The bleeding heart is coming back!!! Spring is so great :)

This is the interior of a tulip magnolia. Andrew and I went to the Morris Arboretum today. It was wonderful despite the cloudy skies and slightly chilly temperatures. There quite a few things in bloom, including some magnolia and cherry trees. There was also a witch hazel that we came across that was still in bloom; it smelled simply divine!!

*This is my post from Saturday, March 31, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...

It's so great to see things coming up in the garden!! This is photo of a plant that we planted in front of the downspout in the front of the house. It is reddish-purple with white flowers that smell like vanilla or garbage, depending on what source you look at... I don't remember what the name of it is. I'm sure that the tag is somewhere in the basement... Anyway, it didn't do so well last year but seems to be doing quite well so far this year!! Exciting!!!

*This is my post from Friday, March 30, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...

This new fan was a real life saver this week!! It has been quite warm here and the university refuses to turn off the heat!!! The fan is little but very powerful; however, it makes it bit hard to keep papers on my desk when it's running and it also dries my eyes out if it is blowing on my face.

*This is my post from Thursday, March 29, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...

So, Andrew had a somewhat rough term this past winter and he also has had to stay late at work every night this week. Overall, he has seemed a little overwhelmed and down and so I thought it would be nice to get him a little present. What I purchased was a mug from one of his favorite video podcasts, Dylan's Couch. It's a bit weird but funny nonetheless. You should check it out.

Yes; these are the holiday lights. Yes; they are still hanging up on our front porch. It's a good thing too. Our normal outdoor lights are not cooperating... We'll have to get someone to take a look at them. We spent the evening on the front porch, enjoying the lovely weather. These twinkly little lights provided our illumination.

I prepared the guinea pig veggies for the week this evening. This is the sink full of greens that I cut up, washed, dried and stored for the piggies. My two boys will go through all of this in a week to a week and a half. They are very hungry piggies!! So cute...

While I was sitting on the front porch reading and eating some very tasty Doritos, the neighborhood cat came up and walked through our front yard. He or she (not sure which) proceeded to lie on the pavement in front of Andrew's car for a little while. I moved closer to take a picture and the cat came up to me and let me pet him/her. He/she then sat on our sidewalk and relaxed. I think that the cat is very beautiful and he/she is so friendly. If I have a cat, I hope that it is like this one, only inside.

*This is my post from Sunday, March 25, 2007. This post is late. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

So you all know by now how much I adore lilies. Andrew and I picked these up at Giant supermarket on the way home from Ikea this evening. I was very surprised how nice they are, coming from a supermarket and all.

*This is my post from Saturday, March 24, 2007. This post is late. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Spring! Spring!! Spring!!! The crocus remind me of Spring. I love it!!!

*This is my post from Friday, March 23, 2007. This post is late. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Number 11 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. Now for the close-up!! This is the paper that was featured on the Post-it board in yesterday's post. Look!! I've been promoted!!! If only it were true... ;-)

Number 10 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. This is my Post-it Board. It is fun and sticky. Things stick to it... ;-) I'll have a close-up of the lonely paper that is one the board tomorrow because it is pretty funny.

HAPPY SPRING!!! This month's flowers are lilies of the valley. As I have said before, lilies and orchids are my favorite flowers. I especially enjoy lily of the valley and I can't wait until they bloom!!!!

Number 9 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. Today my staple remover looked especially shiny. So, I took its picture!!

*This is my post for Monday, March 19, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

I purchased 35 pounds of hay from Washington state for the piggies. It is half second cut timothy and half bluegrass. This is a picture of the bluegrass. Bran and Wyn have never had it before. I hope they like it!! I also hope that I can figure out where to store it all...

*This is my post for Sunday, March 18, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

This is a photo of the calendar that my mom made for Andrew and I. Doesn't it just scream St. Patrick's Day?!

*This is my post for Saturday, March 17, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

Number 8 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. This is a photo of the magnet that Andrew gave me. Isn't it cute?!

