I want to be an Astronaut.

I saw earlier today where NASA will be taking applications for astronaut candidates in December through February and will be announcing the winner in 2017. It has been a life-long dream of mine to go into outer space. Star gazing is one of my favorite things to do, and although I am by no means an astronomy nerd, (I can find Orion and the big and little dippers that's about it! Haha!) I have just always been interested and enraptured by space. 

While the requirements for this application are far above anything I have or will ever achieve this whole space exploration thought//desire hasn't ever been about space cred (lol), being cool, or even learning science-y things. For me going into outer space, seeing the vastness of our solar system, seeing the perfectly crafted Earth in all of its glory, seeing the other planets as more than tiny balls of light, being out there in the nothingness. It's always been, for me, about wanting to see the hugeness of God's creations and His incredible ability to make something out of nothing. His power, might and creativity are so beautiful to me. 

The same God who created the Sun, planets, moons, other suns, complex solar systems, galaxies and keeps them in order and in their places made ME! And YOU! How awesome is that?! That fact will never cease to astonish me.

Today as you look around you at the trees, the sunlight, the rain, the oceans, the mountains, where ever you are or tonight when you see the stars and Moon, know that the God who holds those beautiful works of art in His hands also is holding you!

XOXO,

Sincerely,
Sarah

Fire and Wings and Supernatural things.

Lately I have been suffering from the most intense writer's block (and readers block if that is a thing...more like a reading slump.) and I have never in my life experienced anything like that, where my imagination just shuts down and locks me out. I have always had an overactive imagination, creating pictures, stories and art in my head so in all of this I have felt a sense of loss. My mind has been feeling extremely depressed and walled in a way. I feel the deep desire to feel some cold weather, see some orange, gold and green leaves and drive to some place to take a memory card full of pictures to get my creative juices flowing again. 

The only thing that will in the slightest grab my attention or interest is Supernatural, fire and wings. I LOVE wings, I am always editing them onto people in pictures on my phone and I not so secretly wish I had a pair of my own. Also, the Phoenix has been on my mind for the past few days thanks to a friend, hopefully like the Phoenix this burning out feeling will lead to a rebirth of some sort!

Anyway, due to my current state here are a couple of edits I have made featuring such things!

And me, also Elle Fanning.

Me in the top left,. <3

Hope all you lovelies are having better luck

with your creative adventures than I am!

Sincerely,

Sarah

Moon Swoon.

Nothing like the moon to get you feeling that spacey,

super tiny, what is my purpose in life, why can't we live in space yet mood!

I have ALWAYS LOVED the Moon and the stars, these few shots I

snapped a few weeks ago make me even more in love with this floating orb

of shimmery goodness!

Normally silvery or white, the Moon appears orange here due to light being filtered

through the Earth's atmosphere. Dust, pollution and even smoke from wildfires

can cause the Moon to appear orange, pink, yellow or even red!

Swoon worthy, Moon worthy!

All three photos were taken by me, Sarah Jones, using a Canon t2i!

Thanks for reading!

SINCERELY, 

SARAH!

PINEspiration

Just some visual inspiration.

I took a sort of break from my biggest project to work on a couple of smaller projects that have been burning a hole in my brain lately and I'm just getting back to editing (ugh.) Life in the Pines and I totally need some inspiration and motivation for finishing up this manuscript!

So! Here are some pretty scenes of Pines, Lakes and Mountains to help push my brain along. Lol. 

Have a lovely day guys!

Sincerely,

Sarah

Writing and coffee.

It has been far too long since I have written anything on this blog of mine! So here is a quick update on whats going on with me!

In one of my previous posts I mentioned a "project" that I was starting and I just want to share what that was/is....drum roll.....It is in fact my very first YA novel! (I guess this is me going public lol!)

It has been in the works since May of 2014 and I have completed it!(For the most part I think) I am now in the heavy editing process. I write, edit and drink coffee. Lots of coffee. When I am not working on my own books I am reading and writing reviews of other author's books on AskSeekKnockReviews.Blogspot.com or watching Gotham, Agents of Shield, or NCIS! (While drinking more coffee of course.)

