I'm Back! And Dance Dance Resolution (I had to)

Phew. It's time. Since my unofficial blogging break started, I've been waiting for life to slow down to the point where I'd have time to mindlessly tap the keyboard and share my thoughts with the world.

Well, I finally realized (once again), that life never slows down. Well, I mean, retired people look pretty relaxed, but that's slightly far away for me considering I still don't have a job. (Excuse me while I resume the fetal position and near-constant sobbing about Ramen noodles, burdens, and kitty mouths to feed).

Annnnyway, you and I? It's definitely time to catch up. I have so much to tell you! And so much to hear about, I'm sure. Over the next few weeks, I hope to unpack all that has happened and show you my newly acquired souvenirs, knickknacks, stresses, and memories.

For now, I wanted to re-start the new year and share my resolutions with you:

1. Stop hating your body. Really. Think of all of the stress and worry this adds to your life, and all of the time it wastes!! How many minutes, nay, hours do you spend per day hating yourself? And for what? I'm all about being productive, and this is as anti-productive as it gets. Hating my body won't save more animals, won't get me a first job, and certainly won't make anyone like/love me more. In fact, it hurts so many of my life goals. And after all, do I really want to look back on my life and see all of that wasted energy, when all along...I was perfect the way I am...?

2.Clean up NOW. Small but simple. I have vowed to clean up (most) messes as I make them. Yes, the carpet will slowly get dirty and I'll eventually vacuum. But for other messes, like ice cream on the counter, water all over the bathroom sink, I'll take care of it right then. (So far so good on this one, even when my jar of rosemary exploded all over the kitchen the other day...go me!)

3. Write right here. This blog has always been a fun place for me to write a little, post pictures, and share crazy things from the crazy Interwebs. And it still will be. But every now and then, I want to pepper in some meaningful posts, the ones I have been longing to write, the ones where I actually say something. Looking forward to it.

Wow, this post took all of 5 minutes. I can do this. And damn, it feels good to be back.

Merry Christmas

Christmas may be over for many of you, but RightHand and I are just getting started, as we have celebrated with his family and my dad (and stepmom, et al.) but have yet to do our big Christmas with my mom and sister (Friday!).

This is all to lamely justify why I am belated in sharing this sweet video with you and wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Caturday-Bunday Combo

Royal just can't take it when Daisy is getting attention from Mama:

Bunny kisses and kitty rides

Bunny hugs and kitty's watching eyes...

Ultimate Friday Fotos

Turns out they were holding out on us in order to assemble The Year in Pictures. Enjoy and let me know your favorites!

Happy Bunday!

Well, Daisy has been a trooper these last few days. She has "enjoyed" a bit more cage time, as RightHand's apartment is not completely bunny-proof and we've already lost an electronic or two... (Hopefully a trip to Home Depot tomorrow will remedy the state of things!).

With the increased cage time has come increased harassment from the cats, but Daisy has proven to be a fabulous and generous sharer:

Here's Royal, climbin' on in

The three of them share a nice hay lunch

What a sweet friendship

Nom nom nom!

Happy Caturday!

We are enjoying the holiday season with our furry friends. To start, we had our first fire last night, and it scared Gatsby, had no effect on Royal, and intrigued Latte:

Checking out her new fleece blanket from PetSmart

Fire, what fire?

Ah ha! I am the King of the Jungle (And Fire)!

And then a Christmas miracle occurred! For the first time ever, all three of them piled into the cat bed together. It made my heart sing:

Royal looks as stunned as I was

And now, I am only sharing this with you because I love you, dear readers, so consider yourself cursed lucky. Here it is: The Hicks/Bush Family Annual Christmas Photo:

Not pictured: Wayward bunny

Hope you are enjoying the season!

Friday Fotos

I don't know what happened, but they still haven't posted the photos from this week! Guess it got lost in the holiday rush??