I am so totally in love with Z. SO MUCH better than my desktop. <333 The only problem is that because Z is a mini laptop, he doesn't have a disc drive. ~_~; Does anyone know if it's possible to get a USB disc drive that I could use? I'll have to look into that. Also need another external hard drive, maybe I'll ask for one for Christmas or my birthday.

Finished a Christmas pony for the bazaar next weekend. She's so pretty and I kind of want to keep her. XD; Anyway, pictures at some point. Her name is Sapphire Snowflake.

Watching reruns of Jurassic Fight Club on the computer. I love this show so freaking much. I'm such a dinosaur geek, honestly. I should be embarrassed, but somehow... I'm not. XD lol. MAHJUNGATHOLUS OMG. \o/

Right, so other than that, my oven is still out of commission. Ugh. Also, the window in the back room is cracked all to hell. There was a little crack in it when I moved in, and then the other day it was really nice out so I opened it-- and the crack spread all the way across it. It's barely holding into the frame now and it needs to be replaced ASAP before we get snow.

So I contacted the landlord and he's coming up this weekend anyway, so he says he'll have a look. I know the oven is a wiring problem, so idk what he'll be able to do. At least the stove stop still works, so I've been able to do all my jams and stuff.

Speaking of which, making pumpkin spread and it smells SO GOOD. I wish I had some vanilla ice cream around, it would taste amazing with the pumpkin stuff on it. X3

Still doing fine with Z, but the smaller keyboard on the laptop is so completely different it's taking a lot of getting used to. Also, I don't like the touch pad, but then I never have liked them. Which is why I have a mouse to plug into Z when I'm at home, though when I'm out and about with him I guess I'll just deal with the touch pad. Like now at Mom's for instance. :D

DLed all my photos from my camera today (now I need to charge it) so that I can start adding things to my Esprit Studios etsy account. Then I logged in and started to do just that... only to be told by etsy that my photos are too big. ~_~; But screw it, I'll deal with resizing them when I get home and have the mouse.

Lately I've been working on things to sell at the bazaar Grandma got me a table at. Mostly jams and jellies right now, but also a few more bits of jewelery and I'm doing two Christmas ponies to take with me to sell and as examples, since it's a Christmas bazaar and all that.

Anyway, so far I've made crab apple jelly, lemon-honey jelly, strawberry-rhubarb jam, rhubarb jam, almond-brown-sugar applesauce, pumpkin sauce, and watermelon jelly. As usual I'm having trouble getting things to set, but whatever.

After the bazaar anything that hasn't sold will be going up at my House of Yum etsy account, along with various cookies and candies. Please, once I get the shop up, anyone who's had my jams/jellies/cookies/misc baking and etc. please spread the word. Between Esprit Studios and House of Yum I'm trying to get myself set up to make enough extra cash each month to keep the bills paid. It doesn't have to be much, about $200 would cover that. But any good word of mouth would be helpful and appreciated. <3

I took Loki to the vet a couple weeks ago because of his allergies again. This time he had been chewing on his feet, and itching at his chest and abdomen until all the hair was coming off, as well as scratching his face up still. -_-;

Same thing is usual, and three years of trying to find a treatment that, you know, WORKS. But this time we got to the vet and saw a new woman (Dr Wilson, I think?) and she actually suggested some things that none of the others had mentioned before even in all the times I'd had him in there (and all the money I've spent.)

She thinks there's a possibility that it could be an immune disorder rather than allergies, which would require different treatment, obviously. But while we're seeing about applying for funding to get the tests done (because I can't afford it on my own), she did suggest an allergy med that we could pick up from the pharmacy.

So we got a bottle of these pills, and he's been taking a half pill twice a day for just over two weeks now... and it's working fucking MIRACLES! His face is 90% healed up and he hasn't been itching at his chest and stomach almost at all. If this keeps up, we might have actually got it figured out finally. And the kicker is, the pills cost $10 a bottle, which covers three months worth of pills for Loki. All that money spent and I could have just gone to the pharmacy and spent $10 instead. Man.

