So, That's Why!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Dmitry, the Russian Blue Retriever?

So, I've shared some of my cat, Dmitry's eccentricities here before ... his ability to fetch, his hoarding of old Fisher Price Sesame Street characters, his destruction of my Christmas decorations, and why he is crazy. Today's story really has me concerned.

My son came down with his first cold of the year. We dug our way out of the house yesterday to get him some cold medicine yesterday. I bought the kind that loosens everything up for him. Anyway....if you have or care for kids, you know the liquid medicines come with a special measuring cup (we always used a spoon...I wonder if that means we didn't get enough or if we got too much?). This particluar brand measures in mL, rather than tsp, so the cup is special for this brand of medicine.

Ok, following me?

So, I'm at the computer this morning, doing my makeup and reading email and I realized that I left the medicine bottle up in my bathroom, so I sent Matt to get the bottle so I could give him some of the medicine before school. He returned a few minutes later with the bottle, but without the cup. Well, he's nine, so I figured, the missing cup was just a slight - he probably didn't realize that I would need the cup. So, I asked him to go get the cup and he say, "I didn't see one". Well, we already tease him for having "little boy vision", so I realize that I have to go find it myself.

One second later, something fell from the staircase landing right above my computer and landed with a dull CLINK on the keyboard. I picked it up and .... it was the cup. THE CUP! The goofy mL measuring cup literally fell from the sky, onto my keyboard. Stunned, I look up and there is Dmitry, sitting on the landing, head between the posts on the staircase above me.

No kidding.

For real.

The crazy cat RETRIEVED the cup.

This cat is SOMETHING!

Good kitty!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Peeking over the piles of snow to share some random stuff!

So, I'm snowed in. Actually, I can probably leave now, but I don't really feel like going anywhere.

Jack the Dog frolicking in the show

My daughter does, but she is always on the go. Her 2 "snow days" off of school aren't turning out like she'd like them to: shopping and some more shopping, and maybe even a little more shopping...and listening to her iPod and some more shopping. She's done some baking, made Snow Ice Cream, played lots of Super Mario Galaxy, but now she's had enough!

But, what neither kid understands is that I've got cabin fever myself. I'm cranky (need my Get Out of Crankville card) and I feel like doing everything and nothing all at once. I hate feeling this way. Very frustrated.

I used my time today to locate pictures that I've been asked for (like, a long time ago)....first day of school pictures that were "missing" from the set for their stepmom...Ana's first day of 6th grade and Matt's first day of Kindergarten (he was only there for a month before moving up to 1st grade, but I have the pictures from both of his first days). Once I discovered them, I realized why they hadn't be distributed as eagerly as the others...they're BAD. The kids are cute, the photography stinks...they have shadows on their faces and they are overexposed and the angle is crummy...I'm being hard on myself, right? It's the memory that counts. I played around with them in Photoscape (because, while I have Photoshop CS5, I have only a vague clue as to what I'm doing). Here are a few photos from 2007, first day of school:

I've since learned where to stand the kids for the first day "photo shoot": 2008, 2009, 2010

Every year I learn a little more. Every year, Ana is elegant and fashionable. Every year, Matt's a goof!

Ok...now I'm going to find something else to do...what are you up to?

Sunday, January 23, 2011

An Affirmation

Monday, January 17, 2011

Altered Artspiration #63

I played along with a challenge at www.scrapbookgraphics.com - the challenge was to use this ad as an inspiration for a art journal or scrapbook page. Here's the ad:

Here's my entry, "I Am Captured"

Credits here

Credits Here

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Art Journal Page

I know, I'm bad....not posting much. Here's an Art Journal Page I made:

See ya soon!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy New Year!

A new year, a new page!
My resolutions are rather low key. Check that silly picture of me sticking my tongue out when I was, like, 3? I have photos of both my kids doing the same silly thing - I need to dig them up - family resemblance!