Socks are made of fiber, right?

Last post here...

2009-12-15T22:39:00.003-06:00

I've decided to start a new blog since the fibergoddess url really doesnt fit anymore... please follow me over to http://brightestplanet.blogspot.com/

and if you are looking for my business blog you can still find it at http://solematetoys.blogspot.com/

Calling all cooks...

2009-12-13T11:46:00.002-06:00

That hummus was HORRIBLE... maybe the garlic?

If was just off, flat... not right.

Do you have a hummus recipe that you love? Please Share

Well that's a new twist

2009-12-09T19:00:00.003-06:00

Cooking when you can't smell or taste (except for super strong odor/flavor) is really hard.

so I made hummus today and I have NO idea what it taste like. lol But here is the process with a basic recipe that can be turned into any flavor you prefer.

I started with dry beans and an over night soak then cooking the chick peas. Once you have that done you can start. Or you can just buy canned, whatever works.

2 c chick peas (garbanzo beans)
3 cloves garlic, minched
3 T lemon juice
1/4 c water
3 T tahini
1/2 - 1 t cumin
1/2 t paprika

Step 1: Place cooked chick peas in your food processor with garlic lemon juice and water process for about a minute, until smooth. If too thick, add more water.

Step 2: Add spices

Step 3: Add tahini

Step 4: Adjust to your taste and Viola!

GERMS!

2009-12-06T17:32:00.003-06:00

gah, we've been under attack this past week. The evil head cold has kicked my butt so the cooking thing has pretty much not happened. It's been all easy meals and clean out the fridge nights.

This is a great easy meal, so easy the kids or your husband could do it. ;) I kid, I kid. lol But it's really easy peasy. this is a great option if you are off pasta/carbs.

Spaghetti Squash

cut in half lengthwise, scrape seeds, bake cut side down for 30-45 min @ 350. Scrape threads, add sauce and fresh parm. cheese and enjoy.

So fresh you wanna smack it

2009-12-02T22:32:00.003-06:00

Today's dinner that is... Fresh corn chowder.

Kid requests for next time... less corn, puree more of the soup and less jalapeno (they are heat wussies I only used one). But they ate without real complaints because they knew this was waiting...

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/banana-trifle/Detail.aspx

Today was made of yuck

2009-12-01T20:09:00.003-06:00

I am a southern girl... I was born in the south and I've always lived here. I do not enjoy cold, windy, rainy days... at ALL! But that is what I got today and I had to go out in it multiple times.

My daughter, Teagan, is not feeling well so she couldn't go with me and had to stay home with the 13yo. Here she is later in the day hamming up the pitiful while

drinking her tea.

A head cold never looked so cute.

As far as food, it was basically meat free fast food.
Total crap comfort food otherwise known as Cincinnati Chili

Here is how I ended the day

homemade hot chocolate. yes my oversized mug says Princess... you gotta problem with that?

Lazy Dinner

2009-11-30T18:42:00.001-06:00

ok so tonight was not very exciting. just a simple breakfast.

pancakes
home fries - SO GOOD!
morning star maple flavored sausages - I personally do not want to use lots of "fake" meats but sometimes it's just easy and I'm not above it at all. lol

Meat Free Mania

2009-11-29T19:03:00.004-06:00

We are now a meat free house but its kinda complicated.

Ok if you read in order you just read about my internal organs trying to mutiny. Well I'm not cool with that so I made a pretty drastic decision... NO MORE MEAT for me or soda or fast food (at least for the most part, I'm not going to be a militant weirdo that freaks if you get a french fry near me).

So my daughter has been a veggie for almost a year and I figured that even if I did get my gb taken out you have to change your diet so I might as well try to change my diet now because what do I have to lose... Well Chris took it one step further and decided the whole house should go veggie. He will not be fully veg when he is on the rig because it is really too hard at this point but all the meals I make are veggie or vegan.

Going to share our faves and not so faves here. :) so expect lots of food posts in the future.

Red Bean Burgers

So good! I just made another batch for the freezer but actually made 12 patties instead of 6 because they were so huge you could barely finish one.

Mock Tuna Salad

tuna melts

eh... still working on this. won't call it a miss just yet but it needs some doctoring

Thanksgiving

Not even a full month between posts

2009-11-29T18:37:00.002-06:00

I'm getting better. ;)

Ok so... lets see what I have to catch you up on.

