We got Zero fixed

This morning we took Zero to the vet to get him fixed.

I picked him up from the vet around 4 and brought him home before heading back to work, as soon as I let him out of the cat carrier he was so cuddly and he could not stop purring, it was so cute. I wish I could have stayed home with him.

He also ended up having to get a small hernia removed in his belly. When I got home today some of his stitches were already coming loose, it looks like he's been pulling on them a lot. Thankfully nothing opened up and he's not bleeding or anything, but to keep him from tugging on the stitches I had to make him a little wrap.

He looks so silly. It's just a sleeve from an old shirt. He's not pleased with me right now, but it had to be done. The stitches come out in ten days. I love kitties with shaved tummies!


Sorry, Zero. You're a trooper though!

Jellyfish!

Just thought I'd share a little paper and button picture I  put together today.

Nothing too fancy.

 close up of the jellies

Hope you like it!

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Another movie review! I may even end up making these a regular posting, I watch a lot of movies.

Exit Through The Gift Shop is a documentary that shows us the journey of frenchman, Thierry Guetta, an LA resident who owns a vintage clothing shop. After an obsession with filming every aspect of his every day life, he gets into the habit of filming the street artist know as Space Invader, leading him into meeting many more well know street artists including the talented British artist, Banksy - who also happens to be the director of this film. Thierry will quickly come Mr. Brainwash.


After following around multiple street artists, filming every moment of it, Thierry claims to be making his own documentary on the subject. After months of filming and nothing to show for it, Thierry is encouraged to put down the camera and become a street artist himself. This is where Mr. Brainwash is born, becoming a star almost overnight. Mr. Brainwash opens an art gallery show displaying all his "work", most of which is suspiciously similar to the styles of the artist that he surrounded himself with during his filming.


Most of the footage was captured by Thierry's filming adventures. Exit Through The Gift Shop has a great humorous feel to it, and can be easily enjoyed.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I have some exciting news!

I just made an appointment with Priscilla of Boston to check out wedding dresses! Ah!
I'm so so so excited. The appointment is for August 20 @ 1pm!

I've got a fairly decent amount of people coming along for the ride including: my mother, my grandmother (Oma), my sister, Westly's mother, Westly's sister, my best friend Jess (maid of honor), and my two brides maids (one just so happens to be a guy!) That's nine altogether, including myself. I wish everyone could come!

It's about a three hour trip from here to Boston, so we still have to figure out all the kinks in transportation. I do think we're going to be renting a van though, if not, we'll probably just take two cars and assign drivers.


I've been meaning to make the appointment, but I just got around to it today. I guess I'm super early though, because the lady I spoke with said "Wow! We're not even booking that far ahead yet!" Ha, and I was worried about getting in on that day!


I've looked around for dresses online, and I have a good idea of what I'd like. But I can't say anything for sure yet simply because I'm not sure what will be most figure flattering for me until I try them on. I do really love lace though! I just want something elegant and simple.





I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!

xoxo

LUSH Cosmetics: Review

As stated in a previous post about LUSH products, I'm doing a review on the items that I've purchased. I just only received them earlier today, but I just tried them out! I was so excited when I finally saw that I had a package awaiting me.

So I opened up my little brown box and in it was not only the two items I purchased, but also a small zine called LUSH TIMES, which I'll be flipping through shortly. It's got a ton of other products featured. Along with that there were two small samples soaps.

Fresh Farmacy cleanser: The bar was actually a bit bigger than I anticipated, and much more fragrant. Which, both, are very good things in my opinion. This cleanser is a pale pink wedge bar with a very strong floral scent. At first I was a little taken back at how strong it was, but it's actually very calming. You can definitely tell that the products are hand made and very organic. The soap is a little gritty at first but it lathers up really well, and leaves your skin feeling so clean and so soft. I love this product already and I've only just used it once! Now, again, this particular cleanser is specifically formulated for oily and "troublesome" skin.

T-Tree Toner Tab: When I took the tables out of the box they were a bit crumbled, but they're individually wrapped so it wasn't much of a problem. As directed, I boiled some water up, placed the tab in a semi-shallow bowl, and after I let the water cool down just a bit I poured it right over the tablet. It dissolved very quickly and fizzes a lot. After the fizzing all you have to do is keep your face over the steaming bowl of tea tree water and enjoy it's effects. It's extremely refreshing! I heard mixed reviews about the tablets, that they smell too strong, and if you keeps your eyes open it burns. I didn't have either of these problem. It's got an herbal smell to it, but it's fairly subtle and I enjoyed it. For me, it was very soothing. I didn't have any problems opening my eyes in the steam of it, either. Though it is more relaxing with eyes closed, but it certainly didn't burn. You can also just get tea tree water from LUSH as opposed to the tablet, but I think I much rather prefer the tablet. it's like a small spa visit in a tiny package, plus you can keep the left over water and use it as a liquid toner for future uses. My skin feels so amazing and smooth after using the t-tree toning tablet.


I enjoyed both of these LUSH products and I will definitely be ordering from them in the future. In fact, I do plan on getting their henna hair dye in Marron pretty soon, which I will also do a review on.

I'll do an update on these product in about two weeks to see if they've done what they claim to do in helping my skin so stay tuned!

Icicle photos!

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share a few of the ginormous icicles hanging around here.

I couldn't even get the entire icicles in the photos they're so big! Some of the biggest ones are almost 9ft. As pretty as they are, and as pretty as the snow is, I'm growing very tired of it. As I'm sure everyone else is. Snow is only great the first time, after that it's just too dirty and yucky and cold.

As it's getting a little bit warmer here, things are starting to melt during the day. This is beginning to be a problem, because now all the icicles outside our windows are starting to melt, and the water is starting to seep through the walls. I've knocked down a lot of the smaller icicles but most of them are just too big.

But alas, they are still very pretty.

The Parking Lot Movie

With all the snow storms lately Wes and I have been searching Netflix for 5 star movies to watch while there's nothing else to do. So far every movie we've picked out has been great, but my favorite of them all was The Parking Lot Movie.

The Parking Lot Movie is an independently filmed documentary about a particular parking lot located in Charlottesville, Virginia called The Corner Lot. It's such a charming film with a lot of strangely eccentric and lovable characters involved in this one parking lot. The owner of the lot has employed over a hundred people to work for him since he first opened the lot in 1989. We go through the day-to-day with former and present workers of the lot, which funnily enough, most of them don't even drive themselves.

This film has a very Zen like feeling to it and it's hard to not instantly fall in love with. In a way, it's a right of passage for most of the guys involved, some of which take the job much too seriously. It's a way of life. It's a struggle with society.  It's more than just a parking lot, while at the same time "it's just a parking lot."

A simple idea turned to a simple film, and it's definitely one I would recommend to everyone.

If anyone else has seen this movie, I would love to hear what you thought about it!