“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
Amen, Albert Schweitzer. I couldn't agree more.
Today was a day off and I couldn't have been more grateful. Yesterday was a horrible, stressful day at work so I was beyond relieved to have a full day off to myself to think things over. I'm beyond fortunate to have a great boyfriend and our feline friends to keep me company. They are my sanity the majority of the time. Music fills in all of the other gaps quite well.
I took some quick pictures during our lazy afternoon together and I felt like sharing. So, I hope you guys enjoy my babies as much as I do. :)
That's Julian, looking rather smarmy. :P
My sweet Evan with his regular "surprised" expression.
Julian, again. He reminds me of a Burmese here.
and I know it's a fairly dark shot of Evan, but it was so incredibly sweet, the way he was sleeping. :D
anyhoo, those are my babies and they helped make my day today. :)
My real name is Kristen, but I am a person who, throughout 27 years, has had many different monikers.
The first that I can remember is "Dude". My family called me this for years. As with many of my nicknames, they just sort of naturally evolved. "Dude" turned into "Dud" for a bit, as my sisters felt like being mean, typical older sisters. It didn't last long. :P
I remember a time in grade school when a friend and I had code names when we'd pass notes. Mine was "Monty". I chose it because it was my favorite character in a book at the time. That same friend shortened my birthname to "Kris", which worked for a while.
My oldest sister started calling me "The Beast" after a while, and that spread out to family friends, and even my best friend's dad decided to inform me every time a made-for-tv film about an octopus called "The Beast" was scheduled to come on tv.
Another was "Keebler" because of my height, given to me by a guy who continues to be my friend today and still snickers over the fact that he shouted it out to me when I was student of the month in junior high and had to walk up on stage to get my certificate. Ahh, good times. LOL
Most of those nicknames have stopped being used, and many new ones have come into play. "Keebler", however, has come back to haunt me in the form of "Keebs", when one of my best friends from college stepped in and, without knowledge of my past, labeled me with a variation. :P Another nickname, simply my intitials "KB", sometimes spelled as "KayBee", was another popular favorite during that time.
Another one of my best friends has forever called me "Krissy" for short, and that has spread now into friends from all over. "Loohoo" is also a popular one. All of these names have been severely special to me over time, but I think the one I get called now takes the cake.
"Boogie".
I NEVER thought I'd be called this. I remember knowing a woman during my childhood that had this nickname, and I remember comparing it to the boogie man, and finding it utterly ridiculous to ever call a woman that. I would NEVER let someone call me that! How stuuuupid! ,I'd say.
That all changed when my first born niece, uttering some of her first words, started calling me "Boogie" out of nowhere on a broken record setting.
LOL, I can still hear it now and it's like music to my ears, despite how it reads on this blog. This child has become one of my best little friends, and I believe that people are put into your life for a reason. Some people, you are just MEANT to know and be a part of each others lives. Boy, does she EVER fit into that category.
So, my entire family, including the niece and two nephews that followed the first, ALL refer to me as Boogie now. Even my Dad, both sisters and their families, and my late mother....I was Boogie to everybody, and I honestly think I could stop there with the nicknames. Any other name will never top this one. It just goes to show you to never say never. I never figured I'd be called a name that I thought was ridiculous, much less come to love it. I was beyond wrong. :D
Every time I hear Michael Jackson and his brothers sing "Blame it on the Boogie", I have to laugh because my family likes to joke that EVERYTHING my niece does can be blamed on me. That's probably very true. :P
Here's a pic of me and my Joselyn.
and here's the Blame it on the Boogie video by The Jacksons, just for kicks.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, but currently living in Washington. I'm a hobby photographer who would eventually love to photograph professionally. I've been taking pictures since I was 15 years old and it has turned into one of the loves of my life.
