Giving Top Tens...A Try

I have read tons of top tens on my favorite blogs. I thought what the heck,  give it try.

So here you go folks, the Top Ten post of 2012:

10. Tunesday ~ Cool covers of songs.
9. Mouse Trap Monday ~ Apparently the reason this post is so popular is the adorable pig photo I used.

8. Do You Think Bald is Beautiful? ~ Yet another popular image search post.

7. Trip To The Farm ~ Cute cows, yay!

6. Safety Tips For Women (And Men) ~ Safety tips are always go to know.

5. Cats And Laptops Are not Compatible ~ Lets face it, the internet is made of funny cats.

4. Corgi Toon ~  Cute Corgis, what more do I need to say. : )

3. My Mind Is Like A Steel Trap…Rust And Full Of Holes ~ This post was popular to folks searching for photos of bleeding heart flowers.

2. Scars Are Normal ~ People are curious to see photos of Lana Parrilla's lip scar.

1. Tis The Season ~ Spring flowers are a very popular image search.

Mnemonic Monday

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Awesome:
♦Be yourself paperweight
♦Tips to be more comfortable in front of the camera
♦Tips for downsizing, and decluttering
♦Cthulhu Santa Tree

DIY:
♦Magical Gnome place mats. (very cute and whimsical)
♦Dangly earrings

Feminism/Advicacy:
♦Anti-rape posters

History:
♦A peek into the subculture of "Shifters"
♦Dorm pics from 1912-1980's

WTF:
♦Hamburger bedding...

Thankful For Buttery Clouds

Corgnelius is so dang cute!

♥Glad the world didn't end on the 21st!
♥We were at the mall on my birthday, and Santa waved at me!
♥My hair stylist gave me a free deep conditioning treatment for my birthday.
♥My mom-in law gave me an awesome fringed leather jacket.
♥Raspi brought me my favorite breakfast on my birthday. A local place makes these incredible breakfast sandwiches. The biscuits are like buttery clouds!
♥My cake was gingerbread with toasted pecans, and creamcheese frosting.
♥We didn't have to do anything on Christmas day. We wore our pajamas all day. : )
♥Many other cool things, but my brain is fogy from sugar overdose!
♥Today I hung out with my mom and her cute dogs. Sunny and Jazzy are so snuggly!
♥The kitties love their Christmas gift. (I buy a smoked salmon and share some with them.)

Navy Blue

Since It was recently my birthday, I decided to post some old photos instead of an outfit post.

 

 

I had a nice low-key birthday.

Merry Corg-mas!

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Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Monday

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Awesome:
♦40 most influential corgis of 2012
♦Amazing ceramic sculpture
♦As a former grocery store drone, I love this piece!

DIY:
♦Gold painted ornaments
♦Melted snowman oranment

Fashion:
♦Denim make-overs (I don't wear jeans much, but this might be helpful to you)

Feminism:
♦Don't want to have kids? You are not alone.
♦I am all for family planning, but don't force birth control on women
♦I ♥ this poster so much!

Heros:
♦Irena Sendler smuggled 2500 infants and children out of the Warsaw ghetto!
♦A pajama companies raises funds to help women get out of forced prostitution.

Mental Health/Self-Care:
♦How To Have Sex Again After Being Raped. (Tough subject, but I felt that this may be helpful to someone.)

Noms:
♦Gingerbread cake with lemon-ginger cloud frosting (sounds soooo good!)
♦Gingerbread Cheesecake bites
♦10 Vegan bread recipes

WTF:
♦Pizza purfume???

Thankful For Boots and Gloves

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♥Always thankful for our fur-babies
♥Baked about 200 cookies today.
♥Our house smells great.^^^
♥Had an engagement photo shoot with Raspi's cousin and Fiance. It went really well they were a lot of fun.
♥Finished editing the engagement photos today.
♥Had a lot of fun running around in the snow with the pups.
♥I am so glad to have sturdy warm winter boots
♥The city plow came down our street the same day it snow. (Very unusually!)
♥Rasputin and I received an awesome gift card to a cool Brazilian Steak House.
♥We were also given 3 pounds of cheese! Yum!
♥Heard this song playing today:

REM ~ End Of The World

Hang in there folks!

