i hope you all are having a great saturday! I'm not sure how i got up at 7:50am after just going to sleep around 2:15am. like getting upas in, as soon as my alarm went off i hopped up, i've never done that before. and my mom and i were up till 2am watching the first 2 episodes of season 2 of Downton Abbey. yes, i searched in the depths of the internet and found them. it was a happy yesterday. and they are so beautiful. i'm officially addicted.
i'm looking back at pictures from this past spring and summer. i seriously took pictures of everything when we first got our camera. including my math and a pencil. and countless pictures of the sky! sweet goodness. I want to post more personal pictures on here(ones i've taken) and so i thought i'd share some from this past year. ready? ;)
my sweetness.
yeah.
obviously i was not learning about the life cycle of whatever that is.
<3
taken by mom
taken by mom
really once the late fall/winter hit i stopped taking pictures. but now that's its getting nicer outside I'm feeling inspired!
so I totally meant to post this on Friday but its 12:40 am Saturday morning so obviously that didn't get done ;) but who's keeping track of time?? ha ;P
I had a pretty good friday. I had a Dr. appointment this morning about 45 minutes away and we have friends who live around there so after the app. we went shopping and then out to lunch with our friend Mrs. K :) My camera( which had been glued to my hand ever since mom came home ;) tagged along with me for the day and so here's my friday morning and afternoon in pictures :-)
I don't have a picture for this but my headaches have gotten MUCH better in the past few months! I've only gotten 1, over 3 days but I have that under control. they've gotten so much better that I might be able to get off the headache medication around the end of May!! :] I'm really praying I can. I need to keep working out, eating gluten free and takin' all those vitamins and such! Some days(like today, for a few hours) it doesn't even feel like I'm getting any better or can do anything about it. Then God uses a song on Air1 or a person's tweet or something to remind me that I can't do this on my own. I need to rely on HIM for my strength and perseverance. Its hard but I can do all things through Christ who strengths me! my God is a mighty fortress. I know some of you have shared with me that you have some rough health problems and are going through similar things, please know that I am praying for you( and even if you haven't shared I still pray for you) and keep taking those small steps, striving for better days! I'm right there with ya♥♥
1. Whole Foods!! really like that store :)
2. found some yummy gluten free bread! it was so exciting because I'd had such a hard time finding good GF bread. very thankful :]
3. GF snacks
4. beautiful tulips inside the store
1. off to hopefully find some goodies for a great price! Everything was 40-50% off and then take another 10% off your whole purchase.
2. I did!! I headed to the History section {I'm a history lover if ya haven't caught that}and found 2 books about 2 of my favorite time periods! first one, Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World by Roy Adkins[ about a battle in the1800s] for about $10. I read about Napoleon i history for school and he intrigued me, looking forward to reading it.
3. Cranford!! That had a decent batch of DVDs (and Blu-Ray) for good deals! I was so happy to find this :) I love that show! They had Return to Cranford but I just stuck with the first one. I love that time period. okay, I just love history. ;] Anywho, altogether I got it for $21 #imahappygirl
4.The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan [Dust Bowl 1935] for about $9. I'm absolutely fascinated with that time period. The WWs, Great Depression and Dust Bowl. I've just read about 3 pages of the introduction and I'm already enthralled!
So I've got some great summer reads :]
It feels like my birthday blessings have just kept coming and coming ;] God knew I needed those goodies today.
1. & 2. Went to an Irish Pub for lunch with Mrs. K. It was such an enchanting and beautiful place. It kinda reminded me of How To Train Your Dragon...that type of "culture". There were gorgeous stained glass windows all over the place and one room had a cozy fire. I took lots of pictures and will share more later :) *promise* ;]
3. I had some stew and it was delicious to say the least. So rich, hearty and yummy. *licks lips* it was so good
4. one of the stained glass windows. they were so vivid and bold.
Well that was my morning and afternoon in pictures and some captions :) When we got home we just relaxed, my mom took a nap(still trying to catch up on sleep!) and ate dinner. I've been spending the night(9:30-now, 12:20) editing pictures, tweeting, chatting, listening to music, and writing this blog post. no it didn't take me like 3 hours to write this... I was multitasking- editing a picture, blog, tweet, blog, chat with my friend, and blog, you get the picture ;)
speaking of music, here's some sweet tunes I've been listening to and loving :)
I'm such a Lord of the Rings girl at heart...{*lotr post coming in the near future*}
Fell in love with this song all over again...
Thank you so much for all the sweet comments you've been leaving for me! Sorry I haven't replied to them yet! I'll try to do that this weekend, along with posting about my mom's trip to India! I cannot wait to show you guys! the pictures are amazing!
I'll leave you with two pictures from today...
here's my favorite stained glass window. hmm..unique and capturing isn't it??
first of all, thank you to all the girls who have joined me in the Crazy Love Challenge :) ♥
eeekk.... we got the camera last night!! :) its pretty amazing :] There is going to be a lot more pictures on this lil' blog for sure! I've been having some fun with it, here's some pictures :)
except for the first 3, all these are straight outta the camera :)
can't decide whether I like the black & white or...
or the sepia...
or the cross picnik...
which one do you like best??
ah lovely algebra.. not.
don't worry... I don't cheat by looking at the answer key ;]
I've received all my wonderful prizes! :)
I LOVE my bag. I took took it to church this mornin' :)
love
gonna read Do Hard Things then read Start Here :)
and can't wait to spend my gift at target!
the Freedom cd, gonna put it on my ipod and take a listen:)
i know its not good to love materiel things but i love this thing...
sweet Bailey... love this dog!
well that's all the pictures for now but be sure there will be more! :)
Faith over at Something Fun is having a photography contest in honor of her 100th post! This is my first time entering a photography contest so I'm excited! the theme is Nature. I'm entering this picture :) i took it on a hike and there's no editing. simply beautiful isn't it?!
pastime- an activity that occupies one's spare time pleasantly
well honestly I love kickin' back with some of my favorite snacks and watchin' a favorite tv show or movie with my parents or friends or playing around with some photography ;]
