This is Thirty Something

Hold my beer, I got this.

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I guarantee this will be as much fun as two fifteen year olds.

Welcome to my party.
The invitation aptly titled ” Death has never been closer” 
You saw my inspiration
Now you see real life.
Getting ready to leave the house
My cakey poo
I made the cake and the bedazzled candles

I still can’t believe I got him to buy this suit!
I love it!

Birthday shots
And presents

Tea set!
Cat knob
Cat clothes
I’ll give you one guess…..
Wrong.
It’s a glass rolling pin!
Cake time

11:30…. things start to get weird
Yep… it’s time for bed.

Don’t forget your party favor!


Thank you everyone who made it out on this windy stormy night!
You made my coming of age a little sweeter.

And I just died.

Okay maybe not died… but I am closer to death. 
Closer than I have ever been before.
 I am turning 30.
I am not sure how this is possible.
 My stretch marks and puffy eyes say  ” It’s possible”
Thanks body, but don’t give up on me now. 
I still have a few more decades to go. 
For the big event I planned a party at a German Bar & Restaurant in Seattle. 
Here is my list of prepare for the day things:
Book the upstairs mezzanine space (which is just a fancy word for large balcony)
Ordered snacks 
Invite lots of friends who I want to come out and make bad decisions with me
Make a cake
Get a new party dress
Make a hair and make up appointment
Go tanning( more on that later, I know it’s horrible)
Make a fun a banner.
Make treat swag bags for the guests
 bedazzle candles for my cake
And most importantly, get balloons.
This better go off without a hitch or I better be too trashed to know any different. 
Here are my inspiration photos:

Gotta wait for my next post to see how it turned out! 

Eat your heart out

Homemade Valentine decor by yours truly.
This year I really went all out.
Sike.

 But I tried, a little.

I told Clark to come stand in front of the fireplace and he ran and got his little chair and drug it over to sit on.
He is also holding my hairbrush.
Didn’t wanna give it up for the photo.

Happy Heart day ya’ll!

Hello, I’m new here

You may have noticed the new blog stylings!
What do ya think?!
I wanted to wait until some awesome benchmark number of posts to unveil this, but hey 464 is close enough.
Yep, that’s right.
I have written almost 500 blog posts for you to read.
In 2010 when I started the blog , I read a lot of other big bloggers’ words of wisdom. 
They said things like:
 ” Write for you, not for everyone else.”
” Have good content.”
“Don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of readers or followers, keep writing, they will come.”
One blogger said she wanted to give up after a few months because she had only reached 100 followers and became discouraged.
Well….. it’s been 4 years now…..and I still haven’t reached that.
But give up?
No. I will not.
I do feel like I am writing for the cats sometimes and that no one is actually reading.
That’s when I have to remind myself why I am here and that it’s not a competition. 
This was something that I decided I wanted to do and it makes me feel good. 
I like that I can look back in time and see what I was up to or thinking at that moment. 
It’s like my own online diary. 
Or a brain that doesn’t forget.
I mean seriously,after everyone left Myspace I needed somewhere to publicly express myself! 
Am I right? Or am I right?
But I am human and of course I have the innate goal of becoming popular and getting voted Homecoming Queen Blog Genius. 
Then quitting my day job and living off of a cushy income solely supplemented by my blogging ways.
Obviously, I need a little help though.
So, please share my blog if you like it.
Please comment on posts if you have something to say.
Please leave me a message and let me know what it is you LIKE or don’t like, for that matter, about my blog.
What would you like to see more of?
Or am I just perfect the way I am?
Thank you to all my friends and readers.
You make me want to run into traffic a little less and enjoy life a little more.

Arts n’ farts

My latest DIY project!

Until recently I have been using an old glass vase to keep all my brushes in on my vanity.
All of my small brushes kept getting lost in there though.
Instead of buying a new holder, I scrounged around in the basement and this is what I came up with.
After I cleaned the jars and dried them, I watered down a little acrylic paint and poured it inside.
I swirled it around and made so all of the glass was coated.
Then I set them upside down on newspaper to drip any access out and begin to set.
After an hour, I turned them up right and let them dry completely, about 24 hours.
To dress them up and match them to my bedroom decor, I added some burlap string and hung glass crystals on it.

Then I set both jars on a vintage glass punch cup tray.
Both jars fit perfect on there and I have a little extra space to toss bobby pins and rings too!

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sugar sugar

It was a cold desperate morning.
I awoke with a screaming child and hungry cat.
I made my usual cup of Joe and sleepily reached for the creamer.
The toxic chemical ridden delicious taste of my peppermint mocha coffee mate.
I have been trying to kick it for years ….but 
“I just can’t quit you!”
I keep it in the fridge, but sadly it doesn’t even contain dairy, so what does it matter.
The routine just keeps my mind fooled, fooled that what I add to my coffee every morning, day in and day out, isn’t giving me cancer. 
It’s like liquid cigarettes that I don’t smoke. 
It’s like meth in a bottle.
That rock I keep smokin’. 
That foil I keep toastin’. 
That spoon I keep heatin’.
Okay, maybe that’s a little bit of an exaggeration.
 But, I’m addicted.
So when I realized the bottle was empty and I was all out, I needed another score.
So I scrounged the cupboards and came up with my own concoction.
I am sure there are a million recipes for this on Pinterest already, but here is what I used. 
Three items I already had and DAMN, it was good! 
Like sweet sweet sugary elixir mixed into my mug.
Try it.
Also coconut milk mixed in would be delightful too.
Obviously this doesn’t have the shelf life of the Coffee Mate, but ya know, if you are a stay at home Mom like me…. you have all the time in the world on your hands to mix a batch up!
Ha!
(Sike)

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All the cool kids

Finally finished Clark’s denim jacket
I used a collection of old and new patches I had on hand.
Some are from my middle school backpack.
Some are treasures bought at car swap meets.
I hope he likes it, because he is wearing it either way.

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Top ten rules every marriage should live by

Hey Girl, Hey!
Stumbled across this great blog entry I want to share with everyone.
It’s about marriage & relationships and how not to screw it up.
Please read it
” Let’s be honest, times are a changing’. Marriage isn’t like it used to be where it was also a matter of survival. I didn’t inherent my wifes farm and our kids don’t plant and hunt to eat. We live in a digital world where the reality of life is that the grass always looks greener and more manicured but the reality is, like all marriages, the lawns that look the best are the ones that are tended to the most!”

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