tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91722807795719401362024-03-12T21:18:57.804-05:00hello galuchkaHeidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-58130265541394262602010-07-21T12:52:00.002-05:002010-07-21T12:54:13.981-05:00Broken Links - I'm Moving!So I'm finally going to organize my photobucket account. I've been using it a bit for bluntcakes.com stuff and I just NEED to put this junk in files.<br /><br />I've also recently taken on a new email address, moving to bluntcakes@gmail.com and I think I'm going to move over to blogger with that address as well. We'll see. I'll work on figuring it out eventually.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-14425001437527249892010-07-09T11:18:00.003-05:002010-07-09T11:22:14.871-05:00Expresso Bean BusySuper hyper busy at work. So in anticipation I hit the coffee shop on the way to work for a giant iced coffee AND a little bag of dark choc covered expresso beans. Nothing like a billion things to do and being amped up on expresso. eeeee!<br /><br />I'll be working the next 12 days in a row, so the cartoon is going to take a little hit in regards to my attention, but I've decided that I need to diversify the story lines I'm working on. Although Cinco, the non-wrestling wrestler is really easy to come up with material for, I don't necessarily want to make him the MAIN character. So I'm working on adding Heidi's hubby. But I'm not keen on all their interactions turning into the often-seen bickering couple. We'll see how it rolls out.<br /><br />I'm still trying to navigate finding the tools to learning how to design and program the website...Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-32506781764568840602010-07-07T13:33:00.002-05:002010-07-07T13:54:58.325-05:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/bluntcakesbanner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 147px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/bluntcakesbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Since blogger just isn't doing it for me with the launch of my new cartoon, I've decided to get my very own domain...BLUNTCAKES.COM! I don't know yet exactly all the ins and outs of design a website, but I'm a smart girl, and with my brother Tyler, we'll figure it out. He's going to be the web content designer and I'll be the programmer-type. We want to launch in early August, and I'll post updates here. I'm excited!<br /><br />One decision I am having a hard time with is the character I developed with the Ultimate Warrior. I've been told, that he's a copyrighted character, and if I ever make a dime off my toon, that's an issue. So it's back to the drawing board for a new BFF for Heidi. I'm debating between scrapping a wrestler-type dude and keeping him under a new persona. I have a character in mind, Cinco, a character I created a LONG time ago when I geeked out in the late 90's and did eWrestling. <br /><br /><a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/bluntcakesbuttons-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 224px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/bluntcakesbuttons-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-16563986924164491362010-07-02T10:17:00.004-05:002010-07-02T10:25:43.973-05:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/cartoon062910UWshouting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 593px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/cartoon062910UWshouting.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />AAAH! Okay, first off, this blogger doesn't seem to work all that well for the formatting of posting my toons. I moved all the gadgets to the bottom, so now they're lost, plus it looks all weird...Lame. <br /><br />I've decided on a name for my new cartoon strip, Bluntcakes. Okay, it's just my derby name, but it's original (based on my google searches). My goal is to work on getting a stash of strips done and start a website, just for them. Look at this site: <a href="http://mycardboardlife.com/">My Cardboard Life</a>. That's the kind of website I want. Cute, funky, and all mine for my toons. But, with that said, I should get the internet back up and running at my house, alternatively, I could just continue to suck off the interwebs here at work.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-21273579677103208442010-06-29T12:20:00.002-05:002010-06-29T12:27:17.863-05:00'toon sneak peek!My cartoon is ready to hit <a href="http://www.oeuvremagazine.org/">Oeuvre </a>on Thursday, July 1st with their new redesign! I've got two strips that'll appear that day, and I'm excited. I've redesigned my old "Heidi" character and she's much cuter! Bob and I have several ideas brewing for future comics and we're currently discussing creating a small, but regular cast of characters. Here's a teenie sneak peek:<br /><br /><a href="http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/?action=view¤t=cartoon062810derbywishlist-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/cartoon062810derbywishlist-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/?action=view¤t=cartoon062810CPK-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/cartoon062810CPK-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />And yes, that's totally a dog holding a taco. Mmmm, tacos!