respite of sorts

If you haven't noticed I'm taking a little blogging break.
Not because it is work, it is actually important to me. I stopped journaling when I began blogging and it really is a fantastic Dear Diary journal.

Lately my life is less Dear Diary and more personal journal type material. Finding things to write for the public is becoming more and more difficult.

I'll be back. Things always change, especially me.

path maker

No one ever asked how I want to live my life they only told me how I should and there seems to be a lot of opinions.

I want to stand up for my own way, however odd and backwards it may seem.

Here's to the journey -- if not now, when?

favorite things friday

I'm dreaming of a favorite thing that zaps fat away and doesn't involve giving up my comfort food. And if someone says exercise I'm going to punch them in the face! This week I'm liking --



Clinque Redness Solutions - Daily Relief Cream
So my skin is wacky all of the sudden. I look at myself in the mirror and I don't know who the heck is looking back at me. This lotion really helps with some of my redness, I'm instantly white within seconds of putting it on. I got the cleanser as well but still have all sorts of pimples (I think ladies call they blemishes but lets face the zit truth).

I find it funny that I use lotion to reduce redness, concealer to hide red spots (see aforementioned ZITS), foundation to further whiten and then go on top of it with blush to make myself.... red.... again.





SleepRight Slim Night Gaurd

Ok, so I don't love that I use one of these but I clinch and it hurts my jaw, this is reality. So I wear a mouth guard. I've tried lots of kinds, boil, no boil and trays. I found this SleepRight brand at Walgreens and loved it! No more football mouth. And when I found the SleepRight Slim I feel in love (as much as one can) with a mouth guard made for a mini person like myself. I go through about 4 a year and order them online cause the Slims are hard to find.





A Friday WISH
I wish it were cool. Like the rest of Texas, I wish it would rain and save my lawn. I wish could go outside and go camping and make smores. I just basically want a vacation. And a raise so I can go on my vacation.

the naming of

What is in a name? A lot.

Shniggles Snugglesby
He is super snuggly. Every morning after my shower we snuggle while dp shaves and then we give him his pill. If for some reason he is busy with sunning or chasing a mouse or 1/2 an easter egg, I miss him terribly.



Asparagus (Gus) Schnail
Inhabitant of our tank , distant relative to the late Mike Schnail










Prince Caspian
Royalty and thinking about changing his name to *@






Red John
Our serial killer fish. He has been convicted and is facing sentencing for the murder of 9 fish and 1 snail.





Jojo
Yeah Jojo is a girl, so what. She is Jojo and she knows her name and she is a tiny ball of energy and we all love her. Who doesn't love tiny things.





That's not everyone- but just some of the names of my littles. Abbey is just Abbey, she hasn't told me her 3 names yet.











The Naming Of Cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
- T. S. Eliot