*This is my post for Friday, March 16, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

Number 7 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. This is my paperclip holder. You can also see the small rubber band ball that I started. No; there is nothing in the ball expect rubber bands... I'm that good. Now, I have to make it bigger!!!

*This is my post for Thursday, March 15, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

Number 6 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. No; this is not a tiny, green Barney!! It is a remote controller holder that belongs to Andrew. He let me bring it to work and now he holds my cell phone.

*This is my post for Wednesday, March 14, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

Number 5 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. Cube hooks are an essential part of any well-rounded cube. This one holds my keys. Nifty, huh?!

*This is my post for Tuesday, March 13, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

Number 4 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" series. This is a photo of the maneki neko that is under my left-side computer monitor. He is so cute!! Also, he is a little dusty...

*This is my post for Monday, March 12, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...

Erin's bridal shower was today. It was at Andrew's parents' house. The decorations and food were just wonderfully beautiful. This is a photo of the votives that were on windowsills all around the room. They were very pretty but I was praying that they didn't catch the shoji screens on fire. Thankfully they didn't...

There was a fair bit of drinking at our house last night. This is an appletini that I made. They were tasty. Andrew's picture is better though. Check it out here.

*This is my post from Saturday, March 10, 2007. This post is a tad bit late. Kathleen and Adair came last night and I got a little bit distracted...

I got this crossword magazine while I was at Barnes and Noble the other night. I really have fun doing crosswords despite that I'm horrible at it...

This is a photo of a drawing I did last night. I don't draw very much but I enjoy it. So, maybe I should try to do it more often. This particular drawing was partly influenced by the reading I did yesterday on the Greek gods Hypnos (god of sleep) and the Oneiroi (gods of dreams)...

We had snow for most of the day today. It was never very heavy and not much accumulated. The snow that did accumulate, however, was absolutely beautiful. This photo doesn't really do it justice but you get the idea of the wonderful shimmery quality it had. It really looked like the decorative sugar that they use in cake decorating to make it look like snow... Hmm...

*This is my post from Wednesday, March 7, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

Number 3 in the "Perspectives on the Cube Life" Series. The candy bowl is now full!! I wonder how long that will last... I am currently offering green tea candy, milk candy and CUBYROP.

*This is my post from Tuesday, March 6, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

Number 2 in the "Perspective on the Cube Life" series. This is a photo of the bowl that I brought into work to be my candy dish. I really like this bowl. I picked it up at a small mom-and-pop dish store that was in the shopping district, of Sannomiya in Kobe, Japan. This one is green on the outside but I also purchased one that is the same as this except it is blue on the outside. That one is still at home. I'm hoping I don't need two candy bowls for my cube...

*This is my post from Monday, March 5, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

This is a photo of a mug at my parents' house that I thought was kinda cute. Yes; it is Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. I also used it for my coffee that evening. What of it?!

*This is my post from Sunday, March 4, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

Andrew rediscovered this bag of truffles that he received from a holiday party that he went to at work in our cabinet. We ate some and they are still as tasty as they ever were. Mmmmm... Yummy....

*This is my post from Saturday, March 3, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

This is a photo of a Japanese marshmallow candy that Andrew picked up during our trip to Mitsuwa. This type of candy consists of a marshmallow that is filled with some sort of filling, in this case it is chocolate. I had this type of candy when I was in Japan and have also bought it from the local Korean market previously. I really like this kind of candy; I would have purchased it because I think that it is tasty. Andrew, on the other hand, purchased this candy because he thought the packaging was cute... Yeah...

*This is my post from Friday, March 2, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

This is the first in what will become a series of pictures (not necessarily posted on consecutive days) slowly exposing different parts of my new cube before I build up to a picture of the overall cube. I think that I'll call them "Perspectives on the Cube Life". This photo is the first!! It shows my word magnets in their new home. I have arranged them to look like one big paragraph that makes absolutely no sense grammatically, as you can tell from the picture. I just think the arrangement is aesthetically pleasing...