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-19372126285446425902010-06-25T12:58:00.002-05:002010-06-25T13:08:24.906-05:00New ToonsI have been approached by an old buddy, who had been the editor of the Reader, is now working on his dream project: <a href="http://oeuvremagazine.org">Oeuvre: the arts web magazine for Duluth</a>. He's in the process of a redesign to hit the site on July 1 and has approached me for a cartoonist spot! He asked if I would republish my old work that had appeared in the local Ripsaw and the Reader several years back, but looking back on my work, I'm not exactly enthusiastic about it. So that leaves coming up with new work! <br /><br />One good addition I've made to my toon writing ideas is to add a backup writer, my buddy Bob. He's collaborated and done some funny stuff with a friend on their brief run of <a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=123114991">8-Bit Earth</a>, and it was funny stuff. I'm not thinking of changing my own format too much, the cartoon 'Heidi' will probably still appear in most of the cartoons, but Bob and I have about 4 good ideas in our pockets that we want to flesh out this weekend to get something to Dennis first thing on Monday. <br /><br />Another giant plus to this project is it's online. That means I don't have any size or format restrictions! Full color is possible and I can change up the sizing whenever I wish. <br /><br />One big thing I'm working on is the name of the cartoon. In the old days it was, "How 'bout you call me Panda?" Which is an inside joke amongst my family and has no meaning to anyone else. Hmmm, I need to work on the title...<br /><br />EEEEE! Science Friday on NPR is on! I have to go! Happy Weekend all!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-25819103792162661302010-06-21T12:53:00.003-05:002010-06-21T12:54:19.986-05:00Looks like a good waste of time.Who wouldn't want to waste some work resources and time to print <a href="http://www.cubeecraft.com/characters/character001.jpg">this off </a>and have a new desk buddy?Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-59404397771309669032010-06-18T15:09:00.002-05:002010-06-18T15:12:52.541-05:00Nothing fancyI've got no fancy links to give you like the other day. It's friday afternoon and I'm ansy to get out of the office. I've got tons of fun stuff to do this weekend! We're off to pick out Clay some new glasses afterwork and we'll see if I can pick out some sunglasses I actually like to get them all set up with my eye prescription. It'd be so nice to have Rx sunglasses! Then tonight it's rummage sale set up with Jeanna and some beers. Tomorrow she's doing the sale from 7 to 1 only, which is nice since I'm off to "The boys'" house afterwards for their Saturday night party. Bob has promised me CPK and I'm holding him to it. And the weather is beautiful out, I'm excited!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-58472101483324707912010-06-16T14:53:00.002-05:002010-06-16T15:13:04.823-05:00It's been awhile...I haven't posted to my blog in awhile. In fact, I'm sure it only gets like 10 posts a year, but it's something...I've been busy, okay?<br /><br />The toddler is starting to really get into letters and numbers. Very basically at least. He doesn't quite get how to count, but instead he pretends to count and says, "2...8...9...2...2..." and is working on the alphabet. At night, while I'm tucking him in, he'll play all the letter games I want, probably to keep me talking longer and put off the turning off of the lights. I go through the alphabet slowly and he repeats each letter in the cutest little voice ever. We often to it with Dad on speaker phone when he's working. He isn't saying a few of the letters well, but the speach therapist says that F's are especially hard at first. He says it more like, "EFFFPPPPTTTT".<br /><br />I'm taking a mini break from derby. Just for a few weeks while I'm getting busier at work and saving up for new skates after the tragic accident in Davenport, IA. But I think my first season of roller derby went remarkably well. I started in late October and made it into two bouts before the season was out. The league is up to 3 practices a week, and I'm sure after work calms down in mid-July I'll be back on the wagon causing giant derby girl pile-ups in no time!<br /><br />We officially have dumped internet service at the house, at least temporarily, and without cable as well, it's a little quiet, but good quiet. It's gotten me reading a bit and working on projects which is much more satisfying. My latest project is a little more 'craftsy' than I usually go for, but who could resist <a href="http://www.spritestitch.com/?p=108">Mario in cross stitch</a>? I recently read the first <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gunslinger-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0452284694">Gunslinger</a> book and honestly, it's a "dude's book", if that makes sense, I'm not going into details, but it was just so guy oriented, I couldn't get myself involved with the characters and am not planning on reading the rest of the series, I could care less what happens with The Man in Black.<br /><br />I'm timidly getting excited for the weekend. "The boys" are having a party Saturday night and if Clay gets home in time, I'll be toddler free and heading down to have some beers and laughs. Oh, and I've been promised some CPK and I know just what I'm going to order.<br /><br />Websites I discovered this week:<br /><a href="http://www.teefury.com/">Teefury</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/3533377395/in/set-72157616350171741/">365 days of stormtroopers</a><br /><a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/">Radio Lab</a>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-61047766746781297402010-03-11T21:39:00.002-06:002010-03-11T21:56:08.376-06:00The WolfmanOkay, I don't ever really 'review' things online, but I finally escaped tonight and went to a movie. I couldn't remember the last movie I've gone to, it's been a long time. I went alone, and it was pretty fun. Going alone felt so 'rogue', and I liked it. Based on comments my brother and best friend made regarding Alice in Wonderland, I opted to see The Wolfman. It has Anthony Hopkins, and that's all I needed to read to make my decision on what to see. I won't copy Ben's 5 star rating system, I like something with more options, so I'll go with the old school grading system. A down to F. