Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. (and Bacon)

The latest installment of Kirk's ridiculous dessert requests was executed most acceptably:

...a bowl of bacon covered in whipped cream. A strange dessert? Only to the less fortunate. Scrumptious? Duh, it has bacon. What kind of question is that? Beautiful? Oh, yes. Please note the cinnamon sprinkles on top of this decadent masterpiece.

Let the Countdown Begin

Our family is working on a very important countdown. We have dubbed it "Kirk's Victorious Graduation Day Countdown," and are celebrating it in a variety of ways:

Our celebrations include a daily countdown sign on our chalkboard wall that becomes more elaborate with each passing day, a daily advent calendar chain, encouraging school-less phrases, and dreams of our future sans homework. Can we do it? Yes, we can!

A Touch of Spring

I've had a very real need for verdant things lately. I decided to breathe some fresh life into one of my houseplants by creating a little scape of sorts:

I remembered my grandmother kept fancy seashells in her potted plants, and knew I had to give it a try. I stuck mine up to look like fungus, though. I also added some moss and clover from our yard, a pretty feather I found, some vacant snail houses, and bits of rock I found that are interesting: red basalt, smooth river pebble, and some petrified wood. I catch a fresh breath of spring each time I walk past that plant.

Toilet Paper Plans

I've been saving my toilet paper tubes all winter long, not because I'm a kook but because I've had big plans with them. Plans that I can finally execute now that it is planting time:

We'll see how this works. I'm being very optimistic about it. Grow, my pretties, grow!

Reverent Partying

Lucky for us, our brother's birthday happened to coordinate with a brief stint at home while he recovered from surgery. Lucky for me, I got to take a few appropriate photos of him in reverent celebration:

Happy birthday, buddy, and we'll see you in a few short months when you come home for reals.

My Big Two-Six

For my 26th birthday, I set 26 goals to accomplish before the year was over. It was a conscientious effort on my part all year long, but I feel that I'm a better person than I was last year because of all these experiences. I'm going to make this an annual tradition for myself and have compiled my list of 27 goals for this upcoming year.

I set goals that I knew I could reach with just more effort than what I exert naturally. Some goals were things that I already do without encouragement but that I felt develop myself into a well-rounded person, so they should count for something. Some of the goals were things I've wanted to do for ages but haven't gotten around to doing quite yet. Other goals were exercises that I knew would help keep up my talents and skills. Then, some goals were to encourage me to learn completely new skills.

Some of my goals have already been documented on the blog-o: here, here, here, here, and here. (Plus a lot more goals that I don't want to bore you with, plus some more goals that I haven't documented, plus a few goals that got replaced with others or just didn't happen this year, drat.)

I've never been much of a New Year's resolutions gal because I think every month, week, and day is the time to rededicate yourself to your goals. What about you? Do you keep yourself motivated on a regular basis?

Another Round

Here is the next installment of Kirk's fabulous desserts, courtesy of Alyssa:

It is Michelangelo's David carved out of ice cream. He is quite buff and well-toned, don't you think? What an excellent specimen of human musculature. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I keep feeling like this little fellow needs a best friend...a red horse, perhaps?