hello, kitty

yup, i changed up my background. again. i still luuuuurve spam, but i got tired of looking at - i haven't even eaten any since i put that up! tragic.

i discovered hello kitty waaaaay back in the second grade (yes, back in the 70s). we were still living in maryland, and one of my friends gave me a sticker with that cute little face on it. she showed me her other sanrio treasures - a little twin stars pencil, a my melody mini-notebook, and her most prized possession: a clear pink plastic box containing four hello kitty rubber stamps and a small pink ink pad. i was entranced.

from that moment, i became obsessed with all things hello kitty. i so loved all the cute little products adorned with her image, and sought them out every chance i got. bio-dad's sister (remember auntie random?), who was living in the philippines back then, got wind of my love for sanrio and sent little trinkets my way whenever someone was coming over from the homeland. i coveted every piece i owned, and added to my collection with every penny of birthday/christmas/whatever money i got my paws on. the highlight of 7th grade for me was rocking my awesome pink HK backpack to school every day. heh.

as i got older and so way more mature, the obsession faded. i still thought the stuff was cute and often picked up a pen to put in my purse, or a little notepad for grocery lists, but the teen never got into it much. and the shit they have out now is redonkulous! you can get everything from a hello kitty egg mold to hello kitty rice seasoning to high-end hello kitty designer jewelry these days.

that was a pretty long-winded explanation for the new background, wasn't it? oh, well. even the dog got bored as i typed:

the bean found my 3D glasses from the jonas brothers movie and decided to model them. she thought she was pretty funny.

well, so did i. i was laughing so much, which is why the pictures are so damn fuzzy.

last night's dinner was easy and delicious. and for once, i served up a crock pot meal that wasn't ugly as sin! take that, diame :) if you're interested, the recipe is here. i just served it over egg noodles with some fresh steamed asparagus. yummy!

now i'm fighting off the urge to make tater tot casserole again. mmmm, tots.