hey bunny rabbit

It's Friday, Friday! It's my last day off until some time next week. I should be making the most of it, but I'm a day waster these days so how about a post of random things from this week.


So I had the urge to text ScruffyNerdy on Tuesday night because I hadn't seen him on social media for a few days, but didn't know what to say. Because I think I'm funny I began the conversation with, "Hey Bunny Rabbit!" I figured that'd get some sort of response. And it did. He might not have been very amused, but I surely was. Oddly enough about 30+ minutes later the Friends episode that that line comes from aired. Which made my choice of words more comical.


Wednesday I finally made it back to the gym after not going for about 3 months. The first two months I'm blaming on the holidays/work. The last few weeks my valid excuse is having thrown out my back. That was not fun at all, especially since I still had to go to work and my job requires me to stand for hours at a time. It felt good to get back to the gym. A lot of new faces and it was a little more crowded than normal. I figured by now the resolution makers would have petered out and gone back to their old habits. Maybe by March?

After the gym I headed to the grocery store to pick up some much needed food and ingredients to make ice cream...yes...I went to the gym and then came home and made ice cream. Nutella ice cream. And I only needed TWO ingredients. I used this ice cream recipe here. It came out more icy than it did creamy. I wonder if it's because I didn't separate the fatty cream from the coconut milk. I have one can of coconut milk left so I'm going to give it another go and try it that way. Even though it was more icy,  it was still delicious because Nutella.


I want to do a Disney run next year or sooner if someone else wants to sponsor me. Angela ran one today and Evani is running one later this year I think. They look like a lot of fun and well Disney. I also want to run another color run this spring. I need to start preparing and find someone to run/walk with me. Those runs are always much more fun when you have a friend to run with you.

Lastly they've announced Quiltcon for next year. It's a year away. I'd really love to go, though I'm not that social. Plus it's in Austin. Why does everything have to cost money?

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sticking it out

Went to pay my rent today (late, because I had to wait until pay day) and the new leasing manager was kind enough not to charge me a late fee. He said he hadn't charged anyone a late fee. He then let me know that if I wanted to continue to have a month to month lease that I would have to pay an extra $100/month or I can sign a one year lease and my rent would stay the same.

As much as I don't want to resign a whole year lease, I don't really have any other options. The extra $100/month is not in my budget. He said he'd have my carpets cleaned or my apartment painted if I resigned. He also said they were getting rid of the riff raff and planned to make a lot of changes. I plan to come in with a list of things in my apartment that I'd like fixed and want worked into my lease before I resign. Next it's time to start seriously working on saving money to move. One more year in this apartment and then I'm out.

This exchange happened on Twitter between ScruffyNerdy and me:

Me: I want something cold and chocolatey.
ScruffyNerdy:*stares menacingly*
Me: What's that supposed to be about? I was talking about food.
SN: That was your cold chocolate dessert.
Me: I don't even know how to take that. *goes to make fruit smoothie*

I was so confused. We don't really flirt with each other like that (or at all really) so I wasn't sure how to take that. If this interaction had taken place in person, it would've been super awkward. He was in the car driving back from Florida with his family, so I'm gonna guess he was going a little crazy in the car.

I'm obsessed with this song and keep replaying it over and over on Spotify. And I've cried, while singing it. It's a good thing I live alone. I might be feeling a little lonely and ready to meet someone.


I've even started putting intention into the future saying things like, "Next summer I want to visit San Francisco with my honey." I mean...I mine as well put it out there so the Universe and I can work it out right?

What else? Got back into the gym this week. It felt good. Not sure I'll make it to the gym next week though with my crazy schedule. The hours are gonna be crazy, but I'm looking forward to working at GenCon. 96 hours of gaming. Let the people watching begin.

Blaire from IndyHub was kind enough to mention my 100 Quilts for 100 Kids project in her blog post about crowdfunding. We've come to a stand still with donations with about 37 days left to get the project funded. If anyone else would like to mention it on there blog, I'd appreciate the shout out. 

Nothing fun planned for the weekend, just working and steady working on cleaning up my apartment. It's coming along. I've had three listings on freecycle and all three has been picked up.

How's your week been going? Any plans for the weekend?