 

What are you grateful for?

Batty Old Aunt

 

I was going for the stiffness of old photos.

 

I guess I still had Circus on the brain. Vintage circus that is.

 

Bud didn't want to be in the picture. He was busy herding the cats.

 

Details:

Long sleeved top ~Target

Bodice ~ Renaissance Festival

Skirt ~ The Goodwill

Boots ~ Walmart (Hard to see)

Choker ~ Made by Spacemansteve of  Catbones (Its hand embroidered velvet ribbon.)

Earrings ~ From Gramma T.

Topaz Ring ~ ???

 

Don't be afraid to look different! I look like someone's batty old aunt...wait...I AM someone's batty aunt! Ha ha!
Wear your Renaissance gear...mix it in with other stuff!Fashion is supposed to be fun, not drudgery. Besides rules are made to be broken.

Cats and Paper

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How to wrap a cat for Christmas

Happy Holidays!

Majestic Monday

More cute snozz-action at @ Cute overload

Awesome:
♦Now, this is my kind of wrapping paper
♦The Oatmeal talks about; "Making Things For The Web."
♦Amazing photos of ice crystals
♦Gorgeous cookie jewelry box (12 days of Christmas theme: 5 golden rings)

DIY:
♦Easy marbleizing with spray-paint
♦Paper cut topiary (Would be cute in other colors too.)
♦Make clay ornaments (Could also be pendants, gift tags, or if a bit larger: wall hanging.)

Feminism:
♦A blogger loves her un-photoshopped face
♦Being a bald woman, and loving it
♦An awesome interview with Iman. Smart woman! (Great taste in men too.)

Learning Disabilities/Disabilities:
♦Headlining, is a great technique to help with Auditory processing disorder
♦More information on Auditory Processing Disorder, and here
♦"People Don't Think I'm Blind Enough"

LOL:
♦This alarm clock review cracked me up!

Noms:
♦Vegan Reeses cups
♦Cookie classic: chewy molasses cookies

WTF:
♦"Holiday" flavors Pringles. Ewww. Raspi tried the white chocolate ones, but I wouldn't.
♦Taxiderpy- I am not a huge fan of taxidermy...but wow these are really creepy!

Greatful for Rasputin, And Snow-Throwers

Meet Mittens! Source

♥Trail blazing for the corgis is a tough workout! Its sort of a stomp/shuffle. I feel like I am doing the sloppy swish.
♥Watching the corgs running around their trails is so adorable! I did panic a little. I thought I lost Bud! (The snow is so deep that I can't always see them in their corg-trails. Sometimes all that I can see is the tips of their ears!)
♥Sometimes the classics are the best. Grilled cheese and tomato soup = yum!
♥So grateful that we have a snow-thrower!!!!
♥No one that I know was hurt in the snow-storm. : )
♥Our family Christmas gathering is coming up.
♥Finaly finished Gramma Honeys photo album/present. I really hope she likes it!
♥Glad that Blogger has spell-check. (I am a terrible speller!)
♥Raspi and I dropped off our car for an oil change. It ended up turning into a fun adventure. (Its a long story)
♥Raspi and I had a nice date at one of our favorite cafes.
♥Pick up Wreck This Journal. Can't wait to get started on it!

Rasputin hates having his picture taken. He always makes this face.

What are you greatful for this week?

X♥X♥

Finn

Ringmaster*

Welcome to my circus. 

I thought I would try a goofy pose. (Can't take things too seriously.)

 

 

I would wear this whole outfit except the hat. The Top hat is too big for me, but I still love it.

 

Cici was 2 seconds away from licking my face.

 

Buddy decided not to be in the photo. He was busy playing with his toys. : )

Details:
Vintage Top Hat ~ The Goodwill
Head band ~ Icing (I am using it as a hat band)
Velvet Jacket ~ The Goodwill
OP T-shirt ~ The Goodwill
Corduroys ~ TJ Maxx
Heels ~ Payless
Eye makeup ~ ELF
Lipstick ~ Palladio

*I came up with the outfit idea because of a joke with Spacemansteve.

