I have been blogging for a little less than a year and have reached a milestone this entry. You are reading my 100th post:) So in order to celebrate I thought I would give a little glimpse into more about who I am.

After you read this, leave a comment and I will draw a name and send you a little gift. Depending on if it is a guy or girl who wins it may be a little bit different, but I will include a handmade bookmark and maybe one or two other little things. Anyone can leave a comment to participate, family members included! You have until Friday by 5pm to leave a comment on this entry, as I will draw on Friday evening. Here are 100 things about me for my 100th post…

1. I go by my middle name, Chara
2. I have gone by my middle name since third grade
3. I am 23 years old
4. I am married to a wonderful man, Ben
5. We got married when I was 21 years old
6. We have two cats, Pounce & Axel (cute, adorable, brown tabbies, but of course you already knew that :)
7. If we have kids, I would like to have our first one before I turn 30
8. Some people probably find that ?if? crazy, I think it is just smart to keep an open mind about certain things in life
9. My cat from childhood, Patch, still lives with my parents (she doesn?t really like other cats)
10. I used to have a german shepherd dog named Kittie
11. German shepherds are my favorite breed of dog
12. I would like to have another german shepherd someday
13. I love animals
14. I worked at a humane society before I started school this fall
15. I am studying to be a vet tech
16. I know the normal rates of temp, pulse, and respirations for 5 different species of animals
17. I would like to work with horses someday
18. I think that my favorite color is still blue
19. I like to wear mostly dark colors (black and brown)
20. I enjoy decorating with brighter colors
21. I am currently obsessed with animal prints (especially leopard prints)
22. I am a vegetarian
23. I won?t tell you not to eat meat, but I have strong views on this issue
24. Today I went and voted
25. I do not like to talk politics (you are probably not going to change my mind & I probably won?t change yours)
26. I am a Christian
27. I am sitting here wondering if I can really think of 100 things
28. Sewing is one of my favorite hobbies
29. Someday I would like to have a fabric stash when I have more room
30. I have played piano for 17 years (wow that is a long time)
31. I was a piano teacher before I married Ben
32. I use to play bass guitar
33. I still own a bass guitar, but it lives at my parent?s house
34. I was a piano/music major for awhile in college (didn?t finish it though)
35. This means that I have gone to school for 3 different things: Business, Music, & Vet Tech
36. I tend to be messy
37. I wish that I could be more organized
38. I got rid of several bins full of clothing before marrying Ben
39. I still have a closet full of clothing
40. My favorite line of clothing is L.A.M.B.
41. My favorite store is H&M (also clothing)
42. My favorite brand of jeans are Silvers (from the Buckle)
43. My nose & lip are pierced
44. I have my ear pierced 7 times
45. I pierced my ear myself 5 of those 7 times
46. My favorite season is summer
47. I dislike cold & winter
48. Someday I would like to live within an hour or two of the ocean
49. I would like to live in the country with lots of land
50. I prefer bigger cities over smaller ones or towns
51. I would love to design/build my own house
52. I have a little sister, Sari
53. Being sisters with her is like having a best friend guarantee
54. Sari & I are complete opposites
55. Ben & I are also complete opposites in a lot of ways
56. I cannot imagine not having these two in my life, they balance me out in their own ways
57. I am a night person
58. I wish I was a morning person
59. I hate waking up early though and love sleeping in
60. I probably read at least 2 to 3 books a week
61. I like fiction books, I rarely read nonfiction
62. My favorite author is Agatha Christie
63. I read really fast (probably faster than anyone I know)
64. I also read a lot of blogs by other people
65. Most of the blogs I read are craft/sewing blogs
66. When Ben first tried to tell me about blogs I thought it was a weird concept
67. Now look, I have my very own blog
68. My favorite type of car is a Ford Mustang
69. My Dad buys me a Mustang calendar every year for Christmas
70. Almost every year I ask my Dad what else he is getting me for Christmas and he tells me
71. I like surprises, but I hate the suspense
72. My two favorite magazines are Better Homes & Gardens and Real Simple
73. I have been to 25 of the 50 states in the U.S.
74. I would like to be able to say that I have been to all 50 states
75. If I could travel anywhere outside the US, I would go to the UK
76. I dislike when people say they are an American
77. My reasoning is that people in Canada & Mexico are also American along with everyone in South America too
78. I think we should call ourselves United Statesians :)
79. I like to change my hair frequently
80. I was born with jet black hair, but it changed to light blonde when I was little
81. I have dyed my hair just about every color (black, blonde, brown, red, purple, blue)
82. I have had my hair length down to my waist, cut short & spiky and everywhere in between
83. I like change, but I hate new situations
84. I know that statement makes no sense, but that is how I feel about life
85. I have taken ballet on and off since I was younger
86. Right now I am not taking any ballet classes
87. I am hopefully planning on taking a ballet class again this spring
88. Ben & I do not own or watch TV
89. Some people think this is strange, we think those people are strange :)
90. My favorite moments are taking walks with Ben after long days
91. My other favorite moments are sitting quietly and cuddling with Pounce and Axel while they nap
92. I can make a candy bar last 2 months (definitely my mother?s daughter :)
93. I collect blue and white dishes
94. Someday I would like to have a complete mismatched set of blue and white dishes
95. If I was stranded on a desert island and could only bring 3 things, I would bring Ben, Pounce, & Axel (as long as there was enough food and water for all 4 of us)
96. My favorite holiday is my birthday
97. Okay, it is only a holiday in my world
98. Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday, but only because it is so food centered and I really do not care for the traditional thanksgiving meal
99. I had my wisdom teeth removed the week of thanksgiving one year in order to avoid eating thanksgiving dinner
100. I never thought I would actually think up 100 things, but look here I am at number 100!