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Wolfman (C+)</span> <br />Worth seeing in the theaters? NO<br />Worth renting? MAYBE<br />Worth purchasing? NO<br /><br />It was basically your run-of-the-mill werewolf movie. I caught on to the plot WAY too quickly, which is saying something. Anthony Hopkins did the best in his role compared to the other characters, but he wasn't mind blowing. I didn't fall in love with any of the characters. Visually I thought it could have been so much better. The effects were decent enough though, good gore and guts, okay werewolves. And there was a flat-lined love story thrown in. I could tell you the plot in less than 10 sentences, but then I'd be a plot spoiler, but trust me, it wasn't anything very spectacular, this movie's plot line just didn't throw me any punches and I wasn't impressed.<br /><br />One of the previews however caught my interest, "the Crazies", it looked a little zombie-ish, and who doesn't LOVE zombies? I need to find out more about this movie.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-28520494473511156502010-03-09T13:33:00.003-06:002010-03-09T13:45:53.297-06:00Brother/Sister Art Sale!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgstC9BuAuv2xyNdz8pRfqcBt-fSe_VZlanMHNGmZw_69jhn_f88_5DEdQKdiZdWGXL-p9cfyVgKBa6emGDalghSDfMQeNE3Q950p2Hz-RLB7i5oPXT84rKS4lLIBfW0KYx3kk_qci-s/s1600-h/2+(3).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgstC9BuAuv2xyNdz8pRfqcBt-fSe_VZlanMHNGmZw_69jhn_f88_5DEdQKdiZdWGXL-p9cfyVgKBa6emGDalghSDfMQeNE3Q950p2Hz-RLB7i5oPXT84rKS4lLIBfW0KYx3kk_qci-s/s200/2+(3).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446722269084835202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrfFPrqyhlsmOczyakszvZsjM_NQtKzJ3XUNFO5r_CYIDCCHWH0fLPV2dZjyrUF99fXpCbtZ7qz9rfkSikFIwqJr6QzVgS0eecSwB9NjgtYtWvQ11L_FMQq9_lvakcagMdhJPKo9IduI/s1600-h/2+(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrfFPrqyhlsmOczyakszvZsjM_NQtKzJ3XUNFO5r_CYIDCCHWH0fLPV2dZjyrUF99fXpCbtZ7qz9rfkSikFIwqJr6QzVgS0eecSwB9NjgtYtWvQ11L_FMQq9_lvakcagMdhJPKo9IduI/s200/2+(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446722250137456898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU9aJ9Amh89rzH5xlSav53AgDDBi0BBJMjszbyINb9LzAYfi9RbaEbxnYQflG-FIXJk3OGSo6wEO0VPwYWeb-OYiOWX0-hAHC6C1wsiYmhHbw8D0dJe02eZnBQRVy3kz9sThtsBLyIEk/s1600-h/2+(1).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU9aJ9Amh89rzH5xlSav53AgDDBi0BBJMjszbyINb9LzAYfi9RbaEbxnYQflG-FIXJk3OGSo6wEO0VPwYWeb-OYiOWX0-hAHC6C1wsiYmhHbw8D0dJe02eZnBQRVy3kz9sThtsBLyIEk/s200/2+(1).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446722244635028850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oZU0Hqs1OaHUJx7_NxDTe2RVx_NOoWCjLrU49dZZ6s9sQfLpKXLiHGj5QsZ4FwCKzawzUI8qc4rpnJDzooHqQL9sKleznoDXsAYEnAoepa3Olwgpyd_6O2Ed2pbOdn3TE99lV7-sSh4/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oZU0Hqs1OaHUJx7_NxDTe2RVx_NOoWCjLrU49dZZ6s9sQfLpKXLiHGj5QsZ4FwCKzawzUI8qc4rpnJDzooHqQL9sKleznoDXsAYEnAoepa3Olwgpyd_6O2Ed2pbOdn3TE99lV7-sSh4/s200/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446722238391059282" /></a><br />So Tyler and I finally found something to kick ourselves into action. To get really motivated to crank out some artwork. I got a random invite through someone who had liked my etsy store to participate in an art sale in April during the Duluth Gallery Hop event. <br /><br />Our idea will be afford-ably priced art for everyone. Small paintings and handcrafted art pieces for less than $20. The price for a booth at the sale is awesome, just $15. We're hoping to have at least 20 pieces each, but I think we'll end up with a few more than that even. Most of our work will be 8x10 stretched canvases in acrylics. Some panel work and found items too. <br /><br />It's just over a month away, and we've been texting and calling each other every night bouncing ideas off of each other. I'm excited to see what he brings and can't wait to see his work sitting by mine and hopefully other people will like what they see and want to take it home with them. The pictures here are from Tyler, sent over the phone, so I apologize for the quality. It's some of his concepts he's gotten together over the past couple of nights. The last one is really cool. He's testing out different paint on those cheap iron-on jean patches. Make your kid's (or yours too) tattered jeans super awesome with custom patches! I'm digging this idea! <br /><br />So, mark your calendars, April 17th at the old <a href="http://www.wsacduluth.info/">Washington school in Duluth that's an art co-op now</a>.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-17572634913067202582010-02-27T00:28:00.002-06:002010-02-27T00:47:33.781-06:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC06297.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC06297.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC06298.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC06298.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Finally, I'm going to have the weekend off. Although we don't have any big or exciting plans. Q and I will head to some random chinese restaurant with Dad tomorrow and probably hit up Petco. It's fast becoming Q's favorite place to be. He stops to talk to every bird, rodent, and fish tank. The big plus is that they have puppy play time which he loves as well. Cheaper than the zoo!<br /><br />I grabbed some fairly cheap watercolor paper this week. I've been bored with WoW (omg, did I say that out loud?), I've barely played in 3 weeks. I'm finally fairly rich, in game that is, and just have lost interest in logging in for any reason other than to see who's on and bullshit for a couple minutes. I just wanted to sit tonight and paint something really simple, so I wouldn't have to think too hard about what I was going to do, just to do it. <br /><br />Then, thanks to Bob's brilliant (sarcasm) idea, I started to paint a starship. Let's just face it, I should stick to nature or figures. I gave myself a 10 minute limit to just crank an image out. And I got some 5th grader concept of some abstract blob. But it's growing on me, and Bob's called dibs on it. lol. <br /><br />I shouldn't drink Monster before bed. I'm actually contemplating sorting through to organize my water color and acrylic paint collection-giant tool box thing. Who knows what's at the bottom of this thing. But maybe I'll find something good. <br /><br />I'm not going to name names, but I read some disturbingly biased opinions regarding a Batman vs. Indiana Jones debate. Are you kidding, Batman over Indiana? Here are my ideas...Batman is just a lame, entitled, rich kid with too much time on his hands. Sure, he's got every gadget ever dreamed of, but Indiana only NEEDS a whip. He's just that awesome. Take Batman's money away and you've just got an obsessive lunatic on your hands. As far as I know, he didn't even initially earn his riches either, right? I'm no Batman historian, but didn't his murdered parents leave him their riches? Plus, Indiana is just way more attractive. Two words, Harrison Ford. In movies alone, how many dudes have played Batman? His character is so elusive and wishy-washy that they can't even nail down one dude to play the part. It's like they aren't even that committed to the role. Batman=FAIL.