County fair

Every year I look forward to spending the weekend at our local county fair.  Despite the heat and missing my best friend this year, we had lots of fun :-)

Ready to show in the 4-H tent

Loved the safari :-)

The turtle was really cool!

Must take a picture of this draft horse :-D

Frisbee dog competition

The highlight of the fair was the clogging competitions.  Lots of energy!

I was a little concerned that the heat would be a problem and I wouldn't be able to stay for as long as I wanted, but Hawaiian ice, ice cream, a milk shake and plenty of cold ice water was just right... + my Gu Brew!!  All before lunch.   Well, I had a chili dog somewhere in there.   It only happens once a year.  "It's my one weakness."

Verse of the week

"and He will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure."     Isaiah 33:6

Picture 101: EDS Snapshot

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Verse of the Week

"And though the LORD give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left."     Isaiah 30:20-21

My Art Studio!!!

Since I have more concentration and all I have started drawing more. With school almost finished I can't wait to get into it!! SO, I set up my own act/craft studio!!

My table.  I came home to it Saturday.

Its set up!!

I have to admit that I was hurting quite a bit after setting the table up.  Not sure how I would do it next time though.....probably ask someone else to help me!  At least its up :-)

Christmas in July :-)

Some supplies unexpectedly came this morning!

"The kitty" colored pencil drawing

I've always wanted to try drawing on black paper.  So the other day I did for the first time.  I picked out a photograph and watched a movie while I worked on it! It was SO much fun!!! Can't wait to get more of this paper soon :-)

Verse of the week

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things."           ~ 1 Corinthians 13:7

Laughter is the best medicine

An Afternoon at the Fire Station

My brother and I headed down to the nice and cool station after getting some ice cream.  Took pictures, watched the Olympic trials, and um......I took a shot at pool but I have to say it was a disaster........need some serious practice there:-)  The hot weather has been a little bit of a challenge for POTS but hopefully not too many more weeks of this heat! And hopefully we will get some more rain like last night.  Just don't want the wind ;-)

My brother getting his gear on. 100 pounds with air pack and all!

The station's two year old ladder truck.  Pretty impressive in person!

Really??

I got so much done yesterday.  I cleaned, worked out, worked on my essay, went for a walk, got some baking done.   I mean, what else could you ask for?  I was feel pretty good :-)
Later this morning, I started getting some pain in my left shoulder.  Then it got really bad and started going down my arm, all the way to my hand.  My mom thought it must have been from carrying a water bottle on my walk.  Honestly, I thought that I wouldn't have to deal with that...........it wasn't THAT much weight.  SO, I called my physical therapist and he agreed that it was probably from carrying a water bottle. The weight pulling my 'straight' arm kind of tugged on my loose shoulder.  Usually, when it hurts or feels like the joint has slipped out of place in the socket, I can move my arm a certain way and it will pop back.  It didn't work this time.  So I'm not sure what happened to it: just what made it hurt.  

The game plan is to ice it and when I go for a walk I need to make sure that my elbow is bent when I carry my water bottle.  The act of accommodating with EDS!!! I'm not sure about you, but right now I'm thinking...........who usually has to worry about how they carry a simple water bottle??  At least it sounds crazy :P

As for a little update.  My ankle still the same.  My hip is a little worse.  I have an appointment with a really good hip doctor for.................hmm.......well...........December.  We are on the cancellation list, don't worry :-)  I was officially discharged several weeks ago! And my physical therapist did say I could go surfing in a few weeks!! I'm SO excited!!! I'm trying to figure out what kind of braces I'm going to need to get. 

As for tomorrow, it's a horseback riding trial and a 2nd art class in the morning.  We will see if I end up sleeping the afternoon away :-) Tomorrow is my active day.  I try to take one day off and rest between active days.  It seems to work fairly well.  I just need to still pace myself on the busy days and not pack too much stuff into them :-)

God Of My Everything

Just a little warning,  after the song at 3:29 there is absolutely nothing.  I'm not sure why but there is almost five minutes of 'absolute nothing' on the video.  Kinda odd :)  I hope y'all enjoy the song!

Three years later

2009

I wasn't all that pleased when I did this three years ago.  For the past few months, I've kept running into it and wanting to redo it and see if my watercolor skills have improved any since then.  Other than accidentally starting it on the wrong side of the paper, I'm more happy than last time with how it ended up.  Maybe in the next three years I'll try it again:-)

2012