Frog Doodle

(Semi) Daily Animal Doodles
I'm on vacay this week, but I was proactive enough to schedule some doodles ahead of time! Yay me!


I loved frogs as a child.

All amphibians, really. Frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, all of them. During the summer, we would keep some toads or salamanders in a terrarium (is that the right word?) and our chore for each day was to go out and catch grasshoppers for them to eat. My mom made us some homemade bug catching nets.


The nets usually had dark purple spots all over them. You know, grasshopper juice. 


August Doodles:  Skunk, Armadillo, Moose
Want to see more doodles? Check out June's here and July's here.

Moose Doodle and a Vacay

(Semi) Daily Animal Doodle


I might see one of these guys this week.

Want to know why? It's because I'm going up north to camp with my hubs. We'll be up near the Boundary Waters doing some canoeing, rock climbing, waterfall hiking, high roping, and hanging out with many many high schoolers.


There will also be many many hours on a bus.


And perhaps there will be a moose.


What about our precious kitties, you may ask? I know that you are worried.


They're worried too.

Don't worry. We have a kitty sitter. But thanks for your concern.


I worked ahead on some daily animal doodles, so they will be popping up here and there throughout the week. Assuming I can get that schedule a blog post ahead of time thing to work.  


If you don't see any animal doodles this week you will know that it's because sometimes blogging is hard.




August Doodles:  Skunk, Armadillo
Want to see more doodles? Check out June's here and July's here.

Armadillo Doodle

(Semi) Daily Animal Doodle


So. Do you remember that time when when I drew an armadillo instead of a platypus? By mistake?


Well. Imagine my luck when I looked at day four of August's doodle list. Armadillo.

Check.


I'm glad that my armadillo doodle will not go to waste. Sometimes things just work out. Ya know?




August Doodles:  Skunk
Want to see more doodles? Check out June's here and July's here.

A day in the life.

The hubs left for camp on Sunday, so it's not exactly a typical week around here. Just me and the kitties. And the occasional sister. But I'll let you in on the leeeetle details of my life these past couple of days.


Well, I wake up at around 7:30. There is much bemoaning and begroaning. Mornings are not my strong suit. (A couple friends gave me a birthday card last night that said, "If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters." There's a picture of a very tired and disheveled person on the front. Oh how they know me so well.)


I try my darndest to get to work by 9am but it usually ends up being about 9:08. Ya, being late is the story of my life. Just ask my hubs. Or ask my whole family. Or my friends.

Pisica sniffing my lovely birthday flowers courtesy of Jacki and Jorgen.

I leave work around 5pm and then I go do other things. Depending on the day. Night.


Monday night I taught violin lessons.


Tuesday I went out with some lovely friends to Psycho Suzi's for my birthday.


Wednesday I went out to dinner with my brother. It had been awhile since we had caught up. Ya, he's pretty cool. Want to know something? Even though we are three years apart, our birthdays are only one day apart. August 2nd and August 3rd. I think it's awesome. And we scored free drinks. Shabam!


And tonight I teach more violin lessons.


On pretty much all nights, I hop on my computer to blog/email/format magazines/design/tweet...sometimes into the very wee early morning hours.


But since I am leaving my full time job in mid August, my guess is that the days (and nights) might start to look a little bit different! Hopefully I will be able to keep most of my computer work to the day time hours and I can save evenings for time with the hubs. He will be happy not to have to compete with the computer anymore. I will be happy to have more hubsy time.


I'll have to give you another update about my new life schedule when it happens.


Ok? 


Okaaaay!!!


Here are some pictures of my fun birthday night. A lot of the pictures turned out blurry, so I didn't have many to choose from. But we've got some good ones here. (Yes the hubs was gone for my birthday. But don't worry. We celebrated a couple weekends ago, and I had some fabulous ladies to celebrate with on Tuesday!)

Linking up with Gussy:

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Previous Inspiration Workshop posts: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9

Skunk Doodle

(Semi) Daily Animal Doodles


Stinky!

And fluffy.


Listening to Band of Horses with a kitty on my lap tonight. My new favorite. 


And I'm going to bed soon. Another favorite. Excited that life is going to slow down soon. Smiley face.


Want to see more doodles? Check out June's here and July's here.

Giveaway!!

AND.

I am part of a group giveaway over at Yellow Songbird today! I am giving away a 5 x 7 print - winner's choice. You should head over and check it out!

You know. If you want.

Weekend Recap - Thrifting and a BABY.

Want to see my favorite photo from this weekend?

That's my hubs holding my best friend's brand new baby. 


Whenever I look at this photo I turn into a puddle.


Want to see my other favorite photo from this weekend?

That's my sis. We went thrifting. She looks good in any hat. ANY hat. I tell you it's not fair since I look BAD in all hats.


I know why. It's because I have a huge head. Don't even try to tell me that I don't. Just look at any pictures of me and the hubs together. You will see.


You don't feel sorry for me or anything though. I just have a big head because I have more braaains.


Obviously.


But hats are a problem.