Braustin Nation

Thank you for the chocolate bunnies Carmen Family!! we may or may have not remembered it was easter? Such a Surprise! In sad news, our favorite video store is going out of business. We loved getting recommendations from the people who worked there. Austin and I had no idea our favorite date spot was going out and went to go get a movie.... and we ended up with this sweet stack!! (They sold them waaay discounted. We got all of these for the price of two new DVDs!)  It was funny because when we walked in and realized what was going on, we freaked out because we wanted our favorite movies! Everything Illuminated and Moonrise Kingdom (among others but these were the first ones that came to mind) And Everything Illuminated was gone! Austin freaked because he couldn't remember what Moonrise Kingdom was called. He said... EDWARD NORTON. WHICH ONE WAS THAT?? Of course I look at him like wtf are you talking about the Hulk or the Painted Veil or something? Fig

Last Frame! (because I have just been too lazy to put my last two prints in their home.) I have also been working on this lovely U.S. Map. It's flat on the final copy, I just hung a not-so-important print of it up in the room just in case something happened to it. But they are $20 + $5 shipping if you want one! It was a for-fun thing for a print sale coming up! Naturally I hung it up on the wall and did some shameless advertising. Check out my artist FB page for a pic of the nice and final copy .:Here:. Family is in town, and they even got to come to the student art show! I won an Honorable Mention and a Merit Award (cash!) It was super neat. Austin is always fun to take to art shows too because he always gets way involved in my pieces and all my friends' too. He's biased to everyone he loves haha! It was also my mom and George's birthday, so I sent my mom her favorite cadbury creme eggs. I made George his favorite cake and got him his f

I completely forgot it was St. Patrick's Day until I was getting ready for church today to teach the little kids Primary Songs. I don't even celebrate the day. Neither does Austin. I didn't have anything green and figured I'd get pinched... until I looked down and realized my AFO brace was BRIGHT green. Austin of course, had a tie! I got sick... again. Can you believe it? So anyway we had to break the sabbath and go to Walmart (don't judge us....) And because I have ear-aches, a sore throat, and swollen sinuses I just wanted popsicles and cold drinks all day. We drove by McDonald's and SHAMROCK SHAKES!! ...Okay, please, I know. Sore throats aren't even a good excuse for this... and totally not keeping the sabbath and I can't believe I'm admitting to it on here. I got one.  These things are glory. I look forward to them ALL year long. Kids, don't do this at home. I mean, who doesn't love that unnatural green? It's the color

Nope, it's not me. (and not Austin either...) Although I'm tearing up my CNA class. I don't know why I took that photo.  But my mom knows me well, she got me this bag to carry all my nursing stuff :) However, if you come by the Spori Building at campus... you might find the gangster hanging on the wall: This is the time of year a friend taught me to appreciate back in 2010. The communication majors have a showcase of their photoshop 101 class (or something or other.) No, I am not bashing the communications, I am simply enjoying the class at our school, and some of the gems that pop up haha. Especially those small town gangstas who think they gonna blow da place up (all 5 miles squared of it here.) ;) And yes this was probably illegal to take a photo of their art. I have to say, I have been taking full advantage of the Print Lab since realizing I won't be able to in a month! In the brown liquid --I started etching my U.S. Map plate, and tha

Austin's been a solo man as of late....  I got super sick with a bacterial infection (as of late, more tests to come.) But before that was Austin with a 5 day flu, and then me with the flu, and then when I got better from that, I got an infection woot woot! Healthy over here! I got super flu-y again over the weekend and I won't go into details. I got a bit better and I had been fine to go teach a class on Monday at my college because I had gotten over what I though to be whatever Austin had. Then Tuesday went to my CNA class. And while I was there I was talking to a friend. She was telling me about her annoying apartment neighboors and I shouted, " UM... I'mma be sick hold on...." And I swear to St. Maria I have every trash can mapped out in that EITC building because when I went bursting down the hallway to the bathroom, it felt like friggin videogames and finding checkpoints.  I ended up cleaning the EITC bathroom stall for them.... let's

 I promise we are still alive. In one piece, maybe not but hey.  Today was nuts, I had another clinical of 6am-2pm and then had work 6pm-9pm woo! I helped in a dining room, and my CNA told me she was going to leave for a sec and to make sure no one choked.... I got kind of scared about being left alone with a room full of 20 people with prospects of choking. And all I could imagine was my text book with this guy... (bahaha) Austin cannot wait to get to the University of Wyoming, he keeps telling me he's not going to make it the rest of the semester. Most of his classes are just his Spanish minor, and has been going to practice his Spanish lots at the school because he's in a phonetics class this semester, and your accent counts! I could have used that in French, my accent is horrendous haha! Excuse me, (hoh hoh hoh mais oui!) The most exciting news as of late: So you can only imagine how much more enthused we are! Okay maybe tha

Austin got the flu, then I got the flu. Loverly. I don't need to get into that but to soothe that cough it gave us, we've been indulging a little with our favorite hot chocolate! Come on, on days like this in Idaho you can't help but grab the electric blanket, slippers, a good movie, and Starbucks!! Austin's been curling up on the couch (with his favorites, Bose headphones) trying to keep up with his studies after all that flu business.  I was going to show you a photo of my fingers after printmaking for hours, but it grossed even me out haha! So this.... is what your arm looks like after the printing part of the process! That's after it's been scrubbed with craploads of soap and brush soap. It becomes a tattoo on me for days on end. I had those when I went to get a TB shot and the Nurse just looked at me funny... (What can I say, I'm an emo kid as emo as can be... I bleed black. Get over it. ) Those needed to be covered f