7 Deadly Sins Link-Up

I found this great link-up over at Whispering Sweet Nothings, and since I wanted to get ramped up for the season, decided to do it myself! Copy and paste from the link below and link up to participate!

All you need to do is copy & paste this list, link-up, and have fun finding out others' guilty pleasures.  

seven great things in your life.

1. My family, who supports and loves me no matter what I do.

2. A job that I love, with the most perfect coworkers imaginable.

3. My cat kids, Vegas and Reno.

4. My handmade business, Blackheart Knits & Crafts.

5. Getting more comfortable in my own skin.

6. My friends, who have all become like family.

7.  Waking up every day thankful.

seven things you lack and covet.

1. Time to be as creative as I'd like.

2. The ability to cook.

3. A guy who, instead of being intimidated by me, digs my independence.

4. A better group of (more) friends.

5. The ability to not care what anyone else thinks.

6. The ability to save money.
7. The time to have more fun.

seven things that make you angry.

1. Stupidity in all of its forms.

2. Inattentive drivers.

3. Texting while with another person or a group.

4. Animal cruelty.

5.  People who don't read.

6. Politicians who are ruining our country.

7.  Violence in all its forms.

seven things that you neglect to do.

1. Eat breakfast most days.

2. Exercise every day.

3. Wear makeup more than once a week.

4. Clean more than once a week.

5.  Save money.

6. Read as much as possible.

7. Quit smoking.

seven worldly material desires.

1. An iPad.

2.  A vacation to anywhere far away.

3.  A house of my own.

4-7 are irrelevant, I don't want for much.

seven guilty pleasures.

1. Gator Boys.

2. Katy Perry's (or any other ridiculous) music.

3. Caffeine.

4. Long drives, gas prices be damned.

5. Swearing.

6. Romantic movies.

7. Taco Bell.

seven things you love about love.

1. Learning more about each other.

2. Hand holding.

3. Laughter.

   4. Becoming best friends.

5. Paying attention to the sparks as they fly.

6. The feeling in the pit of my stomach.

7. Letting go.

Currently...

Sitting in bed with a sleeping cat, ready to go to bed myself, and decided to write a little note to just say that I am still alive. See, I've spent the last few months learning how to live again. As dramatic as that sounds, its' true.

It ended with a text message that read 'you are dead to me'. I knew it was over from there. Packed up, moved out, and I was left with the haunted house. Not haunted, literally, but haunted by the love that once lived between these walls. Haunted by what used to be and what isn't anymore. Instead of staying friends, I decided that for me, for my own sanity, it was better to cut all ties. I didn't want to play games, and I didn't want him to, either.

For everyone that thinks that it's easy to break up with someone you lived with, let me just tell you that it isn't. It sucks. Coming home to what looks like a ransacked living room, that only looks that way because the couch, TV stand, and TV are gone, and all that's left is a pile of cable boxes and the line in the carpet where his couch used to be. I rented a Rug Doctor like an adult - got rid of all the stains, as good as a chalk outline so far as I was concerned. The outline of the death of our relationship.

Before thinking that I'm wallowing in some sort of self-pity over here, let me just say that no, that isn't the case. In the two or so months since this has happened, I've gotten promoted at work, got a new car, and have a moderately successful handmade business. All in two months. I don't have time to wallow - hell, I barely have time to work some days! I'll leave you guys with a few pictures from life these days - and promise that I'm working hard, as my show schedule slows down, to get back to writing. It's not something I like not doing. It feels like something is missing, to me, and I'm more than ready to get back to the way life should be.

An amazing sunrise on my way to work!

A recent show's booth setup.

The crazy waves here in the MKE due to
Superstorm Sandy.

Cupcakes I made as a Halloween surprise for the shop -
I made a little mess with the frosting, as usual.

My Day of the Dead makeup from hosting trivia
on Halloween night!

Me hanging with my favorite little dude.