I had a bad gall bladder attach on the 14th, it lasted about 3.5 hours and it sucked wind! But I survived and the next day (the 15th) I got up and felt better... until round 2 started! I've never had back to back attacks like that and it was horrible. I know, I know... you are screaming GO TO THE DR AND GET IT CUT OUT YOU FOOL! right about now but I refuse for a few reasons.

1) I don't want to lose any organs until I really have to.
2) Lots of people have side effects from removing the gb
3) You can still have problems with gall stones even if you remove the gb.

To make matters more fun, on the day of my 2nd attack I had to go to the grocery store because the boy had a stomach bug and it was not pretty. Neither was me walking through the store hunched over and shuffling. lol

on the 16th I turned 34! and the boy was better but still tired and the girl got the bug... GAH. and I was off solid food trying to baby my gall bladder. And of course, did I mention that Chris was working in Texas through all of this. Sigh

There has been another huge change but I'm going to give that it's own entry...

Halloween

2009-11-08T16:46:00.002-06:00

How cute were we. :D

Teagan's hair went a little flat but it started off super cute and she got new glasses.
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Have a fling!

2009-09-20T21:32:00.003-05:00

One of my coolest friends is having a big Fall Fling Sale!!

http://tastyjewelry.blogspot.com/2009/09/fall-fling-sale.html

She makes the most awesome stuff, you must go grab something... or lots of somethings!

Go get 40% off!

There is NO excuse for my behavior.

2009-08-29T12:02:00.003-05:00

It was June when I last updated... seriously?

Let's see. We had a Teagan birthday

the rest of the pics are here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsvenus/sets/72157621702460697/

New school year started

We've adjusted our activities a bit, now we are doing... Cam = golf lessons, Teagan = Girl Scouts, Both = Chess, Bowling.

All of the curlies in my family have given up shampoo, you can read a bit about that and see our updates here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsvenus/sets/72157621708652510/ I might do a whole post about this in the near future.

I've made a few toys but mainly goofed off on facebook. :D

Inability to deal with stress

2009-06-06T20:22:00.003-05:00

It is interesting to be faced with a flaw we didn't realize we had. I tend to thing I'm a fairly strong, stoic person. Can you say DENIAL? I know you could.

Man it stings to be so wrong. I haven't even had that bad of a day. This is how it all went down...

Hit the grocery store which is always kinda tiring, IMO.

Had to drop the hammer on the kids for constantly breaking the rules. I hated that. I hate feeling like the bad guy even when they basically drove me to the bad guy store and bought the outfit for me. Then after they were in for the night they tried to weasel more perks out of me. ARGH!

The dog barking at everything, every knock, every movement out the window... it HAS to stop. Her bark is brain piercing and sets me on edge faster than anything.

I got my first two orders through my new site. YAY! But then... "omg I have to do 6 toys and find the right socks for them and have them perfect" set in and I started feeling overwhelmed.

Chris will be home in 24 hours and the house needs to be cleaned and organized. And then I start feeling panicky about all the stuff we have to get done during the times he is home. And he is really tired when he is home so I often feel like his weeks home, which I first thought would be like time off for me, are even more stressful than the weeks he is gone.

The dog is STILL not figuring out the house training thing. I do not think she gives a shit. If we manage to get her out when she feels like going that's fine but if not it doesn;t bother her to go right on the floor. She esp. can't be trusted near carpet. So we are "tomato staking" her right now... leash on and with a person 24/7 or crated. So I go in my room and Teagan had her leash on the doorknob, went to get water and left her alone on my carpet... yep you guessed it. At least it was only pee.

That was my last straw, I was on the phone with Chris and I yelled at the kids and dog (BAD MOM!) and shut myself in my room and got all teary. Yes, there are some um, hormone issues going on right now too but seriously I HATE that I am this shakable. Ugh, it may well be time for happy pills because I'm not sure how I will do when/if the time comes that Chris isn't just gone for 7 days but maybe 14 or 28.

Now I have to try to find some bit of happy and perky and get ready to do INUIY in 2 hours. Or at least tap into the bitchy side of it all instead of the whiny. lol

I'm so bad lately!

2009-05-25T07:55:00.002-05:00

We've been busy busy busy.

I've been planning the new school year and I'm almost ready for the purchase part. That is always the most exciting (and often nerve wracking) part of the school year. And then the boxes start arriving and you get to go buy new school supplies... sigh, it is just bliss.

Or, I'm a weirdo... that's also possible. lol

Things are going well in Casa de Fibres.