But still, glad to see him feeling so much better. :)

Right now I'm at Mom's to do laundry and print off some things since my own printer is pretty much dead. I'm also watching my brother play Twilight Princess. Ahh, Zelda, ILU. <3

Random recent observation: Last weeks SPN episode? C-CRACKY EP WAS CRACKY. .__.;;

Oh, and before I forget. Cat McD! Were you still interested in those ponies we talked about a while back? Let me know. <3

STIRFRYYYYYYYYYY~ *_*

After two weeks of instant foods (or next thing to it), stirfry tonight was ASDGH SO DELICIOUS. ♥♥♥

A semi-decent update for those of you on my flist that are wondering how I'm doing aside from ZOMG eel creatures and OMG lampwork heart pendants.

Mom's surgery is coming up on the 25th, and it really kind of snuck up on me. The whole family is really stressed and worried right now, and Mom is making herself sick with being afraid that when they go in to do the hysterectomy they'll find something more than the tests have shown so far. I know we should all be trying to keep an optimistic outlook, but it's proving to be hard, especially since Grandpa just died of cancer three years ago. The whole thing is keeping me up at night a lot, and I won't feel any better about it until after the operation when the surgeon comes and tells us everything is fine.

I moved a couple weeks ago as well; to a little apartment downtown. It's not much (I'll post pictures once it's more organized), and pretty small, but it's mine, and I love that about it. Besides which, for one person (and cats/rabbits), it's a fine size. The only problem is that I have too much stuff. >>; It's been a nightmare trying to figure out how to fit everything in, and that's even after two vanloads of stuff having been taken to the goodwill.

When I first was moving in, the place was a mess. The kitchen still needs to have a really good cleaning with bleach, but other than that it's tidy enough I can put up with it until everything's unpacked and settled. The bathroom was DISGUSTING. I should have taken some photos to show you the before and after. Grandma actually came down on the day I moved, and rather than helping with the move itself, just locked herself up in the bathroom and scrubbed the shit out of it for HOURS. It's still terribly stained, but not actually dirty anymore. I don't think the previous tenants cleaned the bathroom once in the entire time they lived here. -__-;; Ugh.

Right as I'm typing this, the girly bunnies are in the kitchen having playtime. Unfortunately, until I got the kitchen organized enough that they couldn't get into things they shouldn't, they couldn't have time out to exercise-- it's been about three weeks since they were last out of their cage. I feel guilty, but there wasn't much I could do, since the kitchen is the only place here I can let them out at all. Now I can though, so we can get back into the regular routine of daily romps.

In November, I've got a table to sell things at the Christmas bazaar in Bracebridge. So I'm selling some jewelry there, as well as some jams and jellies. Grandma brought me six freaking baskets of crab apples when she came down, so I'll have TONS of crab apple jelly. (If anyone wants some, let me know and I'll set aside a jar of it for you.) It'll be the first time I've actually sold something I've cooked/baked so I'm really kind of nervous about it. Hopefully it'll go well.

Also, some time in the next couple days I'll be posting a massive sales post; due to space issues and the fact that I'm in desperate need of money, I've decided to sell off most of my extensive Sailormoon collection. I have a few really rare items, so fingers crossed. Also, if you know anyone who might like to commission a pony or something from me, please point them in my direction.



...because of everything that's been going on, I haven't been online much. Most of my time has been designated to doctor's visits and the move/unpacking. Honestly, I'm starting to get really weary of it, and I'm feeling... downtrodden. Just sad and gloomy. I miss being on AIM and talking to people, and blogging about nothing. But until the end of the month I just won't have the time.

