A Bloggy kind of Monday

Hi Friends! (I know that "friends" isn't a proper noun, calling for an upper case "f"...but you guys are different- quite proper, in fact. Fully deserving of your upper case "f" in "Friends")

I hate not being able to blog as much as I did this summer now that I'm back at school...Things are just so much busier, and so many more things are demanding of my time. Now that I think of it, Summer kind of took away all the hussle and bussle, leaving me with my 3 favorite things- Jesus, dance, and blogging :)

Last week I had 3 tests...ughhhh.......I do NOT like having 3 tests in one week. Or even one test in one week. Or one test in one year. I don't like tests! Or maybe I'm just not interested in being tested over things I'm not interested in.....interesting...

This weekend was surely needed! My sweet mom, and Amy's mom came through town on Friday afternoon to take me and Amy to dinner. They took us to Madden's.......the sweetest place in Bryan/College Station. Madden's is a breath of fresh air where you can slow down for as long as your meal takes to enjoy the food prepared by chef Peter, a man who is clearly passionate about what he does, and better yet, enjoy the time with the people you're dining with. Madden's is just calming. It's really never over-crowded, the music is never distracting, and I have never eaten anything there that was less than delicious! I ordered an angel hair pasta dish with pine nuts and crab meat :).... {that is NOT an ellipses...that is a picture of me drooling} We finished it off with mini desserts- I got creme brulee! There is a really neat antiquey-gift shop in the back of the restaurant that we love to go look in! My mom surprised me with this journal- {that I was desperately in need of!} look how cute-!

So Friday night was "chill"...when I say chill, what I really mean is that I didn't do anything. So, sure- I chilled...but let's be honest, I just watched a lot of dance youtube vidoes and the dancing scenes from the Britney Spears episode of Glee. It was phenomenal, by the way. Saturday night, however, we celebrated one of my roommate's {Meredith} birthday! We had everyone over, and just hung out, and bounced in a bounce house...............because, yes- we had one. Here's a/some picture(s) from the evening {sorry, I'm about to go look for a/some picture/picture(s) so idk if it will be one or some}

{---------> That's the birthday girl in the back catchin flies}

Next, and last order of business...my hair accessories. I made some. I'm going to show them to you. This required lots of self-taken pictures. You all know that I have recently gotten over the fact that I do that, and that even though it's lame I will continue to do it when I need to. And right now...I need to. 

Layered flowers with button center barette

Sequined flower on top of feathers...on a tied piece of leather

3 layered flowers with button center on purple headband

Welp...it was fun being crafty. I've got all sorts of things up my sleeve right now that I'm keeping top secret, so don't even ask- I won't tell you! I'll leave you with something that really encouraged me today by reminding me of the high standard we are called to as believers, but how absolutely WORTH it, it is to be this obedient! Romans 6:11-12 "Count yourselves dead to sin but ALIVE to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires." Today I pray that God might squash the evil desires my own heart longs for, and fills me back up with the love that's eternal. 

Bye for now, dear readers...

Nothin but love,

Bethany