I'm having a website made, that's my big news. WOOHOO! The husband is getting back into the swing of work after the 6 week layoff.

The little found dog's former owners never searched for her as far as I can tell and after seven weeks I am no longer searching for them and I finally feel like she is ours.

We have a moving update... the new plan is to move when our lease is up in November and rent a house there. It's foolish to buy (IMO) without living there for a while anyway and if we have to rent regardless, we might as well rent there and make sure we like it before setting down roots. I will miss the fabulous friends I have made but I guess that's to be expected.

Ok I think that is it for this quick update... I'll be back soon with a link to my brand new website so stay tuned!

Frustration

2009-04-25T10:30:00.003-05:00

We are planning on moving, not sure if I have blogged about that but I think I did. We are moving to TX. We were hoping to move by the end of the year. Our apt lease is up in Nov. and we can go month to month but we would have loved to have that be a short term option. But it seemed like pushing the move until Spring 2010 was more realistic.

Now the time off work is eating our savings and pushing back the prospect of moving even further. It is so frustrating. Our apt is small and at first it seemed fine but as time goes on I swear it feels like the rooms are shrinking in on us. I'm so tired of not having my own washer/dryer, esp. today after having a pukey girl last night. I'm sick of putting quarters in the loaded machines to find out after the fact that they are broken. Ugh so many other little annoyances. I do not know how we can possibly live here for another year, year and a half... TWO?!

I'm so tempted to start researching the rental market in TX and just heading out when our lease expires.

Has it really been THAT long since the last entry?

2009-04-20T16:00:00.002-05:00

Wow, bad blogger indeed!

I've had a bunch of orders. You can head over to Sole Mate Toys to see some of my recent orders.

There is also a long story involving a new addition... The kids found a dog, so far we can't find the owner so she is here at least for now. We are calling her Pepper.

this is the day they found her

After grooming

I've become the mother of a teenager since my last post. Wish me luck.

I ordered some business stuff from vistaprint and I LOVE IT!

And last but not least... my husband has been home since March 16 with no end in sight. This layoff might be the death of me. ;)

My lolcats

2009-03-28T20:35:00.000-05:00

My furry girls.

Would you like to touch my monkey?

2009-03-26T00:16:00.001-05:00

Zombie Monkey

Serious Monkeys

creative energy

2009-03-25T23:49:00.003-05:00

A local real life friend helped me out yesterday. I needed my biz cards tweaked. She is awesome and if you need any graphics work done or website design... or anything you should go to Cara Creates now!

Clint Eastwood is stealing Gorillaz from myspace...

2009-03-23T19:50:00.002-05:00

RULES:

1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?

stop me if you think you've heard this one before - the smiths

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?

mr.vain - culture beat

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

whoomp! there it is - tag team

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

step on - happy mondays

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?

missing - everything but the girl

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?

i ran - flock of seagulls

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

space oddity - david bowie

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

just like honey- the jesus and mary chain

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

the ballad of peter pumpkinhead - xtc

WHAT IS 2 + 2?

stigmata- ministry

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

nemesis - shriekback

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

yellow - coldplay

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

cannonball - the breeders

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

the hardest button to button - the white stripes

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

good vibrations - marky mark

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

smack my bitch up - prodigy

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?

i wanna be adored - the stone roses

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?

velouria - the pixies

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

take me out - franz ferdinand

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?

my favorite game - the cardigans

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

relax - frankie goes to hollywood

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

clint eastwood - gorillaz

SIGH

2009-03-21T21:22:00.002-05:00

Doing my "homework"...

I just wish the actual start of the process wasn't so damn far away. September is when we tentatively decided to get serious and get a lender and agent involved.

Friday 5

2009-03-20T22:39:00.003-05:00

Stranded!
It's the "stranded on a desert island" question! You can only take one thing from each category. What is it and why are you taking it?

1. A food that can be planted and regrown.
2. A person you haven't seen in a long time.
3. A book you (were) read as a child.
4. A celebrity.
5. The entire episode run of a television show (it's a very nice desert island).
(sic)

My Answers...

1. hmmm rice, easy to grow and to cook
2. Angie, she has a green thumb and is pretty resourceful
3. Lord of the Flies
4.Bill Nye or Ed Begley Jr... they are geniuses and can totally hook up our hut.
5.McGuyver.. DUH!

http://community.livejournal.com/thefridayfive/

Productive Day

2009-03-19T20:19:00.001-05:00

getting through the day...

