Zombie love!!!

I have a small love of zombies.  It started when I began playing zombie farm on my iphone.  I like making comments about our IV pumps we have.  We need a "brain" to attach the module to so the IV fluids will run.  One day, I got told they couldn't find any brains.  I had to comment, "Did all the zombies eat them?".  Then we couldn't stop laughing!

So yesterday, I got home about 4pm and checked my twitter account.  I saw a post from someone saying that zombies were going to invade C-street and dance to Michael Jackson's thriller at 5pm!!  I called my sister to see if she wanted to go.  Silly girl already knew about it and was planning to go.  I need to tell me sister to remember to let me know of things like this ahead of time!  I was glad I had read about this on twitter and did more searching online to find out details.

I arrived and got my spot.  No one was standing in this area then all of a sudden people kept standing in front of me.  Then about 5 young boys kept screaming and yelling next to me.  Ohy!!  I got back in front so I could get some good pictures.  Here is a picture of the crowd waiting on the edge of the street for zombies!!!!



Then zombies started coming out and would walk into the crowd and then lay down on the street.  This took close to 10 minutes or more as their were about 200 zombies.  :-)







Then they all started getting up after the guy dressed as MJ came out to start dancing to Thriller!







It was an awesome performance!!!  It has increased my love for zombies.  So now, I want to be a zombie nurse.  I think that is appropriate since I do work the night shift!  :-)  Isn't that when the zombies come out?

Her are a few close-ups I got of some zombies:





This zombie came up behind my sister and scared her!



This was my halloween fun!  I also found a link of a video and posted it here if anyone wants to watch the dance.  :-)

Buzzing around C-street!

Today was Pets & Pumpkins on C-street!  I have been looking forward to this event for a long time.  Last year I had to work and missed it.  The year before I was in Europe.  I was excited that finally it worked into my schedule.  :-)  I just wish the weather would have cooperated better.





I had to get some sleep since I had worked all night.  I made sure to set 2 alarms so I would get up in time.  My sister, nieces and their dog came too.  It helped that my sister texted me to see if I was up!  It had been raining so things were a little wet.  We got their just in time for the parade.  I didn't know the in's and out's of how everything worked.  They asked me if I wanted to be in the parade but I wanted to find my sister.  I didn't realize I needed a number.  I think that is how you got in the contest.  I missed out on that.  It was still fun seeing all the other dogs and the costumes!  Then it started to rain.  My sisters dog has long hair so he was soaked.  The main festivities were over by then so we walked back to our cars.









About 1 1/2 years ago I fell in love with a Boxer named Alice.  She is with the schnauzer/boxer rescue group.  She is the sweetest dog!  I said hi to Alice and she jumped on my lap to get a hug!  When I go to doggie events, I always hope to see Alice!  I have been able to the last few events.  :-)

My hand is looking better but still sore.  The more I use it, the more it hurts.  I have a fluid like spot where I was bit.  I hope it goes away.  I didn't realize how bad cat bites can be!  I have been running temps and having some muscle aches.  That has gotten better now that the antibiotics have kicked in.  I just hope that the antibiotics kill all the icky kitty germs!

I am spending an evening at Barnes & Noble.  They have rearranged everything so I have to look or ask where something is.  I accidentally ran across the photography section and found a book about the Lensbaby.  I have used mine some but this book seems to have good ideas!  It also makes me want some of the attachments.  I might add some of them to my Christmas list!

Moleskine love!!

I have fallen in love with the little moleskine books.  I went to an art shop this morning and found some of the different moleskine books I found on the website.  I did get me a few more blank sketchbooks to recover.  I ordered some fat quarters on etsy.com that I can't wait to receive!  I keep searching blogs in regards to the sketchbook project.  I have found some neat journals!  I found this tonight on how to unbind and rebind your sketchbook.  The paper in the sketchbook is thin and some people have been putting their own paper for different media.  I might use these instructions and make my own journal.

I went to the doctor this morning in regards to my cat bite.  I have left hand/forearm cellulitis.  I really think the swelling was down a little bit.  I was actually able to kinda see a knuckle.  He did put me on antibiotics and updated my tetanus shot since it was 5 years old.  The more I do with my hand, the more it aches.  He told me to use ice to help and it has.  I just hope my hand continues to get better.

