Well, I lied. To myself, and to everyone else.

Well, I lied.  To myself, and to everyone else.

One last set of Halloween nails.

I started the month off with Jack and felt it was only fitting to end with Sally.

What I really love is that she's not necessarily done in Halloween colors.  I like these colors together, actually.  🙂  I think it's really pretty.

Happy Halloween!  😃

I have the sweetest boyfriend.

I have the sweetest boyfriend.  He has bought me two new bicycles in two days.  LOL

We found one at Target yesterday that wasn't hideous and ACTUALLY fit me.  I wasn't FOND of what it looked like (red, white and silver - not bad), definitely better than the 80's barfing up a unicorn one that we saw at Wal-Mart.  So we brought it home last night, and I rode it a little, and it was ok.  It was making noise and doing some weird bump thing, and I couldn't go as fast I remember riding when I was a kid.  It had no gears, and backwards brakes - just like I wanted.  But, I realized I wouldn't be able to do much with it.

So we went to Dick's today and I found one I REALLY like.  It does have gears and handlebar brakes, but that's ok.  I'm already almost used to the brakes.  I haven't a clue about this 21 gears thing, though.  I don't like how I'll be pedaling, but it feels like I'm doing nothing sometimes.  I guess it'll take some getting used to.  I'm ok with the gears and hand brakes because I'm not leaning over crazy far.  That was the big no-no for me.  I didn't want to be laying all down on my face to ride it.  LOL  And, it's fucking pretty.  It's purple and vine-y.  😃  Woohoo!  🙂

Before anyone thinks we're crazy, YES, we will be taking the crappier one back to Target.  I don't need to have two bikes.  LOL

Oh, and I was pleasantly surprised to find such a nice bike at Dick's.  It was less than $200, but it was really nice.  That's a good middle ground (to me, anyway).  Not Wal-Mart quality, but not specialty bike store prices, either.  I can't believe how much some bicycles cost.  😳

These are the last Halloween nails I'm doing this year.

These are the last Halloween nails I'm doing this year. I can't wait to take them off. I'm ready for something new. And I just did these last night!

I don't think I've ever seen an M&M the color of my ring finger, but they should TOTALLY make that. Who doesn't want booger colored candy on Halloween? And Shaun tried to convince me to go with a red base on my pointer finger, but I was afraid that would look too much like Christmas. So, since purple and green are the other two Halloween colors (in my head, anyway) it is what it is.

I think they are pretty cute, but I am honestly kind of burnt out on Halloween. Maybe I won't do the whole month next year. LOL

Sex Ed tonight on the way home...

Sex Ed tonight on the way home...

Me and Shadow were on our way home from Munford when we saw two dogs on the side of the road, stuck together.  Now I'd heard about this, but had never personally witnessed it.  He was like, "Are they conjoined?"  And I was like, "No... their, um, genitals stick together when they have sex."

His next question was "That doesn't happen to people, does it!?"  He sounded scared.  It would have been really funny if I'd just rolled with that, but I told him the truth.  He sounded relieved, and said "Good.  That looks painful."  It really kind of did.  😳

Oh my gosh, the feels. That chicken just made me cry.

Oh my gosh, the feels.  That chicken just made me cry.

I went to the side door to let my awesome Emma J. go potty, and there were chickens out there (not mine, I'm guessing they belong to one of my neighbors).  I asked her to please not chase them, so we sat and watched them scratch for a while.  Emma is the best girl.  BEST.

Anyway, as we sat there watching the chickens scratch, I noticed one doing something odd.  Something familiar.  Something a little crooked.  And then I just wanted to catch her and hug her.  SUGARBABY!

I fucking miss my chicken so hard right now.  If you don't understand, then here you go.

And forgive my blog.  It is horribly out of date, and old, and lots of photos are missing.  I plan to fix that one of these days.

SO. SORE. today.

SO. SORE. today.

It's kind of awesome, though.  🙂

I have some family stuff to do in a bit, then I am coming home to do my nails.  I chipped them all up yesterday.  OF COURSE.

Also, before I started going crazy on my garage me and Shaun went looking for a bike for me.  I am really not into one with gears and handlebar brakes.  I WOULD ride one like that, but I AT LEAST want the handlebars to be pointed toward me (they make hybrid bikes that do that).  I didn't grow up leaning over to ride my bike, and I don't want to start that now.  Maybe later once I'm used to riding again, but it's been ages, for real.

Anyway, we could not find a hybrid in my size.  We did, however, find ONE plain cruiser that fit me.  But it's ugly as shit.  It's so funny.  We've been looking at bikes for over a year and this is the FIRST one that was at least comfy to ride.  So, I might end up with an ugly as shit bike.  But that's ok.  It makes me laugh.  OF COURSE the one that fits me looks like the 80's called and barfed up a rainbow.  😛

I think it's been problematic because I'm like, not grown-up sized, but I am too big for a kid's bike.  I am having #ShortGirlProblems.  😛

Holy cow, Internet, I just need to STFD for a moment.

Holy cow, Internet, I just need to STFD for a moment.  I am SO TIRED.  I had no concrete plans today, but the weather was too nice to just sit inside so I thought I'd do some yard work.  Somehow, I got derailed and ended up cleaning out my garage - which was a HUGE undertaking.  It desperately needed to be done, though.

It floods in there so it gets musty and there are spiders and roaches (hey, better in the garage than in the house).  Apparently, I've had a squirrel or some other nut-eater sneaking in (there is a big gap under the door) and eating pecans all over the place.  I thought my trees didn't drop many this year, but maybe they were all just eaten before I noticed them.  LOL  Also, a bunch of big-ish poops were in there.  I have no idea who all has been hanging out in there.  LOL  But you know about me.  Any kind of creature needs a shelter from the elements, I don't mind helping them out.  That's ok.

Anyway, there was a lot of leaves and a lot of dirt that washed in.  Gross.  Stuff piled everywhere.  Not even sorted, just thrown in out of sheer frustration.

But now... now it's all organized and neat and it's probably cleaner than it's ever been.  😃  Also, I hit the fucking jackpot.  I found a box of animal stuff... it was all clean and ready to use.  😳  Now I also have a box of dirty animal stuff that needs washing before it can be used... but at least I know where to find things now.  It was all scattered about the garage before.  I'd gotten into the habit of just tossing things in without worrying about where it ended up.  Bad bad bad.

One other major thing I'm thrilled about:  I got smart and used the extra bricks and blocks that were in there to put things on so now nothing I care about will be ruined WHEN, not IF, it floods again.  GO ME!

It's a huge relief to have that done.  I'd wanted to clean it out forever, but just didn't have the time or energy.  Now I can work on moving what I want out of my little building into the garage and get rid of it so I'll have more space in my back yard.  Woohoo for progress!  😃