New Layout & Blogging Challenge

New layout, sorta. It’s based off the last one with the same chibi I just changed them and changed the color of the header background and recoded the theme differently (using another theme as a base). This time there’s chibis of me featuring different things that I like :) Harry Potter, Gaming, The Hunger Games, and Art. I was getting tired of the last layout but wanted to use the chibi idea again and started working on this layout last night.

In other news, I’ve been out of work for about a month now and am trying to go back to work! I went on medical leave because over the last year I have been getting sick A LOT. Turns out there was a lot causing it, but I am on medicine now and have some more doctor appointments to go to. I am feeling a lot better now though. Doctor told me I had a UTI, a bug infection in my stomach, something up with my heart, low blood count, low iron count, and something is up with my eyes. Oi, I feel old now.

Anyways, I’ve been wanting to try to do another blog challenge (you know one of those 30 posts in 30 days) or a while now and decided I’d do it in April. The topic ideas are coming from Sarai, and her awesome topic list that she has. I’ll start it April 1st and if anyone else is interested let me know, I also made a topic on Snark about it :)


Pocket Pix: January Photos

I mentioned before that this year I wanted to actually take a photo everyday for a year. And, shockingly, I’ve been keeping up with it! All photos will be posted on Pocket Pix. Don’t always update the photoblog every day but I do make a point to take a photo at least every day :D! I mentioned also in the new year that at the beginning of a new month I’d post a few photos from the previous month. It’s a few weeks into February … so better late than never. Each image will be shown with a link to the blog post under it along with the day and title.  January was a great month overall :)

Day 1: Happy New Year

I had a great new year’s day! And it would not have been complete without a drink ;)

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Happy Birthday to Me!

It’s weird to think I am 26 now, especially considering people ask if I am 18/19 and I get cared for R rated movies :P Birthday was on the 17th (it’s now about 15 ’til 2am so technically it’s the 18th) and I had a GREAT birthday.

Woke up this morning at 5:30am for work (not so fabulous), but overall work was a great day :) Coworkers kept wishing me a happy birthday and we even had pizza for lunch at work. After work I bought a few things and headed to Michael’s arts and crafts store to pick up some stuff to make a World of Warcraft inspired bag. Jose and I waited around the apartment before going out for dinner. He ordered me something and it finally came after 6:30pm. I was shocked when he told me to close my eyes and he presented me with a dozen red roses :D

Initially I thought of The Hunger Games and President Snow, haha (which by the way, I finished reading the final book today SO GOOD!) but they were a nice surprise. After the pretty roses came we left to go eat at Genghis Grill, which neither of us have ever been at. Basically you get a bowl and go to a buffet style area and pick what meats and vegetables you want (all raw) which you can also add a wide array of seasoning too. Then you pick a sauce for your dish as well as a starch and they cook it for you and bring it to  your table when it’s finished. It was SO good and we plan on eating there again really soon.

I had chicken, steak, carrots, broccoli, and white rice in a honey soy sauce. Was very good, also had cheesecake for dessert :) Also got to raid in World of Warcraft tonight with guildies for the first time which was a lot of fun (even won some nice pieces!).

Overall I had an amazing birthday. Next weekend I am going home to visit family and to celebrate my birthday again :) Been getting lovely cards from family members also wishing me a happy birthday! This was also my first birthday with my iPhone so I was shocked with how many facebook comments, tweets, and forum birthday wishes I was receiving :) Thanks again everyone!