<br /><br />I may have had too much caffeine tonight. Don't hate on me Batman-lovers. LOL.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-13504254133548704322010-02-03T20:25:00.003-06:002010-02-03T20:49:04.524-06:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC06260.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC06260.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /></p?<br /><br />I'm a little jealous that I won't be joining the team this weekend in the bou. It's in Fargo, and I don't really have the option to dump the 2 year old with anyone anyhow. In two weeks is my 5 day work trip to the cities, and that'll be enough work for my parents and Clay. Tonight during practice Q went with my mother. She brought him to the library and reported he was an angel, so they went next to Target. He's got to be pushing over 45 pounds now and is very strong (I married an ogre, so he's kind of an ogre toddler) and he pitched a fit and wouldn't get into the cart. She seriously had to leave since he was over powering her and thought if she told him they'd have to leave unless he calmed down, would be some sort of a good lesson. I know he's only 2, and his speaking skills are a little low, but WHEN is he going to get out of this phase? I'm surprised she couldn't wrangle him of all people, how many years did she do early childhood education? He cried when she left, and waved out the window. He calls her Moomom instead of Grandma. How cute. I think maybe she just pushed his limits for one night, library, shopping, and a haircut. <br /><br />I do have the chance to get on the roster for the upcoming bout in Appleton, WI on March 6th, which I seriously think I should shoot for. The only 'cons' about the idea is that since it's so far out of town, I probably won't have much for friends or family that could go, and since the big BFF Vegas trip is later in the month, I again, feel like I'd be pressuring other people to take the toddler too many times in one month. But the 'pros' for going include their track. They skate on a sport track, some sort of semi-permanent flooring that I hear is a little on the spongy side, which for a beginning skater is a great first bout experience. <br /><br />Practice tonight went well. Since the girls have the bout this weekend, we worked on lots of scrimaging and contact drills. I beefed up the aggression and threw more hits than usual since I've gotten some slack about not making enough contact. I think my fav position is blocker 1 or 2, which I expect is a decent beginner spot to be in, although I get put in Pivot often too. Find me a buddy or two and it's on! Tomorrow I should be getting my new 62mm, 92a wheels and some cheap ass bearings for the used skates I bought off a friend. I cannot wait to get used to these skates, since for the last 4 months I've been skating in the rink rental skates. I don't know how I even do it, they're so kitty-wompas that you never know what you'll get and they don't grip at all.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-79015564067546723262010-01-21T22:53:00.003-06:002010-01-21T23:05:35.692-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8TrfWdSGLKV_Ebqva6i_1c4G6Gj9VPuW_rveVhh0yqzHQPK56yMbqMv61i-FKvzoVc2ddgGsrV0tyNcTJINWMn4UmYFPcmR2jeedove_7EKzyOA9C6A-QfV9EhLAPcU78cAJstkQiq0/s1600-h/19335_264797213604_523218604_3241299_885363_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8TrfWdSGLKV_Ebqva6i_1c4G6Gj9VPuW_rveVhh0yqzHQPK56yMbqMv61i-FKvzoVc2ddgGsrV0tyNcTJINWMn4UmYFPcmR2jeedove_7EKzyOA9C6A-QfV9EhLAPcU78cAJstkQiq0/s400/19335_264797213604_523218604_3241299_885363_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429423155589614802" /></a><br /><br />The league had derby portraits taken for our soon to be updated website. I'm happy enough with mine. I'm not really a girl that knows how to pose cute for pictures, but I tried. Nice logo on the shirt though, oh yeah, I did it. :)Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-61496875388613572432010-01-01T21:08:00.002-06:002010-01-01T21:11:10.663-06:00So in addition to this blog, I've decided to take up a project for 2010, a photo-a-day resolution of sorts. We'll see about the photo a day, but I've seen other people's photo-a-day projects and liked the idea that at the end of the year, one could easily review each day to look back on the year. Mine won't be arty pictures, and I doubt anyone outside of my little circle in the world would be remotely interested, but I'm doing it more for myself.<br /><br />http://www.photoblog.com/bluntcakes/Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-81750427932078059712009-12-31T21:12:00.003-06:002009-12-31T22:05:00.421-06:00Heidi in Review, 2009.I'm home alone with the toddler for the New Year. Not that I mind, I have NO interest in the bar scene, and since Clay is out working somewhere in Iowa tonight, I'll happily drink wine out of my favorite coffee mug in my comfy pj's. I heard that my brother was doing a "year in review" for his wife and son and thought it was a good idea.