Sundae Stroll

I worked today. It's the first Sunday shift I've had in a few weeks. Well, this shift was training for a new denim promotion and I was one of the select few to go through it. Part of the training was to try on a few of the jeans, mostly fits we never wear.

 

As I was gathering them all up in my size I told everyone, "If you hear me crying in the fitting room, just bring me size 10's." I have size 8's (in fact I'm wearing them right now) that I will only wear with certain shirts. They give me muffin top these days and I don't want anyone to see it, not even my dog (especially not my cats).

Guess who discovered size 8 really does fit as long as she wears the correct style for her body shape? This girl.

I know, I know. Sizes are just numbers, but no one in their right mind will tell you they aren't happy when that number is lower than what they thought it would be.

I actually love the jeans that I tried on today, they were actually a higher rise. Maybe I should step outside my comfort zone more often. Actually I should just stay away from low rise jeans all together. I'm constantly pulling my pants up over my hips and I realized today in the fitting room that I actually gave myself a camel toe. Whoops! Awkward! I hope that hasn't been happening all along or I will be absolutely mortified. Well, not really because I just told you all about it.

...and that's about all the excitement I'm going to see today. I'm going to start working on a research paper and maybe work on my blog design a little. Speaking of, what do you think? I'm learning, be gentle. Anyway, have a fun Sunday! (funday?)

Under Construction

Hey gals (and guys) the blog is under construction today. "But you just gave it a makeover a month ago!" I know, and that helped motivate me to write. The last update did the job, but I've learned a few new tricks and I'm ready to climb to the next level. You see, this blog is an outlet for me. I write a lot for school, sometimes I want to write for school and other times I want to write for myself. I write for myself here. I also view this blog as practice for when I start my book. This blog will also become an escape for when I need a break from my book. So since the blog will be under construction for the day, here are some pictures to looks at!

These photos were taken with a Canon Xsi and a Diana+ 20mm fisheye lens. The fisheye effect isn't prevalent, but the soft toy lens feel is still there. All of these awesome photo layouts and tape bits are from the talented Katrina from Pugly Pixel. I just finished downloading Photoshop yesterday and let's just say I'm a fast learner. Hope you all are having a great weekend (I'm battling the sniffles as I type).

#febphotoskill Days 1-7

Is anyone else doing the #febphotoskill challenge? I decided to do this one instead of the the photo challenge similar to January's. Anyone else getting frustrated by the people who mix up the hashtags? Ugh... I feel like such a snob. Whoops! Here are the first 7 days:

1. Line // 2. Shadow // 3. Portrait

4. Pattern // 5. Landscape // 6. Motion // 7. Shape

Have you blogged about any of yours? Lemme see! (link up below)

FYI: the hashtag is in fact #febphotoskill, I just made a typo.

Animal Kingdom

Last weekend Chris and I made a trip over to Orlando. On Friday, we spent 2 hours at Animal Kingdom before heading over to Oblivion Taproom for a few drinks. We were at Animal Kingdom long enough to snap some photos and for me to go love on/pets the goats. I love goats. Here are some of the photos I posted on instagram:

I didn't bring my camera with me into the park, but Chris did. I'll direct everyone to his post when he's gone through the photos he took. 

We went to Magic Kingdom on Saturday and I ran around with my Diana+ 20mm Fisheye. I don't have a full frame camera but in some photos the effect is present. I'll post some of those in a day or 2. I rode Space Mountain and we went on Haunted Mansion. Big Thunder Mountain was down for refurbishing so we couldn't go on it. The Swiss Family Robinson tree house has re-opened and it looks amazing. You'll see, I took some photos (so keep and eye out!)

Fill in the Blanks Monday

1.   If money wasn't an issue, the first thing I'd cross of my life list is   an extra long vacation to Europe. I want to see England, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France, you get the idea.   

2.   Walking in mud   is something I like that other people think is weird. (Well, others might actually think it's gross, but I love the squishy/gritty texture of mud.)

3.  If my life were a movie right now, the title would be  Caffeinated Confessions of a Rabid Bookworm. I'm not sure that that's a good title but at this point in my life I think it works. I don't know what I consume more of, words or caffeine.    

4.  Three things I am looking forward to this month are   Valentine's Day    ,    making my notebook for 30 Days of Lists   and   Leap Day. 

5.  My favorite song to sing in the shower is  pretty much every song from Funny Girl (in my best Babs voice, of course).  

6.  If I found out that the production of     Tazo Passion tea    was ending this month, I'd go out and buy as much as I could tomorrow.

7.  One thing I'll never grow tired of is    reading books. I love them so much and I'm pretty big into escapism.  

Prompts by Lauren

Sundae Stroll---study hall ed.

Well, today won't be terribly adventurous; I'm spending it writing a teensy paper and reading a few books from Paradise Lost (::snoozzzzzzze::). I'm also finishing up my craft for the Oh! Strumpets craft swap. I had one done already, but I changed my mind and started a whole new project. I'm mailing it out first thing tomorrow (don't worry Rachel!)
I watched the Puppybowl on Animal Planet today. I died 3 times. That water bowl cam is the best! I didn't watch the actual Superbowl but because Madonna was doing the halftime show I wouldn't be able to function for the rest of my life if I hadn't watched it. Long story short, I only watched the halftime show and it was amazing. I've been a fan since before I can remember. I had Madonna outfits that I wore to school in kindergarten. I'm a "Material Girl" through and through and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Well, I'm going to go finish some homework. How was your weekend?

Fur Babies, part 3

Remember a looooong time ago when I introduced my babies to everyone? Well, I never got to part 3-- my no-fur-havin' babies. 

Snappy AKA Snapzilla

Snappy is a big boy. He's an Alligator Snapping Turtle. He's heavy too. He's difficult for Chris to pick up with 2 hands. Snappy used to live inside in a long 50 gallon tank with another turtle, but they didn't get along well. He has an attitude problem and issues with authority figures. Now Snappy has his own pond in the back yard. Trust me it is covered and he cannot escape! He loves goldfish and shrimpand he's about 4 years old with a face only a mother could love. :}

Cooty

This is Cooty. He's a Carolina Cooter. He's also around 4 years old, but much smaller than his old tank mate. I can easliy pick him up but he doesn't always like it. He has a 50 gallon tank with a turtle topper all to himself. Cooty does yoga. No really. No actually, when he sleeps he sticks one leg straight out. I call it turtle yoga.

Pascal & Delilah

These 2 crazy kids are our veiled chameleons. They aren't bunk mates anymore because I caught them having sex one day. Yep. I'm not ready for grandchildren and they really were getting too old and needed to be separated. They are almost 2 years old and love crickets more than they love me. 

We also have 2 Tokay Geckos (JD and Em) and a Golden Gecko (Goldie). They don't hold still for pictures and they certainly don't smile. 

That's it for our clan, if you missed the last posts these are the links!

Fur Babies, part 1: Ferrets

Fur Babies, part 2: Cats