Pray

Hi friends!

I've been wanting to post about this for some time now, but I guess I just haven't had the time to give it what it deserves.

One of my closest friends, and roommates, Heidi, received a panicked phone call from her sister on the Wednesday night before we were to leave school for our Christmas break. Her sister let her know that their mother had suffered, what they later learned was a stoke induced seizure, in the living room of their home where she and her mom had been watching tv that evening.

Less than an hour from receiving the phone call, before even learning what exactly had happened to her mother, Heidi and I had loaded her car and sent her on her way to her family's home to be there for her sister and family.

Thankfully, Heidi's dad was at the house when it happened, and was able to take control and get paramedics to the house asap. Heidi's mother was taken to the hospital where the doctors ran tests and concluded that she had endured a stroke in her brainstem, which is known to be an especially serious area of the brain to be effected.

Heidi's mom stayed in ICU for a couple weeks, and the last week or so in the stroke unit of the hospital, thankfully, she has now been released to a rehabilitation facility where she will remain anywhere from 4-8 weeks.

She has remained completely aware for the most part through the entire process, however because of the trachea tube in her throat, she is unable to speak. Slowly she has gained enough control over certain parts of her body to move them minimally. Heidi's dad has done an awesome job of giving friends and family daily updates on facebook, and when being asked about their home's ability to have a functioning wheel chair for her, they responded by letting doctors know that she planned on walking out of rehab!

The Thomson's are one of the most spiritual and faithful families I know. There is no doubt in my mind that God used them, and Mrs. Thomson, because He trusted them to take a situation like this and make it point back at Him. They are 100% optimistic and hopeful that, eventually, Mrs. Thomson will gain complete functioning. And when she does, I know she will give full credit to her Jesus.

Please pray for her swift recovery.

Last New Year's Eve...she had ALL of Heidi and her older brother's friends at their home to ring in the New Year  2 years in a row!

Nothin but love,
Bethany
craftybethany.com

I MADE A WEBSITE!!!

Attention, attention! I finally did it! I made a website! 

Check it out, spread the word and let me know what you think!! {Suggestions welcome}

click here!

It's called craftybethany.com because "nothinbutlove.com" and everything else I tried was already taken...hoping to think of something more creative, so if you have an idea for that it is also welcome!

Kinda weird putting yourself out there like that, but hopefully I will find it beneficial......crossing my fingers!

Nothin but love,

Bethany

Recent Refashion

Well, Sarah, you're going to be peeved, but I did a refashion.

Ok so this adorable Anthropologie light blue sweater(ish) thing has been in my sister's closet at my parent's house for YEARS! My sister no longer lives at the house because she is married and lives with a boy now, but this little number didn't make the cut when she made the move. I have been crushing on it every time I've been home this semester, trying to figure out what the dang thing looks right with. I came to the conclusion that it looks right with NOTHING...so I had to fix it.

Here's how it started. Really cute, but when you put it on, the sleeves are excessively long and won't stay pushed up on me.

So I cut them shorter and made a cuff

Lastly...I had some extra fabric left over from the shortened sleeves, so I added little bows to the sleeves!

So, anyway, I'm excited to finally be able to wear it! And Sarah, feel free to take advantage of the update....or I guess you could technically take it back if you really wanted to......................... : /

Happy Holidays! I'm hoping to be able to do a lot more refashion projects over the break, so stay tuned!

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Home sweet construction site

Hey y'all! Finals and Songfest {I'll explain} are over so I am a real person again! I just arrived in Dallas this afternoon after finishing up the semester at A&M. My parents are doing a lot of work on our house, and the three times I have been home this semester, it has made a little progress after each visit! The house looks great so far, but we're keeping our fingers crossed to not be hosting a crew of sweaty, paint-covered men for Christmas dinner.


So Songfest...let me try to wrap this up in a nutshell for those of you with question marks above your heads...{ya know...where the hypothetical "idea light bulb" would go} Songfest is a philanthropic event put on by the Chi-O's at A&M that all sororities and men's organizations are invited to participate in. Each sorority participating pairs up with a men's organization to make a team. Generally, each group chooses their own theme/story line and gets 7 minutes to put on a mini show. People sing some, and dance a lot!

I have always loved Songfest, and have been attending ever since my sister was in charge of Theta's show when she was at A&M. Well, this year I was in charge! I lead with my friend, Amy. We were paired with BCA {Brotherhood of Christian Aggies}. And when I say "paired", I mean that I pressured my friend, Matt who is in BCA, to be in charge of it on his end and do it with us. Theta is pretty notorious for putting on a good show at songfest. When Sarah (my sister) was in charge, they got first place, and then second. As long as I have been a Theta at A&M, we got second place my freshman year...first place my sophomore year (!)...and FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR!!

It was a LOT of hard work, but when we got that trophy, and giant check for our own philanthropy it was well worth it. I'm going to try to post a video so that y'all might be more understanding of my absence for the past month...

My friend, and fellow KAT, Grace took a video of us performing on stage, but since it's not my video, I can't post it. I'll have to post the one I took at our last practice. Please believe me that this video does not do the actual performance justice. Promise!

I'm the one in the blue tank top nervously putting my hair behind my ears in the beginning

Songfest!

Enjoy :)

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Halloween!

It has become a tradition (after doing it once last year) to dress up for Halloween in ballet class. Last year I dressed up as Buzz Lightyear...

And this year I was a Twinkie

Not everyone in the class played along and dressed up...which is fine I suppose. But it really made me miss the girls from last year who aren't dancing anymore :( 

I'm notorious for having one of the more obnoxious costumes in the bunch. I take it very seriously, and already have my next two costumes planned for halloween '12 and '13. I will tell no one what they are. 

On a different note, it was a good thing that my house wasn't visited by more than two trick-or-treaters. 1- because we forgot to buy candy, so I just used some of my birthday candy, and 2- because, as a result of the excessive amounts of Criminal Minds I have been watching, I was convinced that every trick-or-treater at my door was plotting to kill me. Sure, none of them were older than 12, but that doesn't mean they aren't working for someone. My guess is that the culprit pays them in candy. They could obviously sense my awareness and dominance over the situation. It's the only reason I survived.  

I'm just saying....

Nothin but love,

Bethany

Better late than never!

AMC Barn Dance is this Friday, and even though Travis asked me last night, he sure did a great job!

I said I'd go

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Also...

These...

These,

These,

These,

And these,

www.bonlook.com

Nothin but love,
Bethany