Puppies At Play!

Adorable puppies in the snow!

(Please Ignore the ad at the end)

Mulled Cider Monday

Photo source.   Peanut is a cutie pie he has his own Tumblr.  These are my favorites.

Awesome:
♦Google Poetics Funny stuff! (The Batman one is my favorite!)
♦Fans of Kubrick/The Shinning rejoice! There is a website dedicated to it.
♦How David Lynch spent Thanksgiving Ha ha ha! (I know this is a bit late..but still funny!)
♦The Useless Web (A button that takes you to random sites. Fun but a huge time-suck!)
♦Cake #7 is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
♦Soap that looks like germ-y petri dishes

DIY:
It is Christmas season again…so it harder to find fun projects that aren’t all red and green. ♦Marbled glassware
♦Cute snails and mushrooms (Bonus, they are edible!)
♦Cute ruffled scarf


Feminism:
♦Getting a lecture from the gynecologist? WTF!
♦"Dressing Modestly Changed My Body Image for the Better" Very interesting.


Noms:
♦Spinach salad with bacon vinaigrette
♦Adorable snowman marshmallows
♦Apple cider cookies with caramel filling
♦Pecan caramels (Scroll down the recipe is there, I promise!)
♦Waffle iron fries (Crispy hash browns, yum!)

Positivity:
♦Words are powerful. 5 Words to STOP Saying to Create a Better Life

WTF:
♦I love bacon, but bacon candy canes...eh not so much. There are also pickle flavored candy canes.
♦Cereal characters re-imagined...very creepy.
♦This wins the award for most disturbing/inappropriate doll ever.
♦Fetus soap...eww.

Thankful For My Babies!

Baby Cici!

♥Tuesday was Cici's birthday. We bought her a mini hedgehog. She loves it!
♥I love that Cici trust us so much. She launches herself off of things and expects us to catch her! I just wish she was a bit more cautious.
♥I made chicken tortilla soup.Yum!
♥With the left-overs, I made breakfast burritos.
♥We have a new toilet! We had to replace the almost 40 year old clunker that leaked... You don't appreciate toilets much until they break.
♥I love stories like this
♥This gif is so cute!!!
♥So glad to know that there are crazy mad-scientists out there to make things like this:

 Trotify

 

Old Is Gold

Cool stuff doesn't always have to be new.

All of my clothes today have been with me a looong time.

I thought I would go with a sort-of punky look.

Reminds me of my highschool days.

I will be so sad when those jeans finally bite the dust.

I was having a bad hair day. I decided to just go with it.

 Rue wanted a picture take with me. He has been super cuddly lately. Aww!

Purple tank top ~ ???
Jeans ~ Shopko (a million years ago! They are practically disintegrating. The more shredded they get, the more I love them!)
Tights ~ Target
Hoodie ~ Target (I added the skull patches, and the heart patch, which is hard to see)
Boots ~ The Goodwill*
Necklace chain ~ hardware store
Charms on necklace ~ Gift from Mum, and Raspi (They are a motorcycle, a bullet, and a snake)

*If you have been a thrift-er for awhile you sort of get a sixth sense about shopping. Suddenly you get the idea to hit up a store you have been to in a while. Then BAM! Amazing finds!

Years ago, I had this crazy desire for odd cowboy boots, bordering on obsession. I decided to go to a local thrift store, but was on auto-pilot while driving. Instead I found myself at the good will. I walked in and headed straight to the shoes. There were my crazy vintage cowboy boots!

 

Let It Be

Let It Be ~ The Beatles

 

 

 

My biological father sang this for grandma T at her memorial. I have always thought that this was a beautiful song, and he made even more meaningful.

Its been more than 12 years, but I still carry a deep sadness. We love you gramma, and miss you so much.

Morsel Monday

Hey! Where's my turkey?