*This is my post from Thursday, March 1, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! It's the attack of the thirty foot inflatable mascot!!!!!!!!! Run for your lives... There was a pep rally for the b-ball teams today in the main court outside of my office suite. It was very, very loud... But there was free food which made it all better; that is, if you weren't trampled to death just trying to get some of it...

This is a photo of the wonderfully tasty cake that Andrew made for my birthday. It is a Jello cake and it sooooooo good. It has yellow cake, strawberry Jello and lemon icing... Yummy!!! Just like when I was a boy :-) It makes me happy!! I have been having a piece every night since Saturday. So much cake...

This is a photo of my old cube, cleared out. I moved into my new cube today. It is much more spacious but it'll be hard to say good-bye to the old one... I'll take a picture of the new one once it is clean and organized.

This is a picture of a really cool book that I bought at Reddinger's mid-Winter sale at Valley Forge Convention Center today. It is a copy of the Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, supposedly translated by Sir Richard Burton, translator of Arabian Nights. I never really heard of the work before but I really loved the illustrations. All of the illustrations have been hand printed. The frontpiece of this book has already fallen out and it is the same as the cover illustration. This is my favorite one in the entire work. I think that I'll frame it for the library...

*This is my post from Sunday, February 25, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

These are presents from Deb and Bud. They were wrapped in this cool coppery paper and Deb had applied these really cool sticker strips. Very cute!!

*This is my post from Saturday, February 24, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

Look at all the presents from Andrew!! I can't wait to open them!!!! Today has been such a great b-day and I have a feeling it's going to get better!! ;-)

*This is my post from Friday, February 23, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

... I smell something tasty...

*This is my post from Thursday, February 22, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

This is a photo of the Jasmine plant that came from the collection of plants that Adina and Steph bought us. The flowers are pretty and they smell lovely but they do not last very long...

*This is my post from Wednesday, February 21, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

Devil piggies!!!

*This is my post from Tuesday, February 20, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

Yep, another view of Ramune, the Japanese soda with the marble in it. I really like it. I forgot to take another picture for today... Oh well...

*This is my post from Monday, February 19, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

This is a log house thing that I bought for the boys today. It is supposed to be completely edible. That's a good thing for Bran, who loves to nibble on everything... Wyn seems to have taken it over though.

*This is my post from Sunday, February 18, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

This is picture of creamyaki, tasty waffle like things filled with a sweetened cream cheese type filling. It was a great fiasco getting them but they were so, so worth it!!! Just wonderfully tasty...

*This is my post from Saturday, February 17, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

Bran really loves to hide in the hay rack that I made. It makes me a little nervous but he seems to get out just fine... What a cute little piggie!! :-)

*This is my post from Friday, February 16, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

The tulips are dying!! The tulips are dying!! How sad!!!! :-(

*This is my post from Thursday, February 15, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...

This is a close-up of one of the Valentine's Day cards that Andrew gave me today. He slipped them into my bag sometime when I wasn't looking and I found them this morning when I went to get my iPod out at work. I was so surprised. It was the best. I cried a little. This card was really cool because it had a really interesting texture. You can kind of see it in the picture...

So, it is only fair that I post a picture of Wyn by himself after a post of Bran by himself yesterday. This is Wyn peeking out of the oatmeal container. Wyn is kind of shy and here he is trying to decide whether it is safe to come out or not... Oh no, I might bite!!! ;-)

During lap time tonight, I tried to take some close-up photos of the boys. Bran was being very inquisitive. Here he is stalking the camera. He even tried to nibble it a little...

So, without further ado... Here they are... My two new boys, Bran (the brown and white one in front) and Wyn (the white and black one in back). Aren't they the cutest? Here they are enjoying some tasty salad and pellets. They are still afraid of Andrew and me, though. They are getting better...