bowl. Get small round balloons and blow them up. Cut floss into 18 inch lengths and put in starch-water mixture. Wrap the wet floss around the balloon until the whole thing is nearly covered with string. Squeeze excess liquid out of the floss as you are using the string for winding. After the balloon is covered with floss, let dry overnight. When the floss is all dried, poke the balloon to deflate it and pull it out from between the string. You now have an ornament, and you can attach a string or ribbon for hanging it. Watch Craft Klatch's video on it, to get more details.
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