Friday, August 23, 2013

TGIF. And shark cat.

All credit for finding this gem goes to Lu.

I don't know why a cat in a shark costume riding a Roomba makes me so happy, but it does.



Happy Friday, everyone!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Back to School!

Seriosuly, where did summer go?

I mean, I did drive across the American southwest.

John Ford's Point
And I went to Belize.

Xunantunich

I also spent 2 weeks on crutches and another 10 days on the couch with a weird bug.

You know what that means? That means I watched some serious television. Like this:


and this:

and this:



All guilty pleasures and probably I lost some valuable brain cells.

I wrote 45,000 words of a fractured retelling of Beauty and the Beast (it's not finished, but it's close.) That's my fourth novel this year, if you're counting. (I'm counting.) One of these I'm eventually going to polish up and try to publish.

That was my summer. How was yours?

Good-bye summer 2013, how I will miss thee.

ps.   For all my teacher friends who are going back with me or in the next few weeks, I have a Teachers Pay Teachers storefront filled with freebies. I don't make any money off of my TPT store. It's just a nice central location to give away things I make for my classroom.

TeachersPayTeachers

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Monday, July 29, 2013

Louis Vuitton Paper Dolls: Spring/Summer Lookbook

Now this is a marketing ploy I can get behind!  A printable paper doll booklet featuring many of the spring/summer 2013 collection from Louis Vuitton:






 About the only thing that would make it better is if they had let me color all the outfits myself! (Nope, never gonna outgrow the paper doll!)

Download your copy at Louis Vuitton here.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Pictures from Belize

I spent 10 days in Belize (and one unexpected extra night in Atlanta) over the past couple of weeks. I was never so glad to be home in my life!

I'm still in recovery mode so I'll share some pics and maybe some stories another time:

my 'front yard' on Tobacco Caye 
jaguar, Belize zoo

crocodile, Belize zoo

from the boat, Hol Chan Marine Reserve

black howler monkeys (in the wild), Community Baboon Sanctuary

home for 3 days, Tobacco Caye 
Xunantunich, Cayo District of Belize

snorkeling with nurse sharks, Hol Chan Marine Reserve
(yup, I snorkeled with them. AFTER they stopped rushing the boat.)

sunrise over Tobacco Caye

Unfortunately I am not having the best travel luck this summer. I came home from Belize with the flu, fever, sore throat, achy everywhere. FEELS LIKE WINTER. I'm hoping this makes me immune to whatever flu comes out locally this year!

Also, I want a do-over of the past week!