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*grrrrrrrr*

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I've been highly irritated the last couple of days. The heat and the war raging on in my uterus are the cause. I'm normally pretty even tempered when my body is doing the lady things it needs to do every month, but this month. This month, I've been very much, I'll bite your fucking head off. My ability to deal with idiots, morons and dumb ass mother fuckers has been non-existent.

Thankfully I head to Chicago for two days on Thursday to hang out with an old friend from Germany. We make this trip at least once a year. I'm ready for a break from my apartment and this no A/C thing I've got going on over here. I'm also ready for some good food and no responsibilities and sleeping in a hotel bed. I love sleeping in hotel beds.

In other news, ScruffyNerdy will be moving back to town next week and he's bringing my puppy. Okay it's not my puppy, but I plan to steal it and then it'll be my puppy...assuming I can snatch him away without getting kicked in the shins. Also, I've been working on my Indie Go Go campaign for my upcoming 100 Quilts, 100 Kids project. I really hope I'm able to raise all the money I need. I will move on with the project with or without the funding, but it'll be a whole lot less stressful if it's fully or even mostly funded.

Welp, I'm off to go soak my feet in cold water to help cool down. Maybe I'll have me a milk shake or just some ice cream too.

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conclusions + national donut day + busy saturday

I've come to a couple of conclusions recently, the first is that I would rather spend money on experiences rather than things. I learned a long time ago that things don't hold memories...our minds do. Yes we associate songs, smells, items with these memories...but I don't need all these things in order to have my memories of the fun and good times I've had. The occasional picture or scrapbook does come in handy though. I'm already slowly getting rid off all the unnecessary things I've been collecting, but I want to start doing more fun stuff like zip lining and traveling. And to start I signed up for an Urban Obstacle Course 5k at the end of the month. I even got a friend to do it with me. I think it'll be super fun and can't wait. 

The second conclusion I came to is that I'd rather work out for 2 or 3 hours every day than give up the food that I love to eat. I mean I'll try to eat smaller portions and mix in the healthy stuff that I like, but I'm not giving up pastries or bacon or juicy burgers or pizza. Just bring on the treadmill/elliptical/ARC trainer and some weights and I'll go at it for 2 hours straight several days a week. I've already decided that I'd rather have a good workout and hang out at the gym than go to work. I might be turning into a gym junkie. *shrugs* Oh well!


Friday was National Donut Day. I had no idea how I was gonna get my hands on some of these tasty treats, but then a friend of mine instagramed the line for a local donut shop (Long's Bakery, the best donuts I've ever eaten) and I jokingly asked her to pick me up half a dozen and she did. She even dropped them off at my apartment. A sweetheart for sure. I'm always surprised when people are kind enough to do such sweet things so unexpectedly.


Saturday was the Pride Parade and Festival, Indieana Handicraft Exchange, IMAF (music festival), a Kanye West Tribute and a shit ton more here in Indianapolis. It was one busy day.

I started the morning by heading downtown and catching the parade. I've caught it every year for the past 4 or 5 years. It's so much fun and it warms my heart to see people coming together in support. After the parade I headed up to the IHE/IMAF. I've wanted to vend at the IHE, but I've been scared to submit my goods. Maybe next year. I got to see a couple of friends perform at the music festival and had the most delicious ice cream. Half a scoop of mango hibiscus sorbet and half a scoop of belgian chocolate merlot. DELICIOUS!!! Afterwards I went back down to the Pride Festival to catch Mya perform. I totally forgot that she sung Ghetto Superstar. Afterwards it was back home for a quick nap and shower and then back out to catch a Kanye West tribute. I was also fortunate to catch Cyrille Aimee for free.99. Delightfully refreshing and so cute. I'd not heard of her before Saturday night. I'm totally smitten with her music. (Saturday was a day full of free concerts.) Good music and the chance to see friends I hadn't seen in a while. It was fun to talk shit and have a good laugh and be myself.


Had a short text conversation with ScruffyNerdy about my current living situation on Saturday as well. He thinks I need to move (I do). This wasn't his first time mentioning it. It's nice to know that he cares. I'm trying not to think too much into it. It's rare that guys and people in general show concern about my living situation or any other situation. I am working on it though.

