Kayt's Blog

So, last academic year I lived and died by the free paper planner produced by my school. I took this summer off, for a change. When school started up again I went looking for a new planner - only to be told they weren't offering them anymore. Catastrophe! I tried buying a similarly styled one at the store ... I liked that it was smaller so it fit in my purse (not just my school bag), but there wasn't any room for anything extra. My life seems to be overflowing with extra, LOL, so I knew I needed something else. I consulted the wisdom of the interweb to create my own.

A lovely rainy day for our Saturday BIO class field trip to ASDM Wasn't expecting an aquarium section (all these animals exist in the Sea of Cortez). These eels are fascinating - they pop up and down from the sand. Seahorses Can barely even find the fish it's so well camouflaged. LOTS of snakes in the reptile room - this one is a Mexican Pit Viper. I liked that he/she is kind of posing for their pic - the others were mostly less cooperative. I thought these little lizards showed a lot of personality :-) Add caption Bobcats, keeping out of the rain. An ocelot staying dry. I've never seen a snake do this open-mouthed thing before. He/she was just sitting there like that! The Mountain Lion was beautiful!!! The Mountain Lion is in the tree in the background - shortly after I took these pics, the branch snapped. The Mountain Lion fell, in stages, but was totally fine! A deer taking a sies...

Because I can't fit Instagram on my phone, I lack that fantastic ability to cobble multiple pics together for tweeting, etc. Therefore, when I have multiple pics to post - I have to either do it one at a time, or make a blog post. It's tough living in the dark ages, LOL ;-) For those who don't know - and why should you? - my bathroom is the size of a postage stamp. But, it is attached to my bedroom and MINE all MINE, so I don't complain. Anyway, it was seriously lacking in storage. Despite the over the toilet storage cabinet I put together when we first moved in, and despite all my best Dollar Store attempts - a girl needs STORAGE! So, to that end ... I give you my (bathroom) improvement projects of the day. An Earring Merry Go Round - and yes, I like gold hoops. This handy little dude came pre-assembled. I just slid it outta the box and filled it :-) This one I had to put together - no biggie using power tools :-) But I do need to sort something out ...

 Awhile ago, probably a year or so, I bought one of these to use as a media cabinet / TV stand: It sat in it's box for a long time, and then I found a more suitable set of folding shelves for about $10 at the Goodwill: Eventually, I decided to start meditating for both mental and physical health reasons.That probably sounds really crunchy and Eastern, but really I just light some candles and listen to soothing music for 10-20 minutes. I decided to devote a little corner of my bedroom to this purpose. I was initially going to use something else, but then remembered I had this pantry thingy sitting in a box. I decided that without it's top doors it was perfect (I am now considering adding the top doors to cut down on dust accumulation). Anyway, I put it together (using the power tools all by myself, thank you very much), and covered the back with some Dollar Store contact paper to avoid looking at the backing and screws: I shoved it up against one side of my b...

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The Best (and quickest) "Homemade" Mac N Cheese Ingredients: Big bag/box of any kind of pasta you have (we're talking aprox. a pound of noodles) Gobbs and Gobbs of shredded cheese (the more the better) Enough Instant Non-Fat milk and water to make 1 cup (works better if it's hot, but it's not crucial). a few pats of butter, for flavor and lubrication. Boil the noodles. Drain the noodles when they're done, put the butter, cheese, and milk on them, and clamp a lid on it to start the cheese melting. Then, when it's slightly melted, add salt and pepper to taste, and stir it up; mixing it all really well. You have to stir a little, then let it sit and melt some more, then stir some more -- until it hits the right consistency. If it starts going too claggy, you can add a bit more butter -- if the cheese is too gloppy and the milk is too runny, it needs to sit and be stirred some more. If you're really ambitious (which I'm not) and you have a set ...