Do not fear, Danielle is still here!

Wow, it’s been quite a while! I’ve had my hands full lately, so I haven’t had much time to blog.

First and foremost, welcome my new addition — Remey the chinchilla!
I brought this handsome man home last Saturday. I found him on Craigslist. He’s such a sweetie; I absolutely adore him!

Secondly, I’ve been working on some websites for people. I’m trying to break into the freelance design world. So far, so good! I’d like to save up to go to college, if at all possible. I would’ve gone straight out of high school, but certain things in my personal life prevented it.

Oh, and Bobbi, I’m still alive! It’s just been hectic. I’ll post a more lengthy entry later, but right now I have to get going.

PS: Dani-Lynn.com may no longer exist soon. I can’t afford to renew the domain (it cost me $100 through BlueHost; and while I love them, there just HAS to be a cheaper place!), and it expires the end of August. What should I do?!

Dude.

Is it just me, or is this stuff just basically glorified toast?

Oh well. It’s still tasty.

“Yep, she’s a country girl, alright.”

That’s all J had to say after visiting my parents this past weekend.

I did tell him they lived in the middle of a national forest.

We had a great time. BBQ’d, watched movies during the rain — up until the power went out. Yep, you read right - the power went out for SIX HOURS while we were visiting my parents. This happened because of a HUGE storm that blew through while we were there.

Talk about scary!

Anyway, I’m not feeling very well at the moment, but I wanted to mention my awesome holiday weekend. How was yours?

Nature Walk Photos

I mentioned a couple days ago that J & I went on a nature walk through a local wildlife refuge. Although we didn’t see a lot of wildlife (I don’t blame them, they’re awfully close to the big city!), we saw plenty of other beautiful sights. Here are some of the photos.

It’s scenes like this that make me miss living out in the country.

Turtle, turtle! This adorable little painted turtle decided to make an appearance as we were gazing into the water.

Lilacs.. my absolute FAVORITE. They smell so wonderful.

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Inspiration

I’ve been designing websites since I was 11 years old. Crazy, right? I taught myself everything I know. And I’ve always LOVED designing websites. I just can’t afford to go to school for it, and since I don’t have a degree, most people don’t want to hire me. But then J inspired me. She had mentioned that she uses Craigslist to reach out to potential clients for her freelance graphic/web design.

So I’ve decided I’m going to officially open up a design site (hopefully sometime this afternoon) and start trying to get my own freelance web design business going.

The point of this entry? To say THANK YOU, J. You’re an awesome inspiration and I hope I can do as well as you.