Beeks' Place! Beeks' Place!

I'm going to try really hard to keep up the Beeks Place blog again! I miss blogging on a regular basis, plus I have all these stories from work that I have to talk about to SOMEBODY! And, of course, I'm going to turn my short little summer break into a Chicago adventure--so I'll have to chronicle that too!
So let's see...what's happened since Christmas?

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Today is Flag Day! Today is also nearly one month after I last posted, which is just not right, because the posts should be flowing! Perhaps it is all the Pokemon and painting attempts that have been keeping me too busy! Here are some other things that have happened:

• I botched another cooking attempt! I have boiled something over 5 times now in the past couple of weeks--hamburger helper, pasta salad, and now mashed potatoes! I was even watching to see that it didn't boil over, and as soon as I took it off the heat, milk, butter and water erupted forth like some sort of monster! And then when that was over I slopped half of it onto the fridge and floor while trying to stir. BLAH.
  
• Instead of moving to Chicago in October, I am moving in JULY! That's right! In just a little less than 3 weeks I will depart, and I am very excited! I am also experiencing a heavy influx of lectures and such from family members about "staying true to yourself, remembering your roots" and things like that. As if Chicago was out to corrupt me!
  
• I also got my schedule figured out! I will be taking an array of fun classes, SUCH AS Costume History, Survey of the Fashion Industry, Textiles, and Clothing Construction 1! And I'm getting a sewing machine soon, so now I can finally make those pants I've been wanting to make!
  
• The Humane Society has been quite lovable. Today I went into the Cat Condo and immediately had a fluffy gray and white cat launch himself onto my shoulders, where he wrapped himself around my neck and purred quite loudly! It was like having a live shawl!
  

I forgot to mention in the midst of my Flag Day celebration festivities that it is also my BIRTHDAY! I got a number of great presents from Matthew, including a tiny Yoshi in a Go-Kart that zooms around if you pull it backwards and let it go! I brought it to work today so I could make it go from my counter space to Deborah's, another person that I work with!

I will try and post more frequently--after all, I will have scads of stories once I move to Chicago!

Yes! It has been nearly a month since my last post, and I have managed to grill both hot dogs AND boca burgers in this time period. Oh, and s'mores! The grill is a bit of a challenge--er, maybe it's just me--but a lot of lighter fluid was used in that tiny grill! FIRE!!! At some point I felt insignificant because my neighbor down below was grilling simultaneously on his much larger grill, but that feeling soon waned because I like smaller versions of things (like snack sized candy bars as opposed to king sized; miniature anything) and therefore think my grill is much more fun.

Some UPDATES:

• I have felt like poop more than once this month
  
• I have pooped more than once this month
  
• I played with both kitties and puppies at the Humane Society this month. One cat was the size of a beach ball!
  
• I have been surviving on $1 Tortino's pizzas and hotdogs
  
• At some point, I intend to start my next painting project!
  
• I watched Evil Dead this month, and feel like watching Evil Dead 2 tonight!
  
• I REALLY want to go shopping!
  

And I saw a RAINBOW yesterday! It was more like a rainbow stump because it didn't go very high. Not even an arch!

I like the new cat on my blog--or is it a mink?? Someday I would like to make my own custom style sheet, but if I can't even figure out Photoshop then I think it would be hard for me to make my own style sheet. SOMEDAY.