Posts from ‘April, 2009’

Today is the inspection on our potential house, and if all goes well, also the day we finalize the loan paperwork. I’ve been pretty guarded, but I have to say I’m starting to get my hopes up!
Even if some how all this falls through, I still have to pack, Our lease [...]

Quick post:
First, the Little Dude has strep throat. We were up well into the night last night in the emergency room with his 103 fever. He is such a trooper! We thought he just had a cold, honestly, because he was so chipper. Once the fever got up there, he started [...]

Trying to create a MTG deck out of funny cards. I may lose, but I’ll give everyone a good laugh! #
RT from @trickjarrett I’ll never look at Lucy Lawless or Rainn Wilson the same again - http://cli.gs/8sy8E0 #
It’s strange seeing furniture some people describe as “BEAUTIFUL!!!” on Craig’s List. I wanna poke my [...]

Did you know that if the house you’re trying to buy and under CONTRACT with the seller, if the seller is part of a relocation firm, can be completely sold our from under you even though you already paid them earnest money and everything? Yeah.
Excuse me while I go rip my hair [...]

I tried and tried to get a Princess Peach themed gamer drink up. Of course the base of the drink was Peach Scnapps. The problem was making a drink that hadn’t already been made, and make it taste GOOD. I mean anyone can make a Fuzzy Navel, throw a pink umbrella in [...]

putting down an offer on a house tonight. A wee bit intimidated! #
The house got sold out from under us That’s the 2nd one in a row. Back to square one. ARGH! This has gone from fun to shitty. #
Must…break….free…. of the…..internet! Responsibilities….. Ooh, look, a new [...]

I went to the flea market again in an effort to distract myself after our recent real estate frustrations. Nothing like some good old shopping to cheer a girl up.
I went back specifically for these little guys:

They’re antique toothpick holders. These are just the ones I could find that day. There is [...]

Hey guys! The May issue of Nintendo Power is finally out! You should totally go buy it. You know why? Because Yours Truly is this on page 95! Well, not me, exactly, but that scarf I did that everyone went gaga over. I was interviewed a while back, but [...]

The kid is a force of nature today! There goes my sanity…. #
My brand new HP Touch laptop keeps freezing on me at the worst moment. I’m only using Gimp! It should be able to handle that and much more. #
I don’t have a part in this week’s episode of @thegearheart. So I [...]

Thanks so much for all your kind words on the elf drawing. I didn’t make any progress on her last night, so I decided to make a post showing some of my older sketches. After yesterday’s post, and many people’s surprised remarks, I was reminded that most of you know practically nothing about [...]