I am a sinner

Hi.

My name is Krista Birkbeck and I’m a sinner. 

The lady at Wal-Mart gave me $5 extra in change and I kept it.  I’m a thief.

I saw an amazing picture of Channing Tatum on Facebook and I lusted.  I’m an adulterer.

I say “Oh MY GOD” all the time.  I use the Lords name in vain. 

I told someone I was running late because my kids made me late but really, I just slept in.  I’m a liar

I squash any bug that I find in my house.  I’m a killer.

I look at my neighbors lawn and/or his jet ski wish it was mine.  I covet my neighbor’s possessions.   

I am a sinner and my sins separate me from the love of God.  And all sin, in God’s eyes is equal.  You’re either with him or not.  There’s no “well I only lied today so I’m a bit closer today than I was yesterday”.   However, thankfully for me, I also believe in a God that forgives.  I’m human and I’m weak.  And I wish I was perfect.  And I wish I didn’t sin.  So I say I’m sorry and the great thing is, I believe, I get forgiven. 

I try my best not to judge.  But that doesn’t mean if I think you’re doing something wrong, I think it’s right.  There’s a difference there. 

If you really have no money and need to steal a loaf of bread, I don’t think you are an awful person and need to be punished for it.  And if you are the richest person I know and you steal a loaf of bread for kicks, (well I’d probably laugh) and I still don’t judge on what I think your punishment should be.  NOT for me to decide.  Not for me to judge.  But I still believe it’s wrong in either case. 

Everyone makes their own bed.  We all lie in it.  I’m happy I don’t have to lie in some other people’s beds.  And I’m CERTAIN there are people that are happy they don’t have to lie in mine. 

We all have well thought out opinions and beliefs and we govern our lives by them.  Good for us.  I’m happy to be friends and acquaintances with those of us passionate enough to share them.  Passionate enough to shout it out. 

Wendy Davis – I do salute you for standing up and fighting for what you believe in.  I just don’t believe in what you believe in.

And here’s a newsflash.  I DO think THAT is okay.  J

DIY Minecraft Shirt

 

Parker is crazy for anything and everything Minecraft these days.  I admit, I just can't get 'into' the game that much.  The pixilation drives me insane.  Haven't we come SO far in animation and graphic design - why on earth is this game so painful to watch?! 

 

Well the pixilation DOES help in one regard.  SUPER easy to make a shirt.  :) 

 

The best way to do a stencil shirt is apparently freezer paper.  Of which you CANNOT buy anywhere in Canada.  (That I have found....please dear God tell me if you found it somewhere and I will buy it by the boatload!) 

 

So, not giving up easily, I Googled how to make your own.  Super useful post here:

 



http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-freezer-paper./

I used regular printer paper and a clear garbage bag (we use the clear ones for recycling.  The woman who wrote the post suggests perhaps melting 2 layers of plastic to the paper and judging from my edges in some areas, that is what I would do in the future. 

So in my own learning curve, again I would PRINT the stencil to the paper BEFORE melting your plastic to it.  We had to fish a few pieces of paper out of the printer that got jammed because of the extra plastic layer.  (ink jet printer -- NOT LAZER!!!) 

Also in my learning curve, I would get paint that you dab on....do not get the spray paint kind.  My first attempt clearly shows why you don't want the spray paint.  I thought that it would be faster than dabbing but it goes on WAY too thick and you get the 'spray' overage on the rest of the shirt. 

So here are MY steps:

1. Get a good stencil and print it to your paper (if you found freezer paper, trace it to the paper)

2. Melt your plastic to the back of the paper

3.  Using a new/sharp exacto knife cut out your stencil

4. Iron paper onto your shirt

5. Line the inside of your shirt with thick cardboard or plastic bag so paint stays on one layer of the shirt

6. Carefully dab paint into stenciled area

7. Again, carefully peel paper back off of shirt and let shirt dry. 

 

 

Hopefully everyone loves them at the party!!!

Can you guess who the yellow one is for???  :-) 

As an aside, I found a lot of really cute ideas for stenciling grown up shirts the same way....and the 'freezer' paper was really easy to make!!  Thanks Daisy for your help!!!  :D

Take More pictures

Someone actually said these words to me the other day. 

"Krista, you need to take more selfies". 

Uhm, what??  

Cuz in my crazy raising four kids, working full time, juggling extra curricular activities for 4 of them, shuttling kids around and just generally staying sane, YES!!  Selfies. THAT is what I need to do. 

But then I got thinking. I am already in next to NO photos with my kids - I'm always the one taking the pictures.  And I wish I was in more of them - that's saying a lot because I hate being in pictures. 

Add to that I love being in on the latest new thing, especially when it has to do with technology. I'm writing this post from my bed on my iPhone and even mostly using the dictation tool. So ya, my iPhone certainly could be used for the 'selfie' fetish that is so 2013. How did I not know this was a thing??  

So to satisfy my friend and my own curiosity about this 'selfie' craze, here are my latest. :)