Winter in my Yard January 29, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lawrence Alma-Tadema November 23, 2010

I found this artist by mistake. I’ve never heard of him before, but he paints classical figures. I like the colors he uses and the clothes. These are my three favorite so far.

Poco (II) October 12, 2010

 

I was at a show where you can buy a monarch butterfly cocoon. This one hatched unusually fast so he got the hasty name of Poco (II). The first butterfly that hatched for us, his name was Poco. This guy was unusually feisty, I liked him. So he hatched and I put him in our garden. He flew away as soon as his wings dried. I hope he’s doing well.

Bad Ass! September 23, 2010

I was super bad ass today! I am so proud.

I got up early and went to talk with my college counselor. She was impressed with how much I had organized already. We figured out classes, so that I might even be able to go to grad school this fall! Otherwise it will be two years from right now before I get to grad school. I don’t want to rush things, but I’d much rather go in one year then two.

After that I was super motivated and went to the mall to find a new clubbing/salsa dancing shirt/outfit. Instead I got four camis. Normally 1 cami is $18. I got them at the 2 for $16 deal. Awesome! I also got sweater because I’ve needed something lighter then a jacket for fall. I went out of my black/white comfort zone and got red! I also got the most bad ass shoes. (Yes, bad ass is the word of the day) http://www.journeys.com/shi/product.aspx?id=171010&p=shoes&c=966&l=black&m=SM

I also got talked into a straightener by a very good businessman. I’m not going to tell you how much I paid for it, usually I’m smarter about large purchases. Like the shoes, I walked away, thought about it, and came back. But this I just bought…not like me. It’s a little hard to swallow how much I spent on it, but I have a lifetime guarantee, and if I really use it I’m sure I’ll get my money’s worth. What really caught my attention was that he curled my hair with it, beautiful curls that actually stayed put. No, since I’ve been home I have not been able to replicate this. At the mall though I pictured myself actually doing my hair for going out and parties and whatnot.

I’ve been feeling like I look almost ‘unkept/sloppy’ with my hair lately. No matter what I do with it, it looks bad, like I don’t brush it our anything. So as long as I actually use it, this could be a very good purchase for me.

After the mall I took a nap, which was wonderful. Then I cleaned the bathroom. I cleaned everything; the sinks, the counter, the mirror, and the shower. I’m so proud, it hasn’t looked this clean since it was built.

After cleaning I realized I was sweaty, so I went to the gym and did kickboxing for an hour. NICE!

Then I came home. I was going to go salsa dancing for the first time in months, but I didn’t really want to go by myself and I was content to just relax at home.

See how awesome I was today! I really hope I can keep this up, because I have lots to accomplish.

But for now, it’s off to bed. Good night!

Daily Picture 16 July 21, 2010

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Queen Anne’s Lace

This was my aunt’s favorite flower, even though it’s considered a weed. It always makes me think of her. Our yard is full of them.

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No Name Desk Mate

I’ve had him for awhile, saw him in a store and decided he needed to come sit with me at my desk. Even though I’ve had him for years he still doesn’t have a name.

We celebrated my sister’s 24th birthday on Monday. It was a nice family dinner outside with chicken on the grill and sweet corn. I had covered a shift at work that day and I really needed a good meal when I got home. My boss witnessed one mistake at work in the morning and then blamed everything else on me that went wrong during the day. Someone didn’t order the bloodwork, my fault, someone didn’t stain the slide, my fault, someone didn’t turn off the compressor, my fault. I wasn’t even in dental today! And there are three other people there….*sigh*

I went over Mike’s yesterday, it was a very nice relaxing afternoon. We went to a really great grocery store and got stuff for dinner (pizza and a salad) and then we stopped at a gelato store for dessert (yum!). While we waited for dinner we sat outside on the porch and I was blowing bubbles. Why is it at a certain age we stop doing that? It’s relaxing. While we ate dinner we watched a few more episodes of Dexter. Then we laid in bed and just talked. It was a good night.

Today, unfortunately, was a failure. I am unmotivated and everything I do seems to go wrong. The pet store I usually go to closed that location and I got a prescription from my doctor, put it in the book I was reading, and promptly gave it back to the library. How stupid am I? I mean, who does that! I went back to the library today and of course they can’t find it, so I hope someone enjoys my medication….I called to get a new one this morning, they didn’t call back until 4:45 this afternoon and they closed at 5, so I couldn’t come pick it up. Grrrr….so now I’m trying to salvage my day by reading and finding something for dinner soon, because I’m  hungry.

Daily Picture – 15 July 18, 2010

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White Lilies by the pond.

I went to a very awesome farmer’s market. I got bubble tea (yes! it had bubble tea!!!) and a gingerbread glazed croissant. My friend got some mint and sunflowers. Then we got a new friend who really liked our flowers. We named him Paul. If any of you girls are in town on a Saturday before November we’re definitely going to this farmer’s market!

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Creme Brulee Martini.

