The Cat.

You see this ceramic cat?



My great-grandma made that cat apparently. And then gave it to one of my mom's cousins. Well, my cousin too, but you get the picture. Well, somehow it got handed down to me. And I actually really like it. It's cool. Vintage-y. Made by a family member. However, I have no idea where I am going to display it.

I was going to put it on my bookshelf, but it's too tall. And I don't really like it just sitting around on the floor. Like it doesn't have a home. But for now that's what it's going to have to do. Until I get some sort of table or shelf or something I guess.

Also, my great uncle (who's wife gave it to me) told me that I could "hide my booze" in the hole in the bottom.



Awesome.

Meh.

Here lately I've been feeling kind of blah. I have a whole list of projects and things I need to be doing, but when I come home from work I just want to crash on my couch with a book or the remote. And I know that if I get started on a project I will be motivated and won't feel so blah anymore.

I'm thinking I need to set my easel up in the middle of my floor again and see what happens. If I see it sitting there, with a blank canvas on it (I have 2 by the way. Blank canvases that is.) I'll be inspired to sit down and do something with it.

I just wish it was summertime. So I can go outside and sit and play with Luna. And go on little adventures in the city. Instead of just going from work to home because the roads and weather suck so badly.


Blue skies and green grass.

One of those posts where I talk about rando things.

I haven't blogged anything since the start of the new year. I've been keeping up with my Photo a Day project, but haven't posted anything here lately. Well, I've been busy. At least kinda busy.

You see, I've gotten into a new show. A Disney Channel show. I know, I know. Disney Channel, right?? Seriously. I started watching Sonny with a Chance one night and now I'm watching from the beginning. Mainly because of this guy:



Sterling Knight, please be Peeta Mellark. For reals.

Speaking of Peeta Mellark, when are they going to get cracking and start filming The Hunger Games?? Or at least casting people?? I'll start you guys off. Cast Sterling Knight as Peeta. Alright, one down.


For Christmas, my sister got me some posters and pictures to hang up in my apartment. I already hung up the 2 posters she got me. But I wanted to frame the 2 matted pictures. So, I went to my frame store, aka the thrift store, and picked up a couple cheap frames and painted them all up. Well, I painted them black anyways. Voila!



Now I just have to finish the other 8 projects on my project list.

Yes, 8.

New Year's Resolutions.

You may have noticed that these last couple of posts have been pretty heavy in the photograph area. Basically, I am just now really discovering the greatness that is Photobucket. And also because I'm gearing up for my New Year's Resolution.

Pretty much every year I try to come up with a resolution. And pretty much every year I tend to break it. You see on the side over there where it says "New year, new goals"? Yeah, well sadly not all of those happened. But I've been thinking about what I want to do this next year for a while now and I think I've finally decided.

I wanted to do something big. And fun. And I've seen this idea before and really liked it, so I'm going to take it on.



That's right. Everyday, I take a new picture. It doesn't have to be much, just something to document the day. (Abby: "I bet 350 of those will be of your dog.")

So, if you want to follow my project, go here. It's bound to be fun.

Also, I have a few more things I want to accomplish this year:

• Start taking classes toward getting my art therapy degree.
• Start an Etsy shop. I have ideas. Now I just have to actually finalize them and get stuff together.
• Teach Luna how to sit. She actually knows "shake". Next is "sit".
• Make a quilt. My last semester, I bought a crapton of fabric for my projects. I'm pretty sure it was around $200 worth. And now I have a HELLLLLLA lot left. And I haven't made a quilt in a while, so I'm going to. Maybe it will be someone's Christmas gift.

I feel like this are all good and attainable. I'll fill you in when I complete/start/show you progress.

Happy New Year!!

Christmas pictures.

Here's some happenings from Christmas in picture format:

1. Present wrapping.
2. Abby and Luna bonded.
3. Luna went back to hating Abby again when we added more ribbons to her collar.
4. Santa came.
5. New game at the grandparents' house.
6. Mom got Luna a sweater that made her look really skinny with a large behind.
7. The children unwrapped a whole lotta gifts.
8. Madison (age 5) drew a face on the butt of the Pictionary man.
9. Taylor surprised me with a trip to Florida in April.
Note: that little piece of paper was wrapped in 2 large boxes. (And I just noticed that "Florida" is spelled wrong. Don't even care.)

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!!

Best way to eat ice cream.

It is also probably the weirdest. Just stick with me here.

1. Scoop ice cream into bowl.


2. Insert into microwave.


3. Microwave for 20 seconds.


4. Stir.


5. Enjoy!


My cousin, sister and I have been eating ice cream like this for a long long while. Everytime we would go out to our grandparents' house for the night (which was pretty much every other Saturday) we would always have a bowl of ice cream. And this is how we would eat it.

Yummmmmmmm....

Christmas!

I decorated for Christmas!





















I love Christmas!

Luna, however, hid away in the bathroom the whole time.

Making Christmas.

This isn't really my favorite song from Nightmare Before Christmas, but it's fitting.

I'm making it my goal of making everyone/mostly everyone's Christmas presents this year. Yesterday I sat and made a list of everyone I needed gifts for and started trying to figure out what to make them. Sooooo far I've got something for my mom, sister, and one other one figured out. Next week I hope to get started on them.

Alllllso, since it is now after Thanksgiving, I get to start decorating for Christmas! I always wait until after Thanksgiving. So next week I'm going to hit up some thrift stores and find Christmas decorations. And by "stores" I mean that I'm going to the best one on the planet that I've been going to since the beginning of time: Share and Care. I'm so friggin excited.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Oh hey.

I'm watching this right now.

No big deal.

One of my favorite pictures ever.

This is me on my 7th birthday.
Look at my excitement for receiving that fishing pole from my grandparents.
And let me tell you, I got a lot of use out of that fishing pole.

And yes, that is a Polaroid. Because Polaroids are awesome.