EDIT: Maddie needs monies too, so go check out her etsy shop:



EDIT #2: I'm watching The Evil Dead II right now while I'm organizing things, and the girl's head just bit the guy on the hand, and he's flailing and screaming and smashing said severed head against walls and books and desks and whatnot, and I am LAUGHING MY ASS OFF. XDD;;;

It starts here, at about nine minutes in:



...and continues on here. xD;;

HOLY SHIT ONLY ONE MORE DAY UNTIL WE LEAVE FOR ANIME NORTH. I STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO DO. ;A; *FLAIL*

I have about 20 ponies to try to sell from the hotel, plus a ton and a half of jewelry. I'm really hoping everything goes alright and I get enough money to pay for Otakon. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WORK OUT. Since we're paying for a hotel room this year instead of crashing at Dad's place, there's no budget for food, so today I have to make all the sammiches and salads and stuff that we're bringing with us in the cooler. Also onigiri, but just for me since Mom won't eat them. xD; Maybe I'll bring extra to share with other people though.

Then I have to double-check that I've got all my cosplay stuff, pony supplies, and jewelry supplies packed. (Mom and I are stopping for more beads on the way out of town on Thursday.) 

At the hotel on Thursday night I have to finish sewing my leg covers for Haine cosplay (note to self: pack a freaking needle and thread!), and add some length to the elastic of my eyepatch for Lavi because it's a teeny bit too small. Plus I have to style my Haine and Lavi wigs. At least my Demyx one is finished and spiffy because I wasn't the one who styled it XD;;, and the Haine one just needs the bangs fixed and some pulled back in a bow. Lavi is the one I'm not sure about, but I think since I'm doing casual!outfit Lavi I might go with the flatter hairstyle.

Mel and Kaz: If you need to get ahold of me at the con, text me instead of calling, since I have unlimited texting but I'm almost out of minutes on my phone. DX Or drop by Crafter's Corner. I hopefully will have presents for you both, assuming I get them finished in the next 24 hours. >.>;; *fingers crossed*

After the con on Sunday, we're going to stop by and visit Dad and Lois for a couple hours, so I can show them my Demyx or Lavi cosplay (Haine is for Saturday, but I haven't decided on Friday or Sunday for the other two) and play with the puppehs some. I'm considering taking Tetsuya and Nazoko with me just to take pretty pics of them around the kennel property, since it's gorgeous there. Plus it would be an excuse to take pics of Nazoko, since I haven't had the chance to do a proper photo shoot with her yet...

Cosplay Schedule Assuming Everything Works Out:
Friday: Org13!Demyx (KH) or casual!Lavi (D.G-M)
Saturday: Haine (TGAC)
Saturday Night: Suigintou (RM) or Haine (TGAC)
Sunday: Org13!Demyx (KH) or casual!Lavi (D.G-M)

Loki's nail caps came in today. I was all excited when I saw the package, and as soon as Mom got home I got her to hold him so I could put them on (it ended up taking both her and Lee to hold Loki down, he flailed a lot and it turns out he's super strong. XD;;) Anyway, he immediately chewed two off, which I replaced about an hour later, and then right after that he pulled another one off. UGH.

I'm hoping he gets used to them. But I was worried they would be a problem, especially considering when he grooms his feet he chews his nails; I've never seen a cat do that other than him, and normally it's not an issue, but obviously it could be with him wearing the nail covers. *sigh*

Anyway, I guess we'll see. For now he's still missing one nail cap (I'll replace it and any he chews off tonight at some point tomorrow), and still wearing the cone collar in an attempt to help him get used to them by making it a little harder for him to destroy them. If these caps don't work, I'll have to go back to the plan where I have his back claws removed. >.<;;

I cooked dinner tonight, coca-cola chicken, rice and beans. Yummy.

And I dug through my cosplay stuff to organize it some (so I'm not doing it at the very last minute for AN), and I can't find my chain for casual!Demyx. :| I have no idea where it's gotten to. I might have to make another one. Not that it was hard to make lawl. I haven't lost anything else though, thankfully.

