Puppy

Guard dog in training.

I think Belle (the older dog dog) will be tired tonight (unless she already slept enough after playing).

My family got a new puppy. He's about 3 months old, I'm told. He's very cute. He has lots of energy. I don't think his name has been decided on yet (if it has, I missed it).

change (and comments) (and more comments) (made by me, and part of the original posting)

ONE more day at the part time job that had hours drawing remarkably close to 40 hours a week. (Not a bad thing, but when I was/am working two part time jobs, and I counted up the hours scheduled on two of those weeks, and the hours scheduled in the week exceeded 50, and that didn't include driving time, well, you can immagine that I did/do feel a little overwhelmed.) It has been a good summer. I got lots of hours of work, which enables me to take lots of credits this fall in school. And I was able to go to church. Church was a big goal of the summer.

So MONDAY, my 18 credits of classes start, Lord willing. Actually, I think that every single class (except for Chemistry lab) that I'm taking meets on Monday. So Monday should be busy. (This may mean that I actually will have to finish school work on Saturday instead of trying to finish it on Monday.) (Then again, maybe I'll be able to put some of it off until Tuesday.) (Immagine finals at the end of the semester. What will it do to my finals since I take so many Monday classes?) (Do you think they will let me get out of some of my finals by having good grades up until then?) (I don't think I did so well on my last Math final.) (Either I didn't do well, or the teacher never got the final because there was confusion at the testing center.) (Because I got the grade I would have gotten if I didn't take the final or didn't do well enough on the test. -I think, but I could be wrong.) (But technically I could still tutor that math class, because my overall grade was still good enough.) (The moral of the story is, give yourself enough time to learn the material before taking exams. The secondary moral is, do well on the earlier tests that are easier for you and then you have more room for error in the later tests.) (Do you think other people will read this far, or have they given up?)

UM. School starting, one job ending. OH, and maybe I'll get my room partly cleaned tomorrow, and finish (or just continue) putting things on my walls. I got some new posters last Tuesday.

sunset

My mom's planter that I haven't killed yet (I'm more concerned about some of the grass...)

The sunset was beautiful last Friday evening.

The lighting was awesome, and pictures aren't as good as BEING THERE.

Awe. When I am not the only one consuming my brainspace as I see the amazing sunset God created. Knowing God's presence in a different way.

It is funny to look back at the picture from May (?) of the gas station sign... when gas was "so expensive" at 3.65 or whatever it was then.

July

It's RAINING!!!!!!! That makes me happy.

Sunday, I went on a walk with my parents. I wanted to take pictures of the Indian Paintbrush flowers, but I took more than that. I kept stopping for pictures. Thanks to my parents for their patience. As you can see, we got to see a butterfly. Up pretty close. That was exciting. I feel blessed.

Indian Paintbrush. It grows wild near the road in one area nearby.

This pretty purple-flowering plant is fireweed. I think it was that a neighbor told us that 6 weeks after the top flowers bloom should be the first snow fall. This plant above is from near my house. The blooming flowers are passed the bottom, but they haven't reached the top yet, so hopefully snow is more than 6 weeks away.
But look closely at this example of fireweed. There still are buds at the top, but not so very many... When will it snow? The fireweed seems to be giving a range of predictions. I guess we'll have to leave the future with God. :)

Gardening Retry. Yes, I had planted another garden, but I suspect the plants died before I planted them. One kind suffered from the sun and no water, the other kind from the sun, no water, and the weed wacker machine. So early this morning at 5:49am or some nearly equally early hour (I was driving almost past there... save gas; combine trips, you know), I went to a 24 hour store, and searched for the perfect plants. Well, there were distant friends and relations of my pet plant Esmirilda, but they would probably have to live indoors, so I didn't buy them (not to mention the influencial price tag). Actually, I was a little late in the summer to get to pick from the usual pony packs, but I did find this one kind of plant that had flowers in a pony pack of 6, so I bought it. It looks like it's called Angelonia. And I planted it today as well (after sleeping for a while to help make up for the early morning). So that is nice.

Oh the joy of smart computers that don't know when to turn the picture....

Isn't this a sweat picture...

So recently I've been working two part time jobs (not including when I've worked for my dad). For one job I wear black slacks and for the other I wear blue slacks. All together, this two-job thing leaves me black and blue.

What do you get when someone throws dice and one die hits the television so hard that the screen breaks?

Die-wrecked TV.

Have I really not blogged for almost a month?

Uh-oh, what happened to my blogging at an almost regular rate? Maybe that works better during the school year.

Today, I think I got a little bit of a sunburn. When I saw it, I felt a little relieved. There was proof that the sunshine was actually reaching me! The weather seems to be about a month behind right now. I think someone told me that, and I agree with them.

Other important information... I'm working. That is nice. Praise God for work.

What else? Church. I've been enjoying the church I've recently been going to.

Enough for now. I do have some pictures somewhere, and maybe sometime I will choose some pictures from somewhere to put somehow onto some entry of this blog.