<br /><br />2009 Highlights:<br />January - I was fresh off the buzz of a fantastic December. It was the trip to Vegas for my 40th with my 3 best friends, the boys. While on this trip I got the call I was looking for, a job offer! I was out on the casino floor when my cell phone caller ID popped up with the college's number. I ran into an elevator to get some quiet to take the call. So in January I was fresh on the job, trying to figure out who the hell I was working for and what the hell an Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Special Project does. I had to scramble to find daycare. The baby was a baby back then, still on the bottle and still not walking. <br /><br />February - Fired that daycare. I just didn't like them, it was too big and busy a setting for Q. They had too many billing rules, including a rule that I paid for daycare on days the school closed for bad weather, which they did whenever the school districts did, which was too often for my taste. The last straw was the sign on the baby room that said, "Your infant may have been exposed to head lice." Don't lecture me, I know head lice is a part of life, but hell if I was going to let it get near my 1 year old. He didn't struggle in the NICU and have 2 brain surgeries and come out unscathed to be taken care of by <em>those </em>people. My big first work project was in Feb. as well. A 5 day event I coordinated in Minneapolis for 22 people. The hotel was awesome, I am kind of looking forward to that trip this year. I've learned some lessons that will make this year better, and they have the best hotel breakfast, you couldn't even dream of a nicer breakfast. My own room on the executive floor, it's almost a vacation, except for the work part.<br /><br />March - We realized that the roof had a terrible leak. I was sitting on the couch, downstairs, one day and heard this dripping noise, in the downstairs pantry. I followed it upstairs and found that in one of the closets rain was streaming in somehow, down the vaulted ceiling part, wrecking the whole wall and finding it's way downstairs. Thankfully Dad pushed me into calling our home insurance people. They sent out this quiet weird guy to assess if they could cover any of the damage. There were 3 shingles blown off the house (granted the other end of the house than the leak) that qualified for storm damage and he said they'd buy us a new roof, but only for that side of the house. But it was the side with the leak so we rejoiced. What I know now, when you have someone look at your roof for storm damage, make sure shingles from both sides of your roof are missing! Paperwork, paperwork and waiting for a check.<br /><br />April / May / June - I don't remember these months...I'll skip them. I will say we had a nice summer, not too much heat at all. Q happily played in his baby pool out on the porch and we spent a lot of time at our favorite park on Hammond & 28th that has the skater park next to it. But then we saw a bear come out of the woods next to the basketball court and we stuck closer to home for awhile. Q eventually got better at walking and then started to run faster than I felt I was ready for.<br /><br />July - The only month of the year I get full time hours at work. February's trip really did feel like a dream compared to this 11 day event for 20+ people. I suddenly had 3 employees (student employees that would only respond promptly if I texted them, go figure). The paychecks were nice with the overtime and I bought a laptop for Clay. How great of a wife am I? He needed one for the road, and it was under the presumption that if my home computer died, the laptop would come back to me.<br /><br />August - Quincy had this last follow up appointment with the NICU doctors, a cognitive development specialist, speech therapist and dietitian. Obviously he is growing quite well and is far and above the 100 percentile mark for head size, weight, and height. So I married an ogre, what of it? But, now that Q was kind of on the late side of walking, I think he was a good 16 months (adjusted age) and now that she thought he was kind of behind in speech and other forms of communication, the NICU doctor filling in that day, who we'd never met, sent us to a neurologist worried that Q could have traces of hydrocephalus or need following up if his previous history had lead to any problems in his noggin. Now, after dealing with what we dealt with, when a doctor tells you your child might have brain damage, but they can't really tell, I'll tell you, I don't know where I went, it was like you turned off gravity and crushed my lungs. So we went, back to the neurology department even though we know Q best, regardless of how much we are certain that he's perfectly normal, we wanted that specialist to tell us for sure. And he did. Thank god. Q may be a little large for his age and look more like a preschooler instead of a toddler and he might be a little on the quiet side, he's perfectly smart. Fantastic body mechanics and problem solving skills. <br /><br />September - Since we were offered speech therapy for Q, we took it. We qualified for free help and the therapist comes to the house every week and Q loves him. He's my Dad's age, maybe a bit younger. He comes over with a bag full of new and exciting toys and sits on the living room carpet and we play games for an hour a week. The therapist explained to me that he can teach Q how to talk, but he can't teach him to understand that communicating through speech is the best way to communicate his needs, that'll come whenever it does. We started with some simple sign language. "More" is still the most popular sign. Clay and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. I don't remember if we did anything spectacular, I think we dumped the baby off with a friend and went out to dinner. <br /><br />October - Zombie Pub Crawl...That's how I sum up October. Certainly the best evening of partying I've seen in a LONG time. I wished there was a Zombie Pub Crawl 4 times a year, it was that great. Next year we'll be better prepared. What we didn't know this year is that most people arrive as some sort of a themed zombie. Think of a character, and someone was dressed up as it, but as a zombie. Whole Simpsons families of zombies. Blue Brothers zombies. We saw more than one Where's Waldo zombie. A group of flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz zombies. School girl zombies (Bob's personal favorite). In addition to the zombie awesomeness, I met a Minneapolis roller derby girl. We were instant friends and she sold me hard on the derby idea. My response? "It'd be awesome, but I live up in boring Superior, I could never be a derby girl." Her response, "Oh how wrong you are!" She wrote down 4 words on the back of her derby season schedule, "Harbor City Roller Dames". I was at practice a week later. Q was a dinosaur for Halloween.