I heard this song the other day and decided to look it up on youtube....
I think it's a real inspiring song. It makes me very grateful for what I have, and it makes we want to, well, change the world! For the better! :)
We can all make a huge difference in this world. And by changing the world, we change people, and by changing people, we change their lives..... for the better! And we can start a chain reaction! We can reach out to the lost, the unsaved, and show them what love truly is!
1 John 4:10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Let's tell everyone else of our joy! Shall we?
Katie ♥
Friday, October 15, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
I'm Back!
Hey, guys! :) I'm really sorry that I haven't posted anything for so long. Well, I'm back now! :)
Please enjoy all the many things I have to post about.....
Happy International Smile Day!!!☺
Didn't I do an awesome job taking that picture?
Not the best pics in the world but they're pics.
This is the horse with no rider. If you look closely, you can see boots in the stirrups, but they're backward. This represents the soldier no longer in action.
Please enjoy all the many things I have to post about.....
Happy International Smile Day!!!☺
World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday in the month of October every year. The idea of World Smile Day was coined and initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. Harvey Ball is known to have created the Smiley Face in 1963. The World's first World Smile Day was held in the year 1999 and has been held annually since.
After Harvey died in 2001, the "Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation" was created to honor his name and memory. The slogan of the Smile Foundation is, "improving this world, one smile at a time". The Foundation continues as the official sponsor of World Smile Day each year.
The message of the World Smile Day 2010 is "Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile"
Happy Fall!
As you may, or may not know, Wednesday, September 22nd was the first day of fall. I'd like to wish you all a happy fall!
Tell me what you think of when you think of fall or autumn. Do you think of the leaves changing? Pumpkins? School starting? What?
My trip to the Arlington National Cemetery
My teacher recently lost her husband. Her husband was in the navy, so she decided to bury him there.
I took many pictures on the way there, the cemetery, the Pentagon, and the Washington Monument.
Here's the Washington Monument...
Didn't I do an awesome job taking that picture?
Here's the Pentagon...
Not the best pics in the world but they're pics.
Here's the cemetery...
Like 'em? I took a lot! Dad took some too. You can tell the difference between his and mine because his pics were better.
Like 'em? I took a lot! Dad took some too. You can tell the difference between his and mine because his pics were better.
And I also took pictures of the people with the casket...
And the three volley salute...
I'm not quite sure, but I think it is called the three volley salute.
I'm not quite sure, but I think it is called the three volley salute.
On our way out, we got to see another funeral for, apparently, a high-ranking officer pass by carrying the casket....
This is the horse with no rider. If you look closely, you can see boots in the stirrups, but they're backward. This represents the soldier no longer in action.
On our way home we saw this monument thing...
Sorry it's blurry, but this is pretty much the best picture I have.
This is the link to where Wikipedia says about it....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Memorial
Apparently, it is an air force memorial monument thing.
Before I go on, I'd like to thank all the service men out there who gave their lives to serve this great nation. And for my teacher's husband, may he rest in peace....
Sunday's little trip.
On Sunday, Mom, Dad, Lilly and I went down to the river again to get some fresh air and just take a little walk and since they allowed dogs, we took Lilly, too! :)
We didn't take many pictures but here's the river...
And here's Lilly...
LOL She's so hot! :)
My Camping Trip
Now, I told you I'd post about my camping trip once things settled down. It's been settled down for quite a while now, so I'm going to post about it now.
These pictures are pictures of the beautiful mountain scenery on the way up there...
And this is a picture of the twisty road going up the mountain...
I know it's blurry. It was kind of hard to get a picture that good, actually.
Here are a few pics of the beautiful camp fire...
The blue on the left, by the way, is someone's glow bracelet. I gave out glow bracelets to most of my friends.
Isn't it just beautiful?! I loved sitting around the camp fire with all my friends. That was such a fun night! :)
These are some pictures of the campsite...
Our eating area. (we're messy) :)
I slept in this tent.
The two tents on the right were the girls' tents. One of the boys' tents were on the right there.
This was the other boys' tent
This was one of the counselors' tent.
Sorry it's blurry, but this is pretty much the best picture I have.This is the link to where Wikipedia says about it....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Memorial
Apparently, it is an air force memorial monument thing.
Before I go on, I'd like to thank all the service men out there who gave their lives to serve this great nation. And for my teacher's husband, may he rest in peace....
Sunday's little trip.
On Sunday, Mom, Dad, Lilly and I went down to the river again to get some fresh air and just take a little walk and since they allowed dogs, we took Lilly, too! :)
We didn't take many pictures but here's the river...
And here's Lilly...
LOL She's so hot! :)My Camping Trip
Now, I told you I'd post about my camping trip once things settled down. It's been settled down for quite a while now, so I'm going to post about it now.
These pictures are pictures of the beautiful mountain scenery on the way up there...
And this is a picture of the twisty road going up the mountain...
