trees, grass, books, and the future

today in my drawing class we went out to an area by the woods that i didnt know existed. it was so super pretty, that i really want to go back. next time i think ill bring a bunch of blankets so i can stretch out, and my book, Eat Pray Love. i never liked reading in the past- i thought it was a waste of time, like video games- but for christmas last year a good friend gave me a book about an owl and i loved it. i had never read a book for mysef before, i mean, not a book for school. today at target i walked through the book section and wanted one of everything. but i decided to wait until i finish Eat Pray Love before i buy another. there are 2 points to this rambling story of mine: 1) i cant wait to go read in this pretty patch of trees, 2) i've changed a lot in the past few months. im starting to find out who i am and what im all about. im also starting to live the life ive wanted. yay. :)




oh, and in class, i sat next to a groundhog hole. he came out and saw us and made this ear-splitting whistle. it was cool. :] but i felt bad that i didnt have any snacks to leave him.

a day out with mom

i dont spend much time alone with my mom, mostly because she can be kind of.. um.. difficult. but today after lunch we went to Ande's Nursery in Troy, Ohio and bought $75 worth of flowers, vegetables and pots. then we came home and planted them together, then we went to Plato's Closet, where i was really wanting to find something for her to wear to the street fair, but it turns out all she could find was a pair of shoes. we went to Kohl's though and i picked out a pair of dark jeans and she got a nice shirt, so i was pretty happy that we finally found an outfit for her. all in all, it was a real challenge to go out shopping with my mom all day, and not, you know, snap, but what can i say; i like challenges.

rainy days in may

i hate the rain. i feel like a wet dog. but i think if there were no more rain (other than the fact that life of earth would cease to exist..) i think i would miss wearing my rain boots and carrying around my cute umbrellas.

spring decorating- a little late

lately its been hard for me to get motivated to do stuff. like decorating. usually, id be all excited about it and usually i decorate for the changing seasons early (thats what happens when you work retail, and you always have next season's merchandise out now) anyway i was a little late with the spring decorating. i think i got in the mood to switch up the top of my craft cabinets (something ive been meaning to do for a while) after i went to meijer and saw these ADORABLE succulent plants! arent they cute?? ive been wanting succulents forever, since i was inspired by a picture in the anthropologie catalog for march, of a girl in a fancy cream dress tending to her houseplants. and i think i may go back and get some more cacti. they were pretty cute. (this one came from ikea for $3.99 like a year ago and the succulents from meijer were $2.25 and i bought 4) at school today, i walked by the greenhouse and saw cacti, and i squeeled out loud and ran up and basically pressed my face to the window. yeah, i think i have a crush on cacti.

busy day, but nothing fun :-P

these are my wonderful wonderful cats. gemini is above with her new collar from an awesome little shop called sam and steve's on etsy. orion, my yellow cat is a little jealous, i think. maybe ill buy him the cute bow tie collar sometime! ;)

i took them out back today, where they discovered a cat nip plant that my mom planted. something tells me they liked it..