The Old School House FREE Digital Supplement

Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up fast!  Are you ready to celebrate?  Check out this FREE holiday idea book from The Old School House HERE for some great tips and ideas!  I’ve already browsed through it myself -  each page filled with helpful, how-to topics such as…
 
Family traditions
Handcrafted gifts
Delightful desserts
Frugal trinkets of love
Thankful hospitality
Festive home décor
Personalized, [...]

Earn prizes by just surfing the web!

I recently created an account at SwagBucks, and I thought I would share it with you guys, because it really is pretty cool.  Like my title, it really is just that simple! 
If you haven’t used it before, well I’m telling you - you should!
So how does it work you ask?
Just register an account, begin using their search engine (just [...]

How To Create the “Messy” Hair Knot

I’ve been searching the web for some cute hair styles I could try on myself, and after some browsing, I ended up finding a neat video (which you can watch HERE) on how to do the “messy” hair knot which, if I do say so myself, looks pretty cute!
I didn’t get a picture of it on myself quite yet, [...]

Ooh! I Just Had To…

… get these.

 Above from left to right: Apologize by One Republic, Pirates of the Caribbean piano book, and A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton.
Yep.  I just had to…  See, I just finished (well, almost) going through the Pride and Prejudice piano book (loved it !!), and I was looking to get another movie theme piece or something that I can work [...]

The Kitchen Carnival

The Kitchen Carnival is now up!  Head on over to Growing in Grace magazine and take a peak.    There’s some great recipes posted, along with my favorite salad recipe: my Vegetable Pasta Salad.

VBS week

Wow, I seriously cannot believe it is August already!  My summer is going by pretty quickly! 
Well, as for a small update: last week, my friend, Samantha and I had the great opportunity to serve at a local church’s vacation Bible school.  Sam and I got to work in the kindergarten class with our younger siblings together, and we both had a really great time!  The [...]

“Yes, I’m Homeschooled” T-shirt

Yes, I’m homeschooled… and I’m proud of it!  Here is my T-shirt I bought quite a while ago from the Homeschool Boutique!  I love it!  
 
I definitely plan on wearing it when I’m out and about during the school year…it saves on explaining everything to those who ask, “why aren’t you in school?” ;) 

If you’re homeschooled, and haven’t yet visited their [...]

50 Things

Hi, everyone!  I hope you all had a good Easter!  I’m sorry it’s taken me a while to get this up!  I was tagged with 50 Things a while ago by Allison at Letter From Christ.  :)  Thank you Allison! 
Rules are: Try to come up with 50 facts about yourself as you can. If you’re tagged [...]

Celebrating My One Year Blogoversary!

Today I write this post in celebration of  my one year blogoversary!  It has been a full year since I have started this blog.  Wow!  Now talk about time really flying by fast! 
It has just been such a blessing to me.  I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet new Christian friends through blogging, who have been an encouragement to me in my daily walk [...]

The Winter Bundle Giveaway!

 
I thought I would let you all know, that Jocelyn has put together The Winter Bundle Giveaway, where tons of great prizes will be given away over the next several weeks, altogether worth over $700.00!  
Now head over there to see how to enter!

Tagged!!

Sorry I’m a little late in posting this!  I was tagged by Courtney over at One Of The Bunch with…….
 
”Ten Things I Do Daily”
1. Clean my room.  I’m a neat freak, and I make sure it STAYS clean! 
2. Read!! 
3. School.  Yes, this is something I do daily!!  I continue throughout the summer also, though, [...]

Knitting and Scarf Pictures

Oh, boy!  Doesn’t time fly by fast?  I’m feeling a little behind here in the blogging world…  
One project I have found very enjoyable during this cold, winter season, is knitting!  I especially love doing it when I’m cuddled up in a blanket, and warming up near our corn stove! 
I thought I would post a couple pictures of one of the [...]

The ABC’s Describing Me!

I thought I would participate in this fun little meme using the alphabet to describe me!
If you participate, be sure to sign the Mister Linky over at Jocelyn’s blog!  Just click on the icon to the right  ->
Okay.  Here I go….
Animal-lover
Babysitter
Compassionate
Determined
Enthusiastic
Forgetful
God-fearing
Home-Maker-In-Training
Impatient
Joyful
Kind
Loving
Meticulous
Neat Freak
Optimistic
Perfectionist
Quite persistent
Reader
Saver
Talker
Understanding
Visual Learner
Worrier
Xtremely annoyed that I can’t find any X words!
Youthful
Zealous
Well, that’s all for [...]

Fall Favorites

Goodness!  Has it really been almost three weeks since I’ve last posted!?  I’ve had that last “apology for not commenting” post up for a while, and I assure you, this won’t be another.   Though, I really should apologize again for the lack of commenting… *sigh*
Actually, I thought I would post some of my Fall [...]

Busy/ Randomness/ First Tag

Hi everyone! 
I can’t believe we are already in October!  The weather is getting really chilly over here, and I can’t wait till it snows! 
Also, I just want to apologize for the lack of commenting – again.  School and babysittting are taking up the majority of my time, and for those of you with blogs, who [...]

First Blog Award!

I am happy to announce, that I have been given my first blog award!  It was passed on to me by Courtney, over at One of the Bunch.  Thank you so much Courtney!!
You can read the guidelines here.

Since it doesn’t say how many to pass it on too, I will choose a few. 
I now pass [...]

Scripture Tags!

I recently made some scripture buttons/tags and I think they turned out nicely.  Feel free to stick one in your sidebar by copy and pasting the code below each one.   I’m working on making some more…
And yes, I took those photos myself.   Please link back.

<a href=”http://themissionofachristian.wordpress.com”>
<img border=”0″ src=”http://static1.grsites.com/user/folders/kiranicole/r3074716/button78979899.jpg” width=”150″ height=”200″ >
</a>

<a [...]

The Beginning of the Wrap Skirt

Sewing is a great skill to know, and I’ve been really wanting to get into it more, and learn how to make some skirts.  So, my grandma came over a couple days ago and we spent some of the morning working on making a wrap skirt for me! 
Here are some pictures…
 

It was really fun.  We were able to get [...]

Link To Me

I made an ad for my blog – you’re welcome to put it on your website/blog – just grab the code below!  

The code:

<a href=”http://themissionofachristian.wordpress.com/“>
<img border=”0″ src=”http://static1.grsites.com/user/folders/kiranicole/r2965606/button20402632.jpg” width=”150″ height=”150″ >
</a>

~ Kira 
P.S. Does anyone know how to put HTML into a scroll box?  If you do, please comment!  I would appreciate it! 
 

Check It Out!

Hi everyone!
Miss Jocelyn has put a lot of work into putting up a new site,

 Please do visit it!  Miss Jocelyn did an excellent job on it!  It’s purpose is to…
Encouraging, inspiring, and challenging young ladies to rediscover the treasure of dressing femininely modest. So we may be an example in a world where true beauty has been lost that [...]