Holidays, ELLEN!, austin, stuff

what i didn't mention in my last post is that after i hid my make up brushes in a drawer, Stella went all the way downstairs into my parents bathroom and got one of my mom's make up brushes from the mug on the countertop and brought it ALL the way back upstairs to drop on top of the covers.

seriously.

so now all the make up brushes are under lock and key in my house. in other news, i had a fantastic wkend in austin (one of my favorite cities ever) and am very excited that my friend Lauren (whom i visited) 1) no longer has to work as a jewelery making slave at her job and 2) is coming to visit next week! speaking of visiting,

ELLEN IS HERE IN A WEEK! YAYAYAYAYAY! i am quite excited about that (and can't wait for one of my most cat-loving friends to meet my girls)! yay! much merriment will ensue and i would love for any and everyone to meet my fantastic friend, so lets all get together, yes?

also, i hope everyone had a great christmas/holiday and has exciting plans for new year's eve. personally i hate driving long distances on NYE and i don't know what anyone is doing so i'm pretty much hanging out at home. which is fine-- i'm excited for 2007 to be over and 2008 to start so ellen can get here! YAY

and now for the picture portion of my blog: (these are on myspace as well)

thessaly pops stella on their new cat tree

stell and thess sleeping all squished on the top.

and finally, the girls as they mostly sit on there-- thess hanging out and trying to get stella's tail and stell in the tube watching birds outside.

aren't they great? :)

My college degree = nothing compared to a cat

a few things before i go to bed:

last night around 6 am (stella's favorite time to wake me up and demand to be pet) i woke up with a small fuzzy thing on my leg on top of the covers. i turned on the light to realize it is my expensive bare minerals kabuki make up brush (i believe it was somewhere in the vicinity of $30 and it's only 2 inches tall). i had sleepily noticed stella on my desk (where i keep said brush) and thought, "great, another thing i have to hide from the girls."

just now, as i was reading my favorite blog ever (neil gaiman's, of course), stella demanded my attention (a loud, "MEROWR" over and over again, which means in stella/siamese speak: i am bored! help! do something! get away from that computer!) and jumped up on my desk as i sat here (also waiting for my freshly painted nails to dry, btw). now this will be hard to explain, but i will try:
my desk has a triangular shelf on the left corner, which i keep a lamp on top of and some random stuff in the small cranny beneath. i keep my make up stuff in a shoe box top and pull it out in the morning when i'm putting it on (that way it stays organized, easy to reach, and out of sight when i dont need it). stell started to stick her head in there (its not big enough for much of her) so i put my make up brush under a tiny bowl (it fit perfectly). Stell proceeded to go to town on the shoe box top, pulling it out from under the triangle shelf and pawing at the cup to get at the brush. it took her .5 seconds to flip that over and get my brush (which she proceeded to lick and chew, and i promptly removed it from her jaws and it's air drying after being thouroughly washed).

my point is that my girls are super smart. thess has learned to jump up on the kitchen island counter (right in front of the stove, which freaks me out) to push open the heavy but easily opened drawers so she can jump within. wtf? what do you do when your cats out smart you? i'd get some baby gates and other baby proofing materials if i didnt think they'd laugh, stick out a claw, and dismantle any precaution with a Bond-esque skill. They're not even 1 year old yet!
seriously, what am i going to do with children? i think i need to stick with cats...

ps- now the make up brushes are hidden in a bathroom drawer, which they haven't figured out how to open....yet....

just some pictures

This is me trying to take a pic with Thess this past Friday for a Christmas card! she didnt want to be held
Then Thanksgiving with the Fam and Bax



And these next 2 are a "see if you can find the kittens" pictures...
(then there's my thessie bear and Stella)

hi stella bear! she's on our christmas table :)

time FLIES in december

hello world! how's it going? i'm sitting here sneezing up a storm for no reason and alternately trying not to tear up like an idiot as i listen to tori's pheonix and san diego shows. her tour ended this week and it KILLS me not every show was available for bootleg downloads! i still got what, 10? and i plan to grab a few more (even though they're $11 a show...)

anyway.

things have been going well and december is flying by in a flurry of christmas activities like always. this past weekend i attended a wonderful xmas dinner at angel's house and ate my weight in eggplant parmesan and mashed potatoes! YUM! and our office christmas party went well also.

so yesterday i was looking online for a new cat condo/cat tree thing, as my girls have destroyed the really cheap and crappy one i got them and clearly need something else (if you don't provide them a place to jump, scratch, sleep, and hang out, they will find ways to do that with the furniture you already own). i came across http://www.stepsforpets.com/ that has the most AMAZING cat trees i have EVER SEEN (good dog stuff too!) and the prices are out of control. a cat tree of such caliber and size would easily cost $300-500 somewhere else but they're selling them for $100 or so and FREE SHIPPING! clearly i am over the moon about this, and even better-- my family is getting me THIS ONE for christmas! YAYAYAY! they are going to freaking DIE! how fun does that look?! i totally want to hang out in that little hammock.