I want a fedora for Kadaj for pics with Pronnie in the summer at Otakon, but idk where to get one. xD; And I need to make sure it doesn't clash with the shirt I have for yakuza!Kadaj too. I wish I could have Souba to take with me for those pics too, since he uses that as opposed to firearms. But even if I could make one, I so don't want to try taking it on the plane to Baltimore. >>;; I'm also bringing green ribbons for pics with Pronnie's Haruhi cosplay because LOL.

You can tell con season is coming up, half my journal nowadays is about cosplay. :D;

I need a studded belt. /random. I mean. >>; I have one, but the buckle is all flowers and stuff, so it doesn't go with the male cosplays I want to do. XD;; My red one is awesome too, but it has hearts in it... which I guess would work for some KH stuff, actually, now that I think about it. ._.;

Anyhoo~

I made fall squash soup today. Pumpkin/potatoes/pears/onion in it, and Gouda cheese as a topping. It was really different from what I normally make, but turned out good. The whole family is in love with Gouda now, which sucks because it's really really expensive. :P

The other day, I found out that the used book store at the corner sells manga for $5 each. I may be in trouble lol. I got 1-6 of After School Nightmare, because I'd heard about it a while back and it sounded interesting.

Also, yesterday I went out with Mom and got my belated-birthday present, a new digital camera. It's tiny and black and I generally adore it. It takes really nice photos. Mom also got me a memory card for it, so it can hold something like 600 pictures all together now.

Dad was supposed to come up tomorrow morning for Christmas with us, but he's been called in to work on his day off again. No idea when he's actually going to make it up. This is the third time he's told us he's coming and then had to cancel. It sucks.

EDIT: And I mailed half of my Christmas packages the other day. The second half are going to be mailed next week, since Mom and I couldn't carry them all. >>;

When I moved back here I told Mom that I would cook and things like that to try to make up for having to be here. I feel so rediculously guilty about staying here, I'm way too old to be burdening my parents like this.

Anyway, since I moved out originally, I've really gotten into food from different cultures and things like that, so I told Mom and Lee that I don't intend to just cook things like meatloaf and spaghetti all the time, which is the kind of base, super easy, boring stuff that they live off of. I mean, I have made coke chicken, and a beef stew, and a pork roast as well, but you know. ♥

I've made a couple of Mexican dishes for them now, and a Japanese one, and then last night I made red curry for them to try. XD; It was... interesting, lawl. The peppers in it made Lee's throat burn, and the cloves did Mom in, but they both really liked it. So next time Imma cut down on the peppers and cloves, and add some pineapple (which doesn't normally go in red curry, but it still tastes yummy, so~)

Tonight I'm making chicken cacciatore. OMGOMNOMNOM. And I need to get some more ingredients, but I plan to make some Hungarian goulash and Mexican meatloaf at some point next week. Also, need to go through my recipes and produce a couple good fish bake onces as well, because Mom insists she doesn't like fish, but I'm sure I can convince her otherwise with some good swordfish or catfish dishes. Especially since she's never even had fish in 20 years. >3 *determined!*

I'm having epic amounts of fun cooking for more than just myself again.

Today was a really, really long day. With a ton and a half of driving. Plus, I was up super early this morning. ><;

Mom and I went up to Grandma's first thing this morning to take her to some apointments and to do some grocery shopping. We also brought her some cookies and stuff. She's doing much better right now than she was this time last month. She's feeling well enough that she's joking around some again, instead of being constantly subdued and depressed. It's a relief because I was really worried about her. Still am, but at least I know she's on the road to recovery.

After we were done doing everything with Grandma, Mom and I came home. The roads today weren't super great because of the snow and everything. There were quite a few cars in the ditches on the way up there and back as well.

Anyway, about an hour after we got home we had to go out again to go to the dentist, as I had an appointment at 3:30 and then she had one at 4:15, so we were there for over an hour and a half in total. Pretty boring, really. I had a cavity filled, so now my jaw hurts. -__-;

Once we were finished at the dentist we went to the health food place to buy fake peanut butter for me to bake with (as actual peanut butter, you know, KILLS ME), and then to the bulk food store for a whole bunch of misc. baking supplies, as well as rabbit food. Tonight I'm not doing any baking (screw it, I'm tired and need a break XD;) but tomorrow I'll start up again with the next three batches of lemon cheesecake cookies, and the (faux) peanut butter danties, and possibly the coconut macaroons.

