i love him so much.  

kitten likes the accent pillow too! 

the whole set up 

who's that bird in the mirror? 

yummy millet 

birdy gets braver! 

birdy looks longingly at the millet i am enticing her with 

I slowly introduced birdy to her furniture. she is still a little wary 

at first birdy was afraid of the new furniture i bought her 

choice comments from this morning:

(me to kitten)
"look at the birdies!"
(closer inspection)
"oh, that's a bird and a stick."

she even chews my hand! 

birdy is driven by an insatiable desire to chew! 

don't know why...

It is interesting, i don't know why i'm really so bothered by this. because part of me isn't bothered at all but there is this little niggling monster serpenty thing swirling around the edge of my consciousness that is eating away at me sense of self worth. it's not just this, it's the whole package of my life and I know that's a mope-mope for me kind of statement but whatever...

i can't decide if i'm going to go see the dog today. i should, it's been almost two weeks but I want to go buy my perfume at the mall and then i have studying. i think that if i get out of here early (ish) today i'll go home, change and go see the dog then go to teh mall and then to study...

I feel like I need to just suck it up and get happy but i'm not sure what i should do. I'm not really asking for suggestions since i'm likely to be annoyed by them. but lordy mclordy. i'm a genuine mopefest.

I'm going to focus on continued apartment renovations. of which there have been none today. I went running and had a crappy run but did it (well, i walked parts of it but i was still out there). I did a new, shorter outdoors route. I need to get my running geared up but the whole AM deal is difficult.

grrrrrrrrrr

I opened communication yesterday with 2 new matches from eharmony. I was excited because they were both cute. This morning i log on and both have closed communication with me (one citing 'lack of chemistry' the other citing 'other') and now I am feeling unattractive, desperate and pathetic. that makes me sad.

that's all folks! 

yeah, i love kitten. but think how much he loves me to put up with things like this! 

bad hair day! 

Kitten's favorite time of day--look at that jaw extension! 

Birdy is such a photo-hog! 

my new playroom organizer (with a bed for kitten a top!) 

birdy playing in the kitchen 

my new media rack--looks like i need more media! 

my new drying rack (already in use!) 

a more flattering shot of the new accent pillow, new slip cover and new throw 

the whole futon (+ new accent pillow and new throw) 

I am trying to keep my spirits up by thinking about ways I can improve my apartment. Improvements fall into a number of 'impact-categories' (lasting impact on the apartment). The highest impact is the idea of painting the walls (namely the wood paneling) and that would require asking the landlord (which is not out of the question but does require doing something which i generally don't do).

Impact Category (1):

• paintingwood panelling to white (?)
  

Impact Category (2): major purchase or quasi-invasive redecorating

• new window treatments
  area rug
  purchase of new organizing equipment
  

Impact Category (3): low

• moving around existing shelving etc
  chillpill to office? Birdy move? Utilize Closet space?
  new wall decorations

Improved Maintenance:

• throw out trash (now and on a regular basis)
• clean apartment regularly
• go through clothes/possessions for donation and trash potential
• combine clothing pools
• vacuum apartment (now and on a regular basis)

Things that I am thinking about:

• -things that i can't talk about
• flower placemats from CVS
• moving furniture around in my apartment
• purchasing a toolkit and assembling my DVD holder
• taking pictures at the wild animal hospital next weekend
• looking into window treatments
• exchanging my green velour futon blanket for my blue velour bed blanket to make my futon color scheme more coherent
• looking into a summer color scheme (new throw rug for futon ?)-cinder blocks to super lift up my bed
• moving kittens old cage into the attic
• moving shelves into the exercise room closet
• organizing my clothes in my closet
• organize pet stuff
• dismantle old pet cages and store in more space conserving position

Long Term Considerations:

• summer craft fairs
• list jewelry on ebay
• photograph and organize jewelry for ebay
• under organize: those 46 bin organizing things from target etc to organize into batches and then label the batches"
  
  
  

if one man's trash is another man's treasure then I have all the treasure

my beautiful picture of the day: the cactus trails in nafplio 

birdy playing her new favorite game--on top of my bookshelves--drop the earring! 

kitten just found (just!) some catnip i put out a few weeks ago