Clearly all i want for christmas is stuff for my girls. can you believe i've only had them 3 months? they really are my favorite things in the world and make me really happy (i obviously shouldve got them many years ago in college if that's what it would have taken for me to be happy! :)

other than that, i have a full week planned, and i'm going to detail it for you (lucky!) ;)

TODAY: i am leaving work in 1 hour (thank god, cause it's only tuesday and it's draaaaaagging) to pick up my twin's xmas present, drop off some toffee at my vet's office as an xmas present, run by the bank, mail my sister's present (if i can get a cd made in time to accompany it), and get to the theater with my mom to see THE GOLDEN COMPASS! ive been really looking forward to this since i read the books, and even though i hear it's disjointed and whatnot, i dont care because i've actually read the books. for those of you who haven't, you are missing out like CRAZY. get on that, NOW.

then we get home and i have to redye my hair (constant and annoying, but you cant look this good without effort! ;), roll my sugar cookie dough i made on sunday into 3 doz sugar cookies (and decorate them) and general merriment with my mom, cats and Bax in the kitchen.

WEDNESDAY: work, get home, mail my sister's present if i didn't already, track my mom and dad's xmas presents and see if they're getting here in time, find out where the hell the books i ordered on amazon on DEC 3RD are, hopefully get my cat tree and set it up for the girls, go to target and get cat food and spend way too much cause it's target and that always happens to everyone i know, do laundry, watch PR and annoyingly text bets and mikey and oH YEAH hang out with jessica

THURS: work, finish laundry, pack for austin, hang out with ADRIENNE who gets into town, finish all errands, etc.

FRI: leave for austin with jessica jacobi at 10 am, hang out with LAINEY for lunch, then party with lauren and joe and jessica and go to Alamo Drafthouse for movies.

SUNDAY: pick up Kara in san marcos, leave for houston around noon, come home, see emilie? rest, recover.

MODAY-TUES. enjoy CHRISTMAS! YAY! merry christmas everyone!

xo.

ps- to all my friends who i havent seen this month (i.e. cheryl) lets hang out in january because my friend ELLEN is coming! (her blog: http://dancingmathgradstudent.blogspot.com/ )

Merry Christmas and Holidays and new Year and Hannukah

the girls are fine and quickly recovering from surgery. i'm still sad to see their little tummies shaved (and the huge tattoo on their bellies that says they've been spayed) but i'm SO glad that's over! now, if i'm lucky, i won't have to take them to the vet or anything for at least another year! YAY!
speaking of, Thessaly turned 6 months earlier this week and Stell is 9 months now. Their bdays are guess work, so I'm putting Thess's at July 3rd and Stell's at April 3rd.

so last night, as i was watching the victoria's secret fashion show (just so i could see the spice girls, which wasn't as exciting as i had hoped) Seal and Heidi klum did a duet! it was so cute so i had to download it, it's called "wedding day" and it's adorable. i love you heidi! that reminds me, there's a new project runway tonight! if i'm good and get all my grad school things taken care of, i plan to watch the Americas next top model finale, the first episode of Crowned (a ridic new reality show that i'm sure i'll hate) and the latest PR before turning in. my life sure is exciting these days, hmm? :)

speaking of excitement, i can't wait for angel's christmas party this sunday! i love xmas parties. i haven't been out and about in a long time and i'm excited to see everyone. also, i'm visiting austin in 2 wkends and that shall be glorious. i'm bringing all the necessary tools to make my old Peach Pomegranate martinis! all you need is pomegranate vodka, peach schnapps, oj, and some cranberry juice. they are delicious and LETHAL and i cant wait! it's been too long since i've had a good old fashioned drunk night.

our company christmas party is this friday and it should be...fun? the food will be fantastic, and any and all of you readers are welcome to come. oh btw, it's at my house. so it's not like i can leave early...ah well.

check out this Time 2007 introspective best of lists-- it's been a nice work distraction http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article

xo! merry holidays everyone!

I AM A NERVOUS MOTHER

i haven't posted in a while because i haven't done anything lately nor do i have much to say (who are we kidding right?) but i'm BORED and that's why i started this blog in the first place: to give me something to do when i'm bored!
so the girls are getting spayed today at the Houston Humane Society and the every amazing CHERYL has answered my millions of questions and been supportive of my crazy nervous mother-ness. thank you cher! i only wish the HHS wasn't in EAST CUPCAKE good lord it's far away! houston can you be a little smaller? geez.
so i woke up at 6 25 and threw on some clothes, didnt even bother to brush my teeth and ran out the door. the kittens were not pleased at being shoved in their carrier so they were meowing a bit and i was feeling crazy guilty (they are also, i'm sure, starving and thirsty, since no water or food was allowed past 11 pm last night in accordance with surgery). i left that early for an 8 pm appt. because i figured beltway traffic, esp. on a fri, would be insane. not so! i drove quickly and got there at 7 15. the girls slept in their carrier while i read a book until 8. i brought them in, asked if they could be left together and was denied that request (GRRRRR DO AS I SAY THEYRE MY BABIES) and was told to come back at 4.
i then drove and drove and drove and finally made it to work around 8 50ish. i'm gross, i still havent brushed my teeth (i absolutely hate being at work w/o showering first, oh well) and im EXHAUSTED b/c the girls were up and about from 4 am on and i couldn't sleep.

(dear coworkers: please turn off that tacky singing christmas tree thing so i can hear my ipod. thank you)

so im prob. going to leave here at 2 30 to get there by 4, and then the drive home at 4 pm fri traffic will be BEASTLY. so please call me, cause i'll be in the car with two sick, sleepy kitties.

other than that, not much to report. i've watched a lot of tv and slowly recovered from my sickness. come to think of it, i don't believe i've seen a single person other than parents and coworkers in 2 weeks! no wonder i'm antsy for a starbucks date...