craps of the holiest kind

there have been gaps, but this has been a biiiiig gap.  mainly because there has been an upheaval!  all was not right in the world, there was an extreme disturbance in the force.  but then THIS happened:

which is crazy!!!  its always a treat to meet up with my boyfriend Dan Hugo, but it doesn't happen enough.  and this time it just so happened to be in NYC of all places.  there was drama involved because nothing can be easy, to the tune of catching the ebola and puking in a taxi, having to cancel our original date, losing my job, and then walking the streets of NYC early the next morning in the hopes of making it onto the Today Show.  but luckily the stars aligned and i was able to see Dan for about a few minutes before running off to North Carolina where THIS happened:

 at my cousin's wedding.  which was fab since some of those cousins i hadn't seen since 1997.  plus i got to see allie which i was super grateful for since she saved the day when the apocolypse was hitting me in NYC.
and I did THIS:

to improve my marketability and i was actually quite happy that i managed a good grade because i was quite worried that i had lost my ability to learn new things.  ya know, because of things like THIS:

 ya know, because there is always some of that and might as well, for shits and giggles.
but THIS happened:

 which resulted in THIS:

 which is pure awesome.  i love this little dude.  his name is General Grevous and he is fabulous.  he purs and cuddles and plays and is nutty.  he is an amazing addition to the family.
sirus of course did THIS:

 and i made THIS:

 and now i want to take more glass classes because it was so cool and so pretty and its all i want to do.
in january we went and did THIS:

 it was our 13 year wedding anniversary, so of course we will go to disney land without the kids and run a 1/2 marathon dressed as princess leia and han solo.  xtie was with us, too, dressed as chewbacca, but this is a different chewy here in this photo.
and then OMG, THIS:

 i went from being total neither here nor there about football, but then after last year's accidental trip to the super bowl, i was a bit more interested this year. we watched the NFC championship game while we were in disney land and right after i told eric how football was so fun!  SO fun.

 but then with like only a few minutes left in this year's super bowl, while the seahawks still had a chance, i turned to him and was like, OMG, i HATE football!  i can't do it!!  too stressful!!

so then there was THIS:

seamus turned 11 and wanted to get her ears pierced, so we took her to Slave to the Needle in Ballard and got her all pierced and tatted up!  no tattoos, just kidding, but this guy, josh, did a fabulous job and she looks so pretty with her aquamarinish earrings!  so grown up.  makes me want to cry.  sirus told us he is going to get a hand tattoo when he turns 11.

and then of course i got a new job, so there is THIS: