~*H'ween Outtakes HNT*~

I thought I'd share some of the shots of my pumpkin patch that weren't used for ~*5th HNH*~ last week.
... and then I guess it's time for Halloween to be officially over. ;(
This is also a lame attempt to try to get myself out of a funk that I've been in since this past weekend, by reminding myself of something I recently did that was FUN & personally rewarding & made me feel good about myself...
Hopefully visitors aren't tired of pumpkins yet.



I wanted to put this platter in the collage, but I ran outta room. lol


One of the painted frontal shots:


And 5 more.
No, my nipples aren't normally orange & green.
And no, I don't sleep in whipped cream. ;)


Wanna play? Visit Osbasso.

Note to HNTers ~ One of my sisters is coming into town sometime this afternoon, so I don't know how much I'll be around for visiting. But if you come by & leave a comment, I *will* return your visit.
So just as a head's up, I might be late.

Belated ~*5th HNH*~

I'm late for HNT. I'm late for Halloween.
And it's the witching hour, and past midnight now.
BUT I can turn back the clock here.
So I made my last deadline! LOL

Happy Belated Half-Nekkid Halloween &
Happy Friday the 13th ! ! !

What have all of my recent clues been about???

Of course, I can't feature punkins w/o The SMASHIING Pumpkins!
WARNING: Trippy video that may induce dizzyness.
You might just want to listen while you read/view. ;)


First, take the candy
off my pumpkin spice lattés. ;)
- - - - - - - >

And now for the mega-treat collage that I tried like hell to get completed in time for Halloween, w/o success. There are bunches of treats, but I wonder who can find 13 diff images of me, 3, no it's 4 dragons, my real kitty cat (who I forgot to pose WITH me during my photo shoot, so I snapped her later and then included her), the pumpkin that I pose with a bunch after I turned it into a real jack-o-lantern (and no, I'm not talking about the painted ones. lol).
Even Linus is in there somewhere, looking for the Great Pumpkin.
Snoopy, too. And would you believe it, even Waldo! LOL

CLICK for best, larger view in a new window! It's BIG.
Happy AUING !

And yes, I painted that jack-o-lantern on my own ass, lol.
Don't even ask me how I did it. It wasn't easy.

I have more shots that didn't make it into the collage and a couple of other ideas I wanted to do with them, but... well... maybe they'll show up as 'outtakes' soon. *shrug*
If I ever do one of these outta-control-PShop-extravaganzas again, I'll definitely allow more time to get it completed AND I might even take requests & suggestions ahead of time for fun lil extra things to add to it. =)

Ok. I'll get around to responding to folks, answering emails, visiting everyone & otherwise catching up sometime this weekend, but right now, I'm zapped. I wonder where in my punkin patch forest I can retreat to lay down my head and close my tired eyes. ;)
- Visit Osbasso to play.

*UPDATE - 11/16*
Rough weekend. It's now Monday afternoon and I'm just now starting my catch-up rounds with everybody....

Punkin Guts!

Good GRIEF & punkin guts, Charlie Brown!!!
Can't a girl FINISH a project?!?!
Yesss, I'm ok & yes, the blog template is now fixed.
Thanks to those who emailed to check in on me & wtf's been going on.
I've determined that the cosmos gets a real kick out of throwing curveballs my way and has been trying for YEARS to teach me lessons on things like deadlines, PLANS, and procrastination. Knowing my RL situation & its propensity to place an extra shadow behind my shoulder every time I turn around, I should have started this damn project at the FIRST of October in order to have it completed in time for Halloween. Ack!
As it is, it's almost done, but it hasn't been easy. Hubby needs to be off my back (i.e. out of the house) for me to finalize it. I've worked on bits & pieces of it all week that he could see (since he's ALWAYS around), so forewarning: it has turned into QUITE the PShop extravaganza, lol. Definitely my biggest one.
Bigger than Pioneer HNT. Much bigger.
Anyway. He's heading to LA later this week, so I'm shooting for Friday the 13th to post & share my mega-treat. =)
In the meantime, here's something I did after the fact of the INITIAL pix. In fact, it was last Monday afternoon.
ON H'ween, I finally got around to carving my pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern & while hubby was outta the house for a li'l bit on Monday, I borrowed Osbasso's guess on one of my Hint posts (which wasn't in the original plans. Thx for the idea, Os!) -- I fished the innards out of the trash, put them into a bowl, and headed upstairs. Then I threw on some purple glittery boycut panties & some H'weenish accessories and headed to the tub. (Wah, Most of my silver skeleton earrings had to be cropped out in the final edit.)
To anyone who's wondering - No, punkin guts don't smell so great after a couple of days and YES, they're messy as hell! Don't try this at home alone unless you're a professional like me. LOL! ;)
I couldn't decide on 1, so you get all 6.
Oh yeah, and ps... Please overlook my 136 lbs of flab & fat. pththth.

