Wintery Drinks

I am bubbling over with fall festiveness as the weather begins to cool. though it's only a fraction of what I wish. I want to wear my booooots, and scarf, and hat. Though I am not looking forward to scraping ice off my car and sliding down hills while in my car. Anyway...I am getting my research done for that fateful day that is to come when I need to snuggle in a blanket and drink warm stuff. While in search, I came across this article about warm sugar-free drink ideas-since we must be low-carb to fit into our nice sweaters. This is the link.
Top 5 Low-carb beverages

The link above includes DaVinci syrups, of which I am well stocked in all my favorite flavors already (you can find them at World Market and often TJMaxx. However, it informed me that they also carry tea concentrates which I didn't know about.
The other thing that was cool was the Big Train Mocha No Sugar Added Blended Ice Coffee. It's a pack of 25 individually wrapped mocha blended iced coffee mix packets for $24.35 at Amazon.

Visitors!

The parents and niece and nephew came to visit:

And Caris found a friend in Greta

(she is between princess dresses at the moment)

We tried to go pet the animals at Yellow River,

but when we got there it was closed for flooding.

So, we fed the deer our crackers and carrots through the fence,

as did everyone else that showed up,

and went and played at the playground for a minute or two.

...which it appears was flooded last week.

Some parts looked better than others.

How to toilet train your cat!

Well, you can buy the Litter Kwitter system for $60

Which gives you the fancy removable rings that you take out one by one from the middle out, so that eventually you are left with just the toilet. Or you can rig it the $10 way, like I did, with a mixing bowl and a party tray. I am very non-commital when it comes to investing in cat waste, because, well, I have better things to invest in. Hense my $30 craigslist automatic cat litter box that retails for $130, which proves my point, because that thing was the biggest pain in the butt EVER. I would have been beside myself if I had actually spent that much on one. Anyway, this is the video I found.

Toilet train your cat

I went to walmart after sketching the rim of the toilet and found a mixing bowl that fit PERFECTLY. There is about a half and inch gap in the front of the toilet that I can cover. And then bought a plastic party tray for the platform to cut away. BTW this chick is trying to win an emmy for this performance I think. She is a bit ridiculous.

This is Awesome-Click the link

Break Dance

It's done some more!

Okay, so I wasn't completely happy with the haircut I got yesterday, because I was holding back a bit with the length-'cause I was chicken. So I went again today and got it chopped again! This chick didn't do as good as the girl the other day. It was great clips, though, so my hopes weren't high. I had to come home and fix it a bit. I like it much better though! Yay! And I checked for a license this time, Tina.

It's done!

So after much research and salon review, I found a place in what appeared to be Little Korea that had good reviews and didn't cost $150/haircut. She didn't speak English, but she sure could cut hair. Good thing I took a picture. Came out cute.

Before

After

Here's what I'm thinkin...

I've only wanted to wedge my hair since I was 11, but was always too chicken to go so short-kudos to niece, Julia.I'm still too chicken.

However, I found this style that would be a happy compromise with length and cuteness. I want something shorter that will take less time in the morning to blow dry and/or style, since I will be waking up much earlier than I am accustomed. I have given it a jazzy new name for my own amusement.

TO BE CONTINUED...