Just Breathe

So much happened over this past weekend, it flew past! I worked a lot, and the BIGGEST NEWS?? Kevin Graduated from MSU with a BA in Landscape Architecture!! He's ALSO back to work with his LA Firm, he has a brand spanking new title of "Vice President," and work is starting to pick up for them, so that is all GREAT news!!


^^ MSU's Class of 2010 -Landscape Architexture!!




The PT retail gig I landed has been REALLY fun, although, I'm not sure how much longer I will be there, Retail is a HARD area to work in right now, and my availability is VERY limited (Thanks to school) so I have a double-whammy against me! But, I'm trying not to worry about it, and just appreciate what I can work there, and the time I have worked there!


This weather's making me miserable! It's cold, wet, and icky outside, and even though I have on jeans, a long sleeved shirt, socks & my Hello Kitty fleece blankey around me, I STILL can not get warm enough, and the Heat is CRANKED to 70' (At least until The Hubster arrives!) I have SO MUCH homework for school to work on, I just feel overwhelmed & I have been avoiding it like the plague. I got a bit done this morning, but not really enough that I'm pleased. I'm going to finish somethings when I get this all done, and some photos uploaded!


Speaking of photos, here is a snapshot (LOL! I'm Punny!!) of what's been happening in my world lately!!


I r sleepy Kitty! Weekend wore me out!

Learning to Play D & D-I play a Tiefling Warlock & figuring out another back-up Char

New Mani Received Last Week-She already got a haircut & Some Color!!!!

Kev's Graduation Dinner W Fam @ Logans

Baby Wyatt, Stef, Ken, Me, Kev, & J'Son

I heard this song the other day, and it has been stuck in my head ever since, thus the title for my post...

"Just Breathe" by Pearl Jam

"Yea, I don't want to hurt/There's So much in this World That Makes Me Bleed/Oh, Stay With Me/Oh Your All I See"

Without Further Ado

Where I Stood Sunday...Quite a few weeks in the making, but here is a shot of me in my old apartment:


The next shot is me at my new digs on our front porch:




So much more to write, but I want to get this posted before another quirk happens!

This site is my inspiration for this post, I will try to keep doing a Where I Stood post every Sunday, just like my friend Lynn! Check her site out here: http://www.fibraartysta.blogspot.com/

Technical Difficulties

So, I've been on my computer using The Interwebs for the better part of the day, so after I loaded up all the pics that were sitting on my camera, I went 2 pull up this site so I could post my "Where I Stood" Sunday post in honor of my friends project, check out Lynn's site
://fibraartysta.blogspot.com/ which I cannot get to link now for some reason, awesome!! Tech difficulties are getting on my nerves tonight!!

I will post my "Where I Stood" tomorrow if I can get this straightened out!

Techknowlogy = Makes Kitty feel stupid & annoyed!!

XP

Updates...

After




Before

My faith in my skills as a stylist was renewed on Friday. My friend Jake came in and let me restyle him! Above is the before and after pic! Haircut, Highlights, and Lowlights! He loved it SO much that he informed me that "I'm his stylist FOR LIFE!" He TOTALLY trusted me with everything, from the colors we chose, and we mutually agreed about the haircut! As soon as he saw the picture, he was like "Oh! I LIKE that!" It almost brings me to tears...the transformation people go through in my chair! The trust that people place in me and what I can do for them makes my heart swell to an almost BURSTING capacity!! I LOVE the before and after shots! SO MUCH SASS in those Afters! LOL!

Move-in has been complete for a little while: now it is just a matter of getting everything sorted and put away! The kitchen, bathroom, living room, and guest room are pretty much done. It's just a matter of organizing my books, and art/study areas now! Which, I started going through several boxes of books, and putting them away tonight!

All of our clothes have been sorted out, and put into clear bins for the next season, or are hanging in the closet, or put away in the drawers they have been assigned to! :D

Another exciting event happened this week: I managed to squeak out some time for "art" this week! I took a class @ Scrappy to make this REALLY COOL Kaisercraft Journal. It's still a work in progress, but I'm VERY excited about it! (pics of that to come soon!)

However, there are MORE exciting things in my world! We now have Internet in our house! YEA!!! It will be MUCH easier for me to post more regularly about events and happenings in my life now! I forgot what a pain in the BUTT it is to have no Internet at home! If we didn't have our Iphones, Kev and I would have been TOTALLY out of touch! *Shutters at the thought*

Speaking of my Dear Hubster... Kevin has an Interview with a company to be scheduled soon, this is VERY exciting my Blogging friends! Say a prayer for us! Benefits, good salary, and OVERTIME PAY! I am PRAYING SO HARD!!!