<br /><br />November - Remember the roof problem in spring? I know you shouldn't let problems like that go on and on, and we didn't mean for it to, but trust me. Arguing with your home insurance people, meeting creepy roofers with liquor breathe and actually getting your mortgage company to sign off on the insurance check that is also written out to them (to protect their investment, bullshit) took a really long time. We found wonderful roofers, a guy who was a couple years ahead of my in highschool, and the fact that he is my insurance agent's brother really didn't bug me at all. Roof done, and my general anxiety level has been down at least 2 notches ever since. November was also birthdays for Clay and I. I hit 31, and he's 35. For my birthday I took a weekend off of Mommy duties and headed for 'the boys' house. Hung out, ate great food, drank too much wine, shopped a bit and laughed and laughed and laughed. I have the best friends.<br /><br />December - The family Thanks-Christmas-Vaca in Wi Dells. Great time, too short though. The hotel we stayed at was cheap and very decent. It was like a ghost town, we barely saw anyone else. Tyler and Michele even brought a tiny tree with them and our suite had a fireplace, it was perfect. Quincy got some great Christmas gifts. Beautiful cedar blocks and more Mega Blocks from Mom, he's a Mega Blocks monster now. Dad bought him the loudest monster truck toy he could find, but I haven't told him yet that it conveniently has a mute button on the bottom. And the best toy was the Millennium Falcon Clay sacrificed from his collection, still in the box. It's the chunky character little kid version that came out like 8 years ago and Q loves it, it's got different doors that open, cool shooting and engine sounds, you can repair the hyper drive with this hose thingie and robots! <br /><br />This bottle of Sauvignon Blanc might not make it to the new year, lol. I'm going to sneak into Q's room at midnight to get my New Year's kiss, and we're onto 2010!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-11014516671034438602009-12-29T16:49:00.002-06:002009-12-29T17:21:22.770-06:00It's almost 2010! I'm not a big new years resolution type. But, in 2008 my brother and I attempted an art challenge resolution that we're going to revive this year in hopes that we stick with it more than 3 months. The details aren't hashed out yet. In 2008, the basic plan was one art theme each month (we took turns choosing a theme) and one completed piece was due at the end of the month, style, materials, and such were all left up to us to determine. Both of us have always secretly dreamed of being very prolific (is saying 'very' and 'prolific' next to each other redundant? idk), but sadly we're just not. We are, however, great at projects people ask us to do: paintings; tattoos; logos; posters; Halloween costumes. Projects with a few parameters, a deadline, a starting concept. We're also good at starting projects without finishing them and looking at someone else's work and saying, "well I would have done that completely different, and maybe it would have actually turned out."<br /><br />So with those things in mind, I'll be coming up with the 2010 brother/sister art challenge that should cater a little bit better towards what we already do well. Maybe we could start projects for each other to improve on and finish, or have art assignments with more guides for us to work off of and deadlines for finishing that the 2008 plan lacked. I've got two more days left until the New Year, so I'll come up with a more concrete idea by then, hopefully.<br /><br />On another note, I learned that I can successfully hide turkey left-overs in mac-n-cheese and the toddler loves it! Also, when napping on the couch during yet another viewing of Finding Nemo, there is a risk of getting sippy cup milk dumped on your head.<br /><br />Derby news: The next two home Bouts will be on March 20th and May 1st. I really really need to try and get on the roster for one of them. And I better see my friends and family there to see me obliterate some skinny bitches at my first bout. I don't know if I'll be more nervous about it if I knew who was watching me though, but there isn't room for trepidation in derby.<br /><br />I've been excitedly looking at taking one course this next semester at the college I work at. I filled out my non-degree seeking application today (since it'd just be easier for the one class), and went to talk to a business office buddy to find out how much I'd have to fork over for it, and was appalled. For one course? I'm not going to get in the details, but I'm not eligible for student loans with one course. I'm going to get talk to the financial aid office to get the exact amount, and as an employee there are some perks, so I'm not giving up all hope. I need the husband to get a job like every other Dad I know, that's at home everyday so I can actually devote time to going back to school full time. I can't even pick a program I'd want to work towards anyhow. The accelerated degree night program doesn't offer anything I'm remotely interested in, so that's disheartening too.