Long day.

Long day.  Saw my mom and brother.  Also got to see my niece.  She has decided that she wants to be Michael Jackson for Halloween.  She's also really into his music right now.  SO, I think that's fucking awesome.  😃

Went to see my dad, but found ANOTHER tiny dog on the way.  He was running down the middle of the road and there wasn't any houses terribly near.  He wasn't in the best shape, but not bad.  I figured he must be someone's so I went up and down the road knocking on doors and leaving sticky notes with my name and number.  Most people weren't home, one person was but didn't recognize him... so, I picked him up and went on to my dad's.

While visiting with my dad we gave the little dog some food and water.  I hung out with dad, then figured I should go to mom's to see if I could find anything to keep the dog in.  Well, on my way there, I saw some people outside on the street where I found the dog.  I stopped, and YES, his owner was there.  So, YAY for that!  Reunited!  No extra doggie at my house today.  His name is Tango, btw.  He's a little Pomeranian / long-haired chihuahua looking dude.

I also got to see a good friend that I graduated high school with.  It had been ages, but it was really nice to catch up.  Cassandra, for real, let me know when you are up for hanging out.  I would love to see you again!  🙂

Well. It hasn't been an un-eventful day. LOL

Well.  It hasn't been an un-eventful day.  LOL

I did not want to get up this morning, but Precious made me.  The dogs were whining, too, and it was just like, "FINE.  Everyone wants me up doing things, so I'll get up."  So much for sleeping in today.  😕

Precious, btw, sleeps with me now.  I spoon her every night.  She has decided that she can, indeed, jump up on my bed for that.  LOL  I sleep on my side and she curls up with her back to my belly and sucks her arm and falls asleep purring.  It's pretty sweet.  She's the first animal that I don't really mind sharing a bed with.

Anyway, I got up and did my chores, then decided that after a month (or maybe more) of having the tire hanging off of my rim on the Kia it was time to do something about that.  Especially since my little Hyundai isn't running right now.  I haven't driven anywhere in about a week now.  LOL  Thank goodness me and Shaun work at the same place!

So, my rim is ok, thank goodness, but my tire is not and the place I went didn't have any tires to fit my rim.  He pumped it up and stuck it back on there, but advised that I should at least buy 2 front tires ASAP.  He also told me that they are a rare size, so that sucks.  I hope that they aren't too hard to find.  Maybe I can get all of that handled with my next paycheck.  🙂

So after that mess me and Shaun went to Baja.  The doors were wide open and it smelled AWFUL in there.  I asked the hostess why and she said that the fish tank blew up.  🙁  That is super sad.  They don't know what happened, but it makes me really sad that all of the fish are dead.  We stayed and ate there even though the smell was getting to me.  We probably should have just left, but I hadn't eaten there in ages and was being stubborn.  So, the headache that followed is what I got for that.

THEN, we met up with my mom, Cade, and Shadow and headed out to Spirit Halloween.  Because DUH, it's October.  So that was cool.  It was right near a Sally's so I went in it and they had some CG Hologlam's on clearance.  Woohoo!  Nancy Pants, I had a Hologlam to send to you... I just ruined your surprise.  But when I went to pack it up the other day, it had leaked mostly out and was all dried up.  I don't know what happened, but I wasn't going to send it to you like that.  So now I got one to replace it.  I will mail it soon!  😃

So in Sally's the girl working complimented my nails and that made me feel awesome.  Then in Spirit Halloween I had to really pee so me and Shaun walked over to Big Lots.  We didn't tell anyone because we were being dumb-asses, I guess.  I thought we'd be right back, but SOMEONE had to shop around.  O_o  (It was not me!)  So we finally went back to Spirit Halloween and we see Shadow stomping towards us.  Apparently, my mom and brother had walked over to the dollar store because they thought we were still in there.  So everyone left Shadow.  I am a great mom.  LOL  Just ask him about the yearbook money I didn't send to school with him the other day.  Yep, I just handed the kid an empty envelope and sent him on his way.  No, not even on purpose.  I am just that awesome sometimes.  😛

THEN, we went to Ulta.  Fuck yeah for nail polish!  I got two Layla's and a Zoya.  My first polishes of both of those brands.  They are not very Halloween-y, so I probably won't get to wear them anytime this month.  But, the two Layla's were on clearance PLUS I had a coupon, so that was awesome.  I've had a good nail polish day.  I don't even think I mentioned that we went also into the Sally's near Baja earlier today or that Shaun got a hand full of crackles at Big Lots.  Yeah... we might have a problem.  LOL

Anyway, anyone care to guess what I am about to go do?  😛

So... these are the nails that I tried a new thing with.

So... these are the nails that I tried a new thing with. I think they turned out pretty cute. Not bad for a first attempt at anything. 😃

So the new thing, if you can't tell, is that the patchwork stamping is colored in. Normally, it would just be the black outline. I could have done all of the voodoo dolls, but that was more work than I wanted to do. It honestly didn't even cross my mind. I had it in my head that I wanted colored patches, and that's exactly what I did. Maybe I was a bit too focused. LOL

Basically, you can make your own nail decals with nail polish, some stamping plates, a stamper and some PATIENCE. You pick up the nail design as usual, but instead of transferring it directly to the nail, you paint it in with whatever color or colors you want to use. Topcoat it and let it dry, while still on the stamper. After a while, you can peel it off, then topcoat your nails and let dry until tacky. Stick your polish image down and topcoat some more.

I almost jacked my thumb up, as you can probably tell from the bubbles. They didn't bother me so much that I had to take it off and start over, though. They are barely visible unless I'm looking for them.

So, this opens up some doors for more cool things to do when stamping. It's just kind of tedious and you have to be really patient and slow. I don't know that I'll be doing it often, but maybe for accents once in a while.

I just finished doing my nails...

I just finished doing my nails... Unfortunately, my little cemetery scene didn't last. 🙁 I doubt that these are visually as interesting, but I got to try out a new technique where you make your own decals with the stamper and some nail polish. I am pretty psyched that I got it to work and I'm really excited to do it again with some of my other images. That opens up a lot of possibilities. 😃

Photo tomorrow! 😉

Chupa & Scar = BFF's

This is a full 5 minutes of their shenanigans this morning. They only took a short break before going back at it. LOL

Laurel & Emily, as far as I know, you are the only two people who can see this.

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Cutesy Creepy Cemetery Nails! 😃

Cutesy Creepy Cemetery Nails! 😃

I really like these. I should - it took me HOURS to figure out what I was going to do. Getting it done wasn't as bad, but decisions are hard. LOL

I am not one to share a lot of photos of myself...

I am not one to share a lot of photos of myself and I think that this one is especially terrible of me, but whatever. I'm in my pj's with my hair pulled back, resting up from working my ass off yesterday. I'm making a weird concentrate-y face, because this camera is pretty new to me. Sue me if I'm not a beauty queen. LOL Looking nice is not part of my plan today.

I had to take this shot because I was feeding Koopa... you can see his little tub of ants in the bottom right corner. The crazy blue glow is from his lights. Anyway, he's weird and if he sees me trying to feed him he won't eat. So I have to sneak up on him. And today, the perfect angle to feed him without him seeing me just happened to be at the foot of my bed.

SO... I laid down and started dropping ants in, and he ate like a good boy. Not long after I laid down, Precious joined me. I just thought it was so cute how she was hanging off the foot of the bed. That is exactly what I was doing before I reached over and grabbed the camera. I'm just really glad that the camera was within arm's reach. It usually isn't when something adorable is happening.

Isn't Precious such a doll? She's helping me feed Koopa. 😃