It’s recently come to my attention (said in fake Chloe Sevigny voice) that I have been blogging for a looooooong time. Since 2003, to be exact.

I think about “freshening” up this blog (ie.: removing archives) ALL THE TIME, but never do. I find myself re-reading them sometimes, for a chuckle.

I am nothing if not…consistent, I guess. Consistently addicted to dogs, glitter, blogging. Or at least, journaling. I don’t think that will ever change.

I don’t even read other blogs anymore, it’s kind of strange. Raymi now and again. I check in occasionally with my linked blogs on the sidebar…the ones who are still around. A small list!

When I’m online I mostly cruise through xojane, stop by Jezebel, and if I need to be disgusted by current events I might drop by Gawker, but only briefly.

I have a goal, actually, to set a timer when I’m online and spend NO MORE THAN 60 MINUTES…because who needs to be online longer than that? If you don’t have a computer-related job, I mean. I don’t.

There’s an app you can put on your phone that measures how much time you spend online, but it runs all the time and sucks up so much data I erased it after one day.

Ever seen the original “Night of the Living Dead?” We watched it again recently, and damn if it doesn’t stand the test of time! This character Tom was a beefcake, too. Look at those muscles!

Josh pulled it together last weekend (while I was hunched over the latest Mandala) and decorated our front yard for Halloween. Ooooh, spooky!

He really outdid himself with the giant spider climbing up the house, devouring a human carcass. I’m so proud of him!

Floral Mandala, in the works. It’s all inked up and I’ve started coloring it in…which is the best part.

Christy came over Saturday night for a visit. She talked for hours and I made chicken yakisoba and she brought over these delicious mochi balls from Trader Joe’s. I’d only had the green tea flavor before and wasn’t a fan, but these were tasty.

She gave me some pretty teal-and-red earrings she bought for me during her honeymoon in Turkey, and I gave her some cool gardening seeds I picked up at the Met, in NYC.

My passion for “Display & Costume” runs deep, and unfortunately they only have their “Day of the Dead” section up this time of year. How could I resist this DoD glitter skull for 1.99???! It looks so good against the teal paint.

I resisted the glitter claws, though. Heh.

Yesterday for the first time in the two weeks post-half-marathon my foot didn’t hurt. Instead of running on it, I chose to sit on the stationary bike instead. All day, no pain! Today I wore stupid flats with no arch support to work, and it hurts just a TINY bit, but I’m going to pop some Ibuprofen and go walk the rogs. It’s a beautiful sunny day outside.