how could I forget??

How could I possibly forget (even after I talked about it with my mom and dad just a few nights ago) that today, yes the 4th of July, is our dog's birthday??!! I don't know how I did... but at least I remembered before the day was over ;) Our sweet, lovable and wonderful Bailey is 10 years old today :)

either in 2005 or 2006




Sometime in 2007, my grandma took this picture and I love it! :)




This past Christmas... she loves snow!




This year... isn't she adorable?! ;)



Do you see how her muzzle got grayer over the years?? it just got lighter and lighter, now its all gray :)

Bailey really is the best dog. I know people always say that their dog is the best but we've really been blessed with ours :) We got her from some friends that had to move away so they gave her to us, they had gotten her before they had their first baby so she grew up around kids :) She is very gentle and friendly :) She loves to be wherever you are like right now everyone is in the living room/kitchen and she laying right in the middle of the living room :) and earlier she was laying behind the computer chair while I was beginning this post. She also can be very stubborn and ornery!! Sometimes she won't come in from outside for my dad so another family member has to call her in.... or you'll scold her and she'll turn her head away and pretend not to hear you :P She's full of personality and we love her bunches!! I pray that God will continue to give her good health so we can spend many more years with her :D

10 days....

10 days. Thats how long since my last blog post.... oops! :/ oh well... on to my post :)

On June 5th Frodo ( my animal ;P) turned 1!! I can't believe it! My mom said it feels like we've had him for longer than a year. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing! ;)
Here are some pics :)



Isn't he cute?! I think he is ;)



Sorry this one is blurry




I been awarded the Pure in Heart award by Abigail!



The Rules:

1. Post about the tag

2. Pick 10 bloggers who deserve this award

3. Leave a comment on the blogs of the people you tagged letting them know they were awarded

4. Answer the questions along with your post


1: Apples, Oranges or Bananas? Apples




2: How many siblings do you have? 2



3: How old are you? thats for me to know and you guys to not find out ;)



4: Do you live on/in a prairie, woodland, swamp, city or other? not in the city but kinda in the suburbs :)



5: Scissors or glue? Scissors



6: Describe your dream house. We have some friends that have a beautiful big big house thats in the country and its surrounded by wide open space and when you look off into the distance you can see mountains. I love it! :)



7: Is your room clean? eh kinda.





8: If you could be a movie character for a day, who would you be? Susan from Narnia probably.


9: Italy, Greece, France, Spain or England? England



10: What denomination are you? Baptist



11: Do you sleep with a stuffed toy (BE HONEST!!!!) No I don't.



12: Gum, chocolate, or jelly beans? I'd probably choose gum or jelly beans.



13: What is your favorite book? I really can't answer that unless you want me to list all the books on my book shelf ( which are a lot!!)! ;) I a lot!!


14: Favorite ice cream flavour?Strawberry Cheesecake and Cookie Dough!!



15: If you had to eat one type of food for two weeks, what would that food be? probably fruit.



16: What is your favorite Olympic sport? ahhhh.... for winter Short Track Speed Skating and for winter gymnastics and swimming.




17: If you woke up and discovered that you had turned into Miley Cyrus for the day, what would you do? (note: I'm not a fan) I pray I will never turn into Miley Cyrus.



18: Describe yourself in three words. funny, quiet, and curious.


19: What chore do you hate? Cleaning the bathroom


20: If Elmo came into your room with a gun, what would you do? umm... scream and then probably laugh... I don't know! thats a very weird question!

I award:

Emily at Emily of Jones Creek
Maggie at Bliss
Grace at Grace Place
Josie at Hillbilly Chronicles
Hope at Just a little bit of hope
Lydia at Something Beautiful
Samantha at Simply Samantha

and anyone who hasn't gotten this award yet... just comment and let me know :)

What do you think of my new blog look?? I know I know I keep changing it! I just can't help it! I think I'll keep it 2 column but just change the background. I want a simple but colorful and interesting look :) oh just fyi I do not like the new design feature on blogger!! after a long time of trying to find something I liked I was so glad to find out that you can still choose from the old templates. I think the new templates make my blog look to much like a website and way too"professional". What do you guys think of the new design feature?

That's all for now! I hope you all are having a great Sunday! :)

Love in Christ,
Samarah

Snow Pictures and some other stuff

Hey All! 

Do any of you know of a good place online where you can upload pictures/images and edit them? I deleted my Photobucket account because it was slowing our computer way down but I really liked all the fun editing options! :( Just looking around for another site :)  

I went to the doctor the yesterday because I was having terrible pains in my right ear ( now its in both)  and she said that I have some fluid in my right year and that I have lots of congestion and its not draining like it should. So she gave me some medicine to hopefully "dry" me up :) I'm having lots of ear pains and headaches :(

We also got lots of snow!  :)

Well I better get to bed :)

~Samarah

P.S. thanks all you guys that are commenting on my posts :) I love getting comments- it makes blogging worth it! :)

I'm still here......

I haven't been good at all about posting! ahhh!! but i guess I do have a pretty good "excuse"... I've been feeling horrible - really bad headaches, sore throat, and bad ear aches :( feeling like this stinks!
I'm kinda at a lost for post topics so I'm going to do a What I'm Listening To post. It doesn't seem like last week I just did one, but it was! It seems just like yesterday I did it! :)

I haven't been listening to to many newer songs or any different songs, so it won't be very long.

Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood ( just found this song yesterday and I really like it and I really like the music video)
Movin' by Group 1 Crew FUN SONG!
The Call by Regina Spektor ( my mom and I love this song :)
Secrets and Regrets by Pillar (great song!)

well I don't really have anything else to post about, hope you all are having a great day!

~Samarah


EDIT: I was going to add this last night but our computer wasn't working so here it is :)

Frodo is 8 months old today! :) I'll take some pictures and post them sometime today or tomorrow hopefully :)

Bailey: My adorable dog

( she's not really MY dog, she belongs to the whole family but I call her mine :)

She is 9 years old and getting so gray but she's still has stubborn and ornery as ever! :)
We love her!

My Animal, snow, and some thoughts

I'm so sorry I haven't posted for a while! oops!! well I guess I'll catch you up on what's been happening in my life! :)
Frodo ( aka. My Animal) turned 7 months old on Jan. 5th!
here's 2 pics :)




and its SNOWING It's snowing right now as I type! It's supposed to snow A LOT today!

Here are some pictures that I took yesterday

Bailey, our dog, she loves snow!!




I thought this one turned out kinda cool, I dont know why it turned out like that though.



snow on the bush!!





this adorable snowman that my little sister and brother made!






My life isn't really that exciting right now, just trying to get my school done everyday and doing my chores. I'm praying that God will help me to love my family and friends even more and how I can glorify and worship Him everyday.
A teenage guy at my church passed away this afternoon, I didn't know him personally but I knew of him. A lot of my friends knew him and he will be greatly missed. He was a believer and I'm so thankful for that. I just made me think about how fragile life really is and we need to live like God wants us to live , I don't mean go out and buy stuff and go crazy trying to do everything you wanted to do in your life, I mean not wasting time and spending time with your family and friends, maybe making some new friends!, having fun and most of all striving everyday to glorify God in everything you say and do.

I also have been missing having to write my What I'm Listening To post!( I guess I could still right it but I listen to most of my music on my iPod) well there's a good reason for me having not been doing it! My iPod isn't working! yeah, this one I got for Christmas! right now its at all iPod fixer place, my dad sent it there for the people to look at it and tell us whats wrong with it. Dad says that if its over a certain amount to fix it then, we'll just get a new iPod for me. I hope it doesn't cost much to fix it because I love it! So right now I'm podless, I don't like being podless but I'm stuck with it! I'm going to tell you guys what I've been listening to even though I'm podless ;)

Love Story by Taylor Swift- I love her "version" of Romeo and Juliet!!
Who I am by Jessica Andrews- <3 love<3
Battlefield- Jordin Sparks- good song!

well that's about it!
Blessings,
Samarah

New boots, Pictures, and a Puzzle!

hey! I'm not feeling good at all today :( I got up around 9:30 or so this morning and I went back to bed and watched some Little House on the Prairie :) then I got back up and now I'm here!!! okay, so we went to exchange my boots for the next size down right?! well they didn't have them!! they are discontinued!!! I was really bummed until I saw another pair of boots that I really liked! here they are......



aren't they cute?!



Here is my Puzzle Progress Picture for yesterday!
( its a really bad picture but I only took 1 pic!... sorry!!)



oh and here is a Dr. Quinn picture I found that I made a while ago :)


and here's one of Jane Seymour ( Dr. Mike) and Joe Lando ( Sully)



Well I'm going to go watch "Up" with my little brother and sister! :D I got the movie for my dad for Christmas :)

Hope you all are having a great day!
*samarah*

Hey Everybody! I haven't posted for a while! well this post is going to be a long one because I have lots of pictures so i hope you enjoy them! :D
I had a wonderfully great Christmas!! I had lots of fun with my family and our good friends. We opened presents in the morning and then in the late afternoon we went to our friend's house and ate dinner and hung out and then we all got in the car and drove around looking at Christmas lights :) It was really fun!! I got some super duper cool things for Christmas!
Here are some pics....

my new 30gb iPod!!! I love it!!

my adorable dog, Bailey making herself right at home on one of my Christmas presents! haha!


My super cute brown and plaid vest!



so cute!


a new puzzle!!! i love puzzles!



a lamp for my bed



A new DVD player for the family!





a bag that my friend's mom made me! it sooo cute!



She made one for my sister too :)



and a pair of pajama pants! i love plaid!! :D ( I got another pair of plaid pj pants but I didn't take a pic of them)



I also got 2 walmart gift cards and a iTunes gift card to go with my "new" ( its a used one but its new to me!!) iPod!

I also do this puzzle every winter and this winter i got it done a couple days before Christmas and one of my Christmas presents was another puzzle!! So i decided to start it!

Day 1 ( sorting the pieces!)


Day 2


Day 3


I'll post a picture everyday of my progress :)

Well I also got a pair of boots but they were too big and so today we are going to return them and get the next size down :) I can't wait!! They are so cute! I will post pictures of them when I get them!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!! I know I did!

have a great day!
*samarah*


P.S. I forgot to say that the new puzzle that I got and am working on has 750 pieces! :D