2009-03-18T21:23:00.001-05:00

this helped...

the result...

I have one more turtle to finish for this order.

Irish Eyes

2009-03-17T18:01:00.000-05:00

today can totally...

2009-03-15T21:00:00.001-05:00

nataliedee.com

Happy Pi Day

2009-03-14T14:01:00.001-05:00

too cute not to share

2009-03-13T11:07:00.001-05:00

I guess I shouldn't skip again

2009-03-12T23:03:00.001-05:00

Twice in a row is poor form. I'm working on orders. Last night I went to bed at 9pm with a headache. Tomorrow I'll be back to my usual updating.

Clover and Japanese Plums

2009-03-10T17:31:00.002-05:00

Bridge

2009-03-09T17:04:00.000-05:00

Let the education begin...

2009-03-08T20:50:00.000-05:00

A peaceful moment

2009-03-07T21:51:00.000-06:00

No lizard, Spock options?

2009-03-06T19:04:00.000-06:00

You Are Paper

Crafty and creative, you are able to adapt freely to almost any situation.

People tend to underestimate you, unless they've truly seen what you are capable of.

Deep down, you're always scheming and thinking up new plans. Your mind is constantly active.

You are quite capable of anything you dream of. You can always figure out a way to get what you want.

You can wrap a rock person up in your sheet of trickery.

A scissor person can sneak up and cut you to pieces.

When you fight: No one can anticipate your next move

If someone makes you mad: You'll attack them mercilessly when they're unprepared

Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?

It's grass-tastic!

2009-03-05T18:39:00.002-06:00

Divy made this possible

2009-03-04T16:17:00.002-06:00

She sent me these fuzzy socks and I think they make the most awesome monsters! These are Tooth Fairy Pillow monsters, they have a pocket on the back for the tooth/money and they hang on the doorknob to make the Tooth Fairy's job that much easier.

It's about time!

2009-03-03T18:47:00.000-06:00

I finally bought decent scissors. WooHoo!

Rare dragon-cat photographed

2009-03-02T18:27:00.003-06:00

Do not meddle in the affairs of kitties for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

How I feel about project 365 tonight

2009-03-01T19:39:00.000-06:00

more animals

Last day of February

2009-02-28T19:42:00.001-06:00

So sweet

2009-02-27T14:04:00.000-06:00

Both of my girls are just precious.

A boy and his cat

2009-02-26T11:39:00.003-06:00

the "bad" cat

Teagan now has her own flickr. She is taking, editing and publishing her own photos. She is without a doubt one of the coolest 8 year olds around. http://flickr.com/photos/othercoraline/

Photo of the Day

2009-02-25T19:12:00.000-06:00

What I should be doing...

2009-02-24T17:38:00.002-06:00

I did get some veggies in the freezer before they went south and I watch High School Musical 3 with the girl. I think Mr. Monkey (orange/brown) will be started tonight while I watch a chick flick.

A reading we will go

2009-02-23T18:27:00.002-06:00

Today's reading pile. Fluff books are finished and now I get to start the photog book *clap*

Bonus Post!

2009-02-22T18:26:00.001-06:00

This amuses me SO much!

I found this on Teagan's digi cam. She wrote the song herself ;) get your Dramamine ready but it's worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVFNT-7_570

Azalea heaven

2009-02-22T18:21:00.002-06:00

More pics are on my flickr

It's that time of year again

2009-02-21T16:41:00.003-06:00

Teagan wanted "fancy" hair for the parade... My first attempt at "hair hearts"

OMG I screwed it up

2009-02-21T00:07:00.001-06:00

:( i had such a good run. I just realized it is 12:06 DAMN I missed Friday

I feel like such a cliche

2009-02-19T13:40:00.002-06:00

but I am loving taking pics everyday. I wish I could take a class or something to really learn how to take great shots. I started a new set on flickr for all of my recent nature type shots.

Today's 365 pic

some others...

one of the koi fish in the apt. pond. I am determined to get a better picture of him before we move.

testing out a shot, weird crop because I didn't want the apts. in the frame. I'm going to work on this more because I love the roots and I think I can get a neat image

Showers and Flowers

2009-02-18T16:54:00.000-06:00

My wonderful children

2009-02-17T11:59:00.001-06:00

I took this photo for some family and friends that wanted to see the children and then I decided that I would make it my photo/blog of the day.

