Rack My Vintage Brain

Just when you think you're done with school...

your kids go to school....

...and once again you are learning about subject/verb agreement, predicates, 

linking verbs, etc, and trying to explain the grammatical rule

rather than go by what just sounds right.

It's exhausting when they don't get it

and you have to go over it

over and over

and

over.

Well, I'm a child when it comes to technology!

Thank you to all who emailed me about my Blogger technology/ photo editing issue.

There is always some new glitch that I can't seem to navigate on my own.

Can't they keep it simple for the simple folk?

Does the system have to be so complicated?!

 

I appreciate your help, friends!

Linking my thrifty books to 

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm

and Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesday

Help Me Folks, Blogger Hates Me

1) I cannot upload photos again.  It says I have "lost connection to server" in the photo block 

when I am mid-post and attempting a photo insert. It comes up with a little orange triangle with an
exclamation point in it stating this fact.   Then the post freezes altogether.  Grrr......

2) And THEN I tried establishing a Picasa Web album, rather than just pulling images off of my 
hard drive, and my images pull up, but then 'circle' and still don't upload to the post,
again freezing the post.

3) I am using Google Chrome (Chrome had solved my similar photo upload issue last week when

Internet Explorer and Firefox both said they "do not recognize my address.")

Now a photo issue again, but says I have lost connection to server?  What to do?

Help!  What do I do?

Formally January

This year there wasn't any snow for Christmas.

In fact, it was more brown than anything!

But we did get a bit of a dusting recently.

I can enjoy it a bit out our window...

it makes for a cozy winter day when it's sunny.

Although most of the decorations came down after the kings came,

I leave the evergreen garlands up for awhile.

I can't stand the nakedness of the house after Christmas celebrations.

So, leaving the greens up an extra week here allows me that extra winter garnish.

Oh, the stockings are still up in this photo.

Those did come down.

But the green will be stayin' in  my birdie cage a bit longer.

It's all natural and winter-y inside,

and I love the greens with my grey walls.

I'm trying to stretch my Christmas cheer out into winter cheer since it's so gloomy outside.

And one last favorite old pic of mine here...

Baby when she was just a baby in my Frenchy chair, her first winter.

(And I'm thinkin' now, those chairs are THAT old already?  I just got those).

Sharing with:

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm

Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesday

Inspiration Friday at Common Ground

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

A Late New Year's Greeting

Everyone had all kinds of nice 2012 reflection posts as the year whisked away...

....not I, said the hen.

They were inspiring to read, but I couldn't bring myself to pen a post.

Just enjoying the time off.

Now, I go back to work tomorrow, and reality has finally started to sink in.

And now I sit down to write.

And now my photos won't upload with my USB...I need a new cord.
Had to put the card into the drive.
Then, my photos won't upload through Internet Explorer.
Had to disable cookies.
Then, after Dan downloads Google Chrome, my freshly edited pics are gone.

Hour and a half later, don't know that I'm so inspired to write now.

I'd throw in the towel altogether,
(but I do enjoy writing once in awhile, you know.)

Sigh.

I do love this shot.
It's from our church's garden.

Spring is just around the corner, my true favorite time of the year.

 I must say I'm anxious for March.

 I need to learn to enjoy January.

Health and wealth to everyone!