Have you met Sheldon?!?

A couple of weeks ago my beloved cat of 9 years "Bits" died.  I loved him very much and even though he mostly ruled the household with a bad mood...I knew somewhere under all his fat and fur he loved me too.  Needless to say, when my little sister and mom began talks about getting a new pet...I wasn't crazy about the idea.  I didn't want to attach myself to another animal only to have it leave it....But on Sunday mom came across an ad on craigslist for a puppy who needed a new home soon.  She showed me a pic an my heart instantly melted.  This following Monday as soon as I got home from work, the whole family randomly jumped in the car and headed off to see this little guy in person.

 

That being said,

 

I am pleased to announce that I have acquired a brand new family member!

 

 

Everyone, I would love for you to meet Sheldon the Beagle!

Hi! I'm Sheldon and I just turned 18 weeks old!

 

 Look I made a new friend! Her name is Hannah!

I love chewing on my ducky toy! Nothing in the world can distact me from it!

Wait, did you say cheese!?! I love cheese!!

 

I had lots of fun today, but I am very exhausted now, Good Night!

 

Isn't he just the cutest!?! Stayed tuned for future post about what Sheldon will be up to next!

 

Just a little "Lo" down

this piece is by Eva Rocha

 

Not going to lie, I feel kind of bad that it took me so long to post about my November First Friday adventure yesterday, seeing how it happened...well the first Friday of November...so I feel I should explain why I have been a little MIA...

For the past couple of weeks I have been stuck in an unmotivated rut. This has been my worst semester in school since I started back last fall. I’ve been feeling kind of worthless.  I know my educational decline as a bit to do with family drama and the death of my grandmother, but also I feel like no matter what I do, I never feel like fully understand any material I have been taught.  It breaks my heart that I allowed myself to go from making Dean's List, on to being on academic warning. 

That being said, I’m refusing to stay in academic warning.  I have no clue how long it will take or what I am going to have to do to pull myself out of this rut…but I will!

For starters, I need to start enjoying life more than I have been.  I have found when I am doing things that make me happy, I seem more focused…oooh look there is one step of getting back on the horse!

 

 

 

November's First Friday Flashback

Guess who has two thumbs and got to go to November's First Fridays..... This girl! Uh I was so excited when my good friend Leney asked me if I would tag along with her for this months event!  Now unlike most First Fridays, this one actually had an all around theme which was that all the pieces had to incorporate the use of lights.  I have never seen anything like that done before!  It was an awesomely eye-catching experience.

This was the first piece I came across created by Eva Rocha and loved it! It was tough choosing which picture to post because I took so many of this one!

 I love icicle lights,they remind me of Christmas :)

Random street scenes

This was made with lights and gallon buckets!

I have never seen a hula hoop that lights up, too crazy!

 I want someone to make me a sign!

 Love these boots with lights on them!

Still drives me nuts I couldn't figure out what this presentation was saying

Make sure you check out Leney's post about this First Friday post!

 

I wonder what December's First Friday will be like???

A Belated post about A Beloved Holiday

Halloween may have been two weeks ago, but that doesn't mean I can't still talk about it right, and trust me I have plenty to talk about!  Then again, they say a picture is worth a 1,000 words...so how bout I just show you how awesome my Halloween was eh?

I may of may not have carved this into my pumpkin....

Did some pumpkin carving

This year I decided to do a more ambitious carving than the traditional jack-o-lantern face.

 



Guess which Disney Princess this is??

 

Went Halloween costume party!

 

Trainer Ash & his best friend Pikachu decided to take a break from their life on the road to victory and hang out

 





Ellie and Carl decided not to go to bed at 6pm and join in on the fun, I sure hope they anchored their balloon house before hand.

 Look at this lovely little ladybug, isn't she a beauty!?! (I wonder who is behind that mask ;P )

Who knew a ladybug and a bunny could be such good friends?!?

 Nigel Thornberry came after just wrapping up on another insightful documentary.

Sandy Cheeks and a black cat dueling it out in a game of corn hole

Rosie the Riveter and myself...*cough* I mean mysterious ladybug know how to have a great time!

Nothing brings animals, prom-queens, professors, cheerleaders, old men, and famous animal researchers together like board games.

 

 

 

Joined Pumpkin Head on another adventure: Trick-or-Treating

 

 Pumpkin head decided he wanted to be a robot for Halloween.

 "Come on let's go!"

The Queen of Hearts & The Mad Hatter had never met a robot before.

 

Nothing is more exciting than having a bucket full of candy!

 

 

 

I had so much fun this past Halloween, I hope you all had a great Halloween as well!

Running in someone Else's Shoes

Over the whole month of October, one of local Richmond radio stations Q94 had been promoting their "Hunks in Pumps" race to benefit MCV's research in finding a cure for breast cancer. 

So I did, and I brought my friends Katie with me to see this spectacle as well!

 

 Those guys are totally working the 1920's look!

 



 Group photo before the big race!

 

 Very shocked at how well he is pulling this look off...

 Look even "Nutzy" The Richmond Flying Squirrels mascot participated!

 

 

I was super impressed at how well those men did running in heels! I have yet to be able to do that myself!