I called my vets office this morning to make an appointment for Chloe to get groomed.  I am not going to  finish what I started since she got so mad at me.  It will be a couple of weeks for her appointment.  I have a feeling she might end up getting shaved again.  I like my kitty being fluffy but I wish she liked being groomed.  I had Chloe shaved last in early 2009.  This is a picture of her after her hair had grown for a couple of months.  It takes so long to grow!  I wish they were able to just shorten her hair instead of just shaving it.  They said they don't have clippers that will do that.  :-(


I have been catching up on my DVR tonight as I organize some papers.  I will be caught up on Grey's Anatomy tonight!  Just taking it easy!

Crazy cat incident

Isn't this a cute kitty?

She has long beautiful hair but comes with a bit of a temper if you have to brush her.  Normally she just meows or will hiss a little when being groomed.  Last night, she went to far! (or maybe I did!)

Chloe's hair seems to get tangled easily.  I try to keep up with her hair but sometimes I am unable to keep up with it.  I just untangled all her hair over a week ago.  I had noticed that she was getting badly tangled so I decided to work on her hair last night.  I took her to the bathroom and had her on the counter.  We were doing good and I was able to get some of the tangles out.  She meowed nothing much.  Then I had my dog barking at her and then my other cat Felix was on the counter.  Felix walked up to Chloe and smacker her!  I had to get him down.  They were not helping the situation!!  Chloe wasn't a happy camper at this point.  Shortly after that, she bit my arm!  It didn't look like she broke the skin but I am bruised in that area.  I should have stopped at that point but was getting close to being done.  I actually start trying to cut this tangle out since she didn't like me working it out.  Then I tried to brush what I cut out and she bit my hand in between my index and middle finger!  She clamped onto my hand and then I had blood running down my hand.  I gave up at that point.  I washed my puncture wound out and put some antibiotic ointment on it.  I also applied a 2x2 to keep dirt from getting in my hand.  It hurt but I was okay.

I was working on cleaning and organizing last night.  I found my moleskine books and material I had bought earlier in the year.  I even got on etsy.com last night to find a few fat quarters to make some other books.  :-)  I have to say, my kitchen and dining room look clean!  At least I had gotten most of it done before Chloe bit me.  I noticed that my hand was a little swollen but it was localized to the area.  I finished cleaning and finally went to bed about 0330.

When I woke up this morning, my hand was all swollen!  Ugh.  I am a little freaked out about how my hand looks.  I can't bend my fingers all the way without pain.  I think Chloe was won a trip to the vet and I am going to have them finish what I started.  I got a lot of the tangles out but on her belly.  The spot that I did cut out is a little to noticeable.  I can usually cut a little and you can't notice it.  I didn't do a very good job this time!  She might be a lion kitty again but the only good thing about that is no tangles! I also need to make a doctor's appointment.  I have seem to many people come into the hospital with cat bites and ended up having surgery to have the wound cleaned out.

But besides the cat drama, today has been a good day!  I went and saw my cousin play hockey today and her team won the tournament!  Here is the trophy picture:

She is an awesome hockey player and she can skate!!  The last game was a little tough but they won 2-1.   I was a fun afternoon.

I am at the Mudhouse but typing is bothering my hand.  I am looking forward to watching Dexter tonight and to also write down some ideas I have for the sketchbook project I want to do.  My sister knows how to draw and she has a book that she thinks will help me.  I can't wait to read it!  :-)

Creative thoughts!

Earlier this year Elsie Flannigan had a DIY post on her blog on covering moleskine books.  Since finding about the sketchbook project, I am wanting to finally complete this project.  I found the adhesive I had bought for this project but now can't find the moleskine books & material I bought for it.  I need to look a little more and I am sure I will find them!

There are so many styles of the moleskine books that I didn't know existed.  I found one on the moleskin website for a wellness journal.  I need this!  Then I also saw one called a Japanese moleskine that folds out.  Pretty cool if you want to have it like a book but yet you can open it up for one big scene.  I think I need to fill up the one I bought before getting any new ones.  :-)

The more and more I think about the sketchbook project, the more I think I might need to give it a try!  It would be cool to have one of my sketchbooks travel the world.  To bad I wasn't going with it!  I went to Hobby Lobby today and bought me a book about drawing 3D.  I liked doing perspective drawing in school but when it came to drawing a still life, it was a no go!  When I looked at other drawing books, it seemed more for someone who already knew the basics.  I thought I might check out the local library on some drawing books.  I also found out when they have the drawing class at HL.  I need to check my work schedule and then sign up for one!  I think working with someone first hand will be helpful.  The before and after pics of what the students can draw gives me hope!  :-)

The one thing that bothers me about the sketchbook project is you don't get your book back.  You can pay an extra $20 for them to digitize it and it might show up on the Brooklyn Art Library website.  I thought I might try to scan or take pictures of my book myself.  If I do this, I might just make it a feature on my blog of the trials and tribulations of making my first sketch book!  