Then on top of all that, I made soup for dinner. But that wasn't hard because I just made minestrone. XD; It mostly comes from cans (kidney beans, lentils, tomatoes, etc.) and only takes about 20 minutes to put together and cook, lol. We also had garlic bread. :3

Oh! And today I got a package in the mail, with some DVDs I bought for my brother and Mom for Christmas, as well as season 4 of House and the first two seasons of Dexter that I nabbed when Columbia House had them on sale for like $17 each. There's still one Columbia House package to go with the stuff that Mom ordered through my account, and three things I got off ebay (a video game for my brother, two bobbleheads for my Dad, and my Haruhi figure.)

I also need money for buying the last of what I want to pick up for Mom, and for Dad, and for shipping freaking packages, but I have NONE DAMMIT. NONE. I'm so pissed off, all my packages are going to be late, and so is most of Dad's present, and probably half of Mom's as well, and I can't do anything about it until my freaking credit card comes in. ><;;

So if you're getting a package from me for Christmas, I'm really sorry but it's going to be late. D:

I wasn't feeling well most of the day yesterday, so I pretty much slept all day. I was up for a couple hours in the evening though, long enough to do an AIM long with Maddie, Reppy, Katie and Cassandra-san. ♥ It was drama-rific. xD;

The only thing I ate yesterday was a bagel. Still not hungry, but I made some vegetarian lasagna anyway because I know I need to eat. Also, out of boredom, I put together a stew to cook in the slow cooker for tonight. The bunnies got lots of veggie trimmings.

Tonight I'm probably going to get baking again. I still have shortbread to do, plus other cookies and stuff as well.

Been up since 4 this morning. After sleeping all day yesterday I guess it makes sense. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep, so I'm puttering around, watching movies and rping and stuff to kill time. Today is vampire and werewolf movies. 30 Days of Night, Skinwalkers and right now The Forsaken. Fun stuff.

Yesterday morning the red wig I ordered for Lavi cosplay at AN (and possibly/probably Otakon) came in. It's the perfect colour, but longer than it needs to be, so I have to trim it, and then style it so it sticks up where it's supposed to. In January I'm ordering a pair of boots for Lavi and Org13 Demyx; I'm going to use them for both cosplays, and just add the white to them for Lavi with tape or something. Yay cosplay. ♥

Along with some stuff I ordered for people for Christmas, I also have a few things coming in that are just for me because I wanted them and happen to have some extra money this month. >.> A copy of the movie Werewolf Samurai because I just couldn't pass it up. WEREWOLF. SAMURAI. FUCK YEAH. Also a Suzumiya Haruhi figma figure (that I think is in scale with my Kadaj figure so I'm tempted to take lulzy pics of them for Pronnie), and a playarts Axel figure from the third formation arts set.

My next accuisitions will be the Axel figure to go with my Roxas one, and Reno from Advent Children. :3 Then a bunch of other ones because there's like fifty KH/FF/misc figures that I want.

Oh, and completely random, but I asked for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for Christmas. DO WANT. Also, Tales of the Abyss, which I can't find anywhere dammit.

EDIT: My formation arts Axel just came in. :D He's on the shelf next to Agito now. ♥

EDIT #2: ...I just fell down the last half of the stairs. I bent one toe backward until it popped out of joint. Luckily, it popped back in on it's own when I flexed my foot. But fuck, that hurt. I hate it when I dislocate joints. ><; Before you ask, yes, it's a relatively common occurrance. >>;;

Yesterday when we went out grocery shopping, Mom and I went to Walmart, where I found more candy canes in fun flavours. X3 I got apple-raspberry, cherry, chocolate-mint and maple. MAPLE CANDEH CANES LMAO. I bought a bunch to send to people with cards and stuff for Christmas. >3

Today I cooked a huge turkey dinner; turkey, stuffing, potatoes, turnip, carrots and creamed peas. Also gravy and cranberry sauce, and then cherry pie and pumpkin pie for dessert. OMG so yummy. But also tons of work. Plus then Mom and I did dishes afterward, and for like three hours today we were out at the mall doing Christmas shopping.