Also, another update for you...I have a JOB now! I had my interview two weeks ago, on Friday, and I'm starting training on Monday and Thursday this week!! I can't wait to start, and will fill you in on how training goes. My manager seems REALLY cool, as does the few co-workers that I have met! It will be GREAT to start working again! I'm SO EXCITED I COULD BURST...can ya tell? LOL!

AND...Next week is Kevin's LAST WEEK of school @ MSU! I'm SO PROUD as he is graduating with his Bachelor's Degree in Landscape Design. He has other plans in the works, and is planning to start another class schedule in the fall with his friend. They are working on their business plans with a zest and a fervor that I admire SO much!

That's about it for now! More to come soon!

Lost, but Now? Found

Whew! It's been a bit, but I had a VERY GOOD reason for dropping off of The Blogosphere! You see, we've relocated! A lovely little house is now ours! (The Hubster & I, that is!) The keys were turned into our old place a little over a week ago, & we moved in about 3 weeks ago! On top of all the moving shenanigans, I'm STILL going 2 school, studying, practicing, & trying 2 find a job!

Sadly, there's been NO time for Art, well, other than the hairstyling variety! Though, I have made a few purchases! This will have to change soon, as I have to "create" my hair portfolio! This WILL BE.a scrapbook, of course! I've been taking A TON of pics on the new phone I got! iPhone, how did I EVER get along without you?

That's going 2 have to tide y'all over for now! Imma getting.very.sleepy!

A-ha Moments...

So, the ups & downs from moving have made me ponder life's little quirks. Things have been surreal. I'm back inthe same area that I spent the better part of my life in, BUT I'm SO different now, I feel like a different person! This IS a good thing, I have always thought that life (at least MY life) moves in a circular pattern. I'm starting a new chapter of my life! I'm really @ peace with being in my 30's. I'm in a much better place then when I was in my 20's! Although, they did give me answers 2 major burning issues that I had with myself!

The house is REALLY coming together QUITE nicely! We still have QUITE a bit 2 do, but everytime we get a box unpacked & put away or a room completed, and the layout of things figured out it makes me swell with happiness!

Ok...got the fam on thier way over & I need 2 change & whatnot, so...here are the 2 things I'm seriously pondering lately...

Do you think X year plans are a waste of time, or useful?

The other big thing I'm dwelling on is...

If u died 2day, what do u think ur legacy would be? And what is my legacy currently?

As always, your comments are appreciated!

Ready to ATTACK this weekend!

Quick update....

Getting packing done at an alarming rate, but NOT fast ENOUGH...for hubster and me. We r impatents!

Couldn't sleep really great last night, due to my excitement at moving, and it also didn't help that everytime I started to doze completely off I would wake up hacking and coughing. LEAVE ME ALONE UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM! Then again, I was hootin' and hollerin' A LOT yesterday. (One of my buds from school graduated yesterday, and I was being silly with friends, being cooped up in a classroom on Fridays is MISERABLE! The good news is that starting next week, our class schedule is changing, so no more classroom on Fridays!)

Did a spiral perm with bender rods, and watched a few Paul Mitchell DVD's in class, along with learning a new color technique yesterday! It dawned on me that I do not have any pics of my school, so I took a few of the outside of the building, and I was walking to my vehicle on lunch, and spotted a cool photo concept, so I snapped that too!

Today feels like Christmas! We are ALMOST finished packing (my arms haven't fallen off yet!) and we are getting NEW mobile phones today! Goodbye Verizon Wireless! I HATE YOUR CRAPPY EMO PHONES AND SHITTY CUSTOMER SERVICE! Hello AT & T and IPhone!

The camera's supposed to be pretty decent on the Iphone, so I will add a pic later to this post...

Also, I felt the need to get pampered a bit, so I clocked out after lunch the other day (after getting my mani!) and got my hair did! I had A LOT of faded and root-age showing...that irritates me! So I need to post up a new pic of my 'do! My friend Heather that I go to school with ROCKED OUT my color & cut! It was EXACTLY perfect, and the shampoo was HEAVENLY!

OK...need to break....fast and get going...more soon my lovelies!

Another thought...I REALLY HOPE I get some time to see Alice In Wonderland this weekend! I have been waiting for it FOREVES, so just my luck that it comes out on the weekend we're moving! :'( WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA!

Curiouser and Curiouser

This is turning out to be QUITE the interesting month so far...VERY roller-coaster-ish! This could be why...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March

March 1st I went back to Cos School from my leave. I felt rested and recharged and ready to make great hair happen! ^ - ^ I could BARELY sleep on Sunday night, and I almost burst into tears at the sight of seeing my school friends, along with my Instructors, and from the "welcome home" vibe that I got from the ones that missed me and that matter to me the most. The crappy thing is I missed a few friends graduations while I was gone!