I know all parents are biased but I really adore my children. They are two amazing human beings and I feel very fortunate that I get to be their Mom.

Spring is springing in the south

2009-02-16T16:24:00.003-06:00

Heavy pic entry so be warned...

And my new cheap, cute shoes ;)

The weeks of being husband free

2009-02-15T19:18:00.003-06:00

are very lazy... want proof? Exhibit a = dinner

A lovely valentine

2009-02-14T18:28:00.002-06:00

to myself... I ordered these the day before yesterday and they arrived today. It's true love. This is my one cosmetic vice.

Friday the 13th

2009-02-13T13:03:00.000-06:00

but my picture is more like "Child's Play"

Almost perfect

2009-02-12T12:03:00.001-06:00

Who wants to bring over a Corona and join me?

Fresh

2009-02-11T18:31:00.002-06:00

Today I decided that I wanted salsa and guacamole. Did a few errands and hit the produce store... I didn't make the stuff yet but I will either tonight or tomorrow.

Still clicking away

2009-02-10T21:46:00.002-06:00

Project365 is still going well, I haven't missed a day yet and that is absolutely due to having a camera phone, especially during our vacation.

Here was today's shot

Best balls

2009-02-09T23:10:00.000-06:00

yum

I don't have enough

2009-02-08T22:05:00.000-06:00

the last 24 hours... wow

Central Market is a religious experience

2009-02-07T17:42:00.003-06:00

And going during Chocolate Festival is even better... samples everywhere.

the day and the vacation overall has had ups and downs. I wish we could stay longer but tonight is our last night here in TX. We are on the road tomorrow... another 7 hours in the car, yay.

To make matters worse the boy has started puking so... yea this could be fun.

But here is my little veggie posing on a veggie at Central Market this morning.

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2009-02-07T00:00:00.001-06:00

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Originally uploaded by ItsVenus

How the boys spent their night. It was a great game apparently. Stars won 10-2

feb5

2009-02-05T20:17:00.001-06:00

feb5
Originally uploaded by ItsVenus

It took 7 hours but we are here!

Light reading

2009-02-04T18:13:00.001-06:00

After 12 hours round trip this is going to be me even more than it is currently. *twitch*

Lazy day

2009-02-03T17:57:00.002-06:00

The husband being home is still kind of a weird transition. This week is even more odd because we are driving to Texas this Thursday for a little visit. Our hotel has wi-fi so I should still be able to post.

Teeth

2009-02-02T20:48:00.001-06:00

Just playing around

2009-02-01T18:30:00.001-06:00

The secret is in the....

2009-01-31T13:29:00.002-06:00

Brownie wait, what?

That's right folks. Super special brownies that are totally legal I might add in case you were thinking I would dare do such a thing.

Doesn't that look yummy?

Are you dying to know what the secret is? Ok, Ok I cave... the secret is HERE

Now I'm sure many of you will EWWWWWWWWWWWWW at first but really I pinkie swear you would NEVER know!

It's daughter day

2009-01-30T11:32:00.001-06:00

My artsy shot for project365

And my sweet girl.

LOLfat

2009-01-29T18:46:00.000-06:00

Veggin' Out

2009-01-28T18:14:00.002-06:00

Today the girlie and I made a veggie filled lasagna. How can you beat whole wheat noodles, spinach, carrots and zucchini smothered in cheese.

It's Teagalina

2009-01-27T18:03:00.001-06:00

This is a big giant chair in front of our produce store... not sure why but how can you resist? Sorry for the cruddy camera pic.

Around the world

2009-01-26T16:06:00.001-06:00

today's picture was actually for another project... a photochain

I can't wait to see how the picture evolves over it's next few shots. It is a really fun idea.

Private Idaho

2009-01-25T19:15:00.003-06:00

Some toys finally finished for the Expo!

Stolen from Miss Nessa xoxo

INSTRUCTIONS
-Put your music player on shuffle.
-skip to the next random song to get your answer for each question...
-Write it down, even if it sounds silly (no cheating!)