Art:
♦Beautiful 3-d printed sculpture
♦Lovely sketchbook drawings

Awesome:
♦Need a smile? Here you go: corn on the cob + corgis = big smiles!
♦I ♥ Savannah cats, but will never be able to afford one
♦A cool site to discover random knowledge (They have an awesome "surprise" button.)
♦"Darling?" "Honey?" "Darling?" "Honey?"  This made me laugh so hard!
♦The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon

DIY:
♦A fun center piece idea courtesy of Aunt Peaches
♦Artsy pockets (SpacemanSteve: check this one out!)

Feminism:
♦Women before us fought for all women to have choices and options in life. Now if your not a mom...you don't get a say?
♦A huge protest in the wake of a woman's death in Ireland.
♦A break down of the psychology of make-overs in movies
♦"Too fat for that hair cut." Bullying in the beauty industry (I once had a stylist ask if I wanted her to cut my skin tag off. WTF? If I was concerned about it I would go to a dermatologist!)

Health and Wellness:
♦One family deals with the loss of their pet (This hits close to home, a family member lost their dog/best friend)
♦A discussion of social pressures to eat
♦Preventative approach to seasonal depression

Noms:
♦Butterscotch Caramel cheesecake
♦Buttermilk doughnuts
♦Eggnog pancakes or easy version (just substitute eggnog for the buttermilk)
♦Chicken taco soup and easy rustic bread
♦Cranberry sauce is surprisingly easy to make!
♦Home-made hot chocolate mix (Great gift idea...)
 
WTF:
♦Renting nail polish... eww.
♦Wine rack bra...?

Thanful For Sweet Corgis

♥Raspi bought me two pairs of comfy wool socks.
♥Early in the week we cleaned up our garage. Glad to have that done.
♥Rasputin suggested that I make a spread-sheet of my blog posts, to prevent repeating a title. After a lot of work, its completed! And...I discovered that I had already repeated a title*! Ooops!
♥Bud has cute little fur swirls on his elbows.
♥Cici is so sweet and cuddly when I am blah.
♥Greatful for articles like this: 20 ideas to help beat the winter blues  I need to look for a light therapy device of some sort.
♥This commercial is cute
♥Kittenwar is always a good smile-maker
♥Nyan corgi helps too:

Nyan Corgi is a banana split!

*Fixed it!

Curly Sue*

The main reason I make “What I Wore“ posts, is to get more comfortable being on the other side of the camera. The pictures are meant to be fun, and sort of silly.

Today I am just not up to it today.

I am battling the winter blahs… so doing my hair, makeup etc. is just a bit more than I can manage today.

So, please enjoy this picture of me as kid.
 

 I had to sleep in sponge rollers the night before. Soooo “comfy“. Ha!

*My hair in the picture made me think of the little girl from Curly Sue. : )

Things To Like

Please enjoy one of my favorite scenes from the movie Amelie:

The rock skipping part is the best!

 

The music Yann Tiersen wrote for the movie is beautiful.

 

Full soundtrack available on YouTube, clicky clicky!

 

 

Magpie Monday

Gorgeousness found here

Art:
♦Incredible colored pencil drawing
♦Mysterious colorful planets...of soap?
♦Awesome book sculptures
♦Netsuke  (Japanese miniature sculptures)
♦Incredible butterfly (and moth) specimines for sale

Awesome:
♦Holiday + Flamingoes + Holimingos! (I really want a crate of Skelemingos.)
♦This dad has a great sense of humor!
♦Random fact generator
♦Things Organized Neatly Tumblr
♦A woman and her cat: "We will never be apart" (Bonus: Heterochromia is neat!)

DIY:
♦Headache pillows
♦Mad Hatter top had ornaments
♦Tons of easy shoe make-overs
♦Vintage styled dust covers
♦Java garland

Feminism:
♦A cool dad re-coded the pronouns in Zelda, so his daughter could be the hero.
♦The many ways that women's magazines lie


Helpful Hints:
♦Printable cheat-sheet for kitchen measurements

Psychology:
♦"In praise of Zoloft"

Recipes:
♦Fall Acorn Cupcakes. (The cupcakes are vegan*! But not the frosting or acorns.)
♦Pumpkin Spice roll-out cookies
♦Oatmeal crusted nuts. (Good travel snack)
♦Carrot spread (Veg)
♦Mustard Brussels Sprouts (Veg)
♦A huge list of Thanksgiving meal ideas! (Some are veg.) Sorry to post these after Turkey day...but better late than never!


