Nineteen!

Yesterday my sister turned nineteen!
I don't have any pictures of her birthday, because I was left without batteries, but I do have lovely memories.
I want to say, Happy Birthday, Sister!, and may God bless you in this new year you are beginning.
I won't try to write nineteen funny/weird/random things about her; I already did this last year, and it was difficult! But I wanted to dedicate a post to her, because she is so special to me.
I love you!

Some Verses

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 8:26

If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Romans 8:32

It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Romans 8:34

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulations, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:35

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angles nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

While I was reading this chapter in Romans, these verses called my attention especially, and made me think a lot. I hope they are a blessing to all of you as they were to me.

Clips!

When the day is rainy, you are quite bored, and you have a box full of clips, such as...

...this one...

...without really wanting to, the little light bulb on top of your head shines very bright.
And so, what is supposed to be a piece of metal covered in coloured plastic comes to be a very amusing and useful thing indeed.

I like them. They are lots of fun!

And so I started to make a string out of it, one at a time...

...like this...

I didn't really realize how many they were... It took me a lot of time to join them all in one line!

See, it was so long I could do plenty of figures!

A good zig-zag... I really advise you to try it.

And of course, a coloured snail! I wonder if the is a true one that has so many colours...

I did groups of the colours too! Now letsee...
I have a list...

38 dark blue clips.
25 red clips.
23 red clips.
20 green clips.
20 white clips.
17 yellow clips.
15 purple clips.
15 sky blue clips.
13 orange clips.
9 black clips.

With a total of one hundred and ninety-five clips.

And, by the way, for those who were wondering, yes - I did try to skip with the clip "rope", and no - it didn't work!

Sil*]

Today is Silvia's birthday! And I'm writing here about her. Because it's her birthday. Because she is a wonderful girl. Because she is my friend. Because she is... SHE!
When we are together, we always have a great time. Talking without stopping, joking all the time, teasing each other mutually... she is unique!

So since today she is seventeen, I'm going to say thank you to her because:

Bcause* from the start she considered me her friend.
Bcause* even though I am a silly, chatty teenager, she loves me all the same!
Bcause* I have always been able to tell her everything, and I can trust her.
Bcause* she's always listened to me, and helped me.
Bcause* I can talk in English with her! ^^
Bcause* she was the first one to... introduce me. :P
Bcause* we have many opinions and tastes in common.
Bcause* we can talk and share opinions on intelligent subjects.
Bcause* she is like an older sister!
Bcause* she is a good sport and I can tease her.
Bcause* she likes music! :D:D
Bcause*... she is Sil... and with that, all is said.

Silvia, you don't know how I love you, I wish you the best on such a special day! God Bless You!

Kittie!

Last Saturday we visited some dear friends of ours, this family, and we really had a great time!
They had a cute little black and white cat with green eyes that I liked very much, and therefore I took many pictures of it. Here are my favourites!

Somehow, Oreo (that was her name) thought that my Mummy's lap was comfotable, even thought she was crossing her legs.

Here you have her again, like a queen, looking at... something on the floor...?

I, of course, had a great time caressing her... you could hear her purring half a mile away! :)

A really closer look... cute nose!

Then she hid under the table, but I could take pictures of her even there (haha, she didn't escape! I had this feeling she didn't like photos... she almost scratched my camera after a photo with flash! :S). Anyway, I think she was trying to hide...

One has to keep herself clean... even before a camera taking a photo of her. (Manners...!)

I don't really know what to say about that one... maybe she was calculating the jump she had to do to go back on the floor.

Aha! This one is my favourite! Comfortable on Kevin's shoulder. And now I am saying it seriously, I could hear the kitty purring from where I was taking the picture.

Awww, I like this one very much too. She looks like she is saying, "Who, me? Nah, I'm just a cute little purring thing!"
I just like her eyes so much.

We really had fun that day, only it rained all the time, during the whole day, and I wasn't able to go outside and check the little woods they had at the back. I bet I could have taken plenty more pictures! :)
I hope we can see them again! We had good talks and lunch was delicious!

Fifteen!

Last Sunday was of the best days of my life. I really had a great time!
Two families came to spend the day with us, and well... this year I'll post pictures instead of writing a huge story like last year...
So here they go! :)

My presents! An alarm clock from my parents, two anklets as a special gift from Mummy, a tin whistle from my older sister, earphones from my older brother, stickers from my little brother, an "A" from my littlest brother, and the toy frog from one of the families. I got a top from the other family. ^^

My best friend came, and gave me this beautiful heart necklace... (I'm wearing my new top too)

And this bracelet... we have it the same!

The cake! Yummy, it was delicious! And I blew the fifteen candles all at once, too! :)

The "A" my littlest brother gave me... I think it's very cute! ^^

The whole day was wonderful. The weather was splendid, and nice and warm. We walked, talked a lot, tried my new presents... it was just... wonderful! SO many people remembered, I can't even begin to count them! They really made my birthday special.
And I am fifteen!

Last Everything

The sun has risen to...
The last day of fourteen years old.
Last time I'll see my friends being fourteen years old.
Last time they will see me being fourteen years old.
Last morning, last afternoon, last night, of my fourteenth year.
Last "Good Morning" and "Good Night" of my fourteenth year.

Last Everything Of My Fourteenth Year! Today Is The Last Day!

UaaaaaaaA!! I'm even scared of being fifteen! I look over my shoulder and think of everything I've done this year, all that I've gone through, good things and bad things, all that I've said, done and thought. Good times with old friends and new friends too, studies and new knowledges, sunny days and rainy days. I look back, and I give thanks for everything, because everything has been an experience from which I have learnt something, if patience or humility, everything has helped me.

And to my family and friends... I thank you because you love me even though I am a disaster and a bubble head, and spend my days in the clouds... thank you because you have always been there for me when I needed you, because you have always helped me, you have laughed with me, and even cried with me, because you have always had patience with me when I messed things up, and well... I can't thank you enough.

I just love you all so much, and I hope we continue this way for always.

I feel so blessed. My heart overflows with joy and happiness. I thank God for everything in my life. Because He made it this way. Because He has everything planned, and everything is in His hands, and I don't have to fear.

I'm going to be fifteen!