new toy, new hobby, new pet

Let's start with the 'pet'.
About 7 or 8 yrs ago, Dave and I decided to have each other make our valentines day presents for each other.
He did good, I sucked.
He made me a dozen hand made 'roses' made out of herseys kisses wrapped in red Saran wrap. He did great.
I won't even go into what I made, um...because I suck. Big time.
Anyway, these little flowers have sat on our computer desk for the last however many years. It's silly, but I couldn't just throw them away!
Dave comes upstairs with them yesterday handing them to me.
4 of them were eaten through.

We.have.a.mouse.IN.our.house.

Traps are set.
Knowing that I was a vegetarian for 14 yrs (now eating chicken and the occasional bite of turkey) I was never too keen with mouse traps. It's horribly mean. I don't like to think about it really.
What I DO know is that I have a MOUSE in my house, and he's not welcome. Yes, I know I could get a more humane trap, but anyway.....
I'm SO freaked about the freaking mouse.
Pray the little sucker finds his way to mousey heaven soon. (and pray I don't feel TOO bad for TOO long...cause, really, I do)

Next, new toy.
I've finally joined the rest of the world and got my first Ipod.
I am the proud new owner of a 2g Nano.
It is sitting on my table empty. I don't know how to fill it yet, but I'm sure I'll learn soon. Dave also got one, so he can figure it out first and then tell me!
The problem is, I want it full of songs that I DON'T have. Songs that Dave would NEVER want. (Dare I say I'd love a Kelly Clarkston song or two on there...oh and a little Holla Back girl...yeah, not dave)
I don't want to spend a million dollars filling it up, or at least filling it up long enough for 3-4 workouts so that I don't listen to the same thing each time.

Last but not least, new hobby.
I'm all about being creative. I love expressing myself through art. It's so far been usually just paper crafting, but I would learn just about any kind of art if I had the chance.
Dave's Grandma was an artist. We have some of her paintings in our house. She was really rather good at landscape scenes. When she had her accident and moved into the nursing home she gave me all of her paint supplies.
There are about 30 brushes, a few canvases, an easel, and about 20 tubes of paint. There are also a bunch of 'how to paint...?...' books. They have been sitting in my basement for about a year now collecting dust.
Yesterday, as the kids were napping, and I caught up with all of my blogs, the mood struck.
I got everything out and really went at it.
Now, I'm not one to paint a landscape. No, it must be something that can totally be messed up and yet look like art. You know, one of those, 'what is THAT supposed to be?' type paintings.
My painting is really just a bunch of gobbily-goop, but you know what? I really think I like it!
It's got orange, yellow, greens, browns, maroons, and a bit of red in it.
What I started with in my head is no where near what came out, but what DID come out, I'm happy with.
Dave, who amazes me sometimes with his support on ANYTHING I try or do said that he wants to frame it and hang it.
Now, I don't know if it's that good, but it was fun, and I will try again!
Just what my budget didn't need...a new hobby!