31 January, 2010

We spent the afternoon at my grandparents' house today. I saw this cute little lion statue for the first time ever two days ago (When I asked my grandma how long she had had it, she said years - I don't know how I missed it!). Since he's so adorable, I decided to take a picture of him to share with y'all. It took me a couple tries to get a nice, clear close-up shot of his face, but I somehow managed it.



He's only about two and a half inches tall and resides on one of their bookshelves. A good place for such an intelligent-looking lion, I think. :)

30 January, 2010

After discovering we shared the enjoyment of painting ceramics, a friend (MOTS) and I decided to set up a mini moot at a store that my family and I paint at. We had a good turnout and a good time, too!

We managed to procure the shop's party room so that we could talk (and be silly *whistles*) without bothering other customers. The owner of the store and one of her employees dug up this quote and wrote it on their party room's whiteboard just for us (without the favor even being requested)!

29 January, 2010

We had Culver's for supper this evening. I thought the emblem on the soda machine had a really neat "old timey" feel to it.

28 January, 2010

It was one of those days where you can go out and shovel the driveway all you like, but, an hour later, there's another inch of light, fluffy snow covering the concrete.

27 January, 2010

It was a pretty uneventful day. I made it a point when I went to bed last night to finally load the iTunes card I got for Christmas and purchase some music. I decided to spend the majority of the card on a Gaelic Storm CD. (Sorry for the poor photo quality.)

26 January, 2010

This was an interesting photo to take, merely because I've never tried anything like it before. My mom actually won this shirt at the "girls' night out" archery shoot that we went to the week before last, but it wasn't the right size for her, so she gave it to me. As a rule, I'm not a pink, girly sort of person, but I love the words on it. So, just in case any of you ever had your doubts - I shoot like a girl. And I just don't see anything wrong with that. ;)

25 January, 2010

It merely looks like a large, blue rubber band, doesn't it? Well, to an extent, it is. However, that rubber band has been a wonderful piece of exercise equipment. I have been using it for a couple months now to continue to work my archery muscles during the six days of the week that I don't shoot. Pretty cool, eh?

24 January, 2010

Today was very slow-paced in comparison to yesterday. Nice and relaxing, I thought. We did some shopping this afternoon, including dropping by Barnes and Noble. I had hoped to pick up a Sherlock Holmes collection that I've seen there in the past, but they didn't have it in stock. Fortunately, they were able to put it on order for me! So, I should have a new book to read in about a week. ('Cos, you know, I just don't have enough novels to read. :P)



And I have a bonus picture for you today. My mom "invented" a new recipe today. 'Tis a meatball sandwich smothered with her special white Manicotti sauce, as opposed to marinara. Very tasty!


(Sorry about the poor lighting - my flash bleaches my subjects out something awful. Especially when they're mostly white. ;))

23 January, 2010

The twenty-third was a busy day. Woke up at six o'clock for archery, which we had to leave early in order to get to Golden, Colorado in time for our Carousel Society meeting. The meeting was where I took my picture. One of the members carves his own decorative carousel animals and taught four of the others some of his tricks. The below piece was done by a man that I shall call "The Dragon Man" for the sake of internet anonymity. The Dragon Man is an art major, so he had an advantage that the other members didn't have - however, all of their pieces turned out fabulously!

The impression I got was that The Dragon Man intends to finish this unicorn by carving an entire body for it. I do hope we get to see the results!

22 January, 2010

The below picture will (hopefully) explain my inability to create a long, elaborate post.