Active August!

Tomorrow is September. Holy cow. 

August was eventful and crazy! For those rocky peeps, you'll understand what I mean when I say I'm going to blog this Wiki style. 

Guardians of the Galaxy, moving,  G.I.S.H.W.H.E.S., no sleep, so fun, dad in town, Emily's sweet 16, first red rocks show, new oven, Arizona, big turtle, hanging with family, ten year reunion, amazing friends, bathroom rumours with mood lighting,  dancing the night away, home sweet home, new niece announcement!, moving Casey, tour de fat, fantastic boyfriend. 

Now. The Top Ten photos of the month. 

ALS ice bucket challenge part 2...

Em, here ya go! Click the link if you dare. 

http://youtu.be/ehrX6fwJ5pw

ALS ice bucket challenge.

I was wondering if/when I'd get called out for this. First and foremost I would like to present this: 

This is something that my friend Bryant put up on Facebook a few days ago and I "liked". The very next day I got selected for the ALS ice bucket challenge. 

You see I donate fairly often. Anytime at the grocery store when they ask if I'd like to donate a dollar to whatever, I do. I donate the animal charities regularly. It's not something I feel as though I need to post on social media every time I do it.  

Now that, that had been said, two more  things. 1) This whole ice bucket challenge thing is fun and all, but I don't think people realize that they are supposed to be donating AND doing the bucket of water. The challenge part is if you don't do the bucket of water, then you have to donate $100 versus a domination of your choice. Either way you still donate. How is getting all wet helping anything? Are all of these celebrities and folks doing the donation part too? Or just the "fun" part?

And 2) 24 hours? Really?! I have a job, also, I'm going out of town tomorrow and have yet to pack, also, I have nobody to film me pouring buckets of water over my head. This whole 24 hour thing that really wasn't thought out properly. I got this challenge at about 3 PM yesterday while I was at work. As I mentioned before I am going out of town so I have lots of errands and what not to do this morning and there was just no way an ice bucket dump was going to happen. However I was able to do my donation.  I emptied my tardis change collector at the bank and put my check in the mail this morning.

I will do the second part of this ice bucket challenge in Arizona , when I have someone who will be able to film me when it happens. 

So for this whole stupid challenge thing, consider part one, the more important part, done, within the 24 hour timeframe. Part two you'll just have to wait a few days for.

'Coon, Ferrets and deer oh my!

So my dad has been in town for the last couple of days. I haven't been able to spend too much time with it because of work. One of the days we did get to spend together we went to the, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Animal Refuge in Denver. It's this huge plot of land northeast of Denver where they used to dispose waste from chemical warfare stuff during the Cold War. Some of the areas still can't be inhabited but the area that can, they turned into an animal refuge. We were there for about two and half hours and the most animals that we saw were a few prairie dogs. Tonight however, we went to a concert at red rocks which was a lot of fun. It's an amazing venue. While tailgating there we saw three deer, or rather one deer and two bucks. Just hangin out. While driving home from the same concert not only did I almost hit a black ferret, but we witnessed a whole family of raccoons crossing the street! Go us. Ok. Now bed time. 

New and old all at once!

So I moved at the beginning of this month. I call this post "old and new all at once" because I moved into a fairly old place. It was originally constructed back in the 30s, but to me it's new. A new experience, a new adventure, because I'll be living by myself for the first time in my life. 

Also I took several pieces of old furniture and sanded, varnished and redid them to make them like new. 

My grandmothers dresser: before ( note the huge marks on the surface. 

And after!!

My other grandmothers coffee table:

Before 

Again with the scuffs and scratches. 

And after!

This one actually was done twice. Once by me. It didn't look too bad:

But I glooped on too much varnish, so my uncle redid it. And did it better :)

And the last piece, wasn't an old price of furniture, but an old pallet and sheet of plywood I found. 

(Note Eko watching from the porch)

With these I designed and built a kennel cover for Eko!

Before backing and paint.  

Now: in the apartment, where it will live. 

Also featured is Mr. Monty! Check back soon, I'll try to get a video tour up in the next few days.