I tell people that I don't like art... I really just don't want to go to a museum and look at pieces that everyone else thinks I should like. I don't care about your style or technique, or the materials you use... For me, art is so personal - it either speaks to my soul or it doesn't.

I fell in love with EarthArt (Laura Sue Peters) on Etsy. I ( Read more... )

Tonight I overcame a massively huge hurdle in my life ( Read more... )

About a month ago, we came to the earth-shattering conclusion that we were $800 in the hole every month. So we took a hard look at our budget, asked for advice (Trent from The Simple Dollar was a great help), and drastically cut our spending. Even after that, we were still $200 in the hole. So we looked again, this time making small changes to ( Read more... )

( Yay! )

I'm 27 now; these are goals to be completed before my 30th birthday. I wrote these goals when I was 22. ( Here's the status. )

Oh yes, there are actually happy things that happen in my life.

This weekend my lovely husband will be visiting, and we've got quite a day planned for Saturday. The SciFest is going on at the St. Louis Science Center, and we'll be attending two talks, as well as a trivia game (complete with adult beverages) in the evening! We've also broken up ( Read more... )

( My wedding day... )

Vinnie is flying in to STL tonight. Tomorrow we're going to the County Courts office and we'll be taking advantage of the county's free civil marriage ceremonies. Please, everyone cross your fingers for me, because I really hope all goes well this time around. I have been looking forward to marrying him since practically the day we met. I just ( Read more... )

Ben Folds Five are reuniting for a myspace concert on September 18th. Just announced today. It'd take me 12 hours to drive there.... assuming I can get tickets...... argh....

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Well I don't know about you, but I had an excellent weekend. Vinnie was here, which of course made it perfect. He flew in on Friday evening, and once he got in we pretty much just went to sleep. In the morning we got up extra early so that I could go to the grocery store and pick up a few things I needed to make him corned beef in the crock ( Read more... )