*I added a vegan tag, and a gluten free tag to let you know that at least one recipe is vegan or gluten free. Enjoy!

Gift Ideas*

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Need some gift ideas? I put together a list to help you get inspired. I broke each category down by price, from big spender, to affordable, and even a DIY option. Happy gifting!

For the perpetually cold

Hey big spender:
♦Smart Wool base layer separates Women's  Men's $30- $120
♦100% Alpaca Wool Reversible Throw Blanket, Dark Purple $90

Affordable finds:
♦Smart wool socks Women's   Men's $15-$30
♦Chenille throw $25

DIY:
♦Make warm boot toppers/leg warmers Free to $10
♦Make recycled mittens from an old sweater Free to $10

For the foodie:

Hey big spender:
♦Bon Appetit Gourmet Gift Basket $95
♦Sophisticated Gourmet Fruit Basket $100

Affordable finds:
♦Meat, cheese and snack baskets $9-$40
♦Stubb's Smokin' Bar-B-Que Grill Set, 6 pc $17

DIY:
♦Box cake mix cookies Approximately $3 per batch
♦Cinnamon sugar pretzels About $3-4 per batch

For the coffee or tea lover:

Hey big spender:
♦Great Arrivals Extra Large Jumpin' Java: Gourmet Coffee Gift Basket $100
♦Coffee Bean Direct Green Bean Sampler $60
♦Traditional Teatime Basket $50
♦Teavana® Tea Gift Set $70

Affordable finds:
♦Berres Brothers Holiday Coffees $10-$20
♦Newman's Own Organic Ground, Colombian Especial, Medium Roast - 10 oz $8
♦Strawberry Misaki Blooming Tea $20 (Blooming tea looks fun!)
♦Tazo flavor assortments from $3-12

DIY:
♦Dry coffee mixes from $5-$10 
♦Homemade pumpkin spice coffee creamer $5-$8
♦Make your own tea bags  free -$5
♦Make Your Own Herb Tea Blend $2-$10 (depending on the batch size and spices)
 

For the music lover:

Hey big spender:
♦Beatles Box set $125
♦Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology [Box set] $101

Affordable finds:
♦A Charlie Brown Christmas: Sound Track $4 for mp3's up to $20 for CD
♦Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana $15

DIY:
Mixed CD's rule! Lots of options
♦Traditional Christmas mix
♦Funny Christmas mix
♦Non- Christmas mix

Or, if none of these suggestions will work:

Jillie's super list of simple hand made gifts! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5!


*I am not affiliated with any suppliers, retailers or shops. I cannot guarantee the quality of any products or services.

Thankful for Thanksgiving

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♥We went to a cool farm/antique store and met some adorable pygmy goats.
♥Also made Friends with a gorgeous black German Shepard. He licked my face!
♥My dream farm (in my mind) now includes 2 corgis, a German Shepherd, a herd of pygmy goats, and huge clowder!
♥The succulents have developed a plum colored edge. Beautiful!
♥Using some purple brambles from my back yard, I made a cool wreath.
♥We had yummy ham rolls for turkey day! (I made over a pound of them.)
♥My little corgs are the best snugglers.
♥Raspi and I had a nice low-key Thanksgiving dinner with Lynn and Tod. (Great burgers, potato salad and pumpkin pie.)
♥I managed to not over-stuff my self. Thank goodness.
♥Finally had time to read Michaela McGregor’s book. Love it so far!
♥So far I have managed to stay (mostly) positive in spite of this been a difficult time of year for me.
♥I am grateful for my Husband Raspi, our 4 fur-kids: Frankie, Cici, Rufus, and Bud.
♥I am thankful for my family, I have cool in-laws, and fantastic nieces and nephews.
♥Spell-check is wonderful! Don't blog without it! Lol!

HappyTurkey Day!

No outfit post today. I don't have time to worry about clothes today!

Please enjoy more photos from our latest trip to Mum's farm.

