And now for the rest of the story

The view from our porch

The woman herself

I am not good at this.

I forget that I have this, and when I remember I avoid it.

I can't pretend I have it all together, or that I put a hard 40 hours every week towards my goals. I am just a girl with a dream. And this is just a platform for me to tell MY story as it is written.

Success or failure.

It will be raw,

It will be real.

And it will be full of truth.

I left for California the weekend after Christmas in the middle of a snow storm. I only had 3 places to stay confirmed for the journey and a VERY new friend as my co-pilot. And to top it off I had no idea what kind of roof I would or wouldn't have over my head for when I arrived. I seem to enjoy flying by the seat of my pants. What can I say I was designed for adventure. Either way it felt right and my classes started in 12 days at Saddleback College. Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and New Mexico welcomed us warmly. (Two books on tape carried us through, The Alchemist and Into the Wild, I would highly recommend them both)

As we checked in late at night to our first hotel on the journey right outside of Albuquerque NM I realized we were only 2 days away from California and I still had no place to stay. When I am standing on the edge of Faith I like to ask God what he's got cookin'. And he replied with a vision not a visual trance but a vivid impression. There was an older woman in Orange county that needed me. She didn't need any physical help but God had heard her heart cry and was sending me. Her heart cry was to have dinner with someone once or twice a week and when she fell asleep at night there would be someone there just incase. I made sure to put in my personal request that she would have an ice maker and a clean kitchen and then said:

Well alright, How am I gonna FIND my old lady?

.....TO BE CONTINUED....

NEW ART FOR SALE!

Custom Set: SOLD

15$ each

Recycled walets: 5$

PS: I make my friends drink all of them

My hand typed business cards, credit to Artist Matt Radwan for typing.

The are all typed on old Christmas cards from years past.

Thursday's Creative Arts And Cooking Class

My sister Mary Grace Debow is the One Tree Of Life's Organizational director and design coordinator. The secret of my payroll at the moment is: I trade my time for her expertise. I have been teaching a Creative Arts and Cooking class to LEVITY, BELLA, and MUSIC Debow every Thursday.

IN ORDER TO:
-Have our weekly charity meetings
-Work on my skills as a teacher
-Spend quality time with my nieces
-Give my sister one minute to breathe without them
-And to bring creative air with me where ever I go

These are some photo highlights of the past few months with the kids.

Chocolate Chip Muffin Quiz & Ingredients

She got an A+

PERFECTION CONFECTION!

Planning our headbands

Bella

^^ Levity in action ^^

Music

Tomorrow we are going to learn how to make Potato Soup and our art hour will be spent writing and illustrating each child's personal mini story book.

Stay Tuned!

If its the last thing I do!

Well more like: If it is the only thing I do today.

I WILL BLOG!

I have been turning out-dated keyboards into beads to make jewelry.

This is how^^^ plus a very small bit drill.

These are the first of many to come. Let me know if you like them!

And with my extra time today TACO SALAD my way.

Rice,

Black Beans,

Lettuce,

Tomatoes,

Shredded Beef

(left in a crock pot all day with salsa),

Plain Low Fat Yogurt,

and my favorite part:

sautéed SWEET POTATO and MUSHROOMS in coconut oil.

The other day I went to...

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

For the:

I met quite a few wonderful people. A beautiful girl named Ali and a posh Miss from greece as well as the founders of the NOT FOR SALE campaign, the founder of invisible children, and the founder of twitter and square (a way of accepting credit cards from your mobile phone).

At some point I hope to visit what Not for Sale is doing in Peru.

In order to learn from them, especially the surf ministry, and possibly intern.

As well as hopefully work with them to start my dream in Nicaragua!!!

But first I am going to move out to California, I hope to arrive here^^^ by January 1st.