At the mall we found a 365 desk calendar of dragons for my brother, and I found a DVD of Robin Hood: Men In Tights that I made grabby hands at, so Mom got it for me for a stocking stuffer gift. :3 Then at the bookstore I bought myself volume 21 of Fruits Basket, volume 4 of D.Gray-Man and the first volume of The Gentleman's Alliance, as well as Twilight because despite all the wank and stuff I can't help being curious. >>;

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow for all you USA people! ♥

Today I cooked coke-chicken, rice and cauliflower for dinner. It was nummy. Then afterward I gave one of the bones with some gristle on it to Sora, and he made the ratty equivalent of the X3 face. It was rather adorable.

Also, made cake today. Om nom nom.

Alright, so in exchange for crashing here Mom made me promise to bake a cake for her. XD; Haha, aparently she's been craving cake for a while now. And I don't mind-- seriously, I was like "I can bake at your house! 8D!" Because I <3 her kitchen SO much AND they just got a new stove a couple weeks ago omg it's sex for cooking. *w*

So I just pulled the cake out of the oven (butter pecan) and it's cooling before I ice it later. Now I'm making mini-pizzas for late-lunch, and considering looking up a recipe for hermit cookies and making a batch of them as well. Gots to get all my cooking/baking in before I go back to the crap kitchen/stove at home. :P lol.

For a completely unrelated topic, when Mom dropped off her luggage for me a couple days ago, I set at test-packing everything for Otakon, and not only have I figured out a way to fit everything (including my portable sewing machine in case of wardrobe malfunctions), I'm pretty sure I'll have enough room to bring Tet-chan too! :3

BEHOLD I AM THE QUEEN OF FITTING AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF STUFF INTO SUITCASES. >D Possibly rivaled by etcetera_cat, though, I've gotten exploding England-packages from her before lawl.

...and now I believe I'll be going to munch mini pizzas and watch a movie. Possibly with zombies. :D

EDIT: HERMIT COOKIES OMG YEY. >w< Hehe. ♥♥

CSI was supposed to be a new episode this week (finally), and then... they're playing a repeat. ARGH. What a pain. -.-;; Oh well, I guess eventually they have to start playing new ones again. Maybe next week.

lol omg, I was downstairs cooking foodz for dinner, and I needed a container for extra cabbage (mmmm cabbage <3), so I reached up to the top of the fridge... and discovered the pears. =D;; Or at least they used to be pears. A long, long time ago from the looks of it. xD; They were in a bowl on top of the fridge and I guess Sarah and I both forgot about them. When I pulled the bowl down they were 90% liquid, and smelled like wine. 8D;;

Yeah it was pretty bad. And also kind of amusing. I'm relatively sure I could have gotten drunk off what was left if I'd had the inclination to. XDD;;

Ah, I was bored last night in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep (OMG SO MUCH PAIN D:) so I ended up watching the last half of the extended version of The Return of the King. I dunno why. I'd forgotten my love of that movie, and LoTR in general. I'll have to watch them all again some time soon~

First, last night the fucking pipes in the basement burst AGAIN. Last time it happened, the landlord refused to get a certified plumber in to fix it, and instead got Don to "fix" them. (Not to mention not paying for the clean-up afterward, so Robin and Jayne had to do it.)

For those who are new (since I have a bunch of new friends now~ *waves*), Don is the handyman ourlandlord gets to do everything, and he's inept.

So Don did a half-ass job, and of course, the sewer pipes burst again. I wasn't really surprised with Robin called last night to tell us. Pissed off, yes. Surprised? No.

