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

Naughty Dogs Are Cute!

Silly pup!

A Special Request:

I want to ask one small favor of everyone: Please pray, or send good thoughts to two wonderful dogs that I love very much.

 

This sweet little snausage is one of Cici’s furry buddies.

 

My Mom’s dog Jazzy is having a rough time right now and needs good thoughts.

Sweet Pea is a lovely little snuggle bug.

 

My friend Elea’s dog Sweet pea is not feeling well and needs some love.

 

Thanks a bunch!

 

Meditate Monday

 I love the happy little Buddha! Source

 

Animals:

♦Holiday dangers for pets

 

Awesome:
♦One woman's hot ginger round up. Round up of men, so sorry straight fellas. Obviously I like gingers, I married one. I do agree with the last two on the list. ; )
♦A blogger's hope for her new apartment
♦Fairytales for 20 somethings

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

DIY:
♦No slip hangers (3 ways)
♦25 uses for lemon peel
♦Tons of household uses for salt

Feminism:
♦Iman talks about her makeup line, and how the beauty industry gets it wrong.
♦Wigs are my superhero costume (one woman's take on appearances.)
♦A young woman's story of choosing to be childless.
♦A discussion on "The war on women"

Health/Wellness:
♦Ditch the lady mags, for positive publications
♦What it is like to be on "The Jumper Squad"

Noms:
♦Pumpkin and chocolate swirl buns
♦Sweet potatoes 'smores (They sound interesting)
♦Homemade cheese crackers

Cabbage Stew

This is a very simple soup. I use approximate measurements…so use your best judgment. The batch I made fit in my 6 quart casserole. Filling it up about ¾ of the way.

 

(I call it stew because the woman who gave me the recipe called it cabbage stew. Thanks Carol!)

Basics:
1 small red cabbage
1 lb of ground beef
2 carrots, or 2 handfuls of baby carrots
1 green pepper
1 small bottle (46oz) low sodium tomato or vegetable juice

Brown the ground beef
Add the juice, bring to a boil.
Then add the coarsely chopped cabbage.
Let the cabbage cook down.
When the cabbage is to the desired softeness add the rest of the vegetables.
Enjoy!

Its easy to customize, there are tons of things you could add to change it up. Easy to make it vegetarian. : )

Options:

♦Cumin
♦Paprika
♦Chili powder
♦Hot sauce
♦Cilantro
♦Onions
♦Garlic
♦Celery
♦Kidney beans
♦Stewed tomatoes
♦Dumplings
♦Potatoes
♦Soy meat instead of beef
♦Turkey or chicken instead of beef

Thankful For Stew*

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♥There was a Barbie pink cavalier at the grocery store. Kinda like this, but dull not glossy. Ha!
♥Yummy hot cabbage stew (Will post recipe soon)
♥Raspi gets my birthday off this year! Yay!!!
♥I finally got off my butt and made some bunting for my office. (I sort of cheated, I used scrapbook paper, yarn, and glue, but its still cute.)
♥When Cici is tired and wants to go to bed she hides her face under blankets. Its as if she is saying "Turn the light off! Its too bright!"
♥I watch some lame teen shows like: The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, and The Secret Circle. So it makes me happy to discover that I can't stand Gossip Girl. I guess my teen dramas need some odd twist.
♥Red/purple cabbage is so pretty
♥We found a empty wasps nest in a saw horse, so now we have some oddly shaped combs. Any craft ideas?
♥The construction is complete! Woo-hoo!
♥Found a bunch of letters from an old friend while cleaning my office. Laughed my butt off!

*The soup, although I am grateful for my friend Stu as well!

What are you greatful for?

Cabbage Is Beautiful!

The pretty "heart" of the cabbage.

Interesting paterns. Nature is amazing.

Rue snuck in between takes...

He was hoping it was food.

"Huh, not tuna. Damn."

 

Silly boy!




Sparkle Headbands and Holstein Boots

 

It is very hard to see in this lighting, but it is a cable knit sweater with button front, and a tiered ruffle skirt with black sequins. (I still have to work on my photography/lighting skills!)

 

 

Of course I don't wear the heels to let the pups out, rain boots rock.

 

 

 I didn't have to coax Bud to do that! He loves to be close. Cici is wearing her blue and purple "princess" bandanna from her Auntie Elea.

 

 

The little black skull is hand carved, and is from Peru. I picked that up at the craft fair.

 

Find a cool multi-strand necklace that can wrap around your head. If its too short use a bracelet or rubber band  as and extender. Pin near your temples and by the nape of your neck. Ta-da new accessory!

 

I know I don't have a shot of my hair do, so I will just explain it. It is the 3 bun up-do. Super easy to do!

 

Details:

Black sweater ~ The Goodwill

Black Skirt ~ The Goodwill
Blue velvet scarf ~ Gift from a Friend (I know it looks black, but it is midnight blue)
Polk-a-dot tights ~ Target (Yay for clearance sales!)
Heeled boots ~ From Mum
Headband ~ is actually a necklace (kind of a fun idea huh?)
Glass plugs ~ Local Tattoo shop, similar available here
Earrings ~ Made by me
Aquamarine necklace ~ From a local craft show
Rings from left to right:
Aquamarine wedding ring ~ Family ring
Rectangle ring ~ Bought from a friend
Blue goldstone ring ~ Bought at a local craft shop

My apologies for posting this so late! We are having some spotty internet at the moment...grr.

Happy Halloween (Bonus post)

Henri's take on Halloween

Cute Pup Commands You To Vote!

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If you haven't yet: GO VOTE!!!!

Masquerade Monday (Bonus!!!)

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Awesome:
♦New test lessens the need to test on animals. Yay, step in the right direction.
♦A love story in 22 pictures. (I am not normally sappy, but this is great.)

DIY:
♦Fun and happy lights
♦Cool info for dying paper
♦Cool organization tips from Aunt Peaches
♦Make soda bottle bell jars

Feminism:
♦It is not ok to be mean because someone is thin...
♦Discussion of the famous kiss; The Times Square Kiss,The sailor and the Nurse
♦The discussion continues: Debunking Misconceptions

LOL:
♦I think I have posted "How to pose like a fashion blogger" before...but now there is a part 2.
♦"How to pose like a fashion blogger part 2"


WTF:
♦Goat gets a pedicure
♦Meaningless cosmetic terms  I found this out the hard way. I ended up getting chemical burns from make remover wipes marked “hypo-allergenic”


Special offer:
I am excited to tell you that an aquantance of mine Michaela McGregor is offering her new book for FREE every Tuesday throught the month of November. Check out Truth's Evil Light on Amazon. 

Thankful For My Job

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♥They cut my hours at work, but I still have a job.
♥My costume turned out pretty good.
♥The Halloween specials have been great.
♥Grandma's birthday party turned out awesome! She was so surprised. : )
♥It was so nice to see all of our family.
♥Happy birthday to Rachel!
♥Two couples we love had their anniversaries! Congrats to the the H. brothers and their lovely wives!
♥Raspi's cousin had her baby! Welcome little one!
♥Raspi's dad refinished a rocking chair for us, its beautiful!
♥We had a nice quiet Halloween. (We don't pass out candy, the kids get the dogs all riled up.)
♥The puppy next door was dressed as a hotdog! So dang cute!!!