Flying Snake of Death

So for the past four or so days I have been nursing my poor infected kidneys back to health. Which has not been fun at all. I've done a lot of sleeping and staggering around the house and missing all of the beautiful weather that we have been having. So today, I decided during my lunch hour as I was sitting in the porch watching Ti mutilate one of the cats that I was going to do something productive. So last year when we had that big freeze and everything under my house burst the majority of the plant life in my yard died, including the mosquito vine. I don't actually know what the vine is really called but I refer to it as the mosquito vine because if you walk near it in the summer time, more than likely you are going to contract malaria, or west nile, or whatever it is that you get from mosquitoes. Anyways, half of the vine came back, the other half did not and now I have this big, dead, crappy looking vine that needs serious help. But as of today, I will not be helping it.

Here is a picture of me with the mosquito vine, back in the day when I was 18, not afraid of contracting a mosquito disease and when I thought this was attractive enough to post on myspace. WTF was I thinking?

Anyways, so as I was sitting on the porch I decided that I would walk over and look at the vine and see what all I could do about hacking up all the dead before the mosquitoes officially moved into it this summer. What I should have done is asked Joseph to do it when he got home from work because, that little grass snake he said would never hurt anyone and that he let live last month has officially moved out from under my plastic pond and into the mosquito vine.

So there I was, tugging at a dead portion of the vine, trying to rip some of it down when a flying, ninja, grass snake came flying out of the vine and landed directly on my shoulder. Kidney infection problem solved, I peed my pants. They are working again. (Ok, I did not actually pee my pants, but trust me, I could have.)

So then I screamed, or rather screeched, ran out of the yard, did a ninja dance in the driveway, and decided I am never going back into my yard again.  In fact, if Joseph ever wants me to cook dinner for him again, he will have to build a bridge from the carport to the front door because I am not stepping foot inside the gate to that yard ever again.

So the moral to this story is, next time your fiance tells you that you should kill the snake under the plastic fake pond and you say, "It's just a grass snake. It won't hurt anyone!" and your fiance says, "yes, I will hurt myself trying to get away from it if I ever see it again!" You should just listen, and kill the damn snake.

Also, I am not sure if that really was THE snake, but I am going to believe that it was to get my point across.

Woke up in the Twilight Saga

Guess what?! After four days of tormenting us, it finally decided to rain here!
(Also, I finished my finals. No more homework, tests, labs, etc. for the next 3 weeks. This blog has all of my undivided attention. Prepare for wedding planning whining. It's going to happen.)

Anyways, check this out...

Finally... a cloudy, rainy day.

My poor trees are grateful! 

 And so are my vines, that I thought were dead and almost hacked up the other day. Truth is, I'm not much of a gardener these days. Probably because this guy, eats everything in my yard and by everything I mean EVERYTHING! Wood, plastic, metal, he's a Honey Badger.

 

Get it together!

Apparently I hate finals, because I would rather be doing anything than what I should be doing right now. For example, it's been months since I have written a blog, yet here I am, blogging instead of writing a term paper or taking a final. Actually, this blog has been a long time coming, a lot has happened since my last blog.

Exhibit A

Yes, that is in fact a diamond ring and I am wearing it on my left hand. 

This is the guy that gave it to me. Yes, you are correct, he is in fact a hottie.

Exhibit B

 I turned 25. :( And I panicked about it a little because 25 is really the last exciting birthday.

But then that hot guy bought me a sweet camera and I ran around playing paparazzi and felt better about being old. Also, my vehicle insurance went down considerably. $98- full coverage on two vehicles. Winning! 

 Also, my camera takes sweet pictures. For example this Mallard I caught at the Rio Ruidoso this last weekend. Look at the wing spectrum on that baby! Pretty much a professional right now. 

Exhibit C

Look who's all grown up!, and very Bitey. We are seriously ready for the teething to be over. I miss being able to scatter random pairs of flip flops through out the house. :(

However, someone is still a little upset now and then but getting use to Ti the Tornado all up in his personal space. Poor old man. 

