My Trip to Minnesota, or LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BUTT.

So for Thanksgiving, my mama flew me up to Minnesota so I could spend some time with her, my brother, and my dog!

Here are some pictures from my trip. And at the end, you will see what happened to my butt.

My mama (left) with her BFF Kaye.

Thanksgiving Dinner!

Kitty craft that I made for my mama. 

Playing Scrabble!

I went undercover for a bit.

Frightening.

Mama with her friend Gloria.

Nice glasses.

New Belgium Snow Day, Crab Cakes, and Athenian Flatbread Pizza at BLVD.

Bailey and I took a walk every day I was in town.

What a beautiful view I got to wake up to every day!

Owl crafts.

My brother and me.

My mama and me.

BAILEY DOG and me.

And now, what I know you have all been waiting for...MY BUTT. So this is what happened. I was wearing socks and going down my mama's stairs in her house. They are hardwood, and slippery! I was almost at the bottom, and on the landing before the last three stairs, I slipped and the edge of one of the steps hit my butt cheek! Luckily, my tailbone was not hurt. However, this REALLY hurt!!! The pictures that I have start from a couple hours after the incident and once a day after that. It has now been seven days and you'll see how great it looks now...NOT! So yes, this is my butt, but it is all close up and everything, so it's not really like you're looking at my butt. Just focus on the bruise. OUCH!!!

Day 1: Tuesday, November 20.

Day 2: Wednesday, November 21.

Day 3: Thursday, November 22.

Day 4: Friday, November 23.

Day 5: Saturday, November 24.

Day 6: Sunday, November 25.

Day 7: Monday, November 26.

So there you have it. It's still changing colors and looking weird. And it even still hurts a little bit. Some of the colors are actually kinda pretty. 

Thanks for looking at my butt!

Pinterest Inspired DIY Paint Chip Art

So I was Pinteresting yesterday, looking for some new DIY projects. Something just doesn't feel right if I'm not in the middle of a project.

I came across this Pinterest post: (This picture below is a screen shot, so clicking on it won't take you to the link like it does on Pinterest. Here's the actual link: http://honeywerehome.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-paint-chip-art.html)

I looked at it, decided it was easy enough, and I knew exactly where to put the finished product. I spent money on the canvases and the heart punch (which I got at Michael's for 40% off! = $6). The paint chips were free from Walmart. When you're taking five of each color, it looks a little suspicious, so you kinda have to do it on the sly.

I decided to use the colors in my shower curtain, which I also got from Walmart, so I just picked up one of the same shower curtains and used it to match the colors that I needed. Then, when I got home, I used the shower curtain again to decide what color pattern to use. Here's how it turned out:

I'm not an artist, but I like to make art.

So, I don't consider myself to be an artist. I just get ideas and run with them. Sometimes my ideas come from Pinterest, and sometimes I'll be thinking about something for a few days or weeks and all of a sudden, a great idea pops into my head.

These photos are just some of my art that I have in my apartment and also art that I have made for other people.

Mirrors aren't really art...but I'm proud of them.

My bestest cousin loves the alphabet.

Thank you, Pinterest, for this idea.

Love Birds

Painted over the original lime green leaves to make it fit our current apartment.

Roses

Again, thank you Pinterest.

"Like the Dead Sea. She told me I was like the Dead Sea. You'll never sink when you are with me, oh, like the Dead Sea." -The Lumineers

"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die. Where you invest your love, you invest your life." -Mumford & Sons

"Tell me now where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart?" -Mumford & Sons

The beginning.

My Mama's birthday gift.

Artwork above our bed.

Not sure what to do with this piece. But I know I love it.

More alphabet.

"I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all."

"Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it. I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it."

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I have been listening to Taylor Swift nonstop ever since I got her most recent album, Red.

Only because I know anyone reading this is dying to know about my favorite songs on the album...

Favorite Happy/Upbeat Tracks:

4. I Knew You Were Trouble.

6. 22 (my guilty pleasure--the first time I listened to it, I thought it was super lame. Then I kept listening to it, and now it's one of my favorites)

8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

9. Stay Stay Stay

Favorite Sad/Slower Tracks:

5. All Too Well

7. I Almost Do

10. The Last Time (featuring Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol)

12. Sad Beautiful Tragic

I've been in a more sad/slower track mood lately. The quotes for my title and the first line of this post are both from the song All Too Well. They really describe how I have been feeling lately. And when I say lately, I mean approximately the past year. I don't really feel the same. It's a strange thing, not feeling like yourself for a whole 12 months.