This time, he didn't even bother contacting Don and the landlord, he just called a plumber himself; so Robin and Jayne are paying for the plumber, and they're going to do the clean-up AGAIN. God, I hate this fucking place.

Anyway, so I'm at Mom's for tonight since we (again) can't turn the heat on until the basement is cleaned up and aired out, or the sewer-smell will go all throughout the house. It's cold this time, too. Last time at least it was warmer...

BLEGH.

Second, a bit happier... I made onigiri today. XDD; I bought an onigiri mold a while ago and it came in today so I had to try it out. My onigiri look like onigiri now! :D

Mmm vegetable lasagna. ^.^

Today was shopping. Yey. Nothing special, except that Mom randomly decided I needed a new winter coat, so she took me out to buy one. xD; It's so pretty, green with furry white trim and stuff. :3 it was so friggin expensive though. I feel bad, she out of the blue decided to buy me a $200 coat. =3=;;

Other than that, I bought a bunch more stuff for making oden! =D I got almost everything, but I still needed konbu and shitake, so we went to a different grocery store to see if they had them and THEY DID. \o/ SO EXPENSIVE, THOUGH! >>;; They also had soumen noodles so I bought some of those too because I'm a dork. XD

I still can't find konnyaku, so I might have to sub with something else. Oh well.

Also, our normal grocery store had gnocchi, so I got some to try. And Halloween candy to give out next week, yep.

EDIT: Crap, I forgot to buy carrots. Oh well.

Man, another catch-up post. And I still have to deal with all my backlogged photoblogging photos too. >>; I'll do that later I guess. So!

1) Transformers is out on DVD now, and I don't have it yet. D: I ordered it through Columbia House, but I have to wait for it to get here. That's what I hate about CH, there's no "I'm buying this movie now and taking it home to watch immediately", you have to wait for it to get to you. Bah.

2) Grandma! ...is feeling much better the last few days. It makes me happy, because I was really worried about her, she was so depressed and was feeling sick and everything. She's taking her driver's test again tomorrow, so GANBATTE GRANDMA. I'm sure she'll do well now that she's feeling better. :3

3) Tetsuya's temp. wig, his new eyes (metallic red and black), and one pair of his shoes and one outfit have come in. Haha, his wig came in yesterday and I picked it up today at the same time as I was mailing his head away for his face-up. D'oh! xD; So I can't even try it on him until he gets back, haha.

On a related note, I mailed him airmail so he should get to aiko_yamada in a few days. I'm really pissed and worried though, because I asked for $200 worth of insurance on the package, and they can't give you insurance unless you mail express, which was like $50. I can't afford that. That's $100 for shipping both ways, never mind the insurance on top of that, so I had to just mail him airmail and hope for the best. Aiko, can you mail airmail down there and get insurance when you're sending him back? I'll send you extra money for it if you can.

4) When I bought Tetsuya's new eyes, I got him red and black because he needs both depending on his mood. Shut up I know he's a doll. >>; While I was at it, I also randomly bought a pair of metallic cobalt eyes just because they were so pretty. I have no use for them, but I still <3 them. I'm an idiot! XD

I also really like the animated eyes Volks have. More this type than the other two.

5) I bought sake today! :D Why? Because I randomly decided I'm going to make oden, and I need some for the broth. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to buy it though, because I have no photo ID and I look younger than I am, so I made my step-dad come in with me... and then no one questioned it. Yay? XDD;

6) Man, Rizu has been... it's just been Rizu. XD; Things are going so well, and we have tons of characters and it's lots of fun. Also lots of random pairings. Rufus/Demyx FTW last night. xDD;; It was actually pretty hot. >>;

