Tag: 2019

May Catch-up!

Apologies for the VERY delayed post – ack it’s the middle of… JUNE?! Here’s what I was up to in May!

  • I’ve been running like a mad woman – literally! I had a half marathon in early May and finished in a wicked personal best time (1:49)! Running has been most of my life actually! It’s been run, eat, sleep, repeat all in preparation for my full marathon *gasp* tomorrow?!?!?!
Sugar modelling my medal (and sweaty gear ;)) from my half!
  • It’s actually spring out now (we even had a few days well above THIRTY celsius!) so I’ve been spending a lot of time outside staring at the lovely cherry blossoms!
  • Started working on construction on my first dollhouse, which I’ve been spending weeks sanding, construction, priming, painting… making an entire mess of my room and have been loving it! I really missed being creative and coating everything in PINK!
  • I also got inspired to finally get back to working on decorating my actual house!
  • After a few years, I finally got CURTAINS! My big dollhouse finally looks like a real dollhouse now! Which that cat has not destroyed yet (even I’m SHOCKED)!
  • Game of Thrones is actually DONE! Ahh! It’s been so long since I’ve been invested in a show like that (like so many people!) No spoilers here, but I really liked how it ended.
  • I started watching The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to fill in the gap! Definitely NOT the same genre, but it was time for something hilarious.
  • After years and years of hmming and hawing, I bought my very first Takara Neo Blythe doll (I’m planning a proper post soon… but I’m just beaming!)
  • And saw lots and lots of rainbows!
This was at 6 am on what seemed like a super glum day! The universe always knows what you need 🙂

Hope to be a bit more active here on the blogosphere once running is done! I feel the creative bug biting again and need to put all that spare time to use! 😀

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30 things that made me very hoppy in April!

Can you believe April has already come and gone?! This month whizzed by even quicker than March and I can’t believe I’ve barely posted a thing. Wasn’t my intention to let this month run away from me, but I was on so many adventures I hardly had a second to sit down. Suppose I should do a nice catch-up and some monthly snaps here!

  1. Hoppy Easter to all those who celebrated! If not, hope you at least got lots of cheap chocolate~ I sure did!
  2. Spring means out with the dark everything, and in with the pastels and rainbows. They are EVERYWHERE and I LOVE it!
  3. Enjoyed a lovely day off of work!
  4. Spent lots of time with family!
  5. Ate a ton of good food 🙂
  6. My lovely cousin got engaged
  7. And two of my high school friends found out they are having BABIES!
  8. I celebrated one full year with my cat! Loving every second of cat mom-hood!
  9. To celebrate, I bought a cat camera. Now I spend half my day at work watching her (shh!) – it was this one here from Amazon! I definitely do recommend it.
  10. It was Administrative Professionals Day at work so my bosses got my a very nice vase of fancy flowers and took me out for lunch!
  11. Got a pretty significant raise at work as well!
  12. So splurged on a Nintendo Switch, which has been a blast!
  13. Also planning to do some more renovating on my little home! Needs some more PINK! 😉
  14. Baked about 12 dozen cookies this month. Probably ate about that many too 😀
  15. Have been running non-stop!
  16. Less than a week until my half marathon now (not super pumped that it’s going to be basically winter running though :O)!
  17. Have run further away than ever before which makes for excellent adventures.
  18. Ventured by an old mill a couple of kilometers away and it was scenic as heck.
  19. Made some new running friends and reconnected with an old high school friend who is also into running!
  20. Although the continued winter has some benefit. I’ve been enjoying being cooped up a little bit and spent ALL of last weekend playing The Sims. Nothing better than carefree days spent mindlessly laughing at the antics of little screen people!
  21. New season of Game of Thrones! *gasps darkly and full of terror*
  22. Been binge watching the Disney classics as well!
  23. I’m finding Disney so visually inspiring. Been doing some ~casual cosplay~ of the Princesses which is mega fun
  24. Found a whole new world (see what I did there…) of things to collect as well!
  25. It is apparently warming up! There was one whole day that went all the way up to 19 degrees celsius!
  26. Snow is GONE and grass is actually green
  27. Got the patio setup on my balcony
  28. Actually had a chance to sit on the patio one day so far so that was nice
  29. Almost time to break out the summery dresses!
  30. Quite excited for all of the fun warm cheery adventures to come!
Made a batch of springy rainbow chocolate chip cookies!
This was the beginning of April!
Then a couple of days ago!
Cat cam! Can you see me 😉
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31 things that made me feel lucky in March!

Wow can you believe it’s the END OF MARCH?! This month really has just zipped by. Going to try a new blog feature ~ a happy wonderful thing that happened for each and every day of the month!

  1. It’s officially SPRING!
  2. Warm weather is here
  3. Days are getting looooong and bright!
  4. Snow is (almost) no longer here!
  5. Finally got a crown on my chipped tooth and it looks AMAZING
  6. Spent a lot of time just relaxing with family!
  7. Took a couple of days off of work
  8. …and didn’t even feel bad about it!
  9. Started training to run the full marathon (takes place in June)!
  10. Ran 21.1 kilometers (a whole half marathon) this morning and it felt great.
  11. I’ve been spotting a bunch of deer and geese on my runs! Definitely missed seeing these guys!
  12. Enjoying exploring new places with just my feet!
  13. Started drinking far more water (still need to cut the Diet Coke a bit!)
  14. Baked a lot this month
  15. Made homemade pizza as well
  16. Thank goodness for all the running because my appetite is wild and I love it
  17. I also cleaned out my freezer finally and it’s so roomy in there now! Hurrah for adulting!
  18. Stopped watching the news obsessively (still aware, just don’t need it affecting my whole mood)
  19. Got lucky with some good thrift hauls!
  20. Including some new Hello Kitty plushies (can never have too many friends ;))
  21. Started a toy Instagram and I’m really enjoying posting on it and meeting new folks!
  22. Bought Bob’s Burgers on DVD and have been binging like mad
  23. Also getting back into video gaming!
  24. Spent most of yesterday playing Pokemon Pearl
  25. Video games and geekery is inspiring a lot of my crafting lately – I created some Mario felties and Animal Crossing felties and blogged about them
  26. Bought the materials to start perler beading
  27. Successfully put up the canopy bed in my bedroom!
  28. Which means another room in the dream house is done (one room left to go!)
  29. My cat lets me sleep through the whole night! 🙂 (knock on wood with this one!)
  30. So yes, a busy month and definitely no boredom here!
  31. My schedule for April is even more jam-packed, and I’m excited to get going!
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A brand new year to fill with all sorts of happiness!!!

Well we did it!!! 2019 is HERE!

I spent New Years Eve enjoying a bunch of leftover Christmas treats, making a quick colourful 2019 headband, and chasing after my cat who kept stealing the pompoms!

My headband! Full of my favourite materials: glitter, stickers, pompoms (also Sugar’s favourite!), and rhinestones!

I had so much fun, but ended up falling asleep at 9 – oops!!! I was trying to stay up, and I was even going to set an alarm just in case I fell asleep but then fell asleep before I could do THAT! Hahaha!

I ended up watching fireworks this morning (on Youtube ;))!

My one big goal for this year is to CREATE EVERY SINGLE DAY! Even if it’s just a little bit of something. I dream of having a magical house full to the brim with colour, fabrics, knitted things, craft projects, and the constant smell of fresh baked goodies ~ my own enchanted little paradise!! And then post my creations every day (or so) here on this blog! I hope this challenge will allow me to be productive and constantly learn new skills!

I also just want to be HAPPY this year, fight through my anxiety, be healthy, and as bright and unique as can possibly be!

The first sunrise of 2019! The colours were already cooperating with me!!

2018 was my absolutely best year ever, and 2019 is guaranteed to be EVEN BETTER! Can’t wait to enjoy it with you all! xoxo

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