I cannot believe that Prop 8 is passing at the moment...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?!?!?!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Pretty Pumpkins and Where Have I Been?
Oh my goodness! It has been forever since I last blogged. So, what have I been up to? Well, I got my sewing machine for my birthday, I also got TONS of yarn and more awesome stuff!! The sad part is that my sewing machine promptly broke on me a week after I received it. : ( So, now i have been waiting to get a new one and finally received an old one, but am waiting for a foot pedal that I ordered. I feel so anxious to quilt. Right now I am working on a quilt for Katy and Dave who got married on October 4th and are still waiting for their quilt. I feel horrible that I haven't gotten it to them yet, but I have it all cut and pinned and it is just waiting to be pieced and quilted. I am super excited about this quilt and loved picking out the fabrics! They requested pink, brown, and polka dots as well as blue and purple if I could get it in there. How awesome is that? I believe that buying things for Katy has made me really start looking at brighter and more vibrant colors in everything. I used to love pastels and darker colors, but now I am really into bright colors. Thank you for that Katy!!
I also started school on Sept 24th and that has been pretty stressful, but fun at the same time. The most stressful part is that the school is about an hour or two (depending on traffic) away and that on tuesdays and thursdays, we have to be there at nine a.m. Spenser and I wake up at 5:30 on those days and we get to school at about 7:30 or 8. I know you are thinking, "why do we leave so early?" Well, whenever we leave later, we end up sitting in more traffic and getting to school just in time. Getting there earlier allows us to not sit in so much traffic and also to get our homework done.
Another stressful thing: Mondays. I hate mondays, but not for the usual reason. I hate them because I hate having to go to my biology lab where I have to sit and listen to the dumbest, most arrogant man on Earth!! This guy is so impressed with himself that he almost seems to think that he is too good to be teaching a lowly biology laboratory. He constantly lectures and quizzes on things not related to the labs at all, while also making you feel like an idiot if you don't understand something that students in a freshman level biology class wouldn't know!! He then tells you that all this information is common sense and that we should just know it. This man gives us a lab to do that he doesn't even know how to do himself, expects us to know how to do it given a very poorly written page of instructions, and then yells at us when we do something even remotely wrong. I walk out of that lab every monday fuming with the way that we have just been treated by this man. But enough about that, on to the fun stuff I have been up to...
Sunday we had family pumpkin painting day which was a blast. I forgot how much painting relieves my stress. I am planning on getting more painting stuff and start painting again (if I can ever find the time). It was very fun sitting down with everyone and creating wonderful pumpkin works of art. I would say that Katy created more than all of us, with a total of three or four small pumpkins and carving a very large pumpkin which smelled delicious! She has a green and white pumpkin that smelled like cucumbers and had gigantic seeds.
I also started school on Sept 24th and that has been pretty stressful, but fun at the same time. The most stressful part is that the school is about an hour or two (depending on traffic) away and that on tuesdays and thursdays, we have to be there at nine a.m. Spenser and I wake up at 5:30 on those days and we get to school at about 7:30 or 8. I know you are thinking, "why do we leave so early?" Well, whenever we leave later, we end up sitting in more traffic and getting to school just in time. Getting there earlier allows us to not sit in so much traffic and also to get our homework done.
Another stressful thing: Mondays. I hate mondays, but not for the usual reason. I hate them because I hate having to go to my biology lab where I have to sit and listen to the dumbest, most arrogant man on Earth!! This guy is so impressed with himself that he almost seems to think that he is too good to be teaching a lowly biology laboratory. He constantly lectures and quizzes on things not related to the labs at all, while also making you feel like an idiot if you don't understand something that students in a freshman level biology class wouldn't know!! He then tells you that all this information is common sense and that we should just know it. This man gives us a lab to do that he doesn't even know how to do himself, expects us to know how to do it given a very poorly written page of instructions, and then yells at us when we do something even remotely wrong. I walk out of that lab every monday fuming with the way that we have just been treated by this man. But enough about that, on to the fun stuff I have been up to...
Sunday we had family pumpkin painting day which was a blast. I forgot how much painting relieves my stress. I am planning on getting more painting stuff and start painting again (if I can ever find the time). It was very fun sitting down with everyone and creating wonderful pumpkin works of art. I would say that Katy created more than all of us, with a total of three or four small pumpkins and carving a very large pumpkin which smelled delicious! She has a green and white pumpkin that smelled like cucumbers and had gigantic seeds.
Here is a picture of it carved, it reminds me of Meatwad from Aquateen Hunger Force and I believe she named him Harvey or Walter, I can't remember, but he is very cute and squat and happy!
