Around the House

The prompt this week for the Saturday Snapshot was around the house. I knew immediately the picture I should use.

Last weekend my sis, cousin and I made THE most AMAZING chocolate chip cookies EVER. They were HUGE and GOOEY and DELICIOUS.

Excellent chocolate chip cookies cause me to SHOUT.

But we ran into a bit of a problem with the BROWN SUGAR. I mean brown sugar.

Sometimes the hubs likes to buy the economy sized stuff. Who doesn't? Anyway. He bought us a HUGE bag of brown sugar. A LONG time ago. Now I use brown sugar sometimes, but not that often.

This is what happens when brown sugar sits in your cupboard for a  LONG time.

You get brown sugar ROCKS.

Along with that big huge rock were lots and LOTS of tiny little rocks. I think it was the sis who had the unfortunate job of trying to break up all the tiny little rocks so that we would have a cup of brown sugar fit to make FANTASTIC chocolate chip cookies with.

It took a long time to break up the tiny rocks.

There were tears shed.

Just kidding.

But when all was said and done, the cookies turned out SO GOOD. Even if there may have been a few sugar rocks here and there. I will be posting the recipe later this week in case you would like a taste of all the AWESOMENESS.

K see ya later. I will shout less for my next post.

Aardvark Doodle

Daily Animal Doodle

Day 1 - Aardvark

Well July is here and we're back at day one. I admit that when I looked at the word "aardvark" on the list I thought to myself, "what the heck. is that." But then when I googled it I remembered what it was. 

This one went pretty fast, which is nice. The hubs and I decided to stay in tonight because of all the big storms in the Minneapolis area, and we rented Say Anything with John Cusack. It was pretty good.

And I drew an aardvark.

Want to check out June's doodles? Click here.

Cat Doodle

Daily Animal Doodle 
DAY 30!!! - Cat
(complete June list at the bottom)


Today is the last day of the June doodles, but July (here's the new list) will be starting soon! By soon I mean tomorrow. Whew.

This is a doodle of my cat Gepetto. The un-photogenic one. She actually has a lot more stripes than this, but you know me. Who has time for stripes. This is what she would look like if she went on a stripe diet.


I ran out of room on her tail. I always do that - start my drawing too big and then run off the paper. My drawing teacher in college always scolded me for that.


I have loved this daily doodle project - such a fab idea from Andrea at Paper Sparrow. It has gotten me to draw WAY more often and my sketchbook is full. I need a new one. I was also able to work on drawing faster - usually when I try to sketch or doodle something it takes me forever because I'm a perfectionist. Just ask the hubs - I drive the poor man crazy. But when you are drawing an animal every day on sometimes very limited time you have to learn to draw quickly and just go with it.


Here are a few of my favorites from the month: sea lion, giraffe, kangaroo, tortoise


Here are a few of my least favorites: whale, lion, orangutan, beaver


And here is the complete list!


Bear, Fox, Pig, Llama, Orangutan, Kangaroo, Sheep, Hedgehog, Lion,Whale, Donkey,Sea Lion, Elephant, Panda, Horse, Platypus / Armadillo, Monkey, Cheetah, Beaver, Dog, Flamingo, Rhino, Owl, Crocodile, Tortoise, Flying Squirrel, Otter, Hippo, Cat


Get ready for me July. I will do my best to kick your butt. 


Or we could just be on friendly terms I guess. Whatever.

This post is about my bathroom.

Week 5 of Gussy's Inspiration Workshop is here! This week's prompt was Perfect Bathroom.


I don't have a perfect bathroom, so taking a picture of it was not an option. But I didn't really want to try and look for a picture of what I WISHED my bathroom looked like because I get sad when I can't have it...so I am posting a picture of my cats. 


Sitting in my bathroom.

I know, it's a pretty ingenious solution. 


I do have ideas to try and make my bathroom perfect, however. They include painting the floor tile white (has anyone ever painted their tile before, by the way? I've heard that you can do it, but haven't done too much research), making new curtains that actually match and don't make the wall appear purple (it's supposed to be slate. SLATE!) And...that's about it. New towels would be nice but you know.


We are also planning on putting another bathroom downstairs. Someday. And in order to make that one perfect I would like to request a very large tub. 


Large tub. Hear that hubsy? Large tub.