I am off to get in my PJ's and hunt for my moleskine books I bought earlier this year.

The Sketchbook Project

I was reading a few scrappy blogs one day and saw a link to the sketchbook project.  I was curious and clicked on it.  The site has inspired me!!  You pick a theme and you fill the sketchbook up with art.  When I learned that I wouldn't get my book back, I wasn't sure I wanted to do it.  I thought I could make my own book!  I saw a you tube video that also gave me some inspiration about her sketchbook.



I also enjoy reading Donna Downey's blog as she has Inspiration Wednesday.  Since she started posting this every Wednesday, it has made me want to make one too.  For Christmas one year, I got one of those suitcase of art media/supplies.  I have never really used it that much but I think this project will inspire me to use it.  I also have some acrylic paints that I bought a while back.  Donna always post the media she uses to make the pages in her art journal.  I enjoy watching her videos and learning the techniques she uses.





Hobby Lobby has drawing classes that I have wanted to take for quite some time.  I might have to finally get enrolled in one.  I have never been much of a drawer like my sister & mom.  That might give me the assistance to help me with being able to draw.

I went to Borders tonight and got me a moleskine sketchbook.  I am looking forward in getting started!  I need to get my scrap table cleared off for some sketchbook inspiration!

People are crazy!!

This little incident is blog worthy that happened to me yesterday morning!

I had worked all night and was so glad to leave work.  It was another marathon nursing night!  They are getting a little too close together for my taste.  I don't mind being busy but this kind of busy wears a person out!!

I left work and was going to head to Wal-mart on my way home.  I get to the stoplight and I had pulled up behind a lady in a black car.  As soon as I got stopped, she got out of her car and walked to the front of my car.  I had no clue what she had done at that moment.  I wasn't about to get out of my car to find out.  She rushed back to her car and tried to drive off in park.  I had my window rolled down and could hear her engine rev.  I wanted to laugh at that!  I was following behind her and she pulled into the Wal-mart parking lot.  I decided to go straight.  She was obviously crazy so I didn't want to have a confrontation with her.  I stopped at a gas station as I need to get gas and was wanting to see what she had done to my car.  When I checked the front of my car, she bent my license plate all the way up!!!  I wasn't very happy when I saw this as I just got new plates in July as my front plate before was all bent up from someone backing into my car trying to parallel park.  GGRRRRR!!!!!!!!   I have no idea what prompted her to do this.



That night at work, a co-worker showed me how to listen to the local police station with 5-0 radio.  I went home to listen to it that morning.  I was hearing about a lady fitting the description of the car she was driving causing trouble.  She had hit another persons car and got in a fight with them.  She had told the cops she was having a mental breakdown.  Then she drove away from the scene.  The cops were following her and finally stopped her.  I really think it was the same lady as the descriptions they gave were to close.  It wasn't long after she had done that to me and also in the same area.  I believe she needs a visit to the psych ward!

I have been listening to the police scanner now to see what is going on in my town.  I have also listened to other towns and you can even listen to scanners overseas!  I was listening to London, England the other day.  It is interesting hearing what is going on in the city and other cities.

Loft walk fun!

I am behind in blogging again.  It doesn't surprise me!  I used to be so good at blogging but I am tired a lot and I think my cute pug contributes to it!  Phoebe woke me up with puppy kisses at 0630 today!

I have had a great day!  I did take a nap this morning after being woken up by the cutest pug!  After she eats, she is ready to go snuggle again!  After my nap, I got up to have some loft walk fun!  I ended up connecting with a friend from work on facebook and him and one of his friends meet up with me.  It made it more fun!  Then we ended up running into someone else we work with.



One loft had a Persian cat and it made me think of my cat Chloe.  She is part Persian but doesn't have the flat face.  I got a picture of this cat!  The quality of the picture isn't the best as I was trying not to use my flash and had to turn my ISO up.  The cat finally let me pet it a little!  I am a cat/pug lover!

The weather has turned rather chilly here.  I was outside with Phoebe before leaving and it was cooler but not to bad.  By the time I got to C-street, it was cloudy and misty!  It was cold!!!!  I was glad that I did wear jeans as I was going to wear my Capris & flip-flops!  I had wished I had brought my jacket.  It would warm up a little then start getting cool and misty again.  At least we were walking in and out of warm lofts!

