Give this Christmas Away! Music Video

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Buttercup

40 Facts about Giraffes!

Remember how I asked y'all, when I posted the movie with a giraffe giving birth, if y'all would like me to post facts about them? Well, a couple of you said yes, so, here it is!

Sadly, I couldn't find my old reports about giraffes that I did when I was younger, so, I had to go to the library. hehehe.

1. Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world
2. Adult giraffes can be up to eighteen feet tall!
3. When born, baby giraffes can be as much as six feet tall!
4. There are different kinds of giraffes, such as the Masai, Blotched, Southern, or Reticulated, the way they are different is the skin patterns. The two main groups are the Reticulated (the one most people see/think of, it and the Southern Giraffe) and Blotched.
5. Female and male giraffes have horns
6. Sometimes a giraffe grows two pairs of horns!
7. Giraffes have very long tongues, they can be up to eighteen inches long! That's almost a foot and a half!
8. Giraffes have very long necks to go with their very long tongues, their necks can be more than six feet long!
9. They eat acacia leaves and flowers, acacia is a kind of tree.
10. They have to spread their front legs out really far so that they can get their heads down to the water to drink.
11. They sleep standing up, so that they can make a quick escape if a lion were to come sneaking up.
12. A group of giraffes is called a herd
13. They can run up to almost forty mph!
14. The only animal that is related to the giraffe is the okapi, which looks more like a cross between a giraffe and a zebra.
15. Giraffes live in peace with many animals, like zebras and antelope.
16. A giraffe's pregnancy is sixteen months long!
17. Unlike some other animals, such as chickens, the baby giraffes look very like their parents and relatives.
18. When born a baby giraffe weighs about 130 pounds! (that's heavier than me!)
19. Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as we do (mice also!), theirs are just A LOT bigger!
20. Like humans, no two giraffes look exactly alike!
21. Giraffes, like cows, have four stomachs. yuck.
22. Unlike many other animals, Giraffes stay in pretty small groups, only up to about fifteen giraffes normally.
23. At about the age of three the male giraffes leave the heard and start mating!
24. The guys fight over the girls! And most of the time, the loser moves away!
25. A giraffe calf never knows his/her dad, before it is born the father moves away, never to come back.
26. Giraffes are mammals.
27. They live for around twenty-five years in the wild and way more in captivity.
28. They have excellent eyesight, and, with their long necks, they can pretty easily spot a predator before it gets them, also, they can spot a human from more than a mile away!
29. A giraffe's legs are not all the same length, the front ones are longer.
30. Zebras, Gnus, Antelope, etc, love to graze with giraffes in the wild, because they know the giraffe will warn them if it spots danger.
31. Giraffes are Herbivores.
32. The predators of giraffes include lions, hyenas, and leopards.
33. The same day it is born, the baby giraffe learns to run!
34. Giraffe babies can grow as much as an inch taller in a day!
35. They can sleep with their eyes open or shut! Creepy!
36. A giraffe's heart can weigh as much as twenty-five pounds.
37. Instead of a bath, the birds clean the giraffe! (It rhymes! I made it up. :))
38. Giraffes have a kind of "nursery" set up, where, some of the female giraffes will watch the little ones, and the other moms will go eat.
39. Most giraffes live in the wild, but a good amount of them are in captivity and/or in nature reserves.
40. When born, a giraffe doesn't have horns, it has tufts of black hair that will eventually, as it gets older, get hard and are then called horns.

Isn't it amazing how well designed these animals are!?! I believe that God designed these creatures for His glory and for proof to us, that He is the one and only true God. How can you look at a giraffe and honestly say that you think it came about by random change, an accident. The giraffe was no accident! God designed it just like He wanted it! There are NO FLAWS in His creation! Is that not amazing to you? Tell me, and I will give you even more overwhelming proof of the Creator, my Creator, your Creator. He not only made the giraffe, but He made the ant, the lion, the fish, the squid, all the animals, the water, the air, the ground, the universe, and us. He made everything! And we need to praise Him, not His creation. Yes, His creation is wonderful, but let's not worship it. Does a customer praise the pot instead of the potter? Does the clay have power over the potter? No.

Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.Isaiah 64:7-9 (in Context) Isaiah 64 (Whole Chapter)

God is in control, we are His, His own, His special creation; but still His, under Him, not above Him.

I hope you enjoyed the facts! Sorry that I didn't do it sooner. Also, if I did a fact twice, please tell me so that I can fix that. God bless!

~Buttercup~

I got the information for the forty facts out of three books:

Animal Close-Ups: The Giraffe, by Christine and Michel Denis-Huot

Animals in the Wild: Giraffe, by Mary Hoffman

Born to be Wild: Little Giraffes, by Christian Marie

NOTE: Libby, I have not forgotten your question! I am just having a bit of trouble finding the scriptures that are about that. Please, if you would, find them for me, and it will make it go a bit easier. :)

For future reference, if you have a biblical question, I would be happy to try to find you an answer, but please give me the scripture references on that subject. Thanks!

Giveaway!

Please hop over to Taylor's blog right away! Her awesome giveaway ends tomorrow!!!

Caption Contest!

Hey Y'all! Eldarwen Failariel held a caption contest not too long ago, with Lord of the Rings pictures, it was so much fun that I asked her if she would mind me doing one too, so, here it is! You can write a caption on any that you like, you can even write multiple captions for each one! The more the merrier! LOL. Here are the rules:

1. NO bad language! You will IMMEDIATELY be disqualified!

Well, that's the only rule! Comment to your hearts content! And please, when you do write a caption, please put the number of the picture by it so that I know which one you're talking about. :) The contest ends on the 12th of December. Have fun!

