In response to my practice of constantly photoshopping dumb things into his computer backgrounds, he decided to turn the tables and mess with my background image while I wasn't looking.

[shoujo image of the moon framed by crystals on one side, and Sailor Moon surrounded in roses on the other. Husband has added a chocolate cake in the center, and a heart floating over her head, so it looks like she is gazing with longing at the dessert, instead of just pensively looking off in the distance as in the original]

Original image credit goes to http://andain.minitokyo.net/

Several months back I splurged and treated myself to a round of gourmet foodstuffs from nuts.com, including bubble tea mix, raw peanuts for boiling, and a huge bag of lemon snaps.

Because I have absolutely zero self control and was demolishing the snaps at an alarming rate, I asked my husband to cut me off. Even if I begged. Even if I pleaded. Even if I said "I'm an adult and I can do what I want!"

This was his solution...

[note taped to the bag of snaps that says "NO." in huge letters, accompanied by a chibi drawing of himself standing between two of the nuts.com avatars. They all look appropriately grumpy]

Birthday card, I think from 2016. It plays on tropes from the anime Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.

[pencil-drawn card featuring Arumi as a petulant cake demon with candles for horns, and Sasshi about to *nom* her frosting hair. It is labelled "Magical Birthday Ar-cake Abenobashi"]

The truth of our relationship.

Left side: The guy I love
[digital drawing of my smiling husband wearing a Mega Man shirt and holding out a pink sprinkle donut tagged "for wife <3"]

Right side: The guy who loves me
[husband in same Mega Man shirt now annoyingly advising "You can't have donuts *every* day..."]

I don't remember the exact context for this. I think his coworker left a mystery gift on his desk, and I joked it might contain bees.

Panel 1: "Awww, someone left a treat for me...
[digital drawing of a closed paper bag from Dunkin' Donuts]

Panel 2: ...I wonder what it is...
[the paper bag is now open]

Panel 3: ...Beeeeeeeeeees?!!!"
[15 letter B's in various fonts fly out of the bag]

The next few weeks are going to be an exercise in inanity and absurdity, with a series of speed-drawn digital joke doodles that make scribbling look like fine art.

Before we get into that, though, here are a few pictures from our 4th anniversary celebration back in 2015...

[front sides of the cards we made for each other]
His is a computer printout of the abrian monster ("ostrich with arms") as it appears in the D&D 3.0 "Fiend Folio."
Mine is a colored pencil drawing on brown cardstock depicting a maple tree being tapped for syrup.

[insides of the two cards]
His:
"Being with you gives me all sorts of warm, fuzzy emutions.
...sorry; I guess that was a bit of ostrich.
Happy 4th Anniversary!
Love, Nathaniel"

Mine:
"Just another "sappy" anniversary card...
Love, Wiffy"

[photo of the dinner table with it's white brocade tablecloth, white lace table runner, fancy place settings, decorative garden-themed candle arrangements, and assortment of homemade pastie pastries]

[closeup on one of the place settings. It has a polished bamboo placemat topped with an embellished blue ceramic plate. In the center of the plate sits a green napkin folded into a rose, and adorned with cut paper leaves. Around the sides are silver spiral cutlery, a square-sided glass, and an ornamental miniature origami crane]

The next 11 days I will be sharing art from Drawlloween 2015. *Technically* I didn't create any of them for my husband or his lunches, but he *did* help me brainstorm ideas, and I *did* excitedly run up and show them off to him after I finished each one like a kid who hopes their efforts will be impressive enough to put on the refrigerator, so he says they can count as additional posts here.

Before that, though, here are some celebratory pictures from Halloweens of yore to help put you in an appropriately spooky mood.

[two photographs of a pumpkin with a cat face carved into it]

[photograph of a carved turnip face with its tongue sticking out, and with leafy growth that looks like hair]

Lastly, here is a photo of a graveyard cake I made for our D&D group. I can't take credit for the pun names, though. Those came from a Google search.

[the cake has five Oreo crumble loose graves surrounded by piped gel frosting grass, with candy bones popping up through the "dirt." the headstones read "Hugh B. Next," "Barry D. Hatchet," "Dee Cayed," "Ricky T. Bones," and "Myra Mains."]

I'm pretty sure this bizarre note evolved from a combination of:
- my obsessive singing of "There Are No Bananas in the Sky"
- my near-constant dessert cravings
- ruminating on the idiom "pie in the sky"

If there is a deeper tale to tell, I don't remember it.

[image of a crying me saying "Come back! I want to eat you!" as I watch the stoically angelic Pie in Sky rocket into the air, leaving behind a trail of rainbow and light. Text at bottom reads "...but the pie would not return."]