I will start updating more. I will start updating more. I will start updating more. I will start updating more. I will...

Maybe if I write it enough times, it will stick. ;)

So. My health has been doing a lot better, overall, as has my sisters' health. However, the past couple of weeks have been a bit rough as all the pollen came out. I always get migraines this time of year. Also, something that doesn't help...apparently, Zyrtec makes me sleepy. Very sleepy. A whole pill was too much, so I tried half of one. Still too much. After a few days of taking a quarter of a pill every night, it makes me so tired, I sleep all day. So no more Zyrtec for me. I don't think it was really helping my allergies anyway. :P

I'm trying to keep up with all the books I read this year. There are a lot of deeper books I want to read, but haven't been reading, because it's hard for me to concentrate enough when I'm sick and getting bad headaches. I've been reading quite a few Agatha Christie books, which I love. Hercule Poirot is great.

We're getting settled in a new church, which is really nice. After church hunting for a while, it's great to have found the place we want to be. :) We already knew some people there, which helped as well. It's easier being at a new place if you already know people there.

I need to keep on top of my updating, but maybe that will be easier now with my new computer! ;)

My old one was dying, so a couple of weeks ago, I got a brand new MacBook, which I love. :D It's so nice and pretty and awesome and wonderful. I really wanted a Mac for my next computer, and I like it even more than I thought I would. It's been an adjustment, getting used to a different operating system, but I like it a lot. However, I haven't really spent a lot of time on the computer, between being busy and now coming down with a respiratory virus going around the house. I've been spending lots of time resting, and giving my hands and wrists a break from the computer. I've been putting off updating because I wanted to get pictures of my new computer to post, but finally decided I'd just go ahead and write, then maybe post pictures later.

I got a free printer along with the computer. Well, free after the rebate. I named my laptop Riley after National Treasure's Riley Poole, and named the printer Ben, after Benjamin Gates of the same movie. Riley is one of my favorite movie characters. :D

Just got some cool news! Friday of next week, my dad's taking off work, and we're all going to San Antonio for the day! I'm really excited. I love San Antonio! I went there June 2007, and absolutely loved it. This time, I have a really cool camera and can take lots of pictures. :D I need to take it easy for the next week and rest and give my body plenty of time to get better. But I'm pretty excited. We're going to the Alamo and the Riverwalk, both of which are awesome. :D

I know I keep saying I'm going to start updating here more, but I've been sick a lot and not up to doing much. You would think that would mean I'd have more time to write, but I never know what to write about then. Ever since that trip back in December, I've just had one thing after another. I went to the doctor for a sinus infection last week, and they did tell me my lungs sounded clear, which is good. I'm still fighting a lot of tiredness, though, and having some days I barely feel up to getting out of bed. I guess the flu and bronchitis stuff I had really wiped me out.

But, something I have been up to... I decided to try something new and start selling things online. I opened an Etsy shop, and a shop with another site called ArtFire.

My Etsy shop
My ArtFire shop

I've put up some jewelry on Etsy, and some of my photos on both. I'm trying to decide how much to put into all this, because I don't know if any of it will sell or not. It's something I'd love to do, but I also don't want to stay broke because I put all my money into it. So, we'll see. It's fun, anyway.

We've been going to a "new" church the last couple of months, though I haven't been able to go much since I've been sick so much. I say "new" because we went there a bit several years ago. Anyway, we're wanting to join the church, and Saturday night, we ate dinner with one of the elders and his wife. They have four Clydesdale horses, so I had fun taking pictures. :D I plan on uploading them to Facebook soon, then I'll post the link here. They have some quarter horses at out a different farm as well, and said we can go riding soon. I'm looking forward to that.

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. ~ Samuel Butler



This is part of my old book collection. I'd like to take more pictures of my books, try to get some really good ones. I'm still pretty sick, though, and haven't been up to doing much, so this is what you get for now. It was either this, or a bad picture of my houseslippers, so I opted for this. ;)

This is my day 5 of Project 365, which you can follow here. I think I'll really enjoy it, but it will be better once I feel up to doing more.

I wrote this post for HSA and thought I'd share it here too.

