My day off, paper flowers and "Mo"

So today I had the day off. I never get Fridays off, but I did today and it was so nice. My sister moved up to Raleigh this weekend so everyone was gone. Since she's living in the dorms at NC State she can't have all of her animals so I inherited one. His name is "Mo," like a Mohawk, because it looks like he has a Mohawk. He is a guinea pig. He is not quite full grown yet so he's small and sweet. It kind of satisfies my urge for an animal with fur. So since I can't have a dog or a cat, I will have a guinea pig. He's so cute, he talks too, sounds just like a baby pig. I love his face, when he looks at you it's just, awe.... I have a new little cuddly bunch of joy to take care of. So on my day off I tried to figure out which of the bags of stuff I feed him and which time, and filling up his water bottle. He always wants attention to, so good thing I was off, so he could get better acquainted with me.
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I love to watch Martha Stewart, I don't always get to watch her because she comes on a noon time but when I am home I love to get good tips from her. About a year ago I saw her make these flowers out of crepe paper, they were so pretty. She said you could buy all of the stuff to make them at Michael's. So I went straight to Michael's but they didn't have any of it. On Thursday Chad and I went to Michael's because we were in the shopping center and I found the packets of stuff to make the flowers. I was so excited. While I was baking a cinnamon cake to take to Chad's parents for our cookout I made a few for Chad's mom. They look so real. Martha says that they don't require water, attention, they don't make a mess, and they last forever. How perfect! Sorry I don't have a real picture, I took what ones I had made to Chad's mom. I also got these cute little galvanized watering can pots to put them in. It's so cute. I have a bunch to make. I have enough for all of the special ladies in my life, my mom, Chad's mom, and Chad's brother's wife, or my future "sister"-in-law. No matter how much she hates me I still include her because I don't hate her and neither does Andy's parents. If she only knew how we felt, but she doesn't take the time to think about how her "in-laws" feel. We still care about her, none-the-less. Pointing fingers is not a way to solve anything. So I am making her some flowers too.
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We went for a cookout at Chad's parents' house Friday evening and we had so much fun. They even picked some crab apples off the tree and grilled them, how inventive! We filled our bellies to the brim so that we could sleep good because Saturday we went fishing. We had been out to Badin Lake before but this time we all explored to find new places to fish. We didn't catch much because we walked and moved around so much but it was fun. It's nice being off Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I have gotten some much needed rest on these days off. On Saturday evening we went on a hunt for my new camera. I would love to have a Canon but they are $100 more expensive and $599 is a pretty hefty price tag. So I have settled with a Nikon D-40 but get this, every place we went the camera either wasn't working or the store was closed. So I am hoping to go to Wolf Camera today because they know what they are talking about. So it's Sunday, today we are going to fly kites in Concord at Frank Liske park, then we are going to Wolf Camera. I want to be sure that this is the camera I want because it is very expensive. I keep checking the photography classes at UNCC, but they are all still full. I'll keep checking. I love photography, I would love to take the digital class so I can learn to use my new B-camera. Chad says we have to call it the C-camera because we already have a B-camera, oh poo!
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Well, now you know about my days off. They were wonderful and restful. Next weekend I won't be so fortunate because I have to prepare to go to school.
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God please watch over me, and let me get through these last couple of semesters.