*EDIT - 11/10*
Grrrr ... PictureTrail deleted my account (I guess my pix violated the Terms?), so I found another site & put 'em into a new slideshow. We'll see how long THIS one lasts before it gets the axe. *shrug*

I hope to respond to emails & commenters for the past 3 posts soon, but I'll definitely see y'all again on the 13th (or at least you'll see ME, lol). Then this weekend, I plan to actually FINALLY catch up with everybody, k? Thanks for your eternal patience with me. *group hug*

Sneaky Lil Update & H-hint 7

Hmphf. Obviously, my H'ween plans didn't go as planned. *smirk*
WHY does my fave holiday always seem to have it OUT for me? Grr.
Most of you know that I am a secret anonymous blogger, right?
Well, like this post, I posted H-hint 6 below before leaving for work, with specific plans on my self-scheduled photo shoot for Thursday afternoon. And, well guess what. I returned from work to discover hubby still at home! And other than leaving the house for a couple of hours on Friday, he was & has been my shadow ever since. I was able to stage & take some hurried pix while he was away Friday afternoon, but that's about it. I don't know when he's returning to work or when I will be able to finalize my project. But, even though my Halloween countdown clock says '0' and H'ween has passed in the real world, I figure it can still BE H'ween in the matrix for as long as I want. =D
Comment responses, return visits, and the finished 'treat' will be posted when the universe lets me. Thanks for your patience, Readers. Meanwhile, here's the final hint that I wasn't able to post earlier...

H-hint 6

"hint" has always been a hint,
just take away the 'i'.Art by VinRoc
Or for the season...
Give me an 'A'!
Give me a 'U'!

__
... now take them both away
And what do you get???

!
Maybe that was just a

... cuz I ran out of private time yesterday
to do what I needed to do
in order to make *that* deadline today.
=(

But stay tuned for your

cuz H'ween is right around the corner.
k?

H-hint 5

Some of you are guessing close, soooo close. ;)

Art by Ilona

ps. I know I'm behind on returning visits, but I'm working on a deadline here. I know who I owe, k?

H-hint 4

H-hint 3

H-hint 2

glitter-graphics.com

H-hint

Art by Candra

Can you guess what I'm hinting at?

More hints will follow soon.
Stay tuned ...

Cheater!

Images courtesy of Google.
Fuck.

I slipped & succumbed to temptation.

A week into NOT smoking ...
And what do I do? LIGHT UP!
Gah.
Such a mixed-bag of crap going on in my head now...

1. Disappointed in myself.
2. Enjoyed it and didn't enjoy it, at the same time.
3. Mouth tastes like an ashtray. yuck.
4. Made me temporarily light-headed.
5. Felt sneaky (and like that feeling).
6. IMMEDIATELY took the edge off.
7. First inhale made my vision ... kinda trippy.
8. Went by waaay too fast.
9. Don't even know what broke my will power.
10. Want another one.

But!
I.
will.
not.
have.
another one!!!

*slaps self in face 5 times*

Off to brush teeth and shower.
And then to work . . .

Dammit!

