Just incredibly boring! I figure if there's nothing of note in my paper journal since the last time I posted then really. Not exactly a whole lot going on.
I suppose I could keep you posted on all the mini-series I've been watching on Netflix, but that somehow seems even sadder than radio silence.
But some things have happened, or will be happening that I will gladly prattle on about.
First being, I got awesome new toys from Mater and Pater for my birfday. An iPhone 4, with which I've been taking lots and lots of five second videos of the cats being cats. Also, using FaceTime to talk to Pater because I don't think we'll ever get over finally having a tv phone. Now, on to the jetpacks!
And Mater indulged me in my nail art semi obsession by giving me a Konad set. Nail art is one of those things I feel vaguely ashamed about because it is just such a preteen girl thing to do. I rationalize it by telling myself that if people didn't have real jobs where they had to be professional looking it would be more common.
I'm sure that's not true, but please don't burst my bubble of rationalization.
But! If you have been hankering for some DIY nail art I really can't recommend stamping enough. I mean, there's a bit of a learning curve, but nothing compared to sitting down with tiny brushes and free handing it. This is my second go at using it:
Obviously there are still some problems I need to work out (like centering the image) but I mean. Second go and it doesn't look completely stupid.
Assuming you don't think any form of nail art is stupid looking. Which, not exactly unreasonable.
The other thing which is happening hasn't actually started happening yet. It is nerdy and silly but one of those things I'd like to try just to see if my nerdy/silly skills are up to it: the 24 hour Read-A-Thon.
Based on the advice of past participants I figured my best bet is to have a heap of brain candy type books all set to dig through. You'd think with my out of control book collection this wouldn't be too hard, but I'm feeling a distinct lack of inspiration. So, if anyone has recommendations for light and fluffy reads that won't ask me to think too hard I'd appreciate it.
To wrap things up on to kittens. Some how, some how we still have Penny and Bianca, two fosters we've had since August. I just don't get it. And now we're coming up on the beginning of kitten season so it looks like these old ladies will be hanging around for quite a while.
For comparison, Penny is the brown tabby in the middle of this kitten pile:
And here she is now, decidedly less tiny:
The only upside is that for some reason Fat Bill actually likes these two kittens, so there's a little less drama on the cat side of the household. So, I suppose if there were kittens that were ideal for hanging around forever Penny and Bianca are them.
Anyone want a cat?
Actually I completely love nail art so I'm going to go and google those sets. ++ bonus kittens as well. Top post ;-).
ReplyDelete@JelliDonut: FaceTime is one of those things that's probably not as cool in the long term as it is as a fun new toy but that hasn't stopped Pater from 'tv phoning' me every time he's someplace with a wifi hotspot.
ReplyDeleteThe camera is pretty dang impressive for a phone though, it's already replacing the actual digital camera for most of my photos.
@Susie: wowsocool.com is where Mater got my starter kit, but Amazon also has a pretty big selection and is less expensive. Now that i've tried it out and like it I'm can already tell that I'll be sending a.lot of money that way, haha.