Sunday morning I was hoping the job would call me and tell me I didn't have to come in. No such luck. Even though the kids are out of school it's still pretty slow at work. I'm currently on the hunt for a new job. I need more money. I'd also like to work somewhere I can be myself. My friends think my work voice is creepy. Ha!

I'm looking forward to all my days off this week. 

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5AT: new glasses and Nutella cheesecakse

@ScootDubbs Why. So. Serious?

1. a working phone - Yay!!! I finally have a phone that functions properly (it doesn't shut down and get stuck in reboot mode and I can take pictures) after almost two months and I didn't have to travel all the way out to Timbuktu to get it fixed. Thank goodness for insurance.
2. house parties - I got to hang out with a bunch of friends and our guy ScruffyNerdy before he leaves for grad school. Lots of good food and good conversation and good fun. While it sucks he's leaving us, I'm glad he's off to do something he wants to do, making a change to get where he wants to be.
3. Nutella cheesecake - *drools* Oh so yummy. This was my first time making this and even though I screwed up the recipe a bit, it was STILL DEE-licious. I made this for the house party somewhat at the request of ScruffyNerdy. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and I had one person ask for the recipe. I'm loving baking and cooking more and more.
4. new glasses...for cheap - I've been wearing glasses since I was in 2nd grade. They can be expensive. I'm so glad that I found Coastal. They have such a great selection and are ALWAYS offering free pairs of glasses w/ the cost of shipping. I scored the glasses above for $16. You can't beat that. I haven't bought a pair yet that didn't work for me.
5. naps - Who doesn't love a good nap? I don't think I have to explain why naps are such a glorious thing. lol

I'm linking up with From My Grey Desk's H54F (high five for Friday).

mr. telephone man

Yay!!!  I have a new (to me) phone. Or a replacement. It's whatever. I don't remember if I mentioned this previously, but the screen on my TOUCH screen phone was starting to go out. When typing I couldn't use the p, q, shift and back space. Anything in the corners didn't work either. PAIN. IN. THE. ASS. I wanted to throw my phone at the wall. That wouldn't have been a good idea though. I'm pretty sure tantrums aren't covered in the insurance.

My replacement arrived on Thursday. I was coming home and saw UPS down the street and thought I hope they don't have my package on the truck still and Yay! they didn't, they'd left it in the leasing office. I pretty much lost all my text messages. *sad* And I'm working on adding back most of the apps I had. But now it seems this replacement phone is acting wonky. I'm not digging it. Not cool dude. NOT. COOL. We shall see. I may be making another trip back to the repair center this week. These issues are making me want an iPhone and I can get a decent deal on the iPhone. It might happen.

mmmmm...Nutella

I love Nutella and lately I've been eating it frozen. It's like a chocolate bar on a stick. The only thing is you have to remember not to stick the spoon directly in your mouth straight from the freezer. Not unless you're okay with reenacting the frozen tongue scene from A Christmas Story. I learned my lesson the hard way.

Amy Winehouse came up on my iPod the other day and it just sort of hit me that she's dead. It seems weird. She was young. And then all these other musicians that are passing. There's a big ol' party going on somewhere right now and these folks are jamming. #random

I had a pretty good mail week this week. Birchbox AND a consignment check. Consignment checks always make for good mail days as I never expect them. Extra money in my pocket for bills and things. I'ma have to hit up an ATM today or tomorrow and get some cash...this after depositing a shit ton of cash on Monday. Should've held on to some of it. Oh well.

As for my Birchbox, I feel like that sucker took FOREVER to get here. I usually get mine pretty quick, but this month it took a little longer. I think they're getting pretty busy over there now that so many people have signed up. I think I heard at one point they weren't allowing any new members. I love them. I might make a separate post to share my box with y'alls.

*deep heavy sigh* I thought I'd figured out a way to get ScruffyNerdy from sticking his hands in my face by tweeting him that if he did it again we went together. It didn't work. I'm not even sure why he does it. It drives me nutty though and one of these days I might actually punch him in the chest. He'll be gone soon though, so hopefully it won't come to that.

Have you guys seen this DIY yet? OMG! I have to do this and soon. It's from the HGTV blog. I can't wait to try it out.

