This is why projects don't work....

...I suck at them.

Also the time change, while lovely that it's light out later....has screwed with my ability to SEE the fields behind the house in order to take pretty pictures early in the morning. So...Project 2013 is turning into a 'semi-regular' kind of project.

Which means I might do it and I might not.

But hey...guess what? TATTOO!

This is the virgin naked arm.....my other arm looks like this....

So off we went to Tribe 2 in Glasgow which is fantabulous and highly recommended and a non-creepy establishment. 

Where Brunella began the work....Eff Why Eye she was the first woman in Milan to own her own studio. She's amazeballs. 

All done! Three Hours and a few moany complaints later....

I do so heart it......

The pic is kind of blurry....but this is almost a week in. The leprosy stage. Peeling and disgusting.
Yet I still love it! Also it's upside down in this shot but I'm too lazy to change that.

I love you arm tattoo....you complete me. 

Stirling - Mugdock Park

It is a magical place, Mugdock Park. 

23 March, 2013

A week of not landscapes.....

....because this happened......

I like to call this stage blissfully unaware...ohhh, look at my pretty pink box......

This is post-op....drugged up cat who does not approve of cone.....

5 nights of sleeping on the floor to be with her.....100 cone re-applications.....I might have slipped into a coma. She was also a tiny bit clingy.

See? And the cone? Stank. 

This stage was utter depression and denial. She even locked herself away in the kennel at one point. Sad kitty.

5 days later....RELEASED! Sweet freedom! This expression says 'OMG I can lick my ass again!'...utter joy. It also kind of says 'I will bite your face off in the middle of the night.'

Also 'Mommy bought me a chicken. Which was awesome.'

21 March, 2013

It's sunny today which is a nice change from the rain and/or snow.
A rare change.
On my first official day off on my self appointed spring break I filled my time with random acts of Holly. Planted an apple tree....watched true crime TV.....cut the cats claws.....googled a 50s style dress to buy for work.....installed two bird feeding hooks....and watched a documentary on Abraham Lincoln.
Fabulous.

20 March, 2013

There is less snow out there now - this makes me very much less horribly grumpy.
It also means that THE MOST USELESS MACHINE EVER CREATED DURING WEATHER PATTERNS CONTAINING SNOW will be able to drive today. Bonus.

It is also my last day of work for a little while as I've taken time off to spend with monkey, and the cat while she has her insides ripped out (thank-you baby Jesus....can't take another heat).

Next month? BIG THINGS. Yes, big secret things.
Also? Our third anniversary!

19 March, 2013

It snowed.

It snowed a very great amount up where we live.
Did you know Mercedes don't drive in snow? Not in one inch, not in one centimeter. And certainly not in half a foot.
Did you also know I can push a Mercedes (otherwise known as THE MOST USELESS MACHINE EVER CREATED DURING WEATHER PATTERNS CONTAINING SNOW) uphill? Yes. Yes I can.
Because I had to.

Twice.

I had help here and there....but it took awhile for that help to arrive.

I would just like to make it patently clear that pushing a giant car uphill directly after leaving the gym IN THE SNOW....in trainers and just your little gym outfit.....no jacket....sucks.

It sucks so much ass there there is no alliteration or adequate amount of exclamation points to emphasize the degree of ass sucking it contains.

I wasn't sure I could even make it into work. Certainly not using THE MOST USELESS MACHINE EVER CREATED DURING WEATHER PATTERNS CONTAINING SNOW.

But I did. Dedication folks.

And a strong desire not to be trapped in a house with a cat that has gone into heat. AGAIN.
I seriously suspect she's some sort of nymphomaniac feline.