Of Recent Days

Just a couple of things that have been happening recently in my life under the maple tree...


If you've noticed that I look different, then you've noticed correctly. My sisters and I did a quick photo shoot yesterday, and I uploaded one of the pics for my new blogger picture. It was a joint effort really, as this dress is one that I made for the movie we're making with our cousins, and my sister Jessa Bri took the picture, and my other sister Beth Grace did the posing and editing. So, what think ye? :)

And yes, that's me in the picture. That's really me. I just realized it's the first picture of me that I've put on Lianne Taimenlore. Random... okay, moving on...


AND....


I won 3rd place in Miss Laurie's Jane Austen Quote Photo Contest over at Old Fashioned Charm!! This is so swell!! Thank you ever so much, Miss Laurie!! I am quite elated!!!! :D

My award:

My photo that won:

AND...

I've also been adding a few new pages to my blog. Some of them are still under construction, but if you feel like it, you're welcome to look around! :)

I just noticed that my blog is mainly green. I really didn't plan that on purpose; it just happened. I like green, but it's odd because my favorite color is blue.... hmm... anywho...

AND...

Some not so great news. I apologize if my posts have been rather lackadaisical of late, but I haven't been much on blogger these last few days. I'm currently battling asthma and allergies, and every week, my younger sister Teddy and I go to the doctor to get allergy shots. It usually takes forever in the waiting room so we always bring books with us to kill time. The shots themselves aren't very fun, but other than a small prick in your arm, they're not that bad. 

Or so I thought.

But this last time we went, I got my first serious reaction to the shots. We usually wait about 20 minutes after getting the shots to make certain that there are no adverse side effects, however, this time we got a different nurse and she put the timer on for 30 minutes. I'm rather glad that she did. At 20 minutes (having just passed the halfway point in Nicholas Nickleby), I began coughing, and found myself unable to keep myself totally quiet in the otherwise silent waiting room. Then I noticed that my ears were really, really itchy. And extremely hot to the touch.

And that's when I had trouble breathing. My lungs constricted, and I couldn't get a good breath. Teddy looked at me with her eyebrows raised and asked me, "Are you wheezing?" When I nodded in the affirmative, she immediately turned and told our mom who, upon the news, told the nurse who immediately whisked me back and gave me a nebulizer treatment. I had to hold the mouthpiece to my lips and breathe in the "medicine mist" for what seemed like half an hour. It helped, and afterward, other than feeling a little lightheaded, I was breathing fine.

It was an adventure, to say in the least. It's not one that I'd like to repeat. I'm just thankful that the Lord kept me in the palm of His hand throughout the whole experience. But all that to say, I haven't been feeling clear headed this weekend and haven't been able to work on the magic post at all. This study is going extremely slowly, I do apologize, but I will do my best to get it up soon. I hope I don't sound as if I'm complaining and seeking sympathy, because I'm not. This was simply an explanation of where I have been and what's been going on.

Okay, I'm out of "AND"s now. :)

God bless you all!