The hubs is still thinking on that one.


But we've got time. First we have to finish the laundry room and the storage room and my art studio. And then save up more money. And THEN do the bathroom. So time is on our side, friends.


In the meantime I am happy with cats as accessories. Have I mentioned that I'm a crazy cat lady?


Just kidding I'm not. Don't be scared.


I like cats.

Click to see everyone else's linkups!

Previous Inspiration Workshop posts: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4

Hippo Doodle

Daily Animal Doodle
Day 29 - Hippo


The month of June is almost done! I was a little sad at the idea that the daily doodles would be over soon, but then it was announced that there will be more daily animal doodles for the month of July! YESSSSS. Here is the new list. I'm super excited, although I may let a few slip by me this next month if I need to. You know on those busy days when I need to keep my sanity.

I gave this big guy freckles on his face AND on his butt. Just because.


Sorry that the lighting is not so good. Sometimes you just have to go with it.


I have a stuffed hippo named Blippo the Yellow Hippo. He's nice. He hangs out with Longbottom in my closet.


Daily Animal Doodles: Bear, Fox, Pig, Llama, Orangutan, Kangaroo, Sheep, Hedgehog, Lion,Whale, Donkey,Sea Lion, Elephant, Panda, Horse, Platypus / Armadillo, Monkey, Cheetah, Beaver, Dog, Flamingo, Rhino, Owl, Crocodile, Tortoise, Flying Squirrel, Otter

Weekend Recap - Wedding and Cookies

I think I will do this weekend recap in list form since list are my friends. Hello good, sweet little list.


....That I am about to write.


Friday

• Played in the wedding of a dear friend with my sister (me rockin' the strings and the sis rockin' the keys and voice.) (But we didn't really rock, per say. Unless by rock you mean swaying back and forth to the nice wedding music.)
• My sister and cousin came to spend the night at our house afterwards.
• All of us including the hubs played rock band 3 into the wee hours of the night / morning.
• Decided to go to bed.
• Decided to watch Emperor's New Groove instead of going to bed.
• But the sis basically went to bed. She's one of those fall asleep during every movie type of people. But she's a college kid so you can't blame her.

Saturday

• Woke up late, made pina colada flavored smoothies, ate chicken nuggets with honey, and made gigantic BEST EVER chocolate chip cookies. Soft and chewy and ah-mazing.
• Watched Princess Bride. The sis stayed awake.
• Mostly.
• Tearfully said goodbye to the sis and cuz, then the hubs and I went to some grad parties of a couple of our youth group students. It's grad party season ya'll.
• Looked at flooring for our basement.
• Picked up Black Swan from Blockbuster.
• That movie is nutso.
• Went to our friends' house for a party and bonfire. We left right around the time they started burning huge cardboard boxes, which was probably the right choice.

Sunday
This is getting long.

• Church.
• Lost.
• Grad party.
• Small group. I love small group.
• Movie.
• Bed.

Oh. And any spare moment that I had was spent working on the computer or drawing things.

I know it's nice to have pictures accompanying blog posts, but all I have to show from the weekend are a bunch of blurry wedding outfit pictures. I was going to post them, like as a joke, but then I said "nah."

Otter Doodle

Daily Animal Doodle
Day 28 - Otter


I like otters. Who doesn't? Friendly, happy, swimming around like goofballs. 

The scribbly things are supposed to be like a bush, or a pile of leaves or something. In my opinion life is too short to spend a bunch of time drawing leaves so I drew scribbles instead.


Plus I have to get to work.


But I have a little bit of complaining to do first. Last night I bit my tongue really hard and now it has a huge gash (HUGE I tell you. Ok maybe medium sized.) and it's painful to eat, talk, laugh, swallow, or even just sit there.


I know, woe is me.


You'd think that an almost 26 year old would be able to eat without injuring herself by now. Maybe when I actually turn 26 in about a month then I will have eating down to a perfect art.


Daily Animal Doodles: Bear, Fox, Pig, Llama, Orangutan, Kangaroo, Sheep, Hedgehog, Lion,Whale, Donkey,Sea Lion, Elephant, Panda, Horse, Platypus / Armadillo, Monkey, Cheetah, Beaver, Dog, Flamingo, Rhino, Owl, Crocodile, Tortoise, Flying Squirrel