I'll leave y'alls with that. I'm off this weekend and I have to make the most of it and I've got a bunch to do as well. See y'alls tomorrow for five awesome things.

Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition

four times eight

I turned 32 this past Wednesday. It was a pretty decent birthday. I hung out with friends at Coaches the evening before  and then spent the day in Chicago. I would have liked to stay in Chicago longer, but it wasn't in the birthday budget. I will say that I actually spent my birthday money on myself and not on bills. I treated myself.

A handsome young stranger gave me his other slice of pizza while at Coaches because he order the last two. It was a nice gesture. Definitely added to the birthday experience. Mac n' cheese, pizza and beer and drinks.

Business is going well. My wares are now in 6 shops in 4 states. It's pretty exciting. The goods will also be in a local Holiday Pop Up Shop. Needless to say, I'm keeping busy. I just wish I had more money to put into my business. I have a lot of things I would like/need to pay for and as usual, I always need MORE yarn.

ScruffyNerdy asked me a while back about collaborating on something with him. Wasn't sure how we'd be able to combine our two art mediums together, but he'll be embroidering patches with my logo on them for my pieces. I'm looking forward to what they'll look like. Glad that we've become better friends and that things aren't awkward after the admittance of the crush.

My make up application has improved. I've got a nice little minimalist look that's nice and quick. My face has sort of cleared up. Still can't figure out why I only get blemishes on one side of my face. It's kind of annoying.

I'll be heading to Cleveland at the end of the week for work. I'm told it's going to be crazy madness. I need to rest up while I can. I'm trying to clean up my apartment before I go so that it's nice when I get back. There's a lot to do. I want to move. I think I'm going to start packing things up so that I'm more motivated to move.

Also, I need to get serious about eating better and working out. I need to find some motivation and inspiration. No more excuses.

epic adventures

Saw ScruffyNerdy last week at Coaches. We hugged like it was nothing. I like it when shit just flows like that. No awkwardness.

TheMC had a listening party this past Thursday for the album he released on Tuesday. My plan was to drive, but AT didn't get back from church in time...well she did, but I already had a ride coming, so I just got a ride instead. It started out as a sausage fest which I expected, but then a lot of ladies showed up. It also seemed to turn into a Twitter Meet Up. My ride left me to myself to sit with some girl and then Milk&Cookies ended up keeping me company.

Speaking of which, we ended up having a Twitter DM convo that got a little hot. Um yeah...which led to us spending 5 hours talking Saturday night because neither of us would make a move. It was pretty fun and funny. BTwice has sensed that there's something going on between us on Twitter. LOL. It was bound to happen. I'm not hiding anything. Might not talk about it so publicly, but I'm not hiding anything.

By the time Friday ends I will have worked 7 days straight. I WILL survive it. Then Saturday it's Pride and Sunday is a photo shoot. I'm off on Monday too. Woo! I don't mind getting a lot of hours, but man...so many days in a row without a break is hard. I plan to have summer adventures of epic proportions and work my try to cramp my style. But someone's got to fund these adventures.

I really need to get to crocheting these hats. I was supposed to send out at least a week ago. It's just been so hot that I really haven't wanted to touch the yarn. But I will. I have to. I can't be such a slacker. It's bad business.

Can't wait to get my Hello Kitty Vans.

probably the wrong choice of words

I told ScruffyNerdy that I had a crush on him and that I wanted to get to know him better. He said he was flattered, that he couldn't say his feelings were the same and that he was cool kicking it as friends. The thing is, for me at least, a crush doesn't mean I want to date or that I have feelings. It just means I'm attracted to you and I think you seem pretty cool. Not sure how awkward things will be now. Wrong choice of words for sure, kinda wish I hadn't said anything at all. Oh well.

I've had a few male friends be nice to me lately. I'm never sure how to take it. I have a few male friends who do things for me and I know they're just friendly gestures. We've been friends long enough that it doesn't mean anything. No other intentions. But these last two incidents, I'd like to believe both guys were just being nice and it's just part of their nature. I'm not sure though.

