Happy August!

My first day of vacation has been spent with my niece and nephew watching G-Force (cute), going to Chic-fil-a, and trying to win Jonas Brothers Concert tickets from Radio Disney. Oh, we also stopped at the bookstore and then at Wally World to pick up a few much needed supplies.

I plan on spending the rest of the day reading an AWESOME book (review to follow on Monday)and doing laundry, which of course has piled up since I've been working all week.

Excitingly enough, the birthday countdown has begun. My birthday is now in 22 days and no, I'm not going to figure out hours and minutes for you! (Not a math major.) In any case, on occasion, my family tends to ask me what I would like. SO this year, I'm creating a list...

{**=REALLY want}

**New camera (mine is pretty temperamental and I'm going on a vacation soon and need a decent camera)

**Gift Cards to: (many people think this is a cop-out; however, I LOVE these babies.)

• Grocery Stores (Publix and Sweetbay are closest)
• Walmart
• Bookstores (Borders; Amazon; Christianbook)
• Gas Cards (7-11; Racetrack; Hess)

CD-Player/Radio (even better if it's an alarm clock too-I've had mine since 5th grade)

Laptop (I'm still researching the kind I want--Judy if you're reading, email me!)

An MP-3 Player. [My Zune has bit the dust (AGAIN!) and I'm sick of dealing with it, so I think I'm going to jump ship and go the iPod route.]

I'm sure I could come up with a rather lengthy list, but this is only my birthday. However, these items will probably be on my Christmas List too! (hint...hint...)

Have a wonderful August!

Book Giveaway Results and Other Ramblings

Yet again--no winner for the book by Ann Rinaldi- The Coffin Quilt.



I guess that will be the last of the giveaways on my site for now. Unless readership picks up and more people start commenting... Oh well, it was worth a try!



Congratulations to The Lohrs--who will be receiving a copy of She Always Wore Red by Angela Hunt. It's a great sequel to the first book, Doesn't She Look Natural? and I can't wait for book three to be published!

Through all of the computer drama over the past few months, I've kind of been letting things drop on the web side of things. I FINALLY broke down and had one of my students build a computer for me, and I'm still trying to get all of my files and pictures situated on the new machine. I know--mad4books--REALLY wants to see my VBS "angels." And I'm sure you all want to know about my parents' trip to Europe and what they brought me back, right?!

Well, my website bookmarks will have to be rebuilt because I haven't been able to get then switched--grrrr... and "my pictures" has disappeared somewhere. Yes, all 6,000 pictures are hiding somewhere on this new-fangled program. Grrr...VISTA...I WILL WIN in the end! Those missing pictures WILL be found, and then I can share them with you. Okay?

However, I AM thankful that my computer runs MUCH faster and I am able to finally load Photoshop. Now, I just need to figure out how to use it so I can start scrapbooking digitally. Anyone....? I also need to learn how to use Dreamweaver so that I can revamp our websites: Professional Horticultural Services and pH-Farms. I have all kinds of ideas on what I want to do, but when I opened up the program, most of the letters looked like gobbledy-gook. So, it's off to Borders to see if I can find books to show me how to use each of the programs. Have a great week!