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So, I've noticed that I have this habit of discovering good intentions and then getting busy and carried away with other things. Here are some of the highlights from the last week (+ a couple of days).

133. ordered some photos through the free prints app. now to scrapbook them with project life!
134. the cross 2015: undaunted.
135. working on a second commission + coffee.
136. finished work: samuel 1:27.
137. received a new order! praise God for His blessings.
138. made a vegan raspberry-lemon cheesecake.
139. celebrated purim for the first time ever.
140. packing extra tissues. going to see the drop box film with my husband.
141. my husband makes coffee for me just the way i like it.
142. growing in faith in the hard moments.

Between my phone and the cloud, I have a lot of digital photos. I'm hoping that the convenience of photo apps like Free Prints and Shutterfly (I recently placed an order through the app) combined with the convenience of Project Life will motivate me to document these things in a tangible way.

I recently started making original paintings featuring handlettered Scripture with sumi-e ink on watercolor backgrounds. At first, I did it for myself, but thanks to the provision of God and posting my work on Instagram, I've received a few orders for custom work. At the moment, the paint is drying on my current commission before I paint a verse. I'm not sure what will come of this venture, but I'm enjoying it and I figured that even if no one else wants to buy my work, Alan and I enjoy hanging it around the house. :)

Some friends invited us to their house to celebrate Purim. We had never celebrated it before, so it was amazing to spend time with friends over a wonderful meal and take turns reading Esther. Alan and I have talked about making that one of our family traditions. We finished the evening by playing The Journeys of Paul, a strategy board game in which Paul journeys from Jerusalem to Rome, building churches along the way. I was skeptical about it at first, but it was really fun. We decided that it would be a really interesting game to play among the chaplains.

I also made a vegan raspberry-lemon cheesecake for dessert. The link points to a blueberry-lime cheesecake, but I switched the fruits and used a premade crust. It was delicious; the recipe calls for coconut cream and cashews as the primary "cheese" ingredients, and we didn't even miss the cheese. One of my friends said that she normally does not like coconut but enjoyed it in the cheesecake. I will definitely be making it again.

Also, we saw The Drop Box Film. Alan and I were expecting that I would want to leave before the end, but I sat through it and bawled my eyes out and it was heartbreaking. I'm going to write another post about my response to the film.