Ho Hum

Today was relatively uneventful. Woke up this morning, fed Gunner, played with Gunner, napped... Then we did it all over again! In between all the eating, playing, and napping, I did my Carmen Electra Striptease workout video, played on the computer, did a lot of obsessive cleaning around the house, and hunted for wasps. You heard me. Hunting for wasps.

Over the past week, two wasps from I don't know where just all of a sudden appeared. One flew into the living room where I was sitting; I ran outside as quick as I could until Eric killed it. The second one I almost stepped on last night when I was checking on Gunner. It was just kind of hanging out on the hall floor. It almost looked dead, but it most certainly twitched when Eric was beating it with my shoe! Anyone who knows me, knows I cannot stand wasps. I will take spiders and cockroaches over a wasp anyday. I have never been stung by one, but they really freak me out! They are scary looking!

Well, we have finally solved this whole neighbor-cat problem. Eric built him an outside pen (with a roof and everything). He actually looked quite content in it. So now when he isn't in the house, he is in his homemade cat-pen (and we no longer have to deal with the crazy anti-cat lady anymore)! Yay!

I think I'm going to try to sleep now. Hopefully Gunner will rest better than he did last night, poor baby. In the meantime, I added my Deviantart to my navigation above! Here you can see and order prints of all of my non-portrait work! If you decide to check it out, I would love to hear feedback!

Eyeing Memories Give-A-Way!

Everyone head over to Eyeing Memories and enter Elizabeth Nafe's awesome give-a-way! After doing one required entry telling her your favorite product at http://www.uprinting.com (along with the option of doing 7 other entries) - You will be entered for a chance to win 25 Business Card Magnets from http://www.uprinting.com ! It's an awesome opportunity so don't miss out!

I Am Going...

To clobber an old woman in the head! I am so sick of hearing my neighbor across the street whine about my cat being in her yard. I understand, to a certain degree. And she does work hard on her garden, I won't deny that. She just can't understand why we can't keep our cat in the house 24/7. We let him outside every once in a while as I refuse to put a litter box in the house again. We got rid of it about a month before Gunner was in the picture and it's not coming back. Funny thing is, Garfield isn't the only cat allowed to wander around the neighborhood. I've seen two cats in her yard before, a gray cat as well as a black and white cat - and they loitered for a good while. So why must I get rid of my cat? It's apparently not going to solve her problems! My husband, Eric, told her that we were doing what we could, ie. Doing our best to keep an eye on him when we do let him outside which is difficult with an infant, and trying to figure out a temporary place for him until we move outside the city (I use the term city very loosely - We aren't throwing our cat into traffic). Eric even told her that we do not have any room in our house for a litter box, which we don't because we live in a tiny 800 square foot home. Gunner's room was the former litter box room, and we just don't have the room anymore. He also said that we wouldn't put a litter box in the house because of the baby to which she responded, "What about my flowers? I'm sick and old and work hard on my garden" Lady, compared to my little man, I could care less about your stupid flowers (no offense to flowers which are lovely). We are doing what we can, end of story.

Speaking of my little man, we had a rough day today. He just refused to nap and was a total fussbudget all day long! I hope tomorrow is a better day...

Before I log off for the day, I would like to plug a very plug-worthy photography site whose owner also happens to be from the wonderful state of Louisiana like yours truly :) Elizabeth of http://eyeingmemories.blogspot.com/ has such stunning work! Check out her awesome site and photography!

I Heart Faces Weekly Challenge - From A Distance

This picture I am entering in this challenge is one of my new favorite pictures! It features my mother-in-law and my baby boy :) ... I do what I can to capture pictures when family members visit, and this one conveys such strong emotion, I had to enter it!

How the time does fly!

It seems like only yesterday my little man came into this world. He will be 4-months-old soon ... Today I started bawling at the thought of my little guy growing up. I want to freeze him at this age so I can always snuggle him and see his face light up when I enter the room. There is always the negative nancy in me saying this won't last forever. Soon I'll be the bane of his existance, a background noise always telling him what he can and can't do. It almost makes me sad. But for now, I will enjoy my little enjoy my little fellow and not worry what tomorrow will bring. He will always be my precious little man! ♥

Recipe - Vinegar Disinfectant

This recipe is great for those who want to save money or live a more chemical-free lifestyle. There are so many harmful ingredients in today's cleaning products - Don't even get me started on the prices! This recipe is so simple, you will wonder why you weren't cleaning with it before!

Ingredients
- White Vinegar (buy a big jug of white vinegar for storage to save even more $$)
- Water
- Tea Trea Essential Oil*
- Spray Bottle

Directions
Fill half of the spray bottle with water. Fill the remaining half with white vinegar. Add a few drops of Tea Trea Essential Oil with an eyedropper.


See? It's that easy!


*Tea Trea Oil has anti-septic, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral properties. It has been proven to treat moderate acne, head lice, dandruff, and warts.

I Heart Faces Weekly Challenge

So I finally decided to participate in one of I Heart Faces Weekly Challenges! I'm so excited :)

Here is my picture!

Hope you enjoy it :)