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-18657399069382382162009-12-22T11:20:00.004-06:002009-12-22T13:53:31.307-06:00My boss is taking me out to lunch today for Christmas. It'll be nice, I haven't been out to eat without a 2-year-old in tow for weeks, and even at that, it was McDonalds. As a Mom of a toddler I thoroughly appreciate the McDonalds atmosphere. Here's why: If the baby decides to throw a big fit, chuck his McNuggets at the people across the room or blow milk out his nose onto the cashier, who really cares? If you thought that you were going to have a peaceful, quiet, enjoyable dinner - YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN MCDONALDS. Q hasn't thrown any giant public tantrums yet (and I know it's coming), but he's into protesting because it's fun to put up a stink and piss off your Mom. <br /><br />I'm extremely proud of one of my best friends, Erica. With a full course load at nursing school working on her RN, 3 kids (one of which just turned 1) and a night job as a Nurse's Assistant (glorified ass-wiper) at the local hospital, and she managed to pull of a 4.0 semester. AWEsome, simply awesome. She needs a beer!<br /><br />As the semester is ending today here on campus and starting next month I'm eligible for reimbursement help due to my employment status, I've decided to start one course in January here at CSS. I'm about to head to the registrar's office to start the process. One good thing to help motivate me is the assistant across the hall from my office, we're going to do the course together. We've been busy debating which class to take, and since my heart is set on science, maybe biology, I hope she agrees. We'll do a morning course so that I'll have no trouble with daycare. Exciting!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-26099833603376958012009-12-17T23:12:00.003-06:002009-12-17T23:34:12.263-06:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/il_430xN_110616003.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 430px; height: 322px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/il_430xN_110616003.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I'm excited for this weekend, so amped that I'm not sleepy yet, and I should be. The Bob-o-nator is coming up to visit and the Bout is on Saturday!!! Mississippi Valley Mayhem is coming to roller derby my Harbor City Roller Dames. I'm not skating, but I'll be there shouting my ass off for the girls. I think maybe this spring I'll be bout ready? Who knows. Even just skating my ass off in practice has been awesome. I need to get some skates!<br /><br />I've got this slow burn blister coming in on my right foot from last night's practice. I don't know what it was, a combo of the killer fishnets I was wearing or the sole of the loaner rink skates was messed up. But it'll be nasty and I'll make sure to show it off whenever I can. lol. <br /><br />Our jerseys with the team logo I created will be ready for Saturday night, and I'm excited to see how they turned out. And I'll get to wear mine, Bluntcakes - 420. Yes, I went with 420 as my number, hehe. And why not? <br /><br />Ben-jam-in: I finished WWZ. I read it really slow so that I didn't waste it, because I think I'm in love with that book and I wished there was a second one. I don't know about the ending section. The reflection of 'how I made it through with whatever shreds of a healthly pschological outlook remaining' wasn't really my favorite part. But, I'll go tell it to the whales...<br /><br />Ooh, I purchased something <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=23288749">insanely cute </a>from etsy tonight. The cute factor of a life sized Hello Kitty hair bow barrette might be over the top for my cuteness level, but I'm going to rock it anyhow.<br /><br />Apparently we're having turkey for thanksgiving thank's to Clay's boss. I need to pick it up tomorrow. My surprise that they're doing anything for their drivers will most likely be squashed when I see how small the turkey is, but I can keep my hopes up.<br /><br />I went to the DMV today to renew the Aveo plates. It was like an alternate universe in there. I was the only customer and the DMV chick said I could come right to the counter and didn't have to grab a stupid card to fill out, she did it all for me. 2 minutes later I had my new sticker and was off to work. It was like Bizarro-DMV. Speaking of Clay, I need to figure out a Christmas present for him. We're just doing small gifts for eachother this year. And then maybe we'll buy something bigger to share. He suggested a microwave (ours is like 10 years old now and makes sounds like Gremlins having a party) or a snowblower. Both sound so responsible and lame, plus our Gremlin microwave still works, it just sounds like crap. I don't really see the problem.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-9628127091090898432009-12-03T22:31:00.003-06:002009-12-03T22:36:32.168-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqWPmwN3L2CAXm6qayxIzGJ4PB1S5n9paHal84_GDSN8lVHkM4t0qdMTAQj5Elc5DHo-8yCj1wuGELqvpCsioYNai2V6_-3quh5nG-_AUyN-HNoiu5_BalNs2_ZB8Dd6ESXCu2pIcz4Q/s1600-h/12933_360858745234_596435234_10145944_1689280_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqWPmwN3L2CAXm6qayxIzGJ4PB1S5n9paHal84_GDSN8lVHkM4t0qdMTAQj5Elc5DHo-8yCj1wuGELqvpCsioYNai2V6_-3quh5nG-_AUyN-HNoiu5_BalNs2_ZB8Dd6ESXCu2pIcz4Q/s400/12933_360858745234_596435234_10145944_1689280_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411234354159394834" /></a><br />How do you like THEM apples? Is that how that saying goes? I think I got it wrong, but you know what I mean. Whipped this baby up for the bout in a couple weeks against the Mississippi Valley Mayhem league that's coming up on the 19th! <br /><br />I got a call on Tuesday, it was Red Malicious, she was asking if I could whip something up by Thursday because who knows what happened to the dude who said he would design posters...I need me some photoshop and next time I'll just demand to know what needs to be on them to get it done myself. :)<br /><br />I'm off to bed early tonight, before midnight, in hopes I'm not dragging my feet tomorrow.<br /><br />Last night's practice went well although it seemed a little relaxed, but that was probably because our main practice leader Red was off somewhere for the night. I wasn't sweating like a dog (wait, dogs don't sweat) until a couple scrimages into the evening! Good nights I'm a mess even by the time we get through warm up and stretches!