A breaking laptop

My siblings and I "inherited" a laptop when my mom bought herself a new one. And, after about three years, it is now slow as ever and about half my life's work of photography is on that slow-as-ever laptop.
Not a very good situation!

Right now I am using my mom's laptop and trying to get used to the different keypad!
And let me tell you, I'm really scared of what might happen if the laptop with everything (blog sites, photos, songs, notes, etc) I need or use on it breaks down!

And, so far we've only put ONE folder of things onto a hard drive! I am so scared. I wish there was someway I could just scan it all off of the laptop without pressing a button!
And I can't think of what to do if it does break down!

But in the Bible it does say "Don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything, and thank Him for His answers." (Philippians 4:6)
Pray, Pray, Pray. That's what I've been doing and what I will be doing until this situation is cleared up.

Does anyone reading this blog know of an online store that sells laptops for good prices?

Pray. Pray. Pray. For a good laptop with a great price. I wonder if there's an Apple laptop for $1 somewhere out there :D ? Probably not. But it would be nice! Just imagine...... Almost everyone could afford a computer! But as far as I know it isn't possible.

And I barely have enough money to use for anything besides paying $35 every month to help the child I sponsor through Compassion International . But as long as that laptop still works I'm still sort of content.

Unusual photos

I really wanted to share these photos with anyone who likes anything funny,weird or crazy!
We got a new cat when we moved a few months ago. And she is so funny! Here's just some of the funny things she's done:

Bethany, our cat, decided she was so thirsty that she had to lick the rain water off my dad's truck and not her own water bowl, which, happened to be filled with water.
Then she made her own sitting area on top of the garbage can.

She also decided to sleep on top of our van. I wonder what might've happened if we had driven away from our house without noticing her. Actually, no I wouldn't! That would NOT have been good!!!


OK. I want you to compare these two photos with each other.

This is a weather vane from the house we just moved out of.

And this is the weather vane from our new garage.

They look the same, don't they?

It's so fun to compare two different things and notice something!

Sometimes I just have to laugh!

Then about a week ago we were eating frozen blueberries.

We were rinsing out our bowls to put in the dishwasher and I noticed this 'apple-looking' juice stain in one of the bowls.

Well, these are all the photos I could think of that were unusual!

I enjoy getting comments from all my wonderful readers so I encourage you to leave one for me!

What NOT to try at home

Our house has a hot tub outside.
Last week was my first time in the hot tub. But it didn't go exactly as planned.......

 We were in our swimsuits and bathrobes with one towel for the both of us. My Dad fixed it up and took me outside. My bare legs were FREEZING! And when I took off my bathrobe off and set it on our porch rail it almost blew away! I literally jumped up and into the tub.

"It's hotter than hot in here!" I yelled.
Next was Mom. She was freezing just like me.
Anyway, we were up to our necks in hot water. Anything ABOVE our necks were super cold. That meant our faces were cold as could be.

After a bit my Mom was using the 'safety' side of her mind and she told me she was afraid of the fact that we were in hot water outside in the freezing cold with the wind blowing all around us.
She told me to hop out of the hot tub, put on the shoes I had brought out, dry off with the towel, wrap myself into my bathrobe, race inside the house and tell my Dad.

I searched around for the towel.....Of course it wasn't there.
So I hopped out anyway, found that it takes more than a second to slip wet feet into crocs, found the towel stuck in a place on the hot tub, grabbed that and my robe and ran inside.

I watched from inside as my Dad helped my Mom out of the hot tub.
And only then did I remember something.....I, in my crazed rush, had taken the ONLY towel and my bathrobe inside with me. My bathrobe was a necessity at the time but I didn't leave the towel with my Mom.

My teeth were chattering and my face felt like a freezing cold block but I was okay.
When my Mom had been getting out she had grabbed a metal bar and for a few seconds her hand stuck to it and then her swimsuit. But she was okay too.

When I dressed into my clothes I told myself, "It was nice and warm....Under the water."
My teeth continued to chatter for about ten to twenty more minutes afterwards.

So NEVER, EVER go outside into a hot tub at night in the freezing cold of ten degrees and expect to be enjoying the weather.

Happy Valentines Day!

I might be one day late in writing this post but, hey, who cares?
 I wore a pink shirt with hearts on it for Valentines.
I didn't send any cards to anyone by accident. Oops! But oh, well! There's always another year!

I created these little Valentine pictures with Photoshop. I think they're really cute.
What do you think?
Of course, Drawing with a 'mouse' instead of a pencil is kind of hard!

All of these hearts represent my family. The white heart above every other heart represents my little sister who is now in Heaven with Jesus.

Tag your it

Thanks Autumn for tagging me!

OK, so here's the rules:
1. Post these rules
2. Post 11 random things about yourself
3. Answer the questions the tagger asked you
4. Ask 11 new questions for the people you tag
5. Go to their blog and tell them they've been tagged


11 Random Facts:
1. I go to horse-back riding lessons.
2. I like to wear culottes.
3. I love to wake up early.
4. I like contemporary Christian music.
5. I'm a wanna-be singer.
6. I love to eat grapefruit.
7. I'm really into photography.
8. I have a habit of reading 300-page books in one day.
9. I like TheRebelution.com.
10. I really like to eat kohlrabi.
11. I LOVE God.


Here's the questions Autumn asked:
1.  Flowers or butterflies? Well, I guess both.
2.  What's your favorite animal? The guinea pig.
3.  Do you like peanut butter? Yes and no.
4.  How many siblings do you have? and are you the oldest? I have 6 siblings. I'm not the oldest.
5.  Do you like to read? Yes, yes, yes!!!
6.  What are you eating for your next meal? Herb Chicken.
7.  What color is your hair? Blonde.
8.  What is your favorite color? Hot pink or lavender.
9.  What color is your room? White but I want to change it.
10.  What is your favorite summer activity? Swimming!!!
11.  What is your favorite hobby? Either bike riding or photography.

Here are my questions:
1. Ladybugs or Luna Moths?
2. Do you sponsor a child from Compassion International?
3. Where is your favorite place to go on vacation?
4. What's your favorite herb?
5. Do you have a favorite Christian singer? If so who is it?
6. Bubblegum or Jawbreakers?
7. What's one of your favorite websites?
8. What do you like to blog about most?
9. What's your favorite country?
10. Have you ever drank from a fresh-water spring or well?
11. What name would you like for a baby girl?

Thanks again, Autumn! And I hope everyone has fun doing this.

2012.....Already?

To me it feels like 2011 has gone by way too fast! I can't believe how December 31st changed to January 1st! And the big hand on the clock hit the twelve and.....well, we don't have to go into all the details!
I am so excited to get out of the gray-clouded skies and begin to see trees with leaves on them!!!

I want to see birds, and butterflies and lots of flowers. What about you?

Lilla Rose Flexi Clip Giveaway!!

I am so excited about this! I found out about the Lilla Rose Giveaway at Feminine Farmgirl. I can't wait for the announcements! If you want to enter the giveaway or want more info go to Feminine Farmgirl.blogspot.com
I have been waiting for a Flexi Clip giveaway for some time now and now I've found one!!!!

I've really liked Flexi Clips for a long time.They are such beautiful hair clips! And one of my favorite things about them is the HORSE Flexi Clips!

Visit the Flexi Clip website to see all of the selections! I'm amazed by all of the different clips!