can I vent for a sec?

How do you tell a parent that their son is the devil and needs a good spanking?

Final week of SPC Introduce yourself

After a warm spell over the weekend I chose the coldest day of last week to go hiking just to get a shot of my most favorite trail close to my house. It was extremely cold and I took my coat off to get a better pose and well, it was really cold. I was a little hesitant to post my picture after seeing this shot by Kiera Eve which is absolutely gorgeous.

My first thought was "dang it she stole my idea" but I decided to post it anyway because 1) I already took the shot 2) I don't have time this week to come up with a new one 3) it 's not her fault she posted before me, who knew we would have similar ideas? and 4) even though they are slightly similar in feel, they are totally, totally different. You may not see the similarities, but I do.

This is my introduction to the trail where I spent a majority of my childhood, where every spring if the water is high enough we go tubing over and over, where you can go at any point in the summer and find any number of people camping and sometimes bathing in the creek ( hey I live in the foothills of the Cumberland mountain range, I'm a "hillbilly").

This is the trail to the creek where one day a few summers ago I was tubing in the rain with a friend and we just happen to pass under some branches with the largest number of snakes I have ever seen in my life, there was no way around it so we had to go through it. That was a fun day. This is also the trail that freezes over in the winter and very large icicles that we like to go and break hang from the cliff face. That's a tradition in my family. It's not winter until you break the first icicles on the trail.

Yep, this is one of my top 5 places to go, any time. If you live anywhere near here and you own a kayak you've probably been to my creek, and I've probably seen you and whined about not owning a kayak to anyone who happened to be with me at the time.

So here is me, showing you my trail. I have more to say about it on my flickr page if you want to click on the picture.

I totally scored the most awesome thing today. We went into Goody's today since they're up to 80% off and they were selling all their fixtures and mannequins!!! yes that's what I said. I am now the proud owner of Frances (that's what I named her), the mannequin who will help me display my vintage clothes that I'm starting to sell on Ebay. I had been looking for one online but I was definitely not paying any of the prices that were listed but today I got one for under $100 and that was the highlight of my day. Really.

I went to see a preview of a new movie for the IMAX theater near the Chattanooga aquarium last night. It was good but all the swimming 3-D fish gave me a headache.



They did a speaker demonstration before the movie started which was cool. I wasn't that impressed with the whole experience, does that make me a bah-humbug person?
These are some of the speakers.


Since the weather has been warm for a few days I've been noticing my flowers sprouting and it's so exciting to know that pretty soon my yard will be full of beautiful colors and wonderful smells.



My cats are spending more time outside since the weather is warmer and I like to watch them jump over each other while they play and climb trees and just be nosy cats.

SPC Week 2 Introduce Yourself

I missed the first week of this challenge, go figure. That seems to be my theme for this year. A day late and a dollar short.
Anyway, so I first found Self Portrait Challenge way back when it was Self Portrait Tuesday and I really don't remember how I found it. I was surfing blogs and found it on one I was looking at.

I'm a simple girl really. I live in the house my grandparents bought when they moved off the mountain to be closer to town. I don't know how many times I'm going to get to post this month so I'm going to put more than one picture in this post. Just to give you an idea, you know.



Someone once asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and my answer was "I want to be a mommy". That hasn't happened yet, and I'm beginning to wonder but in the meantime I am surrounded by children every day. Yes, I work at a daycare and sometimes I seriously reconsider having kids. Seriously.


I shop at thrift stores, I enjoy going to the Smoky mountains. It doesn't take that much to amuse me although there are quite a few things that bore me. I am amazed at the women that home school their kids, are so very crafty, have their own organic gardens, and have time to document it with photos and blogs. Where do they find the time and energy? They are truly super heros.

I have a weird sense of humor,

I'm shy until you get to know me.
I really enjoy acting in plays at my local theater, as well as working back stage and working with costumes. The costumes are my new favorite thing to do.
A recent photo of my feet in costume as I'm waiting to go onstage.


That's me to begin with, I hope to post more often but you just never know with me. I'm unpredictable that way.