Moving...

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

I will no longer be posting pictures on this blog. 

Do not panic! 

Those of you who still wish to follow my photography attempts, 

please visit my new, photography-only blog:

samanthalaurenphotography.blogspot.com! 

See you there!

I'm alive...

Long time no see, huh? I'm not "officially" back either...just dropping a line to let you viewers/readers know that I AM alive and STILL taking pictures.

Thing is, my laptop is dead. Worse than dead. He's deaded. Anywho, he's being worked on and I won't be able to post any pictures until I get him back. BUT! I AM taking pictures...so once Strang is revived, I'll be posting a TON. :D Just as soon as he's alive. ;)

I've been keeping busy with work, crocheting, reading (Now that I don't have a laptop to take up alot of my time, I have more time for reading...amazing huh? :P), AND writing! Lots of journaling and letter writing going on, as well as a bit of story writing. I never knew how much I took my laptop for granted when it comes to writing until I was forced to go without it! Only one hour of steady writing by hand wipes me out...or rather it wipes my hand out...starts to ache something fierce! Poor hand. Gets so abused. lol. It actually feels good to be writing by hand so much again...like the "old days". :P

Anywho, just wanted to drop a line...be on the look out peeps! Hopefully a photo post will be sooner than later!!

Mah room....

So, I decided to deep-clean my room today...not QUITE as deep-cleaned as I'd have liked, but I'm satisfied that everything is neat and organized. :D Listened to some great music while doing it, so I was happy. :D




Moi & TobyMac
































From the doorway...





















Nate's messy dresser...heh. He's a boy, that's for sure. :P
























Messy, messy beds...






















The nightstand I use in place of a desk (a real desk wouldn't fit in my room. :(





























Mia's dresser...





























My books...





















My dresser with: Liberty doll, jewelry box, letters, candles, etc. etc.























Closet door with my hilarious "Pearls Before Swine" calendar, my guitar, and laundry hamper...























Back to the door...



















It always gets messier before it gets cleaner!



































And....After photos:

From the doorway...
































Nate's dresser...still not quite so neat, but neater than before. ;)























Bunkbed...yeah, yeah, so the girls' lower bunk is a mess...Tori will have to make it later. :P MY bunk, however, is all nicely made up! ;)






















Desk/nightstand w/ Strang (my laptop ;)), chair, and shoe crate...























Mia's dresser...with my boombox, bulletin board, her piggy banks and her little pink jewelry box. :)





















My favorite part of my room! Books! Also, movies, box of cds, scrapbook, and some framed pictures, which hopefully will get put on my wall this spring!





















My dresser, slightly rearranged...books I'm currently reading, jewelry box, cds, letters, candles, etc. etc. ;)
























Closet all organized...boxes of books, shelves of books...yesh, I love mah books. ;)






















Closet again, door closed...
























And back to the doorway...

Jules

Short photo shoot with Jules...who could resist her braids and chubby, chubby cheeks? :) The cutey! Oh, and the dog? His name is Barton. Don't ask.

Blue

This project's color is...BLUE!








Necklace...























Fan...
































The blue Sig I bring to work...

























Blue marker...






















Tea cup...





















:D I was getting desperate for blue things. ;)






















Mom was wearing a blue sweater...























Juliana wearing a BLUE shirt. :D




















~*~

Two pictures just because...

I got a poster signed by BarlowGirl! :)






















Mailing off my first book to my instructor. *sigh*

Thinkin' Green!

For my latest project, I decided to do a color theme...pictures with all the same color. I plan on doing several of these, and chose green as my first color.


Tea pot...


































Celery!


































Green necklace...


































Yoyo! Held by Jon...





























Green thumbtacks, paper clips, & rubber bands...




























Green books...
























Green leaves...































A green rubber ducky whose name is Abraham. *nods* He's my favorite out of the 3 duckies that Jules has to play with...she prefers "Rubber Ducky", who happens to be yellow. And poor Abraham is a bit squished here...someone squeezed him too hard.

Visit With Friends...

Last Sunday, Krista and I went over to visit with our friends Adeline & Gen. :D


Krista & Gen




































Playing around with ice cubes. ;) (Photo credit to Krista)


































We made pasta!!




























Making pasta...(Photo credit to Gen)






























(Photo credit to Gen)

































Cooking!





























Gen
































Gen & I




























That's me...the normal one. ;) (Photo credit to Joe)...








































Adeline, Gen, me, & Krista...(Photo credit goes to Joe)
































Joe & Gen (Photo credit goes to Krista)

































Gen & I (Photo credit to Krista)






































Gen painted my nails for me. <3 (Photo credit to Gen)






























Krista & Tyson (Photo credit to Adeline)