My Thanksgiving

Today it was my first Thanksgiving away from home. While I was still with family I got a large bout homesickness today. I miss my mom's simple stovetop stuffing and all of desserts that me and my sisters come up with. I miss my dad's amazing turkeys. I missed playing games with people who make me laugh out loud. But at the same time I got to try amazing new foods and ate myself sick. I successfully made my first pumpkin pie and it was quite gorgeous despite the small burn on the surface. And while I didn't play games with the same people I usually do, I still got to play some games and had some good laughs. Even though I miss my family and things have changed a lot this year I am still grateful for the new. By the new I mean things like:
New TV shows that I've come to love like Doctor Who, Sherlock and Once upon a time. Also new events, like mud runs which is something that I get to do with my sisters. A new roommate Carolyn who is absolutely and positively amazing. A
new place to live,which is giving me all kinds of new experiences. New job, one that helps me keep my head above water and I really enjoy. A new boyfriend who makes me feel special and wanted every day.

I hope everybody enjoyed their Thanksgiving. I am very much looking forward to coming home next week and seeing my AZ friends and family!

Just a touch of snow.

So yesterday there was an 80% chance of snow. We did end up getting a little bit but mostly It just got really cold. In fact right now it's only 17° outside werf! It is freezing, literally. The problem with getting a little bit of snow in a little bit of rain and then it dropping down to 17° is ice. I think this is the reason people don't like living in cold states. I did okay but Carolyn had a little tumble and Eko , ha ha, oh my goodness, Eko looked like Bambi walking on ice for the first time. It was hilarious! There's a little patch of ice right at the base of our stairs and he stepped on it and legs went flying, it was pretty funny to watch actually. Another bummer part is the fact that we really didn't get a ton of snow. It's just enough to cover the ground. I'll post some pictures of what we got this time and what we got back in October. You'll see the difference, can't wait until it actually starts snowing.

The treacherous patch of snow at the base of the stairs.

View from the front door. View from the patio.

So this one below is from my bedroom window this morning.(Sorry about the screen)

And this one is from the smae place last month.

This is from the patio:

Eko leaping and frolicking through the snow :)

I Finally Fixed It!

Quite sometime ago I lost the power adapter for my external hard drive. Being the smarty that I am I tried to use a different power adapter which apparently had the wrong voltage and I shorted out my power supply port for my drive. I finally went in to a computer repair place and fixed it all up. So last night I had the pleasure of going to several old pictures.

Baby Umlaut, so cute :)

My Chocolate painting I free-handed for school.

My little bear cub Eko :)

Camden making friends with Elphaba :)

Halloweenie!!

While I probably won't write a ton for this Halloween expedition, I will post several pictures. My original costume was Celia Bowen from The Night Circus, but not many people knew what that was, so I decided to change it at the last minute to a skeleton. I found some cheap paint and went at and it turned out to be really cool actually. I also carved three separate pumpkins two of which I combined to make one glorious one. I'll post all those pictures. I also bleached a black shirt into a skeleton for Eko to wear. For the actual night of Halloween i went out trick-or-treating with my cousins. I also went to my aunt and uncles house for dinner, my aunt Polly made split pea soup in honor of the exorcist. All in all it was a pretty good time.