How to Remove the Hard drive from an HP Desktop

Anyone who has been in the military knows that the contracted movers are not always successful at transporting your household goods undamaged! Our last move back in October resulted in some damage to several items totaling to $1,491! One of the damaged items was our HP desktop computer and monitor. Apparently the truck driver said they drove through Hurricane Irene. Praise the Lord we were fully reimbursed 2 weeks ago! One of the neighbor children asked for the broken computer to try and work on. Mind you this particular child has told me how he is going to jump different backyards to escape the police.....with that being said I agreed under the condition I would take the hard drive out =)

 Of course I have never removed a hard drive before. I honestly didn't even know what it looked like inside of the CPU. Can you take a guess and figure out where I learned about hard drive removal....? You to the Tube....lol =) Some one once told me Youtube is a dangerous place....I never got it though....

 This was fun for all my boys I gave everyone a screw driver and we located the hard drive.

 We began unscrewing many things including the fan to get to the hard drive.
After about an hour of unscrewing and pulling we found there was a button on the hard drive box that you push down to pop the hard drive out and it even had a picture of it right on the box.....

Then finally success!

Good Bye Gold Pt. 2

 Since the front light fixtures came out so pretty with a little spray paint.....it made the other gold things stand out more! I am not too sure why I really hate gold so much....I think it is too shiny. I don't have the same issue with brushed nickle or chrome....

 This porch light was not as cooperative as the other two. The glass didn't seem to come off any which way I tried to slide it out! 

 Painters tape to the rescue!

Looks brand new right?

 This door thingy screwed right off!

 I just used plain brown on this and not the oil rubbed bronze.

 Now it matches our welcome mat!

 The gold numbers had to go too! We bent these up pretty bad and so we bought new numbers at Wal Mart for $1.27 each.

And the door bell got spray painted too! I forgot to get the before picture, but it was a dingy creamy yellow color. Rachel is mad because she tried to come outside with me but she was not dressed very modestly for outside ....lol =)

Since we are outside I wanted to show off my lily getting ready to bloom! The others got attacked mid stem by Joshua and will not be blooming this year =(

And now there is no more Gold on the outside of our house! Now if only we could get our grass to grow back after Chris went a little nuts with the Weed Be Gone!

Family Photos 2012

On one of my morning jogs interpreted by a garage sale I met a really nice woman named Rebecca, she was a jack of all trades, she babysits, sells pampered Chef, makes hair bows, skirts and has recently started a photography business =). I got her info and we hooked up for a photo shoot 2 Saturdays ago. It was really hot out and my son Christian got a tummy ache out of the blue and could barely stand up! However Rebecca still managed to get some good pictures =) 

On the way there everyone was sleeping but Rachel...that is never a good thing when you want your children's cooperation!

Brownley came with us too, but he wasn't into taking pictures too much.

Rebecca found a shady spot and began working her magic on my sleepy hot kids!

I love my husband!

 Christian trying his best to smile while keeping his eyes opened!

 I asked Rebbecca to do the blue "color pop" so it will match when I paint one of my living room walls blue!

 This would have been an even better photo if atleast one of the kids would have smiled!

 Christian collapsed on the floor....lol.

 Joshua is such a camera ham when he wants to be!

 I took a photo by myself so Chris can carry it around =)

 Cute idea by Rebecca to have them "reading".

 Noah looks just like his daddy!

Rachel would not crack a smile!

and it was over at this point!

Rebecca has a photography blog at Road of Life Photography and I would highly recommend her if you are looking for a good photographer in the Springfield, Missouri area. She is a Christian and cheaper than Walmart =)

http://roadoflifephotographybybeckyw.blogspot.com/

Goal Review May 2012

1) Read Through the Bible in a Year

Praise the Lord that I have been able to keep up with the daily Bible reading schedule so far. Some days were a struggle and I would have to catch up the next day. I finished reading Judges, Ruth and now I  am in 2 Samuel. Also a proverb chapter a day, and some Psalms. The new Testament readings jump around a bit and I have finished Acts, Romans, Colossians, Ephesians, and now I am in Hebrews.

As a stay at home mother I always am so convicted when I read the story of Eli's two sons in 1 Samuel chapter 3, who were children of Satan. God held Eli responsible because, "...he restrained them not." I can't help but think of what things God is going to hold me responsible for not restraining my children from! Everything from bad attitudes, to talking back, watching too many movies and the list goes on and on. God help me not to "restrain not" my children!

2) Read 6 Books:

I read the 3rd Chapter of Absolute Surrender: Separated Unto the Holy Ghost. It emphasized the need to be faithful in daily life to really be directed by God's Spirit!

3) Pass out a Gospel Tract to Every Store Clerk: 

I passed out Gospel tracts at of course at Wal Mart, Yard sales, The Dollar Store, the Schawns truck man ( Yes I got some Ice cream).

On the way back from Church on Sunday we ran out of drinks and it was super hot so I hopped out of the bus and went into Murfins Market to get some drinks. The cashier at first took my tract and then as I was walking away she called out to me and asked if I would take it back because she can't talk about religion at work. She was the one that kept talking about it, I wasn't giving her a gospel presentation or anything.....That was just really weird because she could have just thrown it in trash and there was a customer right behind me waiting to be helped and he looked as confused as I did with her insistence on not taking the gospel literature. So sad if she would have known that there was living water in the words of God she surely would have held onto it!

4) Eat Out Only Once a Week: We ordered out just 3 Times last month all from Pizza Hut on Saturday nights while I was out grocery shopping.

5) Run 7.5 Miles a Week: I ran 52 Miles in May!

6) In Home DVD Workout Once a Week: I taebo'd 4 times!

7) Take Vitamins and Juice Daily: Okay so I ran out of my favorite Prenatal Vitamins the 2nd week of May and still haven't made it to the Health Food Store! and I know I didn't juice everyday, but I didn't write it down so I don't have the tally.

8) Reduce Weight to 130 lbs.: I got on the scale this morning and was a little upset! I have gained 3.4lbs this month! I blame the donuts on the church bus ....then again maybe it is muscle....Nah probably donuts and the Shcawns Icecream!......Good thing I gave myself til' December 31st!

9) Keep Up with Hair Cuts Quarterly: My hair is still looking pretty good....at least I think so!

10) Improve Home Organization: If you have been reading my blog this month you already know I got really nice labels for the pantry and boys cubby bins =)

Looking Forward to June we are having revival starting this Sunday!