*sigh*

Health Status: Week 5

An update on my doctor's orders... and then I might take a break from posting these progress reports for awhile. *shrug*
I dunno; they just seem to be getting repetitive & frankly, old.
1. Cigs ~ I don't want to jinx myself, BUT.... *drum roll* ... I haven't smoked one since Saturday night (the 17th). I'm not really sure how, but I guess I just made up my mind to be done and well, I dunno, that was it. (?) Got up Sunday and decided to see just how long I could go without one. It continued into Monday... up until today. Has it been tough? HELL yes, especially living with 2 smokers (1 of which - hubby - smokes IN the house) and it's been tougher some times than others (like when driving, for whatever reason), but ... here's keeping fingers crossed that my will power holds true & continues.
2. Caffeine ~ I was doing pretty good until I bought 2 boxes of diff sugarfree flavored packets to add to my bottled water. I did a lil google search on exactly what caffeine IS ... and guess what? Well, for starters, even DECAF coffee has some caffeine in it (surprise, surprise) but... Those lil "energy drinks" that have GUARANA in 'em? - Well, guess what that is, cuz I had NO idea. I figured it was some herb or something similar that gives a natural "kick". Yeah, it's natural alright... it is a South Amercian plant that has berries but with TWICE the caffeine as coffee beans. Yeah, twice! Great, just great... 3. Water ~ READ the flavor packets that you're putting into your water, people. You're kinda defeating the purpose of injesting more water if you're also injesting a bunch of OTHER crap. Sugarfree and low-calorie doesn't necessarily translate into "healthy". I read the front of the box on the lil packets I've been putting into my water, thinking "Oh cool! - taurine, guarana and ginseng -- hmm, maybe THIS will be a nice substitute for me for caffeine." Yeah, well what I didn't know at the time was what guarana actually IS and what I didn't see at the time was the fine print on the back of the box .... which says 160mg caffeine per serving! That means ONE lil 16.9 oz bottle of water with one of those packets added to it is the equivalent of drinking THREE 12 oz cans of Mtn Dew. No WONDER I've liked my water so much this past week! lol
BTW, how bad is aspartame for ya? It's an artificial sweetener and I've noticed that it's in A LOT of stuff I drink.
4. Vitamins ~ Doing pretty good. (And no pill boxes!) =)
5. Personal Issue ~ Ok, so I had my follow-up visit last Thursday afternoon and after discovering a SECOND diagnosis for what I have, after I looked on the damn check-out form and saw what he circled.... yep, I've determined that I don't care for that doctor too much. If/when *this* lil issue flares back up, I'm finding a DERMATOLOGIST to go to, instead of a boobie-cancer specialist "who can also address that lil issue for ya while you're there". hmphf. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong but... Doctors do NOT belittle their patients or tell them what they should or should not be concerned about when it pertains to that patient's health and it's OBVIOUSLY a real concern to the patient. Besides, there are no dumb questions for the doc when it concerns your health. Right? Am I right???
Grrr.... Yeah, I have some funny antidotal reviews to post as a result of this issue, but right now I'm not really feeling that amused after the way I was treated and nonchalantly whisked in and out of there for the $40 specialist copay. Just reporting on this brought it all back as if it just happened 15 minutes ago (That might be the lack of nicotine in my system which is causing the over-reaction. lol)
6. Exercise ~ My goal last Wed was to fit in 3 work-outs over the course of the week. Well, my schedule was insane & I didn't make it. But I managed to fit in 2, one Monday and one yesterday... no cardio cuz the ankle's not ready, so instead, I concentrated on abs and ass.
7. Dental ~ Wish I had the $ for invisible braces.
8. Diet ~ Went to the grocery store and spent about $100 on things JUST for me after my Doc visit -- from chicken breast to lots of stuff for salads, to upteen diff kinds of nuts (particularly almonds, lol). I've been watching my portions and eating more smaller meals throughout the course of the day instead of just ONE meal. Those freakin' flavor packets for my water might have had a hand in THAT, lol. But still, I managed not to eat out at all this past week.

And after ALL of that... naked weigh-in this morning? 136.
Pffft, lost a whopping 1/2 pound. Missed my 135 goal for this week.
There's just no way around it -- my ankle needs to heal up better so I can incorporate some cardio.
The pounds aren't going ANYwhere until I do. *sigh*

Hubby recently said, "You've gone all Nazi on yourself!"
Yeah, wellllll.. Maybe so. And what of it?
Ya know what else? He might do well to do something similar on HIMself. Fuck. ANYTHING at this point.......
But I digress from the point of this post so - *zipping* it.
... and, fuck it... *reaching for a single cigarette*. Just one.
Just ONE.

