Day 7

Day 07 - A picture of someone you miss.

:(

Day 6

Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.

Ok, so he’s not a “person”, but this cat has a sweet life.  I’d love to get treated like he does for one day.

Day 5

Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.

On our second trip to Laos, we rented a motorbike and went for a cruise outside of the town we were staying in.  In town, we stayed in cool bungalows in the midst of mountains and rice fields.  Perfection.  There was also a kitty.

Day 4

Day 04 - A picture of a good night.

Day 3

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day 2

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for the longest.

This is a tough one, I’m going to need multiple photos, since there’s a four-way tie for this one.

30 Day Photo Challenge–Day 1

Several people on my Facebook are doing this photo challenge, and I’ve heard some grumblings about my lack of blog updates, so I feel like I can get two birds stoned at once here.  30 day photo challenge on my blog!  I’m so crafty.

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

1. I have never dyed my hair.
2. Cats are totally sweet. 
3. I really don’t enjoy shopping, but I work in retail.
4. I love sending things in the mail to friends.
5. I have a morbid fascination with all things pathological.
6. I’m in the Medical Radiologic Technology program currently, and being an x-ray tech is not my first choice of career, but I’m sure I will enjoy it and find fulfillment in helping people.
7. It takes a long time for me to warm up to people, what friends I do have are very special to me. 
8. Believe it or not, I am a nice person.
9. Baking is like therapy for me.
10. Most of my taste in music can be accredited to my father.
11. Guinness is my favorite beer.
12. Laos is my most favorite country that I have been to thus far.
13. My guilty pleasure is watching shows like “Teen Mom” and “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant”.
14. I love Kit Kats.
15. Many of the people I have met in the last few months have completely changed my mind and overcome my first impression of them.  This doesn’t happen very often.

Day 2 Challenge

I know I’m a few days behind on the Blogger Challenge that I’ve joined, but I’m taking the “list post” idea, doing it late and thinking outside the box.  I’m also taking this opportunity to give a shout out to my mom, who I am certain doesn’t read this, but want to recognize publicly anyway.

I love making lists.  A few weeks ago, I posted a fun list about Douchebags.  But I’m not going to make this entry a traditional list-post like that.  I just want to talk about how much I love to make lists.  I was talking to Matt today, half-conscious, half-napping after work, and I realized that the purpose of my blog is not to get discovered as a writer (I have no interest in being a writer), nor is it really to keep people apprised of my life anymore.  Sure, the blog started out when I moved to Thailand, as a way to put my shenanigans all in one location for the reading pleasure of a few close friends.  But now it’s more of an emotional release for me, similar to how I had a Livejournal quite a few years ago.  I feel like getting all my thoughts and problems out of my head and into print somehow makes them less threatening.  Without the venting outlet of a blog or a firey text message to a friend, my problems would bounce around in my mind forever with seemingly no solution.  And even though I don’t care too much if anyone reads it, because the only thing I’m trying to achieve is to get out of my own head, it secondarily offers a forum for advice or helpful insights from people who have been there before, or just want to offer their supportive words.  (I do kind of care if people read it, it’s nice.)

But lists made on the back of envelopes and scraps of paper rule my life.  I have my mother to thank for this trait of mine.  I will make list upon list upon list: groceries, chores, life, bills, 5-year plans, errands to run, etc etc.  In a similar way with my blog and my emotions, a list gets my duties out from bouncing around in my head and onto paper, where I no longer need to worry about forgetting to get them done.  I can’t forget to get them done, they’ve been immortalized on the back of a SaskEnergy envelope until they get crossed off one by one.  I just find them immensely helpful and they keep me organized and sane.  Without them, bills would not get paid, the fridge would be empty and I would have no idea how many years it would be until we can afford to start having babies and weddings (not necessarily in that order).

  Thanks, Mom!

Bearface

As everyone is probably aware, Bearface is my super fave kitten.  In fact, it looks like we’re going to keep her.   And since I trust Lojo to keep her word and start calling her BF Bearface, here is a little sampler of Bearface being adorable.