Ok, here's the deal...

Posting pictures every day is hard sometimes. But when I don't do that, I don't do anything. And I have a smartphone now! I can (sort of) post right from my phone. So we're going to give this another run, because I kind of miss it. Look for regular updates starting soon. Until then, enjoy this more recent picture of Duke hanging out with his bff Jonathan.

Look at how big he's gotten!

Hair Twistys

On Monday, one of the girls who sits next to me in my lit. class was telling me about these cool hair things she had. They look like big twisty bobby pins and are apparently a really easy way to put your hair up. So when I made a Walmart run with some of my friends the other day and saw them sitting on a display at the end of an aisle, I figured I'd give them a try.


Here's what they look like on their own. They also come in a darker color for those of you who aren't blond. They were pretty easy to get the hang of, and worked a lot better than I thought they would. I had assumed that I'd at least need to fix it up a little, but they stayed in and held my hair in place all day.

Side note- I didn't take this picture. It's a screenshot from the Goody website. Coincidentally, does anyone else hate the new Google Image Search?


I gave them a try yesterday, and really liked them. I did take this picture in the morning, but aside from getting rained on it looked pretty much the same at the end of the day. It was a fairly quick operation, too- all you have to do is twist your hair around, then screw one pin in from the top and the other in from the bottom and you're good to go. It'll be nice on days when I'm running behind in the morning. Ashley, the girl who told me about these things, had a messier bun than mine is, probably because she has much longer hair. Something to keep in mind if anyone is interested in them.

Whatsit Wednesday

Ok, I stole the title from the Daily Squee, but it's very fitting. I think so, anyway. Now, onto the whatsit!


Here's what we know about the whatsit:
-It's a puppet
-It's from the Milwaukee Zoo
-It's supposed to be a giraffe.

Here's what we suspect about the whatsit:
-It's a bunny disguised as a giraffe, OR
-It's a giraffebunny

What do you think? Giraffe? Bunny in disguise? Giraffebunny hybrid? Or just really cute?

Penguins

Ok, yesterday's picture is actually a screenshot from one of the websites I was at, because I thought it was funny.


I was trying to check out the Pibgorn comics on GoComics, and they were having some technical difficulties. Apparently, penguins were behind it. Crazy penguins in fruit hats!

Day 5

Aunt Katie made the mistake of mentioning to my sisters and I that she would braid our hair for us if we wanted. Of course we did. Braids are so much easier when you're camping, for about a million different reasons.


I think she ended up doing mine on 3 different occasions. Thanks Aunt Katie!

Day 4

On Tuesday, there was a flea market in one of the small towns near the campground. A number of us got new sunglasses while we were there.


Colleen's were particularly awesome. Isn't she cute?!!

Like most of the things we did during camping, going to the flea market left us in need of a sweet pick me up.


So of course we biked down to the Corner Store for ice cream!

Packed and ready to go

Well, tomorrow is day one of our summer camping trip, so this morning I packed up all of the gear I'll be needing. You know, important things like a cuddly animal, bananagrams, and my magic cards :P


And, you know, other important things like clothes and reading material (though the nook will get packed later).

Silly sisters shopping

Yesterday, the weather finally seemed to get a little nicer, so my sisters and I went to the mall. We were going completely stir crazy after having been stuck at home during the storms. Of course, we don't really go to the mall to shop. We kind of just try on whatever weird things we find and then take pictures of them

Example: my sisters found some floppy hats at Gap


Sometime we try on cute accessories, too. Like this headband that B found at Francesca's:


Stay tuned- once prom season hits we'll be find some interesting dresses, too! lol

Weekend update

Found my camera cord! I left it on my desk. So here's what happened this weekend:

Saturday
I babysat my little cousin, who loves to walk around in big people shoes. He really seemed to like my black and white checked chucks. We probably spent a good 20 minutes walking around with them. Here's the little shoe thief just as he was putting my shoes on:



Sunday
Sunday I spend the morning/early afternoon at home before coming back up to school. I didn't notice when I got home Saturday night, but when I woke up Sunday morning, I saw this little guy sitting on my nightstand:


Now he's sitting on my dresser keeping an eye on my stuff while I'm at school. lol