happy halloween!

(image from here)

(oh and have a listen to this if you really want to get in the mood. was I the last one ever to hear about this? and why did no one tell me about it????)

freakin friday mix (enjoy!)

Gone Sugaring-Mirah
Kick Drum Heart- Avett Brothers
Funny Little Frog- Belle & Sebastian
Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side- Magnetic Fields
People Gotta Lot of Nerve- Neko Case
Business Time- Flight of the Conchords
Oh You Pretty Things- David Bowie
Rubella- Smoking Popes
Holland, 1945- Neutral Milk Hotel
Black Cadillacs- Modest Mouse
Push It- Salt N Pepa



Music Playlist at MixPod.com

(check out these guys' super sweet friday mixes too!)
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tylre
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jolynn
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fancynotion
anotherdamnlife
dead flowers blog

since everyone seemed to like this...

my cats (2 of the 3, tinker on L, pirate on R; beto not pictured)



if my cats dressed up for halloween (tink as she ra, pirate as captain america)

bits of my day.

dinner tonight.

help a lady out.

this blog is trying to find its way. perhaps you can help me out? here are some things I like: I like things that make me laugh and smile. I like amazing art. I like things that make me want to make change in the world (inspiring stories,etc). I like things that make me drool (food and shopping alike). would you read it if I wrote about them? what do you want to read about? truth or dares? wacky adventures? music? stuff I want? embarassing childhood tales? stuff I want to make/have made? recipes? what do you want to read about? or do you want to see my drawings? I'm sorry I'm never probably going to be one of those blogs that writes about anything too deep. I'm more likely to devote a post to animals wearing people clothes.


(you can buy your cat a party hat here; found via here)

thanks for the help in advance, folks.

my weekend.

how was your weekend? mine was nice. too short (as always) but nice. I neglected to get anything done on my halloween costume for work on friday. I did get a birthday gift for a certain someone who gave birth to me though. I also went to the new target near my house and got a free gift bag. it was the best because I was out shopping and was hungry and the woman said 'here have a gift bag. we have a new fresh food section'. the best part was the gift bag was filled with food that is the furthest from fresh you can get: combos (not even cheese, pepperoni combos; we read the ingredients list and there is no actual meat in it; fun fact!) and poppycock (its this caramel corn & nut mix). it also included a map for me to get to the fresh food section. I thought that was pretty hysterical. anyways, I can probably divide the rest into 3 sections:

1. food

- we went intent on finding a new fun place to eat on friday. first we encountered a strange plac that when we went in, it was closed off by a curtain so we were unsure how to enter. we ended up at a place whose menu was 80% senior items. also my wrap had a ton of prosciutto which is usually awesome but I was more conscious of the fattiness of it since there was so much.

- made this (side note: I used low fat butter and low fat half and half and it was still excellent). ate it with homemade biscuits. ate it again over egg noodles. I still have about 2-3 portions left in the fridge. I need to downscale my portions or increase my desire for leftovers.

2. family

- spending time with my sister and husband. what could be better??

- do you guys have times of year when it seems like its everyones' birthday? its that time for me (this time of year and late spring/summer)

3. "wife chop"

(sorry I can't take a good picture to save my life)

also:

listening: Belle and Sebastian's Write About Love

watching: SNL, Planet Earth, Cold Case Files

brainstorming: christmas gifts, illustrated dream diaries, playlist for friday

reading: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

wearing: big sweaters & my trusted slouchy boots

so how was your weekend?