Remnants of days where I thought I knew everything. How embarassing.

And now? Only scratching the surface.

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afklkjawefoiajh0582758iolskfdslkfj <- has pretty much been my life lately.

Work has been amazingly busy lately. The holidays are just one big clusterjawlkjfd of business. All the broadcast stations are like chickens with their heads cut off, wanting ridiculous things with insane deadlines - all of which we must meet. And of course, I have been meeting .. 8D But that means a totally dead tired me at home by the end of the day.

Christmas and New Years were good.. except this is the first New Years where we missed the countdown. I was in bed at like 10:30pm. >>; gah, oh well! I got a Patrick Sharp #10 Blackhawks jersey for christmas and a little Nikon point-n-shoot since my Cannon one got submerged in water.. (Not the 5d Mark II, don't worry.)

Anyway, fun stuff.. I have been loving thrilld.com. Maybe because I don't really know how to use Tumblr quite yet.. and I need to find more of my original pieces to post on there. I regret not having a consistant place to upload my images/work because most of the sites I used are totally down meaning all my work is gone. D:

I really love the fact that you can browse wherever and use thrilld.. you just put the little button into your browser bar and click it when you find something neat.. 8D It makes it easy for lazy people like me.. My user ID on there is "allure"
www.thrilld.com/

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Our office just received the most BEAUTIFUL (& delicious) cupcakes by Baked by Melissa! Our treat from OMGDirect! :)

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Some more office updates. :3 We started decorating for Christmas!





And I can't forget - The pretty little mosaic frog that Barbara gave me for watching her fish and her puppy over the past weekend. :D



Okay, that's all for now.. back to work. :D

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The front of our little house at night. ( though I cheated and obviously took this out of my car! )

Come in!

Sasha guarding. :P

Where she usually is, if she doesn't hear me come in!

Her 'Stop playing with your phone and let's play outside!' look!

Okay okay, how can I say no to that face?

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The front of our office at night. Snapped a few moments ago on my phone.

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Okay, so, I figured I should probably update.

We had a Halloween costume party at work. I took a group picture with my camera and tripod. Julie won for the best overall, she hand made a Loofah costume. Michelle won for favorite, she was CAMS - our Catalyst Airdate Management System (the blue screen below).



I was a beat-up hockey player. Had to represent the Blackhawks! (Though I must admit, it was a super last minute - aka an hour before work - costume.) I YouTube'd a tutorial on how to make a somewhat realistic looking black eye which kinda really freaked people out at first. I did get very odd looks when I went to the supermarket and while driving.. The colors were much more vivid/realistic in person.



Now, camera phone picture updates.

We had a surprise wedding shower at work for Sarah. She got married on Thanksgiving in Jamacia. We made her a money lei to help with her spending situation while on her honeymoon. ;) This is Sarah acting like a girly girl, which she is pretty much the complete opposite of.




Sasha has been enjoying her time at the house. Now that it's colder, she spends a lot of time outside.. I think it mostly has to do with the fact that she loves to chase those damn squirrels. =/

My birthday was good. Really low-key, just how I wanted it. We made muscles at the house - a gigantic batch. I have photos on my actual camera, which I may or may not upload. Who knows!



House changes. We removed the awful wall paper from the kitchen and painted it the existing kitchen color. We also decided to paint the backsplash the same color that we painted the fireplace. It turned it pretty well.

BEFORE:





No paper! Pre-paint!


Painting the backsplash brown! Err, I mean Dungeon Bronze* Mwahaha. ;)

The Dungeon Bronze fireplace (that was red/white/black spackled .. lskjdflskjf bleh!)



We also put curtains in our bedroom, since our new neighbors (funny to call neighbors new, seeing as how we haven't been here for 6 months!) like to look into our room all the time.. This MAY have to do with the fact that the blinds are broken.. but hey!

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After:






And... I think I'll start updating more. Haven't been doing anything too exciting besides mostly watercoloring and adding more character to the house. Just trying to get all of my priorities in life in order, so sorry for going into hermit-mode like I always seem to do.

Our last group photo! My desktop background at work. :3

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