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Sorry they are so digital, I got them off of Photobucket. So, yeah, not good quality. Oh, and one more thing, you can enter even if you don't have a blog. :)

Buttercup :)

Thanksgiving - second post :)

Hey Y'all! Happy Thanksgiving, again. (See my other post.) Now, I'm going to do one thing I'm thankful for, for every one of the posts I've done. =D In NO certain order!!! I mostly just listed them as I thought of them!

1. God
2. Jesus
3. Holy Spirit
4. the Bible
5. Dad
6. Mom
7. Sisters
8. brothers
9. cousins
10. aunts
11. uncles
12. grandmas
13. grandpas
14. Friends
15. Teachers
16. my church
17. my body
18. the air
19. the water
20. the land
21. hills
22. mountains
23. plains
24. our house
25. our car
26. gas
27. trees
28. leaves
29. autumn
30. spring
31. winter
32. summer
33. snow
34. sun
35. moon
36. stars
37. doctors
38. school
39. books
40. time
41. paper
42. bikes
43. roller skates
44. grocery stores
45. clothes
46. the mall
47. cameras
48. computers
49. Internet
50. blogger
51. healthy food
52. non-healthy food. :P
53. thanksgiving
54. Christmas
55. Valentines Day
56. birthdays
57. new years eve/day
58. shoes
59. tape measures
60. games
61. phone
62. email
63. an American
64. a daughter
65. a friend
66. a Christian
67. chores
68. printer
69. languages
70. watches
71. clocks
72. bed
73. dresser
74. that the earth is round
75. space
76. space (both kinds! LOL)
77. paint
78. that I don't look like Gollum (mom's idea! lol)
79. that I don't have to go of to fight
80. I've been out of the country once
81. volleyball
82. soccer
83. baseball
84. Lord of the Rings hehehe.
85. stuffed animals
86. Giraffes
87. Lions (sometimes)
88. fish
89. dogs
90. cats
91. hamsters
92. all other animals
93. soda
94. wallet
95. chocolate
96. pillow
97. blanket
98. knives
99. Nancy Drew books
100. Lord of the Rings books
101. boats
102. houses
103. apartments
104. ice skates
105. tennis shoes
106. socks
107. smiles :)
108. DVDs
109. Microsoft PowerPoint
110. The Rebelution
111. Do Hard Things
112. lotion
113. shampoo
114. hand sanitizer
115. flags
116. pencils
117. the ability to draw
118. the ability to crochet
119. medicine
120. oven
121. blender
122. microwave
123. money
124. the desire to give
125. the desire to help
126. the desire to raise money to help others
127. nail polish
128. photo albums
129. Photoshop
130. Photobucket
131. music
132. musical instruments
133. cement
134. grass (I don't know why I didn't say this earlier)
135. rain (see above)
136. refrigerator
137. wind chimes
138. light
139. dark (when sleeping! :))
140. stairs
141. carpet
142. vacuum
143. wood
144. nails
145. broom
146. mop
147. dustpan
148. plants
149. flowers
150. bugs (the ones that don't bite, and aren't annoying)
151. door mats
152. table
153. chairs
154. lamps
155. fans
156. sticks
157. rocks
158. tools
159. names
160. diapers :P
161. days
162. weeks
163. months
164. years
165. hair clips
166. search bars
167. calculators
168. herbs
169. juice
170. milk
171. outlets
172. parks
173. swings
174. merry-go-rounds
175. other park things
176. quotation marks """"""""" hehehe.
177. exclamation points!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!
178. question marks???? lol.
179. questions
180. answers
181. statements
182. kind words
183. words of encouragement
184. words of sympathy
185. words in general
186. erasers!
187. roads
188. pavement
189. wheels
190. recipes
191. feelings
192. singers
193. Cd's
194. conferences
195. voices
196. shoe laces
197. climates
198. sand
199. letters
200. people to talk to/with
201. mute button :P
202. baggies
203. baskets
204. picnics
205. shade
206. heroes
207. cards
208. playing cards
209. save button :P
210. nicknames
211. super macro
212. canning jars
213. craft supplies
214. fabric
215. CD players
216. colors
217. sky

There! 217 things!!! For every post I've posted, oh, wait! One for this post....

218. Missions

Now, I tag YOU to do the same! It doesn't matter how many posts you've done, just do that many things! Come on! I dare you! I would appreciate it if you leave a comment here to tell me what you think, and tell me if you do it! :) thanks!

Have a very happy Thanksgiving, and always remember to thank our heavenly Father for all He has given us!

Love in Christ,

Buttercup

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I don't have much time, but I just wanted to wish all of my readers a....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Remember how much you have to be thankful for! And thank God for all he has done for you!!!!

~Buttercup

Light of the World

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16



Have you ever thought much about being a light?

Randomness Friday!!!

Randomness Friday!

First, awards! I am going to give each one to five people! Here we go!

I got this award from Anna. =) Thanks girl!

And I give it to:

Anna - for her great posts to her fellow sisters in the Savior!

Libby - for giving girls hope through her great posts!

Emii - for her new study on Do Hard Things!

Chelsea - for her awesome posts about the Christian walk!

Iheart - for their awesome convicting posts about the Christian faith!

The next two awards I got from Libby. Thank you!

This one goes to:

Emily

Libby

Poppy

Anna

Emii

This one to:

Anna

Libby

Emii

Emily

Emily (yep, both of ya!)

A blog to look at!

my sister just started posting again on her blog, so, she needs some comments to keep her posting! lol. Please go check it out! www.moldmemakeme.blogspot.com

Okay, this is all I have time for, very sorry! I have simply failed to post this week. I'm real sorry. Also, I didn't link the names, because I just did that in the last award post, and, I have to post this and get to bed! LOL

Love in Christ,

Buttercup