I haven't made any New Year's resolutions, per se. However, at the start of this new year, I have been rather contemplative and have several goals I'm working toward.

In general, I'm working at becoming more disciplined, both in my spiritual life and in other areas. I'm trying to become more diligent in studying the Word, memorizing Scripture, and generally reading, watching, and listening to more things that are edifying. I want to be more purposeful in studying and improving in the things I'm interested in, such as web design and photography.

To sum it up, I want to spend my time wisely, to live to the fullest serving God and others, to grow and advance, both in my walk with God and in my hobbies and interests. I want to be able to look back at the end of this year and see ways I've done these things, to see ways I've grown and changed and things I've learned.

It's also been a time of reminiscing, thinking over ways I've changed over the last year, and even two years. I can see ways I've examined standards and preferences we have, and adopted my own. Not that I didn't do that before, but I've fine-tuned them a lot in the past year. Though, in some ways, I feel like I'm turning into an old fogey, especially when I realize I'm almost 24. ;)

Oh, and another thing I want to work on this year: getting to sleep at a reasonable hour. ;) I had started getting to bed and getting up earlier several months ago, but, well, old habits die hard. :P

One of my absolute favorite quotes:

I have already remarked, with all the restraint that I could command, that of all modern phenomena, the most monstrous and ominous, the most manifestly rotting with disease, the most grimly prophetic of destruction, the most clearly and unmistakably inspired by evil spirits, the most instantly and awfully overshadowed by the wrath of heaven, the most near to madness and moral chaos, the most vivid with devilry and despair, is the practice of having to listen to loud music while eating a meal in a restaurant. ~ G.K. Chesterton

I heartily agree. ;)

Okay, so to pick up where I left off back in August...

I had a great trip to Dallas. Spent time with lots of awesome people and went to some fun places. We played Ultimate Frisbee and Capture the Flag, went roller skating, went to downtown Dallas, and just generally had fun hanging out and talking. And...I got to fly for the first time and loved it! :D

In case anyone is really interested, here are my pictures from that trip:

Album 1
Album 2
Album 3
Album 4
Album 5
Album 6


In September, we evacuated for Hurricane Ike. We stayed with family in north Louisiana. Thankfully, we had little damage done to our house and yard. We were without water for a few days, but really fared better than so many people. The following are pictures showing what Wal-mart looked like when we got home:

Wal-mart after Ike


Then a couple of weeks ago, I flew up to Little Rock to see forget_me_not_8 get married. I'm so glad I was able to make it to their wedding! I'm friends with both the bride and the groom, and they really mean a lot to me. I'm so happy for them, and their wedding was beautiful. She made a beautiful bride too. :D While there, I stayed with my aunt for several days, and got to see my cousin and her new baby.

Wedding pictures
Baby cousin pictures


So yeah, I like taking a lot of pictures. ;) If anyone is interested, I can be found here on Flickr.


A few more random things I might mention later:

• We got a Wii for Christmas, only we got it a few weeks early. MarioKart and Wii Sports are cool.


• I got a computerized sewing machine as an early birthday present.


• We got a cappuccino maker today.


• I'm building a website for the small company my dad works for.


• I'm taking up watercolors,


• I still ♥ my camera.

Oh, also, I have the flu. I came down with it Christmas Eve, and it hasn't quite left yet. I was feeling somewhat better for a while today, but I'm feeling bad again tonight. Hopefully it will leave soon.

That's all I can think of for now! Hopefully you will all hear from me often. :P

Hi, everyone! I haven't updated here in so long. I will intend on keeping up here, then just...don't. :P I do intend to now, and to blog more throughout the year, so here's to keeping that resolution! ;) I'll write more later, but I knew if I wrote a quick entry now, there would be a greater chance of me coming back again later on. ;) Happy New Year's, everyone! Have a great night!

I'm getting really excited about the trip this weekend. :D I can't believe it's just two days away! I'll leave Friday morning, on my first plane trip, and get back Sunday evening. I lived in the Dallas area when I was little, but don't really remember it, so it will be fun to see Dallas again. Then, of course, getting to spend three days with my awesome friends will be just grand. :D