My imagination has always been overactive, (I'm guessing that is from my ADHD.), and I have decided to put that to good use by writing! I feel like my imagination is a gift from God and I just have to use it for Him. I am currently working on a post-war fiction novel about twelve young adults who live in a tribal community called the Pines. I haven't settled on a name yet I'm between two similar names.

Once I feel like the editing is completed I will begin to query literary agents and hopefully get an agent who will help me to get a totally rad book deal! Until then I am just working hard on polishing my book and writing others! I never thought I would end up perusing a writing carrier seeing as how I have learning disabilities that hindered me all throughout school but I have fallen in love with this art form. The writing community I have found is welcoming and supportive and that is always helpful! I hope to be able to keep posting more updates as I go forward on this journey!


Sincerely,
Sarah

Until next time enjoy these gifs of Lucy Pevensie waving :)




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The Valley by Eisley

Hi! I've been wanting to start doing short music reviews on here so here goes nothing! =]

  Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE the band Eisley. They are a family band hailing from Tyler, TX composed of three gorgeous sisters (Chauntelle, Sherri, and Stacy) their brother (Weston) and cousin (Garron). In march of 2011 they released their third full length album titled The Valley. When I fell in love with the band it was early 2012 I was looking around for new music to check out on JesusFreakHideout.Com and clicked on their link and saw that they had a few CDs already so I went on over to YouTube and searched "The Valley by Eisley" the first video that came up was of the three ladies singing the title track The Valley acoustic. It was amazing! I was hooked from that moment on. Within a short amount of time I went to one of the nearby Christian bookstores and bought The Valley CD. I was completely floored by beautiful harmonies and by how ridiculously talented one family could be. The album is pretty much a total break up album. If you are going through a break up this is for you! I recommend this CD to anyone though. All eleven of the songs are beautifully and very well written. It is pure magic for your ears!

Here's the track listing!
1. The Valley
2. Smarter
3. Watch It Die
4. Sad
5. Oxygen Mask
6. Better Love
7. I Wish
8. Kind
9. Mr. Moon
10. Please
11. Ambulance

You can get this album and all of Eisley's other albums at Eisley.com!

Thinking...

Okay first off let me say that this will sound more like me venting or ranting aimlessly more than anything.. (So sorry!) But anyway lately life seems kinda tough and uncertain and I know that as I get older that things will change and only get harder in life for me and all my life all I have ever wanted and prayed for was that God would show me His will that is specific to my life and what He wants me to do for Him and honestly I never have gotten a straight answer or felt lead to do any specific thing or have any specific job and that's disappointing to me as a Christian, also recently I decided that I would start a project that could maybe one day become a job so I and a friend planned the whole thing out and started working on this project and I got so excited about it but then my friend decided that it just wasn't going to work out and the plan didn't pan out...(when I say pan out I mean more like it died. Shot to the heart, my heart, it was like an airplane that had two engines but lost one and sputtered and spun plummeting to its certain death.) *insert explosion sound effect here* so needless to say it really disappointed me that it wasn't happening and made me feel that I possibly would never do anything great in the world (not that I want fame or anything) I just want to be able to reach people and to be a shining light for God so that maybe through me others would want to know Him. But anyway I have had a thought..  that maybe even if I don't know exactly what He has for me that wherever I am all He really wants is my heart and for me to serve Him no matter what I do and that I should go for whatever I want to and keep Him first through it all. And I don't know if that is right either but it's worth a try (going for whatever comes to mind that sounds like a fun job that I'll love doing I mean) so with that being said I have a new project (I say project because if it doesn't work out then well at least no one will know how I failed hahaha) I've started working on and I'm really hoping that it will work out. If it does at some point work out then I'll praise Him for it and if not I'll still praise Him.

Now you may or may not have or experienced something similar but if so here are a couple of Bible verses that helped me remember that it will all be okay and that worrying isn't worth it...=]

Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope

Sincerely,
Sarah xoxo