I know it's blurry. It was kind of hard to get a picture that good, actually.Here are a few pics of the beautiful camp fire...
The blue on the left, by the way, is someone's glow bracelet. I gave out glow bracelets to most of my friends.
Isn't it just beautiful?! I loved sitting around the camp fire with all my friends. That was such a fun night! :)These are some pictures of the campsite...
Our eating area. (we're messy) :)
I slept in this tent.
The two tents on the right were the girls' tents. One of the boys' tents were on the right there.
This was the other boys' tent
This was one of the counselors' tent.
Friday, August 20, we went floating down the Shenandoah river on our tubes. It was so much fun!
I would have taken some pictures, but my camera wasn't water-proof and there was no place to keep my camera so I didn't bring it. I was going to get the pictures from one of my friends that had a water-proof camera, but apparently she forgot because she never gave them to me.
The camping trip was so much fun! I'll never forget it!!! :)
Well I hope you enjoyed my 5 in 1 post!
Katie ♥
I would have taken some pictures, but my camera wasn't water-proof and there was no place to keep my camera so I didn't bring it. I was going to get the pictures from one of my friends that had a water-proof camera, but apparently she forgot because she never gave them to me.
The camping trip was so much fun! I'll never forget it!!! :)
Well I hope you enjoyed my 5 in 1 post!
Katie ♥
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Lilly's Adoption Anniversary!!!
Guess what! It's Lilly's adoption anniversary! We've now had her for one year exactly. Let me tell you the history of how we got her.
Before we got Lilly we had a dog named Chelsea. Here's a picture of Chelsea and Precious at our old house...
She was a Golden Retriever and Cocker Spaniel mix. We had her about twelve years and she was a really good dog. She was very sweet and gentle with me when I was really young. She loved to travel and was an all around good dog.
When she was about ten, she started to lose her hearing and it went down hill from there - she started to lose her sight and it became very hard for her to just walk. Because she was just struggling to survive, we thought it was best to just put her to sleep so she could enjoy her life in Heaven.
Sadly, in June 2007 we put her to sleep. Sometimes, I still talk to her hoping she hears me in Heaven, hoping she understands me, hoping she knew I loved her very much. There was no other dog like Chelsea.
I begged and begged for another dog after she died, but my parents said they weren't ready for another pet.
Two years of begging finally paid off, Friday, August 21, 2009, we got Lilly.
Now here's how we adopted her...
After my grandma had adopted a new dog, I wanted a dog more than ever. I asked my mom while we were seeing my grandma's new dog if we could get one. She said that after we got back home from my grandma's house she'd see about it. I was like "Yes!!!"
When we got home, we looked at different web sites for different animal shelters around our house and we looked at pictures of a few different dogs on the sites as well. Mom liked this one dog named Brandy while I liked this other dog named Precious, but we liked a different dog when we got down to the shelter. ;)
Finally, Friday, August 21, 2009, we went down to the nearest animal shelter from our house.
We went inside to the dog section and looked at all the dogs - little ones, big ones, and our soon-to-be dog.
Precious, the dog I thought I liked was so yappy and had such a high-pitched bark. Mom said she didn't want a dog who barked all the time and had such an annoying bark, so we didn't bring her out.
Brandy was Lilly's sister, so we brought Lilly and Brandy out of their cage and took them outside to get to know them.
Brandy was sweet, but bullied her sister, Lilly. She was more shy and she didn't seem to be the dog for us. While Lilly blossomed and was so sweet and cute. We all seemed to take a liking to her so we decided on Lilly.
We filled out the paper work and paid them only $20 for her.
Lilly's first name was actually Bernard. Who would name a girl dog Bernard?! I thought the name Lilly fit her well and since Mom and Dad liked the name as well, she was forever more named Lilly.
Anyway, we brought her home with us and fed and watered her.
As soon as Oreo saw her, his fur stood straight up, he hissed, and took off as if he was running for his life. While Precious, although not wanting another pest, didn't seem to be bothered by her.
We bathed her then loved on her for the rest of the day and played with her with her toys.
She seemed really happy and I loved and love her as my own daughter.
This was one of Lilly's first pictures after we brought her home...
Because of Brandy, Lilly had scars around her nose from where Brandy would bite at her, but her scars had already healed in that picture.
Lilly also had tapeworms, so that Monday we took her down to the vet and got her all fixed up and the veterinarian said he could tell I was an animal person. :) After she was fixed up, she blossomed into a beautiful Lilly!!! ;)
After a few mishaps of getting her house-trained and a few chewed up things and a few holes she dug, she was our dog and we all loved her and is ours forever! :)
So that's Lilly's history - how we decided to get her, how we got her, and how she became our dog.
Have a great day!
Katie ♥
P.S. I had a great time camping and I'll be sure to blog pictures and everything after everything settles down.
Before we got Lilly we had a dog named Chelsea. Here's a picture of Chelsea and Precious at our old house...
