As of last night...

As of last night I finished swatching half of my polish drawers. I don't know if it's *quite* half of my collection, but it's probably close! 😁

I didn't start swatching fast enough...

I didn't start swatching fast enough and now I have a lap full of Balthazar. Look at this handsome fella! 😍

Big old sweet boy. ❤️

In other cat news: Scar has been doing pretty great. He's being a total spoiled brat up in my bedroom. I'm pretty sure he's thrilled to be in there with me. He's been using the box and his stomach is mostly chill.

BUT, he's had a cough recently and today he coughed so hard he pooped in the floor. Poor buddy. We couldn't even be upset because we know it wasn't intentional. I cleaned his butt and Shaun cleaned the carpet. Teamwork. 😂 We called the vet today and they were closed, so we'll try again tomorrow. Can't have him feeling bad.

This view never gets old. ❤️

This view never gets old. ❤️

Hey, friends, the party is booked!

Hey, friends, the party is booked!  It's going to be on Saturday,  November 25th, 2023 at Sunshine Skate Center in Oxford from 7:30 to 10:30 pm.

They only had party packages on the weekend.  I didn't want to book it on Black Friday and I'm traveling to Alabama the weekend before and back home the weekend after, so this is the best I could do as far as timing.  I'm used to the holiday interfering with my birthday plans so I understand if that is still the case, but I hope I get to see some friendly faces.

If you expressed interest in coming before I'm going to tag you in the comment below to make sure you see this.  I have to bring a guest list with me to the rink so I'll need to know at some point if you were serious about coming.  (And it's ok to come without skating if you just want to say hi - just please let me know if you're coming and if you're skating or not).

I'm so excited to see everyone!  ❤❤❤

I haven't been making food at home...

I haven't been making food at home as much as I should recently because I've been hyperfocused on swatching my polish.  I'm really terrible at keeping my life in a balanced state.  When I have a "project" to do, that project is all I think about.  I don't know why I'm like this, but I've definitely always been this way.  So when all I want to do is swatch polish, I don't want to be bothered with making food.  So we usually end up eating fast food and that is catching up to me.  (Don't get me wrong - I love eating restaurant food, but fast food is hard for me since I eat so little meat.  I don't do cows at all and there are really only a couple of places that do fast food chicken in a way that I like, and one of those places I'd rather not support).

ANYWAY, I haven't been feeling the most healthy lately.  My pants are getting tight and my psoriasis is breaking back out.  Blegh.  Last week I made cornbread and ate canned soup with it for a few days.  Today I made lentils with taco seasoning and had tacos for lunch and I am so excited about how that turned out.  I didn't have to deal with meat at all and they taste so good and are healthy!  I can see me eating that frequently because honestly, I love tacos.  I mean, who doesn't?  But for real.  I'm so happy.

Also, Shaun ordered an Instant Pot for us because it looks pretty handy.  I think it will arrive this weekend.  I'm so excited to make dried beans in it.  For whatever reason I have been a bit put off by canned beans lately.  I can't really pinpoint why and I don't feel like thinking too much about it, but I find it really satisfying to pick through my food before it's cooked because it's easier so I'm down with going through dry beans and lentils and whatnot before I make them.

Super exciting update, right?  LOL  I'm just trying to get making food easier for myself so I'll do it.  I don't mean to be so terrible about food, but it's just the way I'm built.  😝

We went to PetSmart today...

We went to PetSmart today (we really don't go out often so pardon me if this is old news) and saw this advent calendar for dogs. I'm not a holiday person, but it's TMNT and for the puppa! Of course we bought it for Cub. We probably won't wait until December to start giving him the treats, though. 😂

I did these over this past weekend...

I did these over this past weekend and they aren't very decorated, but I like how the color-flips came out. UNFORTUNATELY, I didn't write down which chrome powders I used to get these colors so I have no idea how to get exactly these results again. I'm especially fond of the green and pink ones, so that sucks.

Maybe after I finish swatching my polish I can make a "cheat sheet" with my gels, the silver magnetic polish, and various chrome powders to get an idea of how they'll look all together. That sounds... difficult. And like I'd waste up a lot of gel. 😬 Maybe I'd better start writing my good combos down as I go.