the blahs

i had a blah day. i dont know why. nothing bad happened to get me down. it wasn't raining (although it was damp & overcast), i didn't do anything wrong at work (except for getting yelled at by a 911 caller because i wasn't able to magically devine his car was on fire before he told me it was {insert gigantic eye-roll here}).

going home didn't help. chocolate didn't help. french fries didn't help. just one of those days i guess.

atticus helped a little. this site helped a little (yes, tie creativity makes me smile). i looked at more blogs and started to get inspired again. i think atticus knows this because he is currently pouting on my bed. he doesn't want the sewing machine to come out again (after all, i just vaccuumed and put all my stuff away!)



wiped after a tough day of tail chasing and rawhide chewing.

"why tell a stranger your problems when you can use them to punish those around you?" ~lorelai gilmore

biscuits

my most recent burst of cooking inspiration is for my dog, atticus. my sister got me 2 cooking-for-dogs cookbooks for christmas, and the one with biscuit recipes is already getting smudged and wrinkly from using it multiple times.

last night's masterpiece was bacon cheese biscuits (those orange circles in the back are sweet potato slices - one thing atticus will eat in absolutely any form, as long as its not raw):

(they look really white cause they're covered in flour)

atticus doesn't seem to mind (that blur in the background is his tail):

we were practicing the "wait" command (i'm such a meanie):

success!!!

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dream to someone else." ~Erma Bombeck

first post ever

i feel like i should say something momentous about all of this, but all i can think of are cliches. my sisters and my mom all thought i should create a blog, and with their support i thought i'd try it out.

my project from yesterday...


BEFORE:





AFTER:





yay for a new laundry hamper!!

heres a little backstory: i dont have a hamper. i have one lowly laundry basket that should be filled with dirty clothing (the purpose of one) but instead is usually filled with clean clothing, waiting to be put away. in actuality, i use it much like a dresser: i take my clean clothes out of the laundry basket, one by one, whenever i need them. i have a real dresser, and i have a closet, but i just dislike putting away laundry. when i need my laundry basket for something important (i put my guinea pig in it when i clean her cage), then all the clean laundry goes on top of my dresser. which annoys me at night because i have to dig out my alarm clock. my dirty clothing more often than not is thrown straight into the washer where i have to dig it all out later and sort. *sigh*

sounds like i have issues, i know. i'm hoping that this laundry hamper will solve part of my laundry problem. my other issues i'll have to figure out in time....

oh, and the idea for this came from multiple other peoples blogs and ideas etc. but i came up with my own pattern and my own design.

ehh....dont know if i'm supposed to say anything else. this was all relatively painless. we'll see about tomorrow...

"Everything is right. Everything works out right. Everything fades from sight. Because thats alright with me." ~ 'I am a scientist', Guided by voices