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I hate feet. I don't mean I have a general dislike for them. I hate them. They're icky, smelly, sticky, ugly.... blech! I really don't understand people with foot fetishes. At all. Maybe it's because my feet are so weird-looking. Maybe it's because I've smelled too many nasty ones. Maybe it's because certain people like(d) to put their feet on my bare skin when they were at their sweatiest/driest. I don't know. All I know is the only feet I want anywhere near me are my own or Jaden's... until he's about 8, and then I'll be telling him the same thing I tell everyone else. "Get your smelly, nasty, sweaty, bunion-laden, callous-crusted, snaggle-nailed paws OFF OF ME!!!!!

Jaden's cat came from the general direction of the bathroom, soaking wet. When I asked him what he did to his cat, this was the response I got: "I'm not gonna tell you!" That brought up a string of questions as I explored the possible source of wet cat.

"Did you put him in the tub?" There is no water in the tub, so that was a dumb question, I know.
"No."
"Did you put him in the mop water?"
"No." He honestly didn't smell like PineSol, but you never know.
"Did you pour water on him?"
"No."
"Did you put him in the toilet?" Seems like a logical question to me. I mean, how many more possibilities are there?
"No."
"Well, he got soaked somehow, and you're the only one who knows. Why is your cat SOAKING WET?!?!"
"First I put-ed him in the sink. And then I turned the water on. And I washded him all over, like this." As he demonstrated the manner in which he washed his kitty, all I could think was:

"G-d, you're lucky that cat has patience with your 4-year-old antics and whims. Because THIS could've ended very badly. And bloody." This was taken a little after he had started to dry out.

365 Day Photo Challenge is a challenge on Facebook that is pretty simple. All you do is create a blog (lucky me, mine is pre-existing), post a photo and blog about it, and then link the post to Facebook. Easy, right? This post originally linked to a 30 day challenge, but I've decided that it wasn't challenging enough. Since this blog is sort of on the back burner, I thought it would be a good way to do this challenge and get some use out of the blog I created specifically for photos. Now, if I can actually remember to do the damn thing.


Day 1: a photo of yourself with 10 facts

Fact 1: That is me. Up there. In the picture.

Fact 2: I hate getting my picture taken.

Fact 3: I have a scar a la Luke Perry over my right eyebrow from being very young and very stupid.

Fact 4: I have a ton of ambition and no follow-through.

Fact 5: I typically get around 4 or 5 hours of sleep every night. I work 9 1/2 hours most days. BUT I can't stay awake at home unless I keep myself occupied.

Fact 6: It's hard coming up with ten facts about yourself.

Fact 7: I want to have a summer challenge in which we barbeque absolutely everything all summer long. Now that it looks like it's warming up, maybe I can get started on it. If charcoal wasn't so expensive.

Fact 8: I hate wearing shoes.

Fact 9: If I had a fire pit, I would only use paper plates and cups and forks and then burn them. And I'd grill everything. I hate dishes.

Fact 10: I would rather do dishes than fold laundry.

I didn't even know it was supposed to snow. It did, and I had a nice LONG drive in to work yesterday. At least it kept things interesting, I guess.

One day soon I'll get out of the car and actually get a good picture of the river. Here you can barely see it. It's mostly frozen and snowy with the very middle still fast-moving and free-flowing. Not a bad place to have to wait while some geniuses try to push a car out of a snow bank with a truck.

The rest of these are all along one road, which was, thankfully, plowed and clear for the return trip!


These last couple are a huge icicle on the top/side of the house. I'm not really sure why the snow there didn't just slide off in a huge clump like it usually does, but here it is...

Post deep freeze. The water came back on and we showered. We got out of the house cuz we weren't smelly anymore.

 Despite how nice and toasty it looks outside, it was definitely not sweatshirt weather. In fact, it was still downright COLD.

He kind of missed the point of his fork. Twirling spaghetti around the fork? Why would I do that? I have spoon and knife! Still, it was a good day, and really nice to get out for a little bit.

My Android phone has some really cool apps. I personally gravitate toward the photo ones simply because I love taking really cool pics.

 These first pics were taken with the app called "Camera Fun Free" using the watercolor setting. I thought it was cool enough that a couple of these are set as my phone's wallpaper. Of course, little man thinks he's Mr. Cool, so he can't just pose for the camera like a normal person. He has to ham it up.




Oddly enough, this one makes him look like he just woke up. He had been up for HOURS, and this is just how the phone "drew" him.




This one used the canvas setting. I don't know if I like it so much, and I didn't really take very many pictures using it. Maybe it'll work better for outdoor snow shots.

This one was taken with the sketch setting. I admit I really like this one. It works really well on little man, but on pics of everyone else they have huge nostrils. I'll have to work with angles to see if I can get them to look passable.

This one is the "Camera 360" app. It has a TON of features and stuff you can do with the free version, and I haven't had a chance to really mess with it. Maybe this weekend I can play with it a little. Anyway, this was set to "back to 1839." Pretty cool, I think.










That's it for tonight. Hopefully over the course of the weekend I can get some more taken and some more put up. =)

I am entering the new year with a new blog! This one is for photos. I love taking pictures, and I've really slowed down on my picture taking because my facebook photo section is getting kind of overwhelming. So here I can post new pics, maybe some old pics, and tell a little story about the pics if one applies. It will also be a place where I can feature some of little man's pics because he got a camera from Santa and some of his shots are pretty amazing.

So, to get things started and so that this post doesn't look naked, here are a few of my favorites from 2010.