complain, complain...

Well people, I have been hounded, and I mean, hounded to do a new blog post! Helloooo
it was summer people!!! Do you think I spend my time on the computer when I have a pool in my backyard?!?! ok yes a little...but still. Mission trips and youth camps!!!vacations and trips to san antonio!!! The occasional tc at starbucks!!!Should I have written about these things? maybe. Was I spending my time better not doing anything at all? no. Did I have a camera to document these things? NO!! it broke!!!!! D: Anyways to all you ladies who have nothing better to do than read a blog about my somewhat exciting but mostly boring life, well there's just something wrong with that. So maybe instead of sitting at your desk mumbling about me not doing a post since may, you should get off your blessed assurance and go by Katherine a camera thus inspiring her to blog and take pictures of the things she does!!!hooray!!problem solved!!!!


tootles!!
:D

oh, summer

today i felt inspired to go outside and take some good summertime pictures.
this one is definitly my favorite. it reflect summertime colors and the hint that water will be squirted or splashed at you at one time.








mom always puts out hummingbird feeders in hope of getting some into our yard, but the only ones partaking in the sugar water....are the ants.









I am very proud to announce that moms hydrangeas have bloomed into a beautiful pink.







ah king. already started to slober everywhere in the heat of summer.






who can do without the essentials of summer?




my darling bunny nibbling on her daily snack (:



and while she eats, bubbles watches.....kinda creepy i know.



age before beauty? of course!

rust before roses? maybe....

A Night to Remember

Yesterday afternoon my friend Sharon and I, embarked on a birthday trip for my friend Rachel. We went to stay in the Embassy Suites in Dallas, and spent the day shopping around. When we first walked into the hotel we went to wait over by the pond while Rachels mom got our room keys. I notice some white feathers in the pond. My first thought was, "Oh no! A goose down pillow exploded from one of the other levels!!!!"I know. I am so stupid. But then my stupid thought is scratched out when my friend Rachel yells, " Look! GEESE!!!!" What Rachel called out, turned out to be swans. Two huge white swans swimming in this little concrete pond thing. We spent quite a few minutes being stupid around the swans, and screaming when they tried to attack us.
Killer swans. On the prowl.

So after a day of shopping and playing with iphones at the apple store, we returned to the hotel to simply goof off. and we did just that.

Kats Tats

Well, for a few months, I have started drawing pictures of random swirls and bright colors. Apparently they are "amazing" because as soon as my friend Sharon had a few on her binder at school, I started getting requests. Soon I was swamped with orders where each person got a picture for a dollar. I even began drawing the art on hands,arms, etc. Which gave way to my friends "creative" name of my biz, Kats Tats. I first started with black and white then moved to color. Here are some examples of my handiworks.
This is a tree i did today in rebeccas room. While i was painting, i came up with the idea of doing stuff like this over the summer. I can paint/draw pretty much anything (except people) so if anyone needs furniture/walls/mirrors decorated, im the one to call!!!offer me a fair price, and ill be even happier :) I am known throughout school as "the girl who draws pictures" which is totally ok with me (:
and this is my mothers day present (: for my mommy who just LOVES diet coke with lime.
i did these in about 30-40 minutes so time isn't a problem! and just now my mom came up with the great idea for an art blog. so maybe later this week you shall see a new blog with all the artness of me :D

What do you want for your birthday?

This question has been haunting me for the past weeks because apparently, I am not outspoken enough. I would like to take this time to apologize for being happy with what i have and not being demanding enough. So inspired by all you wonderful people who posed the question, here are things that i like/want/wish for.

I like pictures. It sounds cheesy, but I love getting pictures from people even if they cant draw worth anything. :D Some of my favorite cartoons are from my friends who aren't exactly right brained (if you know what i mean).

I love old movies/musicals. Anything from Annie Get your Gun, to Singing in the Rain, to Grease.


















I love the mall.
It has so much variety and randomness.
I think one of those mall gift cards things could be nice. Plus it's a great place to spend time with friends goofing off and trying to find the red-headed guy and his tail. XD











I LOVE La Madeliene.
If you take me there for lunch you are definitely my favorite person at that moment. And you will be my favorite person ever if they happen to be serving mushroom soup that day. yummmmmm














I like time well spent.
Hanging out with friends, making inside jokes that are so stupid we can laugh over them forever, and just being myself.
















I like shoes.
All to the exception of heels.
flats, vans, converses(preferable).








I like sharpies. You give'em, and I will put them to use. I even have a business, Kat's Tats. (will blog on later) I Can never have too many sharpies!!!












I also really want gel pens.
and not the lame kind. Gelly Roll is the best brand out there in my opinion all of their stuff it fantastic!








All this talk about me has worn me out. phew.

hmph

well, people did not respond to the whole enterprise thing as i had hoped. so i have decided to try my luck at poetry! in english we are writing our own lyric poems. Mine is titled:
the artist

i have paper.
thousands of sheets
just waiting to be made into something special.
each medium calls out,
"Pick me! Pick me!"

i carefully consider each medium
and what it has to offer.
watercolors destroy definite lines
and blend the world through
a glass of liquid.

acrylics smile their bright colors.
brushes tingle with laughter.
colored pencils remain solemn
in their tin
content with the smell of wood.

i pause
as my hand reaches
into a bag of
Sunchips.
french onion is preferable.

i continue with the impossible.
i decide on two best friends:
the pencil and kneaded eraser.
they complement each other.

a basic sketch begins to form
as my hand runs
back and forth across the page.
scribbling, erasing, scribbling, erasing
... days go by.

the wood shavings have piled up.
each line
has been transformed into a carefully placed piece.
each curve
fufills the needs of the picture.

finalized touches have been put into place.
as i step back
to view my finished work
something is missing.

grabbing my finely sharpened pencil
i complete the masterpiece
with two small figures
that lets everyone know
the owner. the creator. the artist.

anyone for cookies?

Hey, you! That's right! You! You look like a nice person. Do you like cookies? Of course you do! Everyone likes cookies! Well have I got the deal for you! Does it seem that you are always at church, spending time investing in that same old children's choir? Well I have a solution that will change the way you do things! Instead of investing time, invest money! And for a limited time only Otis Spunkmeyer cookie boxes are available. With every $15 donation, you will receive a free that's right free box of lovely cookies.The varieties include chocolate chunk, peanut butter, snickerdoodle, oatmeal raisin, M&M candies, and white chunk macadamia nut! These cookies can be frozen up to one year! Just pop them in the oven and whaa laaa! fresh Spunkmeyer cookies! All donations will be put toward the youth summer mission trip to Lytle, TX.
And don't think of it as wasted money, but a contribution to the kingdom of God.




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