Archive for March, 2007

I’ve got a blogging headace!

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Technorati, del.icio.us, stumbleupon, pings, clouds, bloglines, permalinks, digg, social bookmarking and tags! I’m going crazy! Do I need all of this? Can someone point me in the right direction? I’m not a complete computer illiterate, but html, css & rss frighten me.
Help!

Quotable Quotes II

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

So, I found a few more I like:
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” –Maya Angelou
“This learned I from the shadow of a tree, that to and fro did sway against a wall; our shadow selves, our influence may fall where we ourselves can never be.” –Anna Hamilton
And as [...]

Quotable Quotes

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

What can I say? I’m a sucker for a contest.
This is my favorite quote of all times by CS Lewis:
God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

Easter

Friday, March 30th, 2007

I’m ticked at Easter. I can’t help it.
I went to a Christian bookstore yesterday to buy Lydia a book about the resurrection of Jesus. They had an entire shelf dedicated to the holiday that celebrates that event. Every single one of those books had the word “easter” in the title. Not one book was [...]

My Vacuum Sucks

Friday, March 30th, 2007

When my dh and I got married, we were trying to be frugal. We didn’t register for Waterford Crystal or a flat screen tv (well, they didn’t have flat screen tv’s waaay back in 1998). For some reason, we didn’t register for a vacuum cleaner. So, we were on the look out for an [...]

Things You Discover on a Girls Only Night

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

I just cannot figure out how to post this video.
(alternate title: Further Proof I Am Not A Photographer)
(alternate alternate title: My Friends and I are Geeks)

Ashley Kate

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I use bloglines to keep up with all the blogs I read. Basically, it’s a giant bookmark that tells me when the blogs I read are updated. One blog I bookmarked is called Ashley’s Journal. It’s the story of a little girl, only 19 months old, who has had several organ transplants and is now [...]

Word(less) Wednesday

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

 
My great grandfather. Born March 10, 1893. Died June 16, 1973.
 
I love his socks, the lamp shade and his casual real smile.
 
(see my other wordless wednesdays here, and everyone else’s here.)

I’m growing!

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Guess what? Today I was #17 on Wordpress’ Growing Blogs!
I don’t know what that means, but don’t you think it sounds cool?!
Thanks for helping me grow! I feel very…grown up. *ahem*

Dogwood

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

I’m really not dogwood crazy, I just cannot get over how gorgeous our neighborhood is right now! Every house has tons of flowering trees. It will take your breath away! I took some more pictures of our dogwoods today because the pink dogwood is in bloom. Oh. It’s beautiful.

When I was little my mom told [...]