It's the Saxophone Season

     Last week, on the day before Christmas Eve, I decided to play holiday songs on my sax just like last year. This year however, I am going to donate all the proceeds to Brookline Fire Company. 
    The original plan was to once again play in front of Starbucks, but they denied me this year :( , "Corporate Policy" or something like that. I ended up asking the very nice ladies at Lily Pulitzer, and the manager, Ms. Jill agreed immediately. Not only that, she was kind enough to bring out a bottle of water for me half way through along with a nice gift bag with an elephant bracelet inside. What a nice surprise! Thank you so much Ms. Jill. 
     Many passerbys seemed to enjoy the holiday songs, and after an hour of playing, and some VERY frozen fingers, I ended with a grand total of... (drumroll please)

$120.56!!!

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas, and is looking forward to the new year! Happy New Year!

Life Updates

     Guess what? I took a course at our local YMCA and I am now officially CPR certified! Whoop whoop! I even got a cool little first aid kit to take home.😃  Hopefully, this means I'll be able to earn a bunch of cash babysitting, because I am currently flat broke.

     Why am I lacking cash, you ask? Well, that's because I just bought a Garmin Vivoactive HR!!! It's a type of fitness-smartwatch with GPS tracking and a ton of other features. I've had my eye on it for over a year, but held off because I decided to get Copic markers with my money instead. 

     However, I've been slowly saving up more, and yesterday, Target had a huge sale! With the lowered price and additional discounts from a handy coupon that happened to be in the Sunday paper, I was able to get the watch for nearly $100 less than the original price!!! With my savings plus the birthday money I received (don't worry, half of that money went to my college fund), I was just barely able to afford it and am currently wearing/admiring it as I type this post. 

     Thank you, Nana, Papa, Auntie Karen, and Uncle George and Aunt Jeanne, for your generous birthday gifts that helped go towards this watch! You da bomb dot com! 😊😃💣

I'm Housing the Best Costume Ever This Year

Happy Halloween everyone!!!
This year's Halloween costume is very special... It's dedicated to our long-time friends and neighbors, Uncle George and Aunt Jeanne. It's from them that I first gained a love of comics, especially Peanuts. This year, while trying to figure out what to be, I glanced over at a Snoopy Halloween decoration Uncle George and Aunt Jeanne gave me a while back and thought: I know exactly what I'll be! No, not Snoopy, silly, Doggy is being Snoopy. I even knitted her a little hat. I'm being Snoopy's house! It took some very large boxes, ALOT of red paint, and a hot glue gun. 
Check it out below:

(The inspiration)

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, COPIC MARKERS!!!!!

    So, you can probably figure this out from the title, but MY COPIC MARKERS ARRIVED!!!! I had enough money saved for a while, and it finally went back into stock about two weeks ago, so we went ahead and ordered it. The ink flows BEAUTIFULLY and it just blends SO WELL!!! The set actually arrived in a broken case, so they even gave me a partial refund! Check out some of the drawings I've done with them so far.

HEE HEE, SO MANY COLORS!!!

An envelope for my music teacher, whose favorite band is "Yes".

LOOK A MINION!!

LOOK, THE OFFICIAL MINIONS TWITTER ACCOUNT FEATURED ME!!

The 3 marker challenge: A challenge where you only use 3 different markers.

A birthday card for my friend, Carmen. (Happy B-day, Carmen!!)

A Zipline for Doggy and My New Apron

First off, here's a short video I forgot to add in my last post (Doggy wasn't allowed on the zipline course with us, so I made one just for her! :D):

Secondly, I finally got around to decorating this apron! I guess you could say it's... one in a Minion (*snorts with laughter*)!

Captioning Camping

We had a great time camping last weekend. We went hiking, minnow catching, and even ziplining at Camelback Mountain Resort. Check out some of the fun, told entirely through pictures and captions.

Posing with Gertrude (Bob was temporarily demoted) in front of the waterfall.

BACON!!! We never get bacon! Well except for when we go camping. I love camping.

Buttella Mellow (Banana, Nutella, and marshmallow)
breakfast panini sandwich. Haha, butt.

I can totally start a fire on my own! 
Well, with a tumbleweed fire starter (compliments of Auntie Alice).

Look at dat bootiful fire.

Easy, breezy, beautiful. Camping girl.

Reading while waiting for Mommy & Daddy to finish their naps.

Cue stoic waterfall pose for Bob.

Is that a finger or a bug? 

Mommy posing for a picture alone. We were otherwise occupied at the moment.

STRRREEETTCCCHHHH!

Honey-Bunny-Love-Muffins (oh, and Doggy)!

Finally, Mommy is satisfied with the picture!

Connecting strands of Twizzlers together with fire in preparation for my evil plan. MUHAHAHA.

Okay, I was using the Twizzler string to knit. Not that evil, but very delicious.

I SAID NO MORE PICTURES!!!!

Catching minnows. Not like there's any in the sand. Get in the water and help, Bob!

GAH, they're too fast!

They'll take your bread, but the minute you try to scoop them up with a net, they bolt. 
Darn minnows.

I CAUGHT A CATFISH!!! We ended up with three at the end (plus 2 tadpoles, 3 tiny fish, and a locust named Alphonzo)

Who's that in the corner ruining Daddy's awesome action shot? 
No seriously, we should probably crop him out.

Mustaches!  Doggy started it.

Mama mia, hikings-a-fun!

Daddy naps way too much. That was his... hmm... 8th nap of the trip?

Mommy's turn!

Group selfies!

(Can you spot the differences?)

Mommy and Doggy and CC sitting in a tree, P-O-S-I-N-G (for pictures).

Bob and Slob dream team selfie.

Fami-tree photo. Get it? Tree?

Tree Huggers

(Can you spot the differences?)

DUN DUN DUN! Quick, snap the photo, these harnesses are heavy!

Waiting, waiting on the world for you (or in our case on a 1,000 foot zipline)

Tell me, does this harness make me look fat?

WHEEEEEE!!!!!

CC, jungle girl, swinging through the zipline trail.

I got stuck in that stupid cargo net after swinging over on a rope :( The guide nearly had to come up and help me! Meanwhile, Mommy and Daddy were cracking up the whole time. >:(