the little one

tonight I seem to have offended my little toe on my right foot. It is swelling and throbbing and just is very uncomfortable. I feel like a chair leg has been placed on the toe and a manatee came and sat down on it..then got up to reach for the ketchup, and flopped back down in the chair.

And even though I would perfer a manatee NOT sit on my toe, I still have a special place in my heart for them. I believe Larry from Veggie Tales says it best.

Deer cakes. yes.

I dont know how you even find yourself in this sort of situation.

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Good News!
I finally got my sorry "soft" butt off the couch and went camping this weekend!! And due to a lack of chairs I barely sat down the whole evening. It was grand. It was my boyfriend and two of his best friends, Cana the dog and me. While people may think..you were probalby very out numbered...not really. I had a very lovely evening. You see while I looooove Alaskan summers they have one critical flaw, no dark, warm starry nights. Last night we were up in the White Mountains about Fifty Miles east of Fairbanks and you could see the stars, the moon and even the northern lights (they were a little wussy though...). It was wonderful. ONLY problem was it was super windy up there. Which made it hard to sleep.
We all shared a tent, even the dog and I was between my boyfriend and one of his friends. One of my personal rules is to not be on the outside of a tent if at all possible...though when I would wake up I had to make sure which direction I was facing before scooting closer to share a little body heat. That could have been ackward ;). Another great thing about sharing a tent is its kinda like a big slumber party. All the little jokes and giggling before going to sleep...and after waking up in the morning which is always fun. I didn't know that boys do that. It was quite a fun surprise.
Next weekend is my last weekend of summer. I know I gave my boyfriend a hard time about not getting out of the house more often and blah blah blah. Looking back, I feel really bad about it. How dare I complain when he works all day six days a week..and I am just really thankful for all our time we did get to spend together and I shouldn't require that we drive fifty miles out of town to do that.
In honor of my guilt I have become more motivated than ever to clean my apartment and make it some place I WANT to be in..and I am trying really SUPER hard to save some money so I am spending this evening looking at inspriation for cheap and beautiful things to spruce this place up...I have been purging my crap and well maybe I purged too much...
First thing is first and I am going for a walk..or a run or a bike ride...I havn'et decided yet. I am updating my Zune as we speak. Gotta get new tunes to get that body movin'. I am thinking bike ride. My ankle and I have not been on the best of terms the last two days.

But as I like to say blogs are better with pictures....unfortunatley if I dont get up and get moving soon my motivation will be lost. As much as I loooove having the word "soft" associated with my backside, I need to get up and get going. When I return maybe I will have some inspiring life changing thought I will need to profess to the world. No promises though.

Pie

There are few things in this world that I love more than pie. Infact I have told multiple people that the man of my dreams will propose to me with my favorite pie. Thats how I know we will be happy forever, I have to know my man can meet my needs for pie. VERY critical.

Today I have received an email from one of my dearest friends and well I couldn't think of anything better. This tee shirt by tealtown just says it all. If I didn't stay home sick today I would order this for my wonderful boyfriend.


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Halfway done

Wednesday. It has come..and mostly gone, and to be quite frank. I was more than a litle cranky today.

Last night was one of those moments when my boyfriend and I actually may have had our first real fight. I am not sure what qualifies..but there was a lot of emotions while I was making my mac and cheese...but its okay. We ended the night back as normal and it was probalby good to vent our frustrations.

I made him a card last night...the poop didn't read it when he left.

Anyways I was reading this article about gaining confidence in yourself and your relationships today and it suggested that every day I tell him three positive things that I really like about him. Now we aren't really the schmoopy type of couple. But I believe it will help relieve some of our anxieties...But because we aren't a couple that sits around being well cutesty and what not...this has been a bit more of a challenge. Sooooooo I sent him a text message...I wrote him a note that says...Even if he does dig himself into some holes (sometimes some REALLY big ones..)...then on the back side I drew this.

This is my bed of the day. Today seems like the perfect day to crawl into that lovely soft chocholate fluffy bed and rest my neck. And for the record. Its organic :)

Lopsided

I pulled a muscle in my neck. Not only any muscle, but one that seems to be rather critical to daily motion and substaning the life that I have come to know and love. I can't rotate my head. SO that makes sitting at a desk in an office chair rather difficult. Here i ma lying in bed wiht a heating pad on, waiting my boyfriend to bring me an icecream sandwhich. Frankly I could get used to this. My lack of productivity today has really gotten me thinking about how badly I really wish to have my own business one day crafting. I have read today about all sorts of various endevours I would like to begin. And if I didn't have to spend most of my day at a desk I would have the necessary time to persue these dreams.

I believe my next project is to work on perfecting my lovely coupon organizer and begin an embrodery present for my lovely mother. I am thinking along the edges of pillow cases. I dont want them to be uncomfortable.

So the bird print has nothing to do with my day. I just really enjoyed it.

Only Tuesday.

Today is goign soo slow, probably because I am really tired and its just been kinda a lame day. My Mom took me to lunch though..that was lovely.

Great news, my brother, his wife an the little one are all coming up for a week. I am so happy I chould *shimmy*...but I will wait and do that with T-Dawg. He loves to shimmy with me. Its one of our little things we do together. He is three, and loooves to dance!

I am sitting in my last office hours of the semester wondering if anyone would REALLY care if I left 20 mins early...hm. I will be good, there is more internet to be surfed...and the moment I go home I have to clean and frankly, I am too tired for that funny business.

Fairbanks is flodding but there are some patches of blue sky out at the moment...for those of you not in the same geographic region as myself this is a rare oddity. Literally river levels are higher than they have been in 40 years. People have to canoe to their flooded homes out in Salcha.

Speaking of that end of town...the Presdient of the United States was sweet enough to grace us with his presence. I wont say anything too nasty....I am glad he fit us in 7.5 years into his time in office.

OHHH yes, I also cut my hair off. It is now shorter than it has been in years..I mean YEARS. I am sure next week there will be lots of photos taken and I will put one of those on here.

I have been acutally quite crafty lately...though I learned a lesson teh hard way last night...Yes! Paste does indeed stain polyester and you will see glue spots. lame. I learned this because I have been covering picture frames for my Mom. The first one while not quite my own personal taste looks lovely on her wall. And I also spend Saturday afternoon with a dear friend making magnets. They add a little extra pizzaz to my fridge...which is always welcome.

Okay. time to pack up and clean up. its "Andy cleans her floor night!!" and I dont want to be late for that ;) Afterall I am the guest of honor!