I always love attending the loft walks and seeing the different way people decorate.  It always gives me good ideas.  I have come to the conclusion that I need an IKEA catalog!  A few lofts were decorated with stuff from IKEA and I was in love!  I have never been able to visit the store since it is quite a few hours away from me.

I am excited about Dexter tonight!  It is the opening of season 5!

I ♥ downtown!!

I have always enjoyed going downtown for my fave coffee shop, The Mudhouse.  Now we have a cupcake shop and Bistro Market.  :-)

A few years ago, a petition was put up to get a Trader Joe's in downtown.  I signed it as I thought it would be a good thing to have downtown.  We have never had a Trader Joe's and I was curious about what they had.  When I went to St. Louis earlier this year, I visited one.  It was a grocery store with more whole foods.  I try to eat more whole foods so I can see that I would like one in my town.  I guess the petition fell through.



Just last Friday, a grocery store chain opened up a Bistro Market in the downtown area.  I have been excited about this!  They have fresh fish which has never been frozen.  That made me think how does it get to the midwest without going bad?  I am sure they have other ways of keeping fish fresh as it is being transported.  They have more whole foods & have local farmers produce.  Bulk grains, cereals.  I even noticed you can make fresh cashew, almond or peanut butter!  I haven't tried that yet but want to soon!  Then they have have a hot food bar and a salad bar open with an eatery area.  They also have a gelato bar!  I haven't tried gelato yet but I plan too soon!  They even have a Starbucks inside but I prefer The Mudhouse!  I visited the first time today and got me a few groceries.  It has been packed since it opened!  I hope that it continues to be popular!





It was a year ago when I was in St. Louis that I wanted to visit a cupcake shop.  We didn't have any in my area at the time and wanted to experience it!  I searched the internet and found one.  I didn't go as I was going to visit on my way back home which was a Sunday.  I found out they are closed on Sundays. In July, I was at a sub shop downtown and I noticed nearby was a cupcake shop getting ready to open up in a couple of weeks downtown!  It happens to be a branch of the one I wanted to visit in St. Louis!  It is called The Cup.  I was excited and finally made it tonight.  I decided to get the Italian Creme cupcake and it was yummy!!!  I found out that Monday they are going to have a Triple Key Lime cupcake so I have to go back!!





Then someone on the sidewalk did some chalk art!  I had never seen this before and they did a good job!!



That was my excitement tonight!  :-)

What a summer!

I am so behind in keeping my blog up-to-date that I am not sure where to start!

I have had an emotional summer.  In June, my Grandma passed away.  She had been ill for awhile and was under hospice care.  Even with her being ill, she was doing alright till she had difficulty breathing and was gone.  This all happened the day before my birthday.  I have to say, that has been the worst birthday of my life and I sure hope nothing else will top that.  I was on vacation from work so had extra time off.  I was glad to have extra time off from work and spend time with family.

In the last couple of weeks, a co-worker that I have worked with for about 3 years is moving to another state.  It makes me sad she is leaving.  I will miss her!!  We had a lot in common and enjoyed working with her.    We had her going away party at a Mexican restaurant.  It was a fun but sad evening at the same time.  I might have to make a road trip someday to visit her!

I have had some fun days with my nieces!  I always enjoy those.  I haven't gotten to spend as much time with them as I had hoped because of my work schedule & their schedule!  We are all getting together this weekend to grill pizza!  We did that last year and it was fun!  Grilled pizza is sooo yummy!  Then we are going to tie dye.  I have had a white apron that I have never done anything with.  So, I am going to see what I can do with it.  I might have to see if I can find some white T-shirts at Wal-mart.

I will have to slowly update of significant things over the last few months and mix in current events.  I have a list of blog ideas that I made earlier this year and have been adding to it tonight.  I hope to get back in the swing of blogging again!  Till then, enjoy a little video of my pug dreaming!

Friday Fill-ins

I have been a little busy and haven't taken time to blog. I thought doing the Friday Fill-ins would be a good start!



1. On vacation, I like _relax on the beach__.
2. _I have learned not to put your rental car keys in your swimsuit or they will end up_ in the ocean.
3. One of my favorite vacation spots _Cancun, Mexico_.
4. _The patients go crazy during the_ full moon.
5. Up, up and away _in a hot air ballon like in Up_.
6. Bananas _I stay away from since I am allergic_.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _relaxing, getting ready for an all day crop_, tomorrow my plans include _attending an all day crop with a friend_ and Sunday, I want to _relax, go to my fave coffee shop to hang out _!

