I've seen painted pumpkins before on Pinterest for Halloween, but they never seemed to be as big as they are this year! People are really getting creative with this different version of decorating for Halloween. I do understand the draw for like younger kids: less of a mess for the parents to clean up, but it still stands that I have found myself more and more interested in trying out one or some of these new pumpkin ideas myself this year. Now, I haven't done my Halloween decorating yet this year, but I will be getting on that as soon as I have a day off of work...so next weekend? I'm not sure when that will be exactly, but when I do get to my pumpkins I will for sure share them with you! For now, here are some painted pumpkins that I have been pinning on Pinterst lately!
Lastly, Matt just got Pokemon X and is very unwilling to go to bed tonight even though he works early tomorrow morning because he wants to play :P It's amusing and adorable!
Let's go back in time for a little bit. Ok, not that far back...the 90's, the 1990s. So like 20 years ago or so. There was a great cartoon that everyone I knew watched back then. It's actually still going on to this day (I know because it plays at like 5am when I'm up for work Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Mondays) and produces cards and games that are still just as popular as they were when I was little. The newest game just came out recently. Enough with the clues, if you haven't figured it out, I'm talking about Pokemon. There are really two reasons why I am bringing up this on a Musica Monday.
1. I just finished rearranging my Pokemon cards (yes, I collect them, and I'll have you know I have a pretty great collection :P) and thought of this song that I once actually played in my school orchestra.
2. Lindsey Stirling, a violinist whom I have written about in the past on this blog (and who Matt got to see live....so jealous!) came out with a new duet with another YouTube sensation, Kurt Hugo Schneider, called the Dubstep Pokemon Remix. I, for one, can't get enough of this pair.
I hope you guys enjoy this blast from the not-too-distant past!
Love,
Sara :)
So I went to dig my kindle out of my desk today because I'm getting a little tired of carrying around all these big books (they do make for good weapons at times and I really like the library, but seriously it's getting to be a bit heavy for my purse and afraid I'm gonna end up breaking it. I still plan on carrying some around every so often, and as much as I love the idea of having a solid book in my hand, when I'm out and about a kindle just seems to be easier and lighter...
Anyways, I dug my kindle out today and plugged it in since it had died and this came up:
Ummmm...I think my kindle might be sick. And yes this is like the very first kindle made. I think it might even be the original version of the kindle! So, my plan is to head into Best Buy tomorrow and see if my kindle can be healed or if I need to buy a new one. If I need a new one, any kindle users out there have a suggestion? I want one that's not too much because all I'm going to do is read books, no tv shows, I've got an iPad and Netflix for that! And I do have kindle on my iPad but I can't buy any new books on there for kindle which is quite annoying. Suggestions?
As you have probably noticed, my posting has been sporadic at best as of late. I apologize for that but in my defense I've been working one full time job (40 hours a week...or more) plus coaching 4-5 days a week. Suffice to say that I haven't had a regular schedule since my shifts for my full time job vary from 8am-530pm to 11pm-9am! I can't guarantee much lately because my schedule keeps on changing too. So, for the past few weeks I've been using my spare time to talk to my family (whom I don't see much anymore) and sleeping (which is a rare occurrence). This schedule is working for now because I'm making money, but it is making daily life hard. So, I've decided that I'm going to be looking for a new job, this time in the field I wanted to work in: fitness. I'm finding a few such jobs around, but the hard part (as with any career) is finding an entry level job. Yet, his is no reason to give up :) I've been working with people with developmental disabilities for the past few months and it's been a blast, and I can use that experience for my new job, whatever it is!
Well, that's my little update for now, sorry about being so sporadic again. I'm working on it! Like right now I'm posting at nearly 3am....wtf?!
Love,
Sara :)
Oh, and this is my friend Umbreon :) isn't he cute?!?
I should really stop going to Half-Price Books, but I can't seem to stop myself! I went again today and found some new books and CDs and even a movie this time! I spent more time trying to figure out how to keep my spending to a minimum, and again I didn't spend $10! I bought a total of 2 CDs, 2 books, and a movie.
I'm going to start with the CDs. The first CD I grabbed is called 'Twenty Years' by a band called Sad Girl. Anyone who has heard of this band before I would love to hear about them because I know next to nothing! Hthere was a note inside the CD case that read "a guy lead singer with girl backup. Almost punk rock but a little more mellow." I think that this really is an accurate description because I can't come up with another way of describing this music. Plus, I can't find much of anything at all on it even on YouTube or Wikipedia!! The other CD I grabbed is by Meg Lee Chin who actually started her own recod company apparently and then ended up writing her own songs. He CD I got is not one of her original songs unfortunately (or so I understand) nap but is instead a bunch of remixes of other peoples' songs! It's called "Junkies and Snakes", she has a very unique voice, mellow and full.
I also grabbed two books while I was out. The first one I got is called The Ghost Quartet, which is a combination of four short ghost story novels. Starting off with Brian Lumley, followed by Orson Scott Card, then Marvin Kaye, and finally Tanith Lee. I excited to read these stories. When I'm not alone all night. The second book I got was actually meant for my sister, and I'm still thinking of giving it to her as a late birthday present. It's called Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager. Apparently they ordered a lake full of magic? Sounded interesting!
The movie I got is called "The Day of the Triffids" and it's from 1962. I'm not going to tell you much about it now except it looks kinda hilarious and awesome! I'll tell you about it next time I do movie stuff because I'm planning on watching it soon!!!
What types of cheap finds have you guys uncovered lately?
I'm having some problems with blogger right now. I tried to post a musica Monday on Monday and it didn't apparently post, and now today's post is suddenly went to Monday!! I'm not sure what's happening with my posts. But I'm trying to get it sorted.... Thanks guys!!
So I just finalized plans and I will be heading to Minnesota Friday night and onto Saturday :D It's Homecoming at St Olaf (my college) so I will be meeting some friends back there. I look forward to sharing it with you all! I'm also hoping to put up my first outfit post this weekend, so we will see about that!
Sunday will be spent probably with the boyfriend when he's not working, and having me study and look at apartments, which I am beginning to do. I would like to work out a way that I can move out even if it's not to Minnesota for a while. Even just around here would be nice!
