Happy New Year!!!! (With Pics)

Hellllo! Family, Friends and Foes!!!!!!
Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit!!!!

My deepest, most sincere apologies for my absence!!!! In my mind, I blog every day. If you asked me, "Smog, do you consider yourself to be a daily blogger?", my reply would be "Yes of course!!!!! My blog is my sole excuse for existence!!!!!" Alas, these are but thoughts of someone who runs not on the day being defined by 24 hours but by something else that justifies me posting but twice or thrice a month. So now I have a super mega ultra special super duper post that features some pics but not nearly enough.... don't you hate when you don't take pics of something and then you're like "damn I wish I had a pic of that".... Whatever! Without any further ado, here is what you all obsessively check your Google Reader / Blogger Dashboard for!!!!!!! (I must note now that I am terrified *TERRIFIED* of running out of photo space!!!! I can think of three people off the top of my head that I know blogs are dead now because they ran out of pic space... SAD!!!! BOO!!!!! At that point I suppose I will make it official with smog.com or something like that...abandon blogspot forever...)

Sun Dazed:

So obviously if you're alive anywhere in the freaking world, you're aware that there was a very brutal cold snap (probably not actually called that but it's definitely called something) that hit us pretty hard here in the 520 (not going to bother putting pics of all my prickly pears snapped off and blackened purple cactus everywhere in the yard... whatever, that shit'll grow back...) but before that and now continuing on after that, it has been so lovely and sunny here!!!! I lay on my grass and take in the sun rays (Don't care how bad it is for you/me/humans. Sitting inside all day while the sun and lawn beckons to me is just a waste of life.) Sarai walks by in the afternoon on her way home from the little-girls early bus and greets me on the way, "You're having a picnic!"

 

For those of you who have met Johnny in real life, you know she is the sweetest and most loving, pet-me, bite-you cat of mine. She looooves to hang out and since Susan got her hooked on being pet she really likes humans. (Well I mean she was hooked before what with the kibble-feeding and cat-cave-building and rabies/distemper-shot-giving) Anyway she loves to hang out on the lawn too and I really wanted to capture her sweet little nose, she has really cute features and is very petite. By far my most petite cat. Unlike this one who is WAY TOO BIG for the pot she is sitting on, she is literally laying on top of the cactus:

Yeah, I know... cats, right? This leads me perfectly into my next segment:

Cats B Buggin:

This has been my mantra (maybe mantra isn't the right word... maybe DEATH CHANT would be a better adjective...) for the last few weeks. Cats B Buggin. They are hungry. All the time. They like to be on the fatten-up diet, not the slim-down diet. They SERIOUSLY need a cat door. I'm seriously considering moving to the shed, out back in the servents quarters where I belong because I am their slave all day and all night. If I have kids, I will not raise them this way. They will have chores. And learn to open doors. Anyway, I do love them with all my heart and here they are in all of their obnoxiously annoyingly cute glory:

 They freaking love these catnip puffs. You can see two on the lawn. They play with them. Non stop. LT is so obnoxiously chirruppy with them at night. It is literally Too Cute. Like, absolutely too cute. She loves having the house to herself with all the boys outside. She tosses the puff to herself like a soccer player. She simultaneously plays offense and defense. And Goalie.

And here's Ronald. Give a cat a fleece blanket, he'll sleep for a lifetime. You literally will never give him the chance to learn to make a fleece blanket for himself. He's managed to keep his honey-bee collar for quite some time now. He hasn't yet been reduced to wearing an old girls-collar.

 Now here are all three adult cats. All sitting on top of the cat tree. Of course they are. It's at perfect height to talk to me from. See, they are just waiting for kibs. That is all they care about. Ronald is being really cute, he's like trying to put his face on LT for comfort but she is like going totally Older Sister on him right now and like "Give Me My God DAMN FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Midnite is inside the tree under them, you can see he's like "MOM! I'm DYING !!! FEED ME!!!!!" Don't worry everyone. They ate soon after this. They are not nutritionally starved. They just got a little too used to a Hobbit style food plan. Elevensies and such...

 

Ron and LT during the cold times... Ron again playing the part of younger brother, cuddling up with LT for warmth after spending some time outside. Cats B Buggin. Kitty Kat Style.

Here's that little scoundrel Tom:

So that's Cats! Any questions?????

We have now arrived at the food portion of our programming! I have cooked food and here is proof:

I realize now that this is only proof that I acquired foodstuffs to cook food. However, if it's proof you need, then check out the following segment:

Cup Cake Mania:

So, as you all no-doubtedly remember, last year around this time I was commissioned by a local high school to do some actual paid work. Well, guess what. This year I got some more commissioned work. Different high school. Different work. Same results. Got paid. Dolla Dolla Bills Y'all. 

What do you think????? 30 dozen cupcakes! The theme was Black and White... so yeah. I didn't pick it. But I did take creative liberty with decorating them!!!! Half were chocolate, half vanilla :)

So there you have it!!! I think the girls were impressed with them and I hope the school dance that these were for go well. Now I'm ready for next year when I get some kind of random commissioned high school work again. Go Smog.

And Etcetera:

 Messin around in the studio

 I'm trying to stop biting my nails. It makes me sad to see all the pieces all dead and bitten off. I wish I was into doing spells, I would totally use my nails against people.

I like going to bed time. It's very peaceful with this pretty light:

 Of course Barbie is there, all sultry in the dim light:

 And lastly, this awesome Christmas Cactus at my moms that bloomed last week. So pretty!!!! The colors are nuts. Sorry it's not a better pic :)

So I think that's that. Hopefully. I don't know what I missed. A lot I think. I got no screen shots of my scores in a recently revived RE4 high score battle between me and Mels. 115K in the village with Krauser. Siccccck.

Okay. That's it.

I love you. I miss you. Comment !!!!!!!!

Cheers,

Smog