i'm still here

been feeling a bit derailed lately and that horrible zuchinni cake was the straw that broke the camel's back. not to mention that i wasn't too happy with that lemur i drew for the animal alphabet. and on top of all of it i'm suffering with allergies this year.

never before have i ever been allergic to anything in my life (except mosquitos - yeah really - the bites get huge and swollen, i mean, really swollen). so now, i'm sitting around having violent sneeze attacks and itchy eyes. not fun. but only 2 more weeks in allergy-land and then a vacation to clean-air-ville and by the time we get back the ragweed should be nearly complete. i hope.

i haven't been doing nothing, just nothing worth blogging about. i did read a few books. and i have to say that confessions of a shopaholic was nothing that i thought it would be. after waiting nearly 6 months for it to appear back on the library shelf i snagged it last week. instead of being a story about a cute, savy, trendy, fashion-minded girl suffering from the addiction on buying fabulous clothes, shoes, and bags it was a story about a whiney, irresponsible journalist who couldn't keep her spending habbit in-check. needless to say by the time i got to page 210 and realized i had just read two-hundred-ten pages of annoyingness, i felt i had to finish the book because it probably couldn't get much worse. well, it didn't, really, but i probably wouldn't recommend the book. and now i'm confussed as to what the movie is actually about.

of course i'm reading up on what to cook for my backpacking vacation - including dehydrated spagetti sauce. every ounce counts people. i'll save all that backcountry cooking stuff for another day though. and skinny *B* has been recommended as a food makeover for quite sometime. i'm only on the first chapter but i'd like to say that so far i'm on the right track - no smoking, no soda, and no alcohol (or not much anyway). so other than the bit of rude language and the fact that i will never give up meat i think the book will be pretty interesting.

i did find (by recommondation from my sister) a website/blog that i am engrossed in. i do not know why it's not a book, or several books! i would certainly read it. http://thepioneerwoman.com/ it is fantastic! and i've only spent half a day trolling around it.

well, i've got some blog-worthy things to be getting to, so, see you 'round.