Here is my pumpkin:
Once I get pictures from Senor I will post them. These pictures include Dave's warty pumpkin and Spenser's crazy clown pumpkin.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sewing Machine!!
I got a sewing machine!!! I am so excited. I will probably post pictures and a whole list of projects that I cannot wait to create later.
Friday, August 15, 2008
My New Etsy Shop!
I have decided to put my crafting skills and stash of supplies to good use and open up a shop on Etsy. I don't have too many things listed currently, but I am hoping to add more soon!
STop on by and look around: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5933346
STop on by and look around: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5933346
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Union Jack Socks
So, I was looking at another blog that I read that makes fun of pictures people post of themselves on Craigslist and saw a picture of a guy in Union Jack boxers and matching knee socks. Being a knitter, and also being totally obsessed with all things British, I was immediately drawn to these wonderful socks and had to have some!! But when I headed over to ravelry to do a search for a pattern, none could be found.
I want these socks so bad, that I am going to do two things I have never done before:
-create my own pattern
-use intarsia
During my search for more pictures on google, I found this site that tells you exactly how you are supposed to draw the Union Jack: http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/union-jack/union-jack.html I had no idea that the are precise measurements that have to be made. But, I also think that if I am going to do this, I better to it right! So, hopefully, in the months to come, you will begin seeing picture of my progress and a wonderful pattern as well.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Oops...
I didn't realize how long it had been since I posted. Shame on me!! I don't really have much to say except that only four more days of work and then I am going to be bored and broke for two months. I am going to search for a job at Micheal's, Joann's or Barnes and Noble. My preference is Barnes and Noble, but I will take any of them. Just hope that I can find one.
Spenser and I are having a date day today. We are going to go out to lunch and then go to see "Dark Knight."
I am frantically trying to finish Ali's last B-day sock. Her birthday was back in April and I only gave her one sock. Why? Because these socks have been giving me hell. Well, that isn't the whole truth, I can't really blame the socks. If I would pay attention to the chart more instead of just assuming I know what to do next, I wouldn't have had to frog so many time. But I am on the right track now. The heel is turned and I only have about three repeats to go. What socks are they do you ask?? Why, they are the beautiful pattern called Pomatomus from Knitty. To show just how much I don't hate this pattern, or blame it for my problems for that matter, I have been fantasizing over what color I am going to make them in next. And not just any color, one from my stash!! That's right people (all two or three of you who actually read this!), I am going to be using yarn from my stash!!!! I think I deserve a round of applause. Of course, the only reason why I haven't used any yarn from my stash yet is only because I haven't found the right pattern for them! **Shifty Eyes**
Spenser and I are having a date day today. We are going to go out to lunch and then go to see "Dark Knight."
I am frantically trying to finish Ali's last B-day sock. Her birthday was back in April and I only gave her one sock. Why? Because these socks have been giving me hell. Well, that isn't the whole truth, I can't really blame the socks. If I would pay attention to the chart more instead of just assuming I know what to do next, I wouldn't have had to frog so many time. But I am on the right track now. The heel is turned and I only have about three repeats to go. What socks are they do you ask?? Why, they are the beautiful pattern called Pomatomus from Knitty. To show just how much I don't hate this pattern, or blame it for my problems for that matter, I have been fantasizing over what color I am going to make them in next. And not just any color, one from my stash!! That's right people (all two or three of you who actually read this!), I am going to be using yarn from my stash!!!! I think I deserve a round of applause. Of course, the only reason why I haven't used any yarn from my stash yet is only because I haven't found the right pattern for them! **Shifty Eyes**
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
One of My Favorite Summer Time Activities
When I was younger, one of my favorite activities in the summer was going water skiing. Every year, when I would go visit my Dad in Iowa, we would drive 7 ½ hours up to Long Lake, Wisconsin to stay for a week or two. It was a very gorgeous place, right on the lake. In one cabin, we had me, my dad, my step-mom, and my brother. My step-grandpa stayed in the other cabin. He was the one with the boat.
The cabins could definitely have used some freshening up and maybe a time warp out of the 60’s (could have been 70’s, I am too young to know which decade). Some of the curtains in the cabin we stayed in were pink with white polka dots and pink bobbles on the ends. And that was just one of the rooms! There was no main theme to any of the cabins, unless you would consider a particular decade a theme, but I loved it! There was something about living right on the lake that was very calming and peaceful. Whenever I got upset (which I did A LOT being a teenager and all), I would go sit on the dock and just listen to the lake