Time for a new backpack

My favoritest dakine ninja backpack is falling apart. :( time for a new onE.
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New projects... painting. We have a Hello Kitty Themed bathroom, I working on some artwork for it. Here is my first piece, entitled "sprinkles and bowties" (i just thought of that now). I'm going to make a collection of 3 paintings for our bathroom, all Hello Kitty themed. Where I'll have the time to finish these projects I just don't know. My weeks I feel have been getting busier by the minute. My weekly schedule looks like this:
Sun - Church/recovering from Saturday night
Mon - Work (usually a double)
Tues - Work, Stump! Trivia at Manifest
Wed - Work (usually a double)
Thursday - Work, workout or family dinner
Friday - Work, go out
Saturday - Run errands, work at night
Yes yes, there are times in between those to get things done, but I feel like my schedule is just too full. Like this week for example, Sunday I busy all day with NFL football, tonight I went to trivia, Thursday I'm helping Tammy with her beer stand at a UH basketball game, Friday night I'm going out with the girls!, and Saturday morning before I work at 4 I'm going hiking. Doesn't that just SOUND tiring. AND I'm trying to get in some family time!?! GEEZ.

What I've been up to in the new year so far... same as always working, working my ass off. I'm going out more, Stump! Trivia nights at Manifest (SO FUN! We got 7th place our first time), and the usuals First Fridays, MaiTais, clubbing with the girls. So grateful for my friends. I'm also finding new projects to do like updating my Tumblr with this 30-day blog project, painting, and reading daily. You know keeping my brain healthy.
Oh I'm also putting myself on a budget. If I'm planning to move then I'm going really have to curb my spending. This will be hard considering Target just got their William Rast line in and there is a sidewalk sale coming up at Ala Moana, I'm totally eyeing out this Tory Birch Wallet, oh and I want new eye glasses. GAAHHHHHH.

The holidays are finally done. I spent my holidays with my family. Christmas was good to me, the photo above shows some of my favorite gifts, my Sony Bloggie (video blogs to come!), my Star Wars sandwich cutters from Wayne, my books, and countless iTunes gift cards. New Years Eve was spent blowin up some fireworks. It's the last year for fireworks here, so it went off this year. My neighbor across the street was so kind and gave a whole big box of fireworks! So much fun playing around my sister, it made me miss spending New Years at my Gramsy's house in Aiea. The Kawachi family would get together, eat our traditional foods (kuromame, kazunoku, soba, maki sushi, roast pork, char siu, and fresh sashimi), and spend the WHOLE night setting off fireworks. After the clock strikes 12, we head over to Daijingu to get blessed, get our omamori, and our fortunes. Last year my fortune said excellent and the year didn't turn out so excellent. This year it said pretty good, so I'm hoping it turns into pretty great. So here goes...

Hello 2011, I've never been so excited for the new year.