One guy I've known on Twitter for about a year. We met/hung out a few times, but mostly we communicate via Twitter. He was getting off work one night (he works at a grocery store) and I jokingly asked him to bring me some Oreos and milk. He said sure. I then responded saying I was only half serious. I really did want some milk and cookies, but didn't really think he'd drive 20+ minutes out of his way to actually bring them to me. He did. We hung out and talked for a little bit and then he left. I relayed the scene to a couple of friends after it occurred and both asked me if he liked me. *shrugs* Not that I know of. I just thought he was being nice. I'm sure I could ask him, but no.

Work has been good. I'm enjoying it. I don't enjoy the uniform so much though. I really wish I didn't have to wear long sleeves. I don't regret getting my tattoo, but I surely do dislike having to wear the long sleeves. Oh well. I've been getting decent hours and my paychecks are normally a little more than I'm expecting. I can dig it.

Hats are surprisingly STILL selling and I've had requests for more. I thought w/ the warmer weather that business would slow down, but it hasn't. I had a good run on Mother's Day cards as well. Just wish I was more motivated to create. I need to change that. I need to do one creative thing a day and hopefully something will change and I'll be more motivated.

I was teaching AT how to drive for a couple of weeks after she bought a car for her birthday, but sadly that has stopped because just as I was informed, you CANNOT finance a car without a driver's license. I feel bad for AT, I hope she gets some if not all of the money she spent back. It was fun being able to drive places. You'd think that'd be motivation to hurry up and save some money to buy a car, but sadly it is not. I still enjoy riding the bus though it's a bit of a pain having to get up early on some days or not being able to go out at night. Who knows, maybe I will end up saving up for a beater car to drive around. We shall see.

Other than that not much else is going I suppose. Just daily life. I keep telling myself I want to get healthy, but I'm not doing anything about it. Lazy bum. I plan on getting new ink before summer OFFICIALLY begins, saving up my pennies as we speak. And I think that's about it. Oh, I made lasagna for  the first time this past week. Delicious.

it's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you...

Busy, busy, busy...that's what I've been.

The new job at the Lego Store is pretty awesome. The commute sucks, but I'm glad to have a job again. That first week we were open was brutal. Because I have every other weekend off I ended up working 9 days straight. Long days at that. Half of them were supposed to be short, but that's not how it worked out. I can't really complain though because it earned me some over time and I'll have a nice big check.

“I don’t want to casually date forever. I just want to love one person really hard and really intensely. I want to settle down and be domestic and cook dinner and have lazy Sundays in bed. I want someone who will love me all my lifetime, who will be faithful, who will raise children with me, who will hold my hand when we are old and grey. I want a career I love, time to do the things I enjoy doing, passion, great sex, dancing, fireworks. I want it all.” ~Spatch from The Spatch Diaries

Yep that's how I feel. I'm not even casually dating anyone. I'm a little scared of dating. I have a crush on someone though. And I can communicate with him through social networking sites, but when I see him in public it's like I freeze up. I'll wave and smile, but that's about all I can muster up. He wasn't saying much either until last night when he spoke to me about something I asked him about online. And it was nice and the conversation last a couple of minutes, but that was it. I wanted to talk more, but we weren't in the right venue and I didn't know what to say to him.  I so want to talk to him and hang out with him and get to know him, but I don't know how to approach the subject. I'm a chicken shit.

I haven't been going out much since I started working. It's wake up, go to work, come home, eat, shower, go to sleep. I did push myself a few times to spend some time with friends though. The  usual haunt at Coaches and then Burlesque Bingo Bango Show, which was more bingo than burlesque which kinda sucked, but I got to hang out with LJ and that's always a good time.

I had this past weekend off which was a much needed break from work and FA and I hit up Record Store Day. I wore my beard and it was awesome sauce. Sunday I went and saw Talib Kweli. It was a good concert and we had a good spot right at the front of the stage. Crotch in our face close. BB and I aren't good fans though, we don't get too excited.

see, we were CLOSE!

Other than that not much else is going on. There is a gentleman that I'm pretty sure has a crush on me and there is another gentleman who I don't know what's going on with him or what his intentions are. I'm not too interested in either gentlemen since I have a crush on ScruffyNerdy.

Oh and Mother's Day is right around the corner so I've been working on Mother's Day cards. You know you need a few. Check'em out.

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