She was a Golden Retriever and Cocker Spaniel mix. We had her about twelve years and she was a really good dog. She was very sweet and gentle with me when I was really young. She loved to travel and was an all around good dog.When she was about ten, she started to lose her hearing and it went down hill from there - she started to lose her sight and it became very hard for her to just walk. Because she was just struggling to survive, we thought it was best to just put her to sleep so she could enjoy her life in Heaven.
Sadly, in June 2007 we put her to sleep. Sometimes, I still talk to her hoping she hears me in Heaven, hoping she understands me, hoping she knew I loved her very much. There was no other dog like Chelsea.
I begged and begged for another dog after she died, but my parents said they weren't ready for another pet.
Two years of begging finally paid off, Friday, August 21, 2009, we got Lilly.
Now here's how we adopted her...
After my grandma had adopted a new dog, I wanted a dog more than ever. I asked my mom while we were seeing my grandma's new dog if we could get one. She said that after we got back home from my grandma's house she'd see about it. I was like "Yes!!!"
When we got home, we looked at different web sites for different animal shelters around our house and we looked at pictures of a few different dogs on the sites as well. Mom liked this one dog named Brandy while I liked this other dog named Precious, but we liked a different dog when we got down to the shelter. ;)
Finally, Friday, August 21, 2009, we went down to the nearest animal shelter from our house.
We went inside to the dog section and looked at all the dogs - little ones, big ones, and our soon-to-be dog.
Precious, the dog I thought I liked was so yappy and had such a high-pitched bark. Mom said she didn't want a dog who barked all the time and had such an annoying bark, so we didn't bring her out.
Brandy was Lilly's sister, so we brought Lilly and Brandy out of their cage and took them outside to get to know them.
Brandy was sweet, but bullied her sister, Lilly. She was more shy and she didn't seem to be the dog for us. While Lilly blossomed and was so sweet and cute. We all seemed to take a liking to her so we decided on Lilly.
We filled out the paper work and paid them only $20 for her.
Lilly's first name was actually Bernard. Who would name a girl dog Bernard?! I thought the name Lilly fit her well and since Mom and Dad liked the name as well, she was forever more named Lilly.
Anyway, we brought her home with us and fed and watered her.
As soon as Oreo saw her, his fur stood straight up, he hissed, and took off as if he was running for his life. While Precious, although not wanting another pest, didn't seem to be bothered by her.
We bathed her then loved on her for the rest of the day and played with her with her toys.
She seemed really happy and I loved and love her as my own daughter.
This was one of Lilly's first pictures after we brought her home...
Because of Brandy, Lilly had scars around her nose from where Brandy would bite at her, but her scars had already healed in that picture.Lilly also had tapeworms, so that Monday we took her down to the vet and got her all fixed up and the veterinarian said he could tell I was an animal person. :) After she was fixed up, she blossomed into a beautiful Lilly!!! ;)
After a few mishaps of getting her house-trained and a few chewed up things and a few holes she dug, she was our dog and we all loved her and is ours forever! :)
So that's Lilly's history - how we decided to get her, how we got her, and how she became our dog.
Have a great day!
Katie ♥
P.S. I had a great time camping and I'll be sure to blog pictures and everything after everything settles down.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Jokes
"Mister, why doesn't this cow have any horns?" asked the young lady from a nearby city. The farmer cocked his head for a moment, then began in a patient tone, "Well, ma'am, cattle can do a powerful lot of damage with horns. Sometimes we keep 'em trimmed down with a hacksaw. Other times we can fix up the young 'uns by puttin' a couple drops of acid where their horns would grow in, and that stops 'em cold. Still, there are some breeds of cattle that never grow horns. But the reason this cow don't have no horns is, well, ma'am, because it's a horse."
"What time does the library open?" the man on the phone asked.
"Nine A.M." came the reply. "Why?"
"Not until nine A.M.?" the man asked in a disappointed voice.
"No, not until nine A.M." the librarian said. "Why do you want to get in before nine A.M.?"
"Who said I wanted to get in?" then the man added quickly "I want to get out!"
I thought those were funny.
I'm going on a camping trip today, so pray that I'll be safe. Have a nice day! See ya!
Smiles,
Katie :)
"What time does the library open?" the man on the phone asked.
"Nine A.M." came the reply. "Why?"
"Not until nine A.M.?" the man asked in a disappointed voice.
"No, not until nine A.M." the librarian said. "Why do you want to get in before nine A.M.?"
"Who said I wanted to get in?" then the man added quickly "I want to get out!"
I'm going on a camping trip today, so pray that I'll be safe. Have a nice day! See ya!
Smiles,
Katie :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Lilly and Precious
Awww! Look at Lilly snuggling with Precious! Yes, that gray blob is Precious, my cat. Yeah, she wasn't too happy when a fifty pound dog decided to cuddle with her. LOL That has got to be one of the cutest pictures on the planet!!! (in my opinion) ☺Katie ♥
Monday, August 2, 2010
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