1. How would you describe your personality?
Shout - Tears for Fears

2. What is your best quality?
Sabotage - Beastie Boys

3. What do you look for in a lover?
Nemesis - Shriekback

4. What is your life's motto?
I Will Posses Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie

5. What do you think about all the time?
Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

6. What do other people think of you?
Blasphemous Rumors - Depeche Mode (I swear I did not cheat, I am cracking up)

7. What do you like to do when no one else is around?
Polar Opposites - Modest Mouse

8. What is your favorite hobby/interest?
Pure Morning - Placebo

9. What is your biggest secret?
Alec Eiffel - Pixies

10. What is your life story?
Down By The Water - PJ Harvey

11. How will you die?
Human Behaviour - Bjork

12. What will they play at your funeral?
Orange Crush - R.E.M.

13. What is the one thing you regret?
Just Like Heaven - The Cure

14. If you could go back in time, what would you change?
People Who Died - The Jim Carroll Band

15. What makes you laugh?
Decode - Paramore

16. What makes you cry?
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

17. What scares you the most?
Losing My Religion - R.E.M. (OMG are you kidding me!! LOL)

18. What's the worst thing that could happen?
Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash

19. What is the meaning of life?
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

20. What title will you give this post?
Private Idaho -The B-52's

Yay, I love these games!

Oh Bother

2009-01-24T17:15:00.002-06:00

What a grey and yucky day we had today.

We went to see Bedtime Stories. It was very cute and family friendly despite the fact that it stars Adam Sandler and Russell Brand.

On the way home...

A face only I could love

2009-01-23T19:27:00.003-06:00

My sweet Sea Cows. They are what I miss most from Florida.

Trying to tap into her creative energy

2009-01-22T15:35:00.003-06:00

Teagan's craft corner was my pic of the day.

I hope we can get her a bigger space when we buy a house. I'd love her her to have an easel and shelves and all kinda neat arty stuff.

She offered up a Volcano (spicy) Vegetarian Taco for the days pic so I'll share that here, too.

She told me last night that it makes her sad to think of the animals that die because we eat them and she asked why they had to taste soooo good. lol So she is "trying" (her words) to be a vegetarian but said she thinks it is going to be hard.

Simple things

2009-01-21T14:40:00.001-06:00

Like having a productive day can really boost our mood.

So can your husband bringing you your favorite flowers... and chocolate. I love him!

"Check" out the picture for day 20

2009-01-20T16:35:00.002-06:00

Groan, wow... yea bad. lol

Remember that expo I'm supposed to do?

2009-01-19T15:55:00.003-06:00

Yea, the one in April.

Huh, that's not that long from now is it? No sir re bob, it is not. Especially when you factor in school, a trip to Texas, husband home times, and a kid birthday all before the expo. So I should have a big pile ready to go right? Um.... yea, about that.

Sigh, not one toy complete. I just can't focus and I don't know why. UGH I'm shortly getting to the point of being royally hosed. Maybe I work best under pressure.

Smoke and lenses

2009-01-18T14:28:00.002-06:00

The timing was a little off, hard to blow and click at the same time. But still kinda neat, IMO.

Saturday = Productivity FAIL

2009-01-17T16:06:00.002-06:00

Location : Bed

Time Waster : TV & Laptop

Accomplished : Shower

Food :

Being a pet parent is damn stressful

2009-01-16T17:45:00.002-06:00

My sweet baby, Autumn, is still not 100%. This was the face straing at me right before I called the vet.

How pitiful is that!? Don't you just want to snuggle her. Well we ran bloodwork and all kinds of stuff and basically nothing is wrong with her. Big sigh. I'm glad it's not something major but man, what a bummer to not have a real answer, kwim? They gave her a shot of fluids and sent us home with Prednisone for her. She lost a .10 of a lb since last Friday.

Think good, get well thoughts for my sweetie.

With helpers like this

2009-01-15T15:48:00.001-06:00

I wonder why I'm not more productive.

Funny the things we realize about ourselves...

2009-01-14T15:28:00.003-06:00

The photo from yesterday and the one from today are in the same theme. I'll share the pic and then talk about it

Now one might see the obvious themes of my craft area, sewing supplies or even bright colors. But I think the elephant theme in the room is that I might have a touch of a ocd-ish quirk. lol My daughter placed the threads on the rack when I first got it and they are in a random order. I wasted NO time in taken all 60 colors off and ordering them "properly".

My buttons are a big issue for me. I simply adore buttons, even though I know that is such a strange thing to say. I search ebay for giant lots of buttons. I enjoy the sorting and ordering them into color families. Looking at them makes me happy.

As a matter of fact... I think I need to visit ebay real quick. ;)

And now a splash of color

2009-01-13T13:35:00.005-06:00

I wish I could capture how bright these colors are in real life. Maybe I will play with lighting and my camera settings and try again another day.

feeling very black and white today

2009-01-12T14:35:00.002-06:00

This is my pic of the day

But I played around with a few other shots.