Health Status: Week 4

A quick update on my doctor's orders.
1. Cigs ~ No progress on quitting. None. Who's tried the patch or hypnosis or something that WORKS?
I'm up for ANY ideas.
2. Caffeine ~ Better than last week.
3. Water ~ I made/drank a pitcher of Crystal Light over the course of the week, but still not drinking enough PLAIN water... just can't seem to get *into* it.
4. Vitamins ~ Pretty consistent, but not 100%. Maybe I need one of those old folks' plastic pill boxes w/the days of the week on 'em? lol
5. Personal Issue ~ Just got a phone call from that doctor's office. My follow-up visit was scheduled for 2pm today, but now he's been called into emergency surgery so it's rescheduled for 2pm tomorrow.
At this point, the initial issue has gotten a lot better, but there is unsightly bruising and scarring that now needs to be addressed. Once I hear what he says tomorrow (I'm soooo scared of future flare-ups), I may write more about exactly what this is in next week's update. Because, honestly, as a result of this issue, I have some funny-as-hell stories to share, that will most likely show up here as reviews of products that I've tried as alternatives to what I was doing before. Laughter is ALWAYS the second best medicine. And humor, even in the face of humiliating personal issues, never fails to keep everything in perspective. Besides, it's always the best mask to wear. ;)
6. Exercise ~ I walk a LOT at one of my jobs. That means I am on the move for 5-6 hours, four days a week. I'm not sure if it's helping or hurting the recovery of my sprained ankle, tho.
I still can't wear heels either, which affects my *other* job. Erf.
That reminds me: I dreamt about wearing heels last night! lol
I'm getting impatient for my ankle to be back to the way it was. Besides, I need it back so I can do more cardio to take off some pounds. I *could* be doing some isometrics to get my tone back, tho. Once upon a time, I was nearly religious about my work-outs.
wtf happened?
7. Dental ~ Still getting used to my molar crown. meh
8. Diet ~ Been eating the hell out of some peanuts lately, as a low-carb protein snack. Still, I opt for the honey-roasted instead of plain. I just do *not* do plain ANYTHING very well. LOL And I ate out too much this past week -- Mexican (twice) and a Japanese steakhouse.
The damn scales tell me that was a bad idea, too... putting on a half of a pound since last week, reading 136.5
Dammit.

Another week starts today and my goal this week is to fit in 3 workouts and to make next week's naked weigh-in read 135 or even better, less. *fingers crossed*
I mean, hell, it's been a month now - something's gotta GIVE here. *smirk*

TMI #208

It's the 4th anniversary of TMI Tuesday, so I thought I'd play . . .

1. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest), how satisfied are you with your life? Oh, about a 5.

1a. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest), how satisfied are you with your sex life? About a 2.

2. What is the easiest way for you to reach orgasm?
By myself, with a vibrator & my imagination.

3. what are 3 inevitable things about you?
I'm creative; I'm a procrastinator; I hide behind masks.

4. What is your favorite sexual position? (yes you have to narrow it to one)
Well, considering I've yet to TRY every position known to man, I don't know what my fave is (or would be), but ALL of those on that link look fun. lol
It may or may not be my "fave", but this one (or variations of it) is the one I find myself in most times, tho:


4a. What is you least favorite sexual position?
That does not compute, lol, and I don't have a least favorite.

5. Favorite body part/parts of the opposite (or same) sex?
All of 'em, on both sexes ... the human body is a work of art.
But my FAVE fave are the eyes.

6. Would you rather have you significant other (this can be a hypothetical SO) have sex with someone else or fall in love with someone else? [You have to pick one.]
How about *either* one? Ok, ok, if I HAVE to pick one, I'd say have sex... but honestly, I don't think it would bother me too much if it were either one. As long as I'm not forgotten, spread the love. (Ever heard of a polyamorous person being married to a monogamous person? Well, now you have. LOL)

7. When you have a "toe-curling" orgasm, do your does curl up, or down?
*thinking*... down.

8. Name three words that:
a) get you excited ~ Fuck me, baby.
b) make you squirm ~ I want you. (whispered will make me squirm even more, mmmmphf)
c) make you laugh ~ monkey nut sack! (LOL!)

Bonus (as in optional): What is you most embarrassing sexual moment?
Um, *cough*, ok, sheesh, all I'll say is that I had a hemorrhoid at the WORST possible time (couldn't get rid of it before *the* date). Yeah, foul and I was/am mortified and that is way, waaaay TOO TMI! Gah!
*horrified blush*
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~*Boobie-Thon HNT*~

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

My Mom is a 2-time breast cancer survivor.
...and I had a recent breast cancer scare.

In fact, I may not be outta the woods yet.


So I'm doing my part to help a worthy cause.
A day early for HNT, but the last day to participate in this.
Click one of the banners to see how you can help, too.

These pix are old (2005), but I recently came back across them & thought the pink was fitting. Agree?
They are 2 of the 10 pix I submitted for Boobie-Thon. I don't know when or where the official "boobie editors" will place my pix on their site, but I can guess that 1 of these will probably be in the Free Gallery, and the other will be placed in the $50+ Donation Gallery.

As far as my other submitted images, 6 of those will most likely be viewable by donation only.

But no, I'm not wearing pink in any of my other pix. ;)


Note to HNTers ~ I might be late returning some of your visits,
but if you comment, I *will* get around to you, k?
Quick lil shoutout/thanks to Osbasso for a cool new mouse-over code!
Wanna play HNT? He's the man to visit if you want a back row view.

Thanks for the boobage-tuneage, Huggies! =)