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-38457259522486648762009-12-02T00:56:00.002-06:002009-12-02T01:19:01.553-06:00Oh Buspirone, my new friend...<br /><br />This is pure blather; just to fore-warn you.<br /><br />Things you didn't know:<br /><strong>Chopsticks the cat has a shark tooth shaped white spot of fur on his nose. Awesome cat, awesome.</strong><br />I not only check my straws before I drink out of them to check for bugs, but will rinse brand new straws out in case there WERE bugs and they left bug germs or bug poo. <br /><strong>Quincy tonight was an angel getting to bed. We read The Night Before Christmas because he loves to point out Santa on every page. Then I tucked him in and laid down by his bed and sang him some Christmas songs. Between some lines he would say, "Mama kissy" so that I'd take a time out to give him a kiss and then continue. How fucking sweet is that?</strong><br />I have the world's best friends. Namely, Rodney, Bob, Jason, my brother Tyler and yes, even Chumpy-Chump Erica. I live a spoiled life.<br /><strong>I'm excited for the Thanks-Christmas-Vaca in the Dells with my Mom, siblings, their families and mine in December. I don't give a crap how fat my gut looks in my swimsuit, I'm going to let it all hang out to party down with them at the waterpark.</strong><br /><br />In derby news:<br />Sunday night's practice was BRUTAL, I thought I might seriously have a heart attack. We did a half hour practice bout. 7 girls on a team, 4 on the track for the up to 2 minute each bout with a 30 second break between rounds. So that meant we did about 2 bouts and took one off for a break. Plus, we had to rotate so everyone eventually played all positions. I did jammer twice. Let's face it, I'm not even close to being a jammer. I'm not super fast yet, I fell three times in one round, but the cheers when you work your ass to get up as fast as possible to catch up were worth it. I'm a pack skater. When the jammer goes through and I give her a hefty push to send her flying ahead that's awesome. Skating next to someone to team up to build a good wall is tits. But I have a hard time remembering all I need to keep in mind, plus monitor what the rest of my team was doing, and then throw in the other team! AND we were doing positional blocking only, no real rough stuff as there were a handful of newbie girls in the mix. I kept cutting the track and Jeffy was yelling at me for it, but jeez, I've got enough on my plate to worry about the damn line. I'm looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow night! Just try and take me out!<br /><br />The birthday:<br />Had an awesome time. Took the weekend off from Mommy duties and lounged in the cities, ate awesome food, I didn't stick with dieting, but just made sure not to over-eat. Rodney made carrot cake cupcakes just for me with made-from-scratch frosting. Saturday evening when I'd had enough wine to drown a large raccoon I ate one in two bites. Jason totally made fun at me that he's never seen my mouth open that wide. Did some shopping, had a personal chauffeur, Bob, to the MoA, to hit up Torrid to find a trashy derby skirt, and got the perfect 'boutfit'. Even found some decent thrift stores, hung out at Toys R Us and goofed off. Played WoW and partied with some awesome people.<br /><br />I have to go to bed!Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-32261372096036943002009-11-24T20:04:00.002-06:002009-11-24T20:09:25.341-06:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/HarbCityRollerDameslogocolor.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 476px; height: 480px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/HarbCityRollerDameslogocolor.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This is the new Harbor City Roller Dames logo that I did the redesign on. Can't wait to see how it looks on the new jerseys!<br /><br />Below is the logo I've been playing with for GiGi SpoT.<br /><br /><a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC059101-1-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 639px; height: 593px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC059101-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-24752957218905757442009-11-20T23:30:00.001-06:002009-11-20T23:32:16.597-06:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/bluntcakes-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 303px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/bluntcakes-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />My derby logo? Needs a little work with the lettering, and maybe the cupcake needs some evil eyebrows, he's not evil enough.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-4043846094063130672009-11-17T18:28:00.001-06:002009-11-17T18:40:35.571-06:00<a href="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC05908.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 756px; height: 280px;" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p48/hellogaluchka/DSC05908.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I just spit out this tree shape last night.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172280779571940136.post-87061395419061151762009-11-16T23:29:00.001-06:002009-11-16T23:31:43.654-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKzK3JZpB9cyIGDfXV7AOWSNf22InOwGyFdYoBRrpxv4s_gZ3O5cNw_iSFHQA96w3P10q3YemPvyzuR9l6yMt3HfAF3-TlHrnRJJMfyXl6AXEqAuozufkSL3jIE3pla2pBV4VI077IK8/s1600/DSC05907.JPG.001.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKzK3JZpB9cyIGDfXV7AOWSNf22InOwGyFdYoBRrpxv4s_gZ3O5cNw_iSFHQA96w3P10q3YemPvyzuR9l6yMt3HfAF3-TlHrnRJJMfyXl6AXEqAuozufkSL3jIE3pla2pBV4VI077IK8/s400/DSC05907.JPG.001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404940749884942898" /></a><br /><br />I <3 new cray pas and crisp beautiful flair felt tipped pens.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501443777684104590noreply@blogger.com3