Fire alarm incident

Last Tuesday I had a little bit of excitement at my house. I have a ADT security system in my home and it also includes the fire alarm. I have had several incidents that have set off the fire alarm. It is outside my bathroom door so if you open the door and the bathroom is steamy, it sets if off. I have learned to turn the exhaust fan on and not open the door right away and I haven't had it go off for about 1 1/2 years. The last time it went off my Mom accidentally set it off while I was in London.

When it gets warmer outside, I often will take a shower with the door open. It was rather chilly in my house that day but I decided to take a shower with the door open. As I was trying to rinse shampoo out of my hair, the fire alarm went off! I try to get the excess water out of my hair before walking to the kitchen to grab the phone. They always call to make sure it is a true fire or not before calling the fire department. I got the phone and no phone call. I waited and then realized I had a voicemail from ADT. Then they call me again and I explain that everything was fine. They told me that they had notified the fire department since I didn't answer the phone! I told them to please cancel the fire department but they said it was up to the fire department to make that decision.

I jump back in the shower since I had to be at work. I had to rush just in case the fire department did come. I didn't want them breaking my door down and me naked in the shower!! I get out of the shower and walk down the hallway to see that the fire truck is in front of my house! 4 fire men are walking towards my door and giving my house a look over. I was in a towel and didn't really want to answer the door but I did. I told them I was sorry that they came out but their wasn't a fire and I tried to tell that to ADT. I was embarrassed! Phoebe was so excited that people had come to our house. Silly pup! Then I was rushing to get ready for work! I was able to make it to work without being late.

I just hope that I don't set the fire alarm off again like that!

Scrappy Goodness!

This morning I was woke up early by Miss Phoebe. Not unusual but I decided to just stay awake since I have been trying to be "normal" since I am on vacation. I spent the morning venturing on 2peas and found the cutest coffee cup album! It is actually a digital file that you print out and put together. I have printed it out and going to work on printing photos and gathering embellishments! I have an idea of what photos I want to use. I just hope I can find them. I am going to work on this tomorrow at my scrapbook meetup group! :-)

The weather has been nice but windy today. I have had a hard time staying awake! I did lay down for a bit but it didn't help. Being on a normal schedule is difficult when you work the night shift. I hope I will be able to sleep good tonight and wake up refreshed tomorrow! It always takes me a few days to get back on track.

I took Phoebe for a walk around the neighborhood. I thought it would help wake me up and she just loves taking walks! When it starts getting hot outside, I don't take her for walks since pugs get overheated easily. We need to enjoy it while we can! I have been taking her on longer walks than I normally do. She starts out not wanting to heel and halfway through, she is heeling walking like she is ready to be done!

I am chilling at the Mudhouse. I didn't think they would be open since it is Easter. I remember in the past them being closed. I was happy when I found out they were open. I figured they wouldn't be that busy and they are packed!

Vacation time!

I am ready! I have about 1 1/2 weeks off from work and hoping to reconnect with my camera, scrapbook and do a little traveling. The main reason for my vacation is for CKC-St. Louis which is next weekend! I am meeting up with friends in St. Louis to scrap for 3 days and to attend a few classes and shop at CKC. I can't wait!

It appears that the weather is going to be a little rainy when I am off. The first day of my vacation it rained all day. I really think mother nature has my schedule and that is the days the weather turns icky. I haven't been awake all day yet and enjoy the outdoors. The weather does seem to be cooperating better today but I also have to much stuff going on!

I actually need to start getting ready for adventure #1 which includes scrapbooking! I am going to the LSS for super saver scrapbooking. It is always a fun time but I need to finish getting ready and get supplies together.

Camera Club Competition

This is the photo I entered in the 1st quarter camera club competition. I took this photo in Eureka Springs at a nature shoot I went to. I had been anxious to here what the judges were going to say about my photo. I even had dreams (more like nightmares) about the results. I was glad when I finally got to here the results!

The judges said that the exposure was correct. The photo was lacking a focal point. I thought the bench/platform on the lake was my focal point. They said I should of had someone sit on the bench. I should have also played a little more with the composition. I ended up with a score of 231 out of 300.

There is many talented photographers and once I saw the other prints, I was in awwww!!! One guy took a macro shot of a spider in a flower. You could see the spiders eyes and little hairs! It was a great picture and even won a ribbon. It will be posted on the camera club site. As of the day I posted this, the 1st quarter winners weren't posted yet.

I am anxious to enter the 2nd quarter and see what the judges say. I am thinking of entering a picture I took of the Eiffel Tower. My Mom thought this picture was a postcard I had bought. I am also taking Picture Spring at Big Picture Scrapbooking to motivate me to take more pictures. I hope to have lots of great pictures to choose from!