Easter: the day after

easter is my favorite day of the year.
without Christ rising over 2,000 years ago,
life would look and be totally different.
my life, your life, everybody's.

one of my easter traditions is to read through 1 corinthians 15.
it's a basic argument for why the death 
and resurrection of Christ is paramount.
at the end, paul reminds of the victory foretold in isaiah:

"'Death is swallowed up in victory.^'
 'O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?'"

as amazing as easter is with its focus on such amazing truths,
it becomes like so many holy days:
remembrance on important realities 
that seem to not impact our lives after a few days have passed.
 
i read this section of scripture anew yesterday, with my focus extending to verses 57 and 58:

"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."


we have victory because of and through the risen Christ!
and while we rejoice and reflect on that, let us not forget to act.

i pray in this renewed season of victory in Christ, that i would work abundantly for the Lord,
being steadfast and immovable.

and i pray the same for my brothers and sisters.
may we "press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus!"





cincerely,


cindy

Nurses' Weekend Out

one of the perks of being a nurse is getting week days off.
that perk turns pretty sweet when your 
fellow nurses have those days off too.
pretty sweet turns into awesome when you get to hang out with them.

two of my longest friends from college 
and i got together this past week.
ventura was our destination, home of the beautiful amanda.
the original intent was to fly to san diego, meet up with the lovely leah, and then road trip to ventura.
sadly, weather sucked wasn't on our side 
and plans had to be changed.
good news! all three of us ended up in ventura.

sweet, sweet reunion.

 coffee bean is always a must in socal.

also, new fave: chocolate covered meringues.

 santa barbara is crazy.

mail boxes without slots, 

fancy mcdonalds that take golden arches to the next level, 

and scandalous jewlery stores.

the weekend only got better when i found that shirt.

"work hard, party harder."

i mean, duh.

amanda and i went to india together so we love to eat food 
from indian when we're together.

one of my favorite traditions.

the next day included chick-fil-a,

a precious pup named bo,

and xbox connect.

overall, an amazing week with some bosom friends.

while it was sad to say goodbye, i was thankful for a smooth flight back to the land of milk and honey bay area.
thanks, ladies, for an amazing time!
can't wait until we get to hang out again.



cincerely,


cindy

10 on 10: just another sunday

as i mentioned last month,
sundays are my favorite day of the week.
here's why:

the shift may have only been 11 hours,

but night nurses love to read.

and put their feet up.

  

 did i mention that my shift was an hour shorter?

daylight savings time did me good.

hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

apparently i really like wearing black, grey, and green.

please note the debut of my europe purse.

good strap length, zippers, durable.

and freaking cute.

i was so sleepy today at church, i chilled in the back 

with a pretty adorable kidlet and her mama.

but davis still brought it.

where my girls at?!

right here.

and they be pretty darn awesome.

a house on my street has two beautiful tulip trees.

the picture doesn't even come close to how awesome it is.

hi, my name is cindy, and i'm a candy crush addict.

kim is all about the B.O.Y.D.

you know,

bring your own dessert.

thankfully she shared.

wanna know what she made? 

check out her pintertest coming to a blog near you!

PinterTest Kitchen: Trifecta of Delicious

i've been busy pintering my lil' heart out!
i went back to cooking because i'm better at that then crafting.
three recipes have been tried and found true.
check it:

 made these on a whim one night and they were delish!

original recipe here.

i know it doesn't look like much,

but it was SO easy and SO good.

the first time i made it, i used half balsamic vinegar
 and half balsamic vinaigrette.

i liked it that way better.

here's the recipe.

dude, they really taste like the brownies from school!

very decadent and total simple.

side note:

i added the nuts to the top so the no-nut people wouldn't flip on me.

recipe here.

another month of successful testing.

can't wait to read what you all did!

and if you did something, 

you should link up with jess, too!

cincerely,

cindy

fabulous february

i haven't been blogging much lately.
laziness has been the rule these past few weeks.
but here's a quick recap of february anyway...

helped out at C.A.L.L. primrose sorting through
 coats for their annual coat drive.

please note mama belleson's fabulous christmas sweaters.

i wanted to take them all.

 gammy fell at the beginning of the month,
so we've made some extra effort to hang out with her.
not to shabby for 94, eh?

 thursday fun day with my first friend laura.
we both have thursdays off so we try to hang out.
yay for beautiful days in the half mooner!

 i've been collecting things to put on my wall for over a year now.

thanks to some very hip people,

it's finally up!

i love that each one tells a story.

maybe i'll have to blog about that...

 gorgeous mornings on my way home from work.
san francisco is amazing.

had a sister date with some cuties.

the older they get, the more i love 'em.

been going on walks and hikes with my mom to prep for our mediterranean cruise.

days like that make me love where i live.

 blog world, meet 'the giant.'

my very large, giant's colored ipad.

i think i'm in love.

 sister date again.

seriously though, these are my favorite kinda nights.

great company, baked alaska, and bruschetta for days.

my dear friend angela and i decided to hit the beach to enjoy this beautiful weather.
we finally found blue sky and stuck around.
some serious gorgeousness!

 

i'd say february was pretty great.
hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse into my crazy life.

how was your month?

cincerely,

cindy

10 on 10: i love sundays

sundays are by far my favorite days of the week.
here's a glimpse into a pretty perfect one.

 collecting flu specimens

 lunch over EKG interpretation practice

 cartwheels

 boredom selfies

 gorgeous SF mornings

helping to lead the Body before His Throne

 animated teacher meets animated students

blessing those in need, one bag of hope at a time

ridin' classy

eating soda in a cooked cake

sigh.

another sunday well spent.

linked up

cincerely,

cindy

PinterTest Kitchen: Cincerely gets her craft on

you read that right.
please, sit down and take a few slow, deep breaths.
hell isn't frozen and pigs still can't fly.

but that's right, blog world.
i crafted.
voluntarily.

i found the idea to create your own french memo board on pinterest.
of course, i can't find the link now, but it looked easy and awesome.

i got 4 small cork boards.

5,238 texts to my crafty friends later,

i went with pre-cut fabric

and spray fabric adhesive.

we don't own an ironing board,
so i improvised.

it was easy!
1) spray the adhesive
2) spread on evenly
3) do the same to the back

they're cute, yea?

i opted out of ribbon and buttons;

didn't want to be too ambitious.

not sure how to get them on the wall, though. 

any advice?

thanks for joining me for this unusual 

addition of pintertest kitchen.

linking up with jess

cincerely,

cindy