 

 

Legs, she is the only Holstein. She is easy to identify.

 

 

Legs has crazy-long eyelashes!

 

Tod and Merle.

 

Merle using a dirt pile as a pillow.

Lynn wasn't thrilled that I was taking a photo of a spider web in her house...until she saw the photo.

: )

 

Happy Thanksgiving folks! I hope you have a fun and relaxing time.

 

Go easy on your stomachs!

Mean Kitty Has Bad Reputation...

 

(P.s. he really isn't mean...) 

: )

Magic Eye Monday

Found here

Activism:
♦Insensitive news reporting
♦People are starving in the aftermath of the hurricane, and we are judging women that eat burgers? WTF!
♦I am so glad that foot binding is outlawed. (The description of the process made me cry!) Content warning, graphic detail, read with caution!

Awesome:
♦A spooky story that ends, “…and from that night to this, the radio of that black ’82 Camaro would never play anything…but Danzig.” (I also love the Cthulhu/Massachusetts quote!)
♦Live fast and die young...?
♦Dog blue print (You knew it would be a corgi..)[Full list here]
♦Real life Daria and Jane
♦This dad has a great sense of humor

Book Love:
♦There is still time to get a free copy of Truth's Evil Light (Available every Tuesday in November.)

DIY:
♦Make a super colorful & awesome book cover
♦Beautiful floral crown
♦Make your own computer with  Raspberry-Pi


Hair-to's:
♦Halo braid instructions (I always wondered how this was done.)

Health/Wellness/Positivity:
♦Create a body positive emergency kit

Makeup:
♦What is your eye shape? (Video)

Noms:
♦Pistachio pound cake
♦Chocolate lava cupcakes.(Ooooh!)
♦Slow cooker apple butter
♦Apple cider gelatin
♦Ali's yummy carrot soup
♦Easy way to "boil" eggs

WTF:
♦Scariest shoes I have ever seen!
♦Anti-suffragette propaganda (Good grief!)
♦Homecoming mums...??? I went to two high schools and never heard of this. They apparently wear these monstrosities?
♦OMG I can't stand PETA, they are so sexist.
♦Worst drawing of a woman ever or woman-centipede eek!

 

 

Ps. I was never a fan of Magic Eye posters, they never worked for me. No one told me that they won't work if you have astigmatism!

Thankful For My Puppy Friends

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♥Picked up a cool day planner for 2013 (Was a hard decision, there are so many cool ones.)
♥Its filled is up with birthday's already. Yay!
♥Also bought a fun insomnia journal. (If I can't sleep, I might as well write.)
♥We were running out of shampoo. Luckily I filled up my punch card from the salon...so free shampoo!
♥Over coming ego...good stuff.
♥Hair cut turned out nice.
♥Rasputin found another cool show Ink Masters
♥Bought a green beetle in resin for my office desk. (I like to collect weird objet d'art)
♥So glad that the snow we had melted right away!
♥Rue is so cute in the morning. When I get out of bed and walk by him he swats at me. He is trying to grab me to pull me back to pet him. Silly boy!


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I wanted to send a huge thank you out there to all of you who thought of my puppy friends. They are doing better, but still have a long road to recovery. Get better Jazzy and Sweet Pea, love you!!!

Heart of Glass

After my haircut today, my hair had a 70's vibe. Serious face, blah!

Sort of flippy. (I had her cut a few inches off, it was getting too snarly)

 

See I would have fit right in! Ha!

Puppy love!

Bud is super focused on the toy. Meanwhile Cici is curious about my necklaces.

 

Details:

Shawl ~ Blanket from garage sale
Wrap shirt ~ From Mum
Jeans ~ Shopko (I think?)
Belt ~ Stolen from Raspi (Thanks honey!)
Shoes ~ Yonkers (Ages ago)
Necklaces ~ Grandma J. (Miss you!)
Purse ~ Made of buffalo hide and elk horn. Bought from a random Taxidermy shop.
Bracers ~ Also made of buffalo hide bought at the Rennisance Faire
Rings ~  I don't remember where I got them from...

Bonus:

Blondie ~ Heart of Glass 1979