My emotions have been all over the map this month so far, and this is only Day # 5 of March! Every time we are blessed with REALLY good news, something counter-attacks and the joy is short-lived. The ups and downs have been hitting me harder than usual too, and I'm getting more frustrated than normal. This I think is for several reasons: 1. Living out of boxes SUCKS, 2. The process of moving SUCKS 3. The weather has been kind've crappy/warm/crappy lately here! 4. I have no ME time to create Art!

Along that same line of thinking...I've been finding all these great sources of inspiration lately, and I want to get back creating, but my art supplies are half in boxes and I have NO TIME between school and moving right now!!!! I have been keeping a mini-list (I'm pretty much obsessed with lists!) about things I want to create/accomplish when the dust settles from our move. I'm planning several crops at my fav local scrapbook store later on this month. (Check out there blog http://scrappychiclivonia.blogspot.com/)for some reason it won't let me hotlink it. I tried fixing it several times, but I am just too tired. Copy and paste for now please! I promise to fix it later. I has technical difficulties!


I just started to catch up with my Super Crafty friends via their blogs and Facebook, and everything that they are creating is inspiring me! I can't wait to be more settled and get to creating again...looking forward to it! I got a few books @ Scrappy Chic the other day!


My sweet husband managed to pack up our kitchen and clean out part of the bathroom in a few hours today. He also was at the new house today for a bit while the carpets were being cleaned! The basement has been cleaned out, the trash, mold, and other undesirables has now been pretty much removed from the basement, and we are ALMOST 100% finished with cleaning the house. A few more walls to wash, a small pile of items to get rid of in the basement, and another go-round with all the kitchen surfaces including the whole fridge, and we're completely done!

I really need to get to bed, and I feel like this post has been one long nonsensical rambling, so I will end it now. Serves me right I guess for trying to form coherent thoughts to post at 4:30AM! LOL!

Just wanted to pop in and check on everyone. Even though I haven't posted in a few days, my thoughts are with you!

XOXO
Kitty

NUMB3R5

A few things I realized today:

673.75-More hours to complete until I graduate Cos school.

20-More days until we're in our new place...Max!

10-Days off that Kev has for Spring Break - that we are using to move into our new digs

8-More days until Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland comes out!

6-Years of Marriage completed on 10/30/10!

4-More days of my leave left until I go back to school

3-Years of marriage for my sister on 2/23/10

2-hours ago I SHOULD have been asleep

1-Sleepy Kitty who has too many #'s running through her head and too many things to do and not enough hours in the day to do them all in! Ugh!

What numbers are you crunching in your brain???

Small Moments + Inspiration= Big Happiness

Small realizations have hit me recently, at my nephew Branko's Christening on Sunday, as I sat around assorted family & friends, I got a bit misty-eyed as I looked over and saw my nephew passed out in his stroller amidst all the chaos going on around him. People came from miles around to celebrate him. He is SUCH a loved little one. I was inspired by everything from the church, to the service, to the dancing, to THE FOOD! Whew, I ate my fill, your fill, his fill, and her fill too! ;D

I TOTALLY was wiped out from the festivities on Sunday, so I slept pretty much all of yesterday, I have a ton of pics to put up, but that will have to come sometime later.

I did FINALLY start doing some serious packing! The living room is slowly filling up with brown boxes all taped, sealed up and ready to go! I gave myself a mental kick-in-the-pants, because I feel like I have wasted SO much time since I went on my leave from school, but then I remind myself that I wasn't much use for ANYTHING until a few days ago...if I don't get sick for QUITE sometime I will be THRILLED! LOL!

Today has been a mish-mash of things...I have done a TON of laundry and put it away, I cleaned the kitchen a bit, and gave the dishwasher a good run for its money, and I started going through various spaces in the apartment to see what I could keep, donate, or pitch. I feel almost like I hit the jackpot too! I found some old photos, some jewelry that I thought I lost (my favorite necklace from my 20's, fits a bit different in my 30's, but I <3 that I can wear it again!) I also found a few things that I will be sending off to new homes, as others can use them, be it friends or complete strangers!

And now as I took a break from cleaning to have dinner, I'm playing around with Pandora Radio, and currently having a Swingin' Good time listening to the Rockabilly Revolution station. I also have sneaked a few breaks here and there to read this months copy of Creating Keepsakes and a bit more of The Artful Blogger. Now it seems as though wherever I look I see little things here and there that inspire me.

Another BIG discovery today?? (I know there was A LOT!) As I was reading through a few of the artists bios and posts in Artful Blogger I was amazed at how many others can't seem to commit to just one form of art. I can not begin to tell you what a relief that was to me. I felt like I needed to find ONE thing and stick to it, and with my personality, that's always been a no-go. So...whatever art I do, look for it on here...

So, what's your inspiration today? Did you get an A-HA! Moment with a new fun gadget, find something that you thought you lost (like your favorite old necklace?), get inspiration from a new (or old source?)

Now to do a little dance back over to cleaning up again...Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho...and Away I GO...LOL!