Hmm, so far I've got Hikaru, Demyx and Kyo; Hika is all wrapped up in Kao as usual, but that's not a surprise. Right now they're going as commoner schoolgirls to a Halloween party. ^^; Then Demy is at the same party, along with Zexion, and he's dressed as Aquaman but Zexy doesn't have a costume, the spoilsport. The two of them are also sharing a bed at night right now because Zexy has no furniture yet. .__.; Demy's all embarrassed because it turns out he's a snuggler in his sleep. XD; And Kyo... is making enemies easily, of course. He works as a waiter (just because I thought it was hilarious), and just argues with Ludwig whenever they encounter each other. AND PWNZ HIM TOO, I MIGHT ADD firebird_88 BWAHAHA. >D

7) Most of my catch-up photoblogging photos will be of Tetsuya I think. I have to go through the ones I've taken, but I'm pretty sure I've been snapping pics of him a lot lately. Is anyone surprised? >>;

8) Man... I have to pack up some of my ponies. They're everywhere, taking up space on all my shelves and stuff, which I don't mind so much... except I have nowhere to put new ponies when I make them! ^.^;; So I guess I'll pack up the ones I've got finished for AN and store them away until the con next May. That way I can fill my shelves again. Also, turns out Kanda-mun comes to AN every year and we saw each other this past con~ X3 It's a small world after all~ *music note*

9) Phantom has been really affectionate lately. O.o I mean, affectionate for her; compared to Pagan she's still not super cuddly. But earlier tonight she was out to play and I got her some cheerios (she <3s cheerios, especially the ones with dried berries in them) for a treat, and instead of waiting until I could set them on the ground for her, she actually hopped up into my lap and ate them from my hand! It's the first time she's ever come up into my lap on her own! =3 So I fed her like half a box of friggin cereal because I was so happy. XD;

10) ...I think that's about it. .__.; *goes to upload some Demyx icons*

1) I'm at Mom's, which is fine, and I brought the rest of my stuff to finish up the jam here. I got two batches done (I'm doing it in smaller batches now, about half the size of the ones I was doing before and it seems to be setting alright because of it \o/) and... ran out of sugar.

gnsdwgujheryijklgnjhfk;dh! ;.; Come on! I have three more batches to do, and I'll be done! DONE! *weeps*

2) In other news, cat_mcdougall got her P.O.S. today, which means kierseth should get hers pretty much any day. The rest of them will take a while because they're overseas. It makes me sad that Cat isn't on LJ anymore, though; I can't see if she liked the stuff I sent or not! D=

So I made an IJ and friended her just for that. I'll probably never use it, but whatever. I guess if I ever need it, it'll be there. xD;;

3) Also, I have to take Pauper to the vet on Friday afternoon. I wish I could take her earlier, but I don't drive and I can't get a ride until then.

She's got a bald spot by her eye that I noticed this morning; I mean completely bald, no hair whatsoever. It's blue-ish and about the size of a thumb print, but that's big for a 3-pound animal; it's also got a few little blisters around the edges... or something like blisters anyway. I'd take her in regardless, but I'm actually a little worried this time... *pets her*

I hope it's nothing serious, but I get the feeling it is. Haa, it's been a while since I've been this worried about one of my critters...

Mmmm... today I'm not feeling super great. I've been really tired and kind of sick to my stomach. Dammit I can't get sick! I actually have plans for Friday for once! GRR. Well, I rested a lot today and tomorrow I'll try not to push myself and hopefully it'll be fine.

Tomorrow I have to do groceries, though, since I won't be around Friday to go. I don't have much to pick up, so Mom's going to take me out after she gets home from work. I need more jars. Jeez, I have like a hundred of them already but they're not enough. XD;;

SPEAKING OF! I fixed the jelly, and I think I think I think it might be alright now. I still need to taste it again to make sure, but I tasted it before I jarred it and it seemed alright. Plus~ it set and I'm soooo happy about that. =3

( Photoblogging, Day 49 )

And now I have to go find something to eat, since I haven't had anything today. I'm not really hungry, but if I don't eat I really will get sick. -.-;;

EDIT:: gahugnfuhygdkjhg;kl *____* I tried the jelly again, and it's sooo good! Imma keep it all, BWAHAHAHA. >D lmao I couldn't eat that much jelly if I lived on it. xD;;