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my sister!! She officially has her own blog now. Daskam Land and Cow Please help welcome her to the blogging world. I drug (dragged, druged??) her into it, now it's all of our jobs to make her want to stay :)
thank you!

Hidden Talent

As you may know, I'm writing a story called Unity. I wanted a picture, to give me the idea of what the main character looks like. I went on a hunt for her, searching for the perfect blue eyes. Somehow, I didn't find one I loved though. I desided to make my own. I found a picture that was good enough, then went to paint. I turned the entire picture black and white, then I did color only on the eyes. Here's the finishing project.

I was very suprised to see how it turned out, but I knew I loved it. So here is my character, Aasami Yoshiaki Lunar.-@nnie

My Little Scissorhands

I have always loved the movie Edward Scissorhands. I am not sure why though and it seems like a lot of people don't share that love. I think that the movie shows how something magical can be in someone who looks different on the outside.




As I was trolling around the internet the other day I came across The Great White Snark blog. He had showcased an artist who takes My Little Ponies and puts them in costume. Ok I know how that sounds, but you had to trust me they are AWESOME!!
How does Edward Scissorhands and My Little Ponies relate to each other? My friend, I encourage you to Click here for the most awesome Edward Scissorhands EVER!!!
oh yeah, and while you are there be sure to check out the artists gallery for other coolness.

a chapter from my past

I love reading books. They are one of the things in my life I would never be able to give up. My ultimate job would be to be a librarian or work in a bookstore. I would just want to stock the shelves though, not actually talk to anyone.

When I was in jr. high school every lunch hour I would spend in the library, not eating, helping the librarian shelve books...that's how big of a nerd I am.

My most lucky find this past year has been the website PaperbackSwap (link on the right). It has satisfied my deep urgent need to have books to read in the house without breaking the bank. As I write I have a shelf of 18 books just waiting for me to read them. In the past I was lucky if I had 2 or 3 waiting. This was never enough because I can read about 1 a day when I get going and having to wait for payday to buy another book was horrible for me. So everyday I am glad I found PaperbackSwap.



I have enjoyed finding books that I have read in the past and rereading them. One that I just finished reading is :

Whoa, I so did not remember this book right! Don't get my wrong, it is a good book and I enjoyed how it painted the picture of Norwegian pioneers claiming land and the trial and tribulations (I love that saying) of starting a new community. If memory serves me right, I had borrowed this book when I was about 15 from one of my grandmas. I remember reading it and loving it, I think I even read this twice. But I SO did not recall the ending of the book! It is surprising to me that I loved it as much as I remember.

Now I am on to a lighter read from a new author to me

gone the babys gone

Well, little Lily had to go back to the school on Monday.
Annie really had an 'interesting' weekend with her. Annie had a countdown clock in her mind the entire time. I think that the fun wore off during the first night. I had gone to an Uppercase Living party at Rachel's house and when I got home Annie was laying on the couch practically in tears about how tired she was....this was at 9:30 in the evening on the first night!

notice the pug laying by the baby..they didn't appreciate Annie paying more attention to the baby than to them




This is my favorite picture of the whole weekend. The baby would cry until you did the thing that it needed, in this case change her diaper. There was a sensor in the diaper that would shut the crying off when it was held up to the baby. Annie was so frustrated here that she didn't even bother to change the diaper right, just ripped her poor little pants down and held the diaper up to the sensor in a desperate attempt to quiet her down as quickly as possible.

Annie turned Lily back in on Monday morning. When she got home she said that she was glad Lily was gone but that she had teared up when turning her back in.

I can't wait to remind her in a few year about how hard this weekend was.

go here to enter this...HURRY!!

Head on over to Burgh Baby to enter an awesome contest. It benefits the Flight 93 Memorial Fund.

Just don't enter for the itunes card...that one is mine baby, all mine.

it ends tonight, so get over there now!

and while you are clicking.. go here too. It is Burgh Baby's 9/11 blog. Read the other posts too..I am adding this one to my blogroll to keep reading--she is funny!

It's beginning to look alot like..

Christmas!

Do you want to be part of a swap? I think you do!!
Here is the perfect opportunity...hop on over to Decisionally Challenged to check it out.
I just sent my info today.

I used to have pen-pals when I was in high school. I think this is why I am drawn to the swaps. I love the idea of reaching out to someone who I already have something in common with; without having to leave my couch!