We had my sister’s bachelorette party and it was a blast! We went to the chocolate bar which was delicious. I got a chocolate martini and a creme brulee martini. Yes that is a penis stirrer on the martini. We were classy, but penis’ had to be involved somehow. We were actually very good, the waitress didn’t even know that we were a bachelorette party. It was one of the most fun nights I’ve had in a long time.

Daily Picture – 14 July 14, 2010

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Odilon Redon

I became intrigued by this painter, so I got a book of his paintings at the library. I finally got a chance to look at it. This painting caught my attention because of the colors. They call Redon ‘the prince of dreams’. A lot of his paintings are very odd and have a dreamlike quality to them. I mostly like his still life paintings of flowers and vases.

“As good as it is to let oneself go when one creates, it is all the better to know what to value, and just where the spirit takes flights.” ~Odilon Redon

Thank goodness it’s the end of my work week. Today was almost as stressful as the rest of the week, but I didn’t really have to deal with it. They asked me to be receptionist today and I willing took the boring job. I also got some of my continuing education done which is good.

My after work plans got canceled, but it’s okay. Even though it’s my off week it’s already completely full and busy. It will be fun, but I just want to veg. I’m so very burnt out.

As I was trying to pass time I came across this website: http://www.esterwilson.com/ . I really like this woman’s style and technique. A lot. I wish I could make sketchbooks like her and draw like her. (Check out her sketchbook section, seriously). It almost makes me motivated enough to draw, but I’m just soo tired. I looked back at my art blog and I haven’t posted anything since March 3rd. How sad is that?

Daily Picture – 13 July 11, 2010

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The ring I bought myself today. It’s made out of a spoon. I love it!

The last 3 days were absolutely crazy! I’m sooo glad they are over. I hope the next three days are better. I definitely needed today. I talked with Mike and he just said he was sorry he’s been such a rotten boyfriend (he’s been distracted and distant lately). That’s the big thing he wanted to tell me. I don’t know why we couldn’t have talked about that over the phone, but I’m glad we did finally talk.

I went to my favorite craft show of the year and kind of splurged. It’s once a year, so sue me! I got that spoon ring, which I love. I also got a photograph/painting from one of my favorite artists. It’s really cool, the husband takes the photos and the wife continues the photos by painting the border. She’s just started adding animals, which is new and fun. What I like about it is she only continues a few things onto the border (a tree, a river, etc) not the whole picture and you can’t really tell it’s a painting at first. You think the whole thing is a photo. That’s talent.

I bought two other things, but I’m not sure if they’re going to be for me yet or not, they might end up gifts. So they will be a surprise for another time. Even though I feel guilty about how much I spent today I think I will end up keeping both. 🙂

Daily Picture – 12 July 9, 2010

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Bunny Honey

This is my bunny Nala enjoying some food, although she stopped eating because she was curious about the camera.

I like this picture because if you look at the deer’s face it looks like she’s saying ‘OH!!’, like she’s surprised.  In fact I can’t look at this picture now without it looking like she has her ‘mouth’ open in surprise.

Just fyi, yesterday was definitely one of the worst days in the history of the world ever. But! I got through it. I moped and pouted and slept. Today was better. Not good, but better. In an effort to make me feel better I’m being lame and listing good things from the last 48 hours:

A friendly cockatiel; small friendly kittens; the sound of a kitten purr; a 150lb great dane named Apollo and cleaning his teeth (it was calming, quiet, and he’s got sparkly pearly whites now); cat nap at work; fun clients; coffee; xrays turning out well; getting labwork done and organized; getting a paycheck (with bonus); a hot shower; not getting a major injury; my comfy bed; a good book; homecooked meal (japanese curry, jasmine rice, chicken, onions, and potatoes); air conditioning.

Ha…I was able to think of more bad things that happened and stress-related things then I was good things….but at least I have a nice list of good things. We’ll ignore the bad/stressful things for now and go to bed. Good Night.

Daily Picture – 11 July 7, 2010

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First attempt at origami geisha dolls.

Mine is on the left. I think it looks pretty good considering the directions are in Japanese….

Warning: Vent!

I was mad today. Something is bothering me, but I can’t really put my finger on it, which is frustrating. Unfortunately, I took it out on Mike. He had made plans with me, but then he blew me off without a phone call. So I took my anger out on him, which he did deserve a little bit (I don’t do well waiting for  phone calls that determine my day), but not all of it. I think some of what’s bothering me is that he didn’t tell me about his last two days off and he’s been very distracted since my birthday. I brought all this up when I was talking to him. And then later, when I called to apologize for being mad he said he wanted to talk to me, but not on the phone, in person. I won’t see him for at least four days. Does he realize what this does to me!? I understand not wanting to talk about certain stuff over the phone…but this is cruel.

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Anyway, the good thing about today was I got to spend time with my sisters, just the three of us. We went to dinner, ate ice cream, and watched TV. It was a very relaxed night and I’m really glad we got to do it, because I’ve been feeling very left out. My other two sisters have more in common then I do with either of them, and they spend a lot of time together and have inside jokes….anyway, I’m really glad we spent time together tonight. We should do it more often.