I avoided sock monkeys for years

2009-01-11T16:24:00.000-06:00

But now I embrace them fully... my slippers

Lazy Saturday

2009-01-10T12:58:00.001-06:00

Kids are playing with friends, husband is napping and I'm left alone...

Alone with my favorite toys. Technology rocks!

Good cat, Bad cat

2009-01-09T16:22:00.001-06:00

Of course the "good" cat is going to be sick. My baby, Autumn, has a bladder infection. Since my whole day was spent with her and taking care of her I decided to make her todays 365 subject.

Well I was thinking we should have another child

2009-01-08T19:02:00.002-06:00

So now I have twins, how cute are they. We just got Molly new purple glasses to match Teagan. I adore both of my girls.

It really ties the room together

2009-01-07T18:39:00.002-06:00

One of my gifts to my dear hubby...

He does indeed abide though he is sometimes more of a "Walter".

Heads in a basket

2009-01-06T21:57:00.001-06:00

Bless you, IKEA.

Insert witty title

2009-01-05T16:34:00.006-06:00

I really envy bloggers that write these awesome entries, that get tons of readers and always seem to think of the most clever post titles for each entry. Oh well...

Today is so rainy and gross, it is dark, dark, dark outside and just blah all around. The bright spot in my day is that my husband came home last night. I enjoy my time alone but I do miss him so it is always nice to have a reunion. Right now he is snuggled with the girlchild and they are watching The Tick.

Had to run out to the library in between bands of rain so this is the shot you get for today.

Deep thoughts...

2009-01-04T17:04:00.005-06:00

“When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?” ~ Ralph Marston

It's just a day

2009-01-03T14:30:00.004-06:00

I have wondered if I will lose followers by doing the blog365 project... let's face it most of these entries are going to be a snooze-fest. And I don't have a huge following to start with. lol

Well, I think my foot is not going to fall off... I'm way too round to balance without it so that is a bit of good news. I've been in a blah yesterday and today, not sure what that is about though the weather wasn't helping. The kids have been lectured for not pulling their weight around the apartment so we will see what happens over the next week.

Teagan broke my headset so we have not recorded a new podcast... Nic's comp crashed last week so I think we might have lost the last one we recorded also. Sigh. But next week we are unveiling our new incarnation... a live radio show. So you can listen (and call in) live and then the show will still be uploaded so you can listen at your convenience. I'm nervous and excited. We , and by WE I mean Nic, are heavily edited and that cuts out lots of suckage... so it's going to be a learning curve for sure. But we both have families and Nic will be happier (well, less stabby... not really happy of course) without hours of editing on her to-do list every week. So the night of the 11th will be our first live show, woot. Next stop... Queens of All Media I loved Nicole's comparison today... we are the white Frangela. Take that, bitches!

Here is my photo of the day...

And you get a bonus

because, well glitter on a potted plant, how the hell can you resist that?

1-2-09 or the day a furry thing must die

2009-01-02T14:06:00.002-06:00

1-2-09
Originally uploaded by ItsVenus

take a guess... did you say Mary? Ding Ding Ding

She was tearing open a new bag of cat food , I went over to yell at her to stop and get her off the table... she jumped full claws onto my foot.

OUCH. It friggen hurts.

Resolutions again

2009-01-01T12:53:00.003-06:00

Ok so I already posted my resolutions from last year and how they turned out. So here is what I'm putting out there for 2009...

1.) Complete Project 365 - take a photo every day of 2009 and Blog365

2.) The obligatory get healthier res. I'm going to get a treadmill, and use it! I'm not going to declare any certain pound loss but I resolve to get on my treadmill at least 3 times a week and end the year healthier than I started.

3.) Read 50 books

I'm going to stop at 3 this year. I have other things I plan to focus on but these resolutions are a good start.

Day 1

2009-01-01T12:47:00.003-06:00

Wow, a new year. A fresh start... a clean slate.

Do you mourn the passing of a yer or are you filled with excitement about the new year and the possibilities it holds? I'm the second type if you had any doubts. ;)

So today is day 1 of 2009 and also of Project 365... so today's photo subject is pretty common but it worked for me.

The official pic I sent to the group

and an extra shot...

I'm not actually sure what kinda flower this is but I love it. I love the firework feel of it, I love the little petals. I think it is lovely.