You know its a REAL bad day....

...When you suggest naming your mother's blood pressure, so we can simplify things when life gets particularly crazy and stressful.

And your older sister reccomends the name Barry.

And it sticks.

And everyone starts asking, "How's Barry?"

Tuesday, Wednesday, yesterday and today have all been that kind of day.

*dies*

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

I love you very much! : )

My Love Affair With Sharpies and Watercolors

I do indeed madly love both of the aforementioned art tools.

*Swoon*

They're just so fabulous!

And they were made for each other, I swear.

For instance:

What a magical and marvelous affect! Although my drawing AND painting skills leave much to be desired, this is my favorite painting I've done in a long time.

Anyway...

Sharpies and Watercolors are God's gift to teenage artists. I love and appreciate them like good friends. We have a fabulous relationship.

I hope every artist finds their Soul Mate of Color Tools.

I certainly found mine : ).

"It's hair today, gone tomorrow..."

Today, I got my first haircut in...what?...maybe a whole year!

I love my hair long and lustrous. I like thinking of myself as a Red-haired Rapunzel (its catchy, no?).

Alas, the evil that opresses hair everywhere had struck.

Two words:

SPLIT ENDS.

*horrified scream*

Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I decided it was time to part with an inch or two.

It was remarkably painless, and now, with a fresh start, I can grow it EVEN LONGER!!!!

Mwahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Before:

After:



Long live all the hair we will grow!

Lol.

GLORIOUS DAY!

Today has been pretty fabulous, weather-wise.

Its one of those nasty, horrible days that trick you into thinking spring has sprung.

Ha.

The forecast says SNOW on Monday, despite the fact that its in the 50's right now.

Anyway...it's a pretty marvelous thing when you wake up to BIRDS chirping outside your window for the first time in 2011!

Squee! REAL BIRDS!!! They would NOT shut up for the longest time this morning ha ha. But it was worth it. I got REALLY excited over those little guys, randomly enough.

Than, today, it turned out that Cicero was actually a genius (I was dubious, to say the least). He said several things about friendship that REALLY spoke to me. Here are two:

Amen, Cicero!

This has been a beautiful day, one truly glorious, staight from God, as our Valentine's day gift, I guess : ).

Rejoice! You are loved!

Happy Birthday, Joe!

In light of Valentine's day, i was a BAD big sister and forgot to get him a present, or even make a blog post about him.

Poor kid.

Anyway...

Happy 11th, little dude!

They say wisdom comes with age.

Apparently 11 years is not long enough to obtain wisdom.

Three days after his birthday, Joe goes, "There's this bar of soap in the bathroom right now that smells REALLY good! It smelled so good....I took a bite out of it!"

Say wha?

I replied, "JOE!! You did WHAT!? Which bar of soap was it!? The Dove bar!?"

"I dunno,"

"Was it oval shaped?"

"Yeah!"

"JOOOE!!! THAT IS NICE SOAP!!! DON'T EAT IT! WHY DID YOU EAT IT!?!?!?!!?"

"It smelled REALLY GOOD!"

And than, needing proof, I went up to the bathroom, and, lo and behold:



Yep. He did.

My mother said, "Joe, please tell me what you thought this was going to taste like!"

"I dunno...vanilla ice cream!"

And that is exactly why we love him.

Love is patient, love is kind...

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

LOVE!

Yay! A holiday all about L O V E!!! As a girl, I find this holiday absolutely fabulous!

I just want to say to some very important people three COMPLETELY overused words. So, to:
Dad
Mom
Biggest Sister
The Evil Soprano
Miss M&M
Joe Cool
Ladybug
Littlest Sister
Curious George
Winnie the Pooh
Squishy (lol)
Kit-Kat
My Cartoonist
All the TGs
Len-Oreo
Camille
Romeo (aka Hannah lol)
Extended family
Becca
Adam Young (I love this guy!!!)
And everyone who has ever touched my life in any way...

I LOVE YOU.

I wanted to share with you a song, just because I am big into music and a song can be very meaningful to me blah blah blah...

Anyway...

I decided on this one, even though it's by Rascal Flatts and Kat's gonna H A T E it, because it says EXACTLY everything I want to say, and I totally love it.

My Wish, Rascal Flatts

Thanks for being there for me, loving me, and just being AWESOME.

You have my love and my prayers : ).

Clare <3