Remember to leave a comment:)

When thinking about what to write for a blog entry, I thought about writing what I did today but figured most people wouldn’t want to know what it is like to draw blood on a dog or work on dissected cats. (the life of a vet tech student… at least I am not studying to become a nurse, then I would have to practice on humans and well…)

Ben suggested I write about cats, but my brain was just not up to thinking so I thought I could provide everyone with some cat humor. If you are not a cat or animal person you probably won’t be interested, for everyone else enjoy!

“Never try to out-stubborn a cat.” - Lazarus Long

“There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.” - Anonymous

“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.” - Anonymous

“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.” - Jeff Valdez

“In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats.” - English proverb

“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.” - Ellen Perry Berkeley

“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” - Mary Bly

(If you want to read more funny quotes like this, just do a google search for cat jokes. The first several links all have these quotes listed as “thoughts on cats”.)

Well I got at least one thing on my list accomplished this weekend. I did a little sewing & finished my friend’s purse for her. This was after I had to take my sewing machine apart due to it going crazy while I was trying to sew. Basically the fabric was being sewn into the machine…. well after I took it apart and cleaned it off a little it worked again (I think my machine is just weird). So I think this week I am going to do a little bit of research on slightly nicer sewing machines. I just wish I had an idea which of the brands would be the best to go with…

The purse is purple and teal colored and has a shorter strap for wearing over her shoulder. (For some reason the picture makes the outside fabric look a little more blue than it is, it definitely is purple though.) Hopefully she will like it:)

This afternoon Ben & I were sitting talking when Axel decided to show us how he gets a break from hanging out with Pounce….

See where he is sitting? (He is the one on top of the speaker, Pounce is on the couch - Pounce definitely can not jump that high!) We were just talking when all of a sudden Axel effortlessly jumps on top of the cabinet from the ground. The only problem with this is that now I can’t have flowers or anything since he can get to every spot in the house just fine (and he loves plants!). Very cute though:)

Nothing much to say…

Blogging every day can be harder than it seems…

It is really starting to get cold out…

What would I do without layers & layers of clothing…

Freeze to death probably…

Pounce still thinks squirrels are birds…

I love it when you order something you think you will like, then the package (or in my case this week, packages) arrives & the item is even better than you thought it would be.

New L.A.M.B. sweatpants from shopbop.com…

Amazingly warm & comfortable. I could wear these 24/7, well okay maybe not since I would also want to wear my other L.A.M.B. sweatpants & sweatshirt occasionally.

New keychain & tissue pouch from Creative little daisy’s etsy shop. (Click on this link to see her blog.)

Every girl should have a set like this. Your purse just seems so much prettier, oh and finding my keys is a tad bit easier now:)

New trim, hedgehog buttons, plus extra little goodies from superbuzzy.com…

Okay I have no idea what to do with the trim, but I love the patterns and the hedgehog buttons well who could really pass those by. Plus the ladies who run this site always send a few little extra goodies in the package (I despise real life bees, but that bee patch is awfully cute!). Yeah, so any ideas on what to use that trim for?

My plans for this weekend….

• Finish my friend, Jes’ purse that I am working on
• Clean out my clothes closet
• Homework, homework, homework

And of course a blog post each day! (See if I keep saying that maybe, just maybe, I will actually keep up with it, right:)

At least I have managed to stay on track with “National Blog Posting Month” so far. Although I suppose two days of posting in a row don’t really count. It will be interesting to see if I can keep this up though for the whole month of November.

So I was going to post some pictures of some of the things I have purchased lately and received in the mail. However, after dealing with the flash on my camera and nothing looking quite right I decided that maybe I should take some pics in the day light tomorrow and then post. That means that there is something for you to come back and see tomorrow at least right!

Instead of pictures I am going to leave you with this link of Skidboot the dog that you absolutely have to go to and watch! At our vet tech meeting today one of the girls showed this right before for everyone to see, and I just thought I would share it since I thought it was so cool. So definitely check it out, it makes you appreciate the meaning that animals bring to people’s lives.

…. I feel like if I am going to truly follow this post a day, it really should be more meaningful than a link to go watch a clip, but at the same time I have had a long day of school and really don’t think I can come up with much more than that. (wow, check out that run-on sentence… see I told you it was a long day:) So tomorrows entry I promise will have more substance!

So this once a week (or less) posting just doesn’t seem right to me. When I started my blog I had high hopes for blogging at least every couple of days or so. Lately I have been so busy though that my blog has (sadly) gone on the back burner. So I would like to change that up a little and since November is “National Blog Posting Month” I have decided to unofficially participate. This means that I am going to try my very hardest to post once a day (which is way more than I have been posting…), but don’t hold me to that since I don’t think I can handle the pressure:)

At least I am starting the month out on the right foot with an entry today:) I can hardly believe that it is November already! Thanksgiving and Christmas are both fast approaching and I feel like summer just barely ended. This means though that my first semester as a vet tech student is quickly coming to an end. I can hardly believe everything I have learned so far this semester, it seems unreal in some ways.

Wait a second… is thanksgiving really only in three weeks???? Oh my, I am very glad that the responsibility of thanksgiving dinner does not rest on me. (I think the rest of my family probably is fairly relieved about that too, seeing as it would be a vegetarian thanksgiving if it was up to me to cook - what is that word though, cook? never heard of it:)

So now are you going to come back tomorrow to read more? After all I can’t imagine that I would fail at the blog posting a day as early as tomorrow;)