So, now that I have wasted a good thirty minutes, I guess it's back to finals. Wish me luck.

Heartbeat at our feet

We became traitors in the eyes of three fuzzy creatures on Saturday when Joe brought home a new baby.

Sleepy Baby

Say hello to Tiberius aka Ti, future hunting companion for my Manfriend, attention thief, and receiver of ooo's and aaa's.

Jealous! 

And don't forget to say hello to Murphy who use to be the attention thief and the receiver of ooo's and aaa's. He has been a little angry at me lately. Although today we finally decided to play with Ti during lunch. Watch video HERE. (It kills me how Ti just rolls. Like a little alligator! ) Anyways, that is enough of me sharing my Murphy and Ti obsession for the day. :)

I've got mad skills

So!, I actually have a little bit of free time and being as how I have this little bit of free time, I believe that it is time to play catch up. Also, I'm still upset that you all have not sent out the search party for me. You should still feel bad about that. Oh!, and don't listen to anything that Happy Cobra has to say, I am not a fishing en-titlist. (Happy Cobra by the way, is my new agent. So if you do not like anything I have to say, you should take it up with the Cobra. Fair warning though she is very bitey.)
Anyways, I just wanted you to know that I have not been completely honest lately. I haven't just been buried under my mountain of homework I have actually been doing a lot of fishing and hunting these last couple of months. See check it out y'all. I killed ducks...

My first Pintail

 

 

And then....

Little Rainbow caught with a fly rod

I killed fish. This last picture does not do my mad fly fishing skills justice however. I actually caught a huge Rainbow before this but of course I did not take a picture. Sad face.
Recently I have been brainstorming about how I am going to become a millionaire and I decided that the only way for me to do this is to use my super sweet blogging skills. I discussed this with my very bitey agent and I decided that I should become a millionaire by telling you all about my adventures. Which totally sounds like a good idea, even if I do not become a millionaire. However the other night while I was discussing this with my Manfriend he pointed out a very good point to me. He said something along the lines of, "How are you going to be the great white huntress blogger if you hate early mornings and cold weather?" Apparently most of the little creatures that I am after only like freezing ass morning temperatures. I guess this is a valid point but what he does not realize is that I motivated. Even though I plan on griping for at least the first hour of each of my adventures. Griping is something I do very well!

Me: "Damn it's cold out here! This sucks! Why do we have to be out here so early?"
Manfriend: "Because this is when the ducks are most active."
Me: "But why? My feet are cold. My hands are cold. I lost feeling in my right butt cheek an hour ago."
Manfriend" "Will you be quiet?"
Silence for about 2 minutes
Me: "I can't feel the left butt cheek now."
Manfriend: "Ssshh"

Anyways, stay tuned for more adventures.

Student + dying= Studying

Image 1.1 V's life these days

Just in case you were wondering what has recently happened to me....

 I decided to share a picture to show you just exactly where I have been. (see image 1.1) I am guessing you were not all that concerned though being as how I have not met a search party out looking for me and I have not recently received any comments asking where I have been. That makes me sad, you should feel bad about that. Anyways, where I have been recently is buried under all of this damn homework. I probably should have thought that whole, "Let's take a whole S*%T load of classes!" idea through a little more than I did. I didn't though and now here I am, sharing my afternoons with punnet squares and Cartesian coordinate systems, (in which I despise), and serial killers, lots and lots of serial killers. Actually, I enjoy the serial killer part. (Don't freak out. I'm a Criminal Justice major and this is the kind of weird stuff we are into. Not the punnet squares and ccs, we could care less about those.)

2012

So I have not written a blog in quite some time but things have been kind of stressful and draining for the last couple of months. This year has not started out as I had planned it would but the good news is that I just don't care anymore because I am going to make the best out of it regardless!
I am now in my sixth week of the semester and so far my classes are good and I am doing great in all of them. I am beginning to make plans to move back to Cruces in the fall and everyday I find myself more and more impatient for summer to be here. I am ready for the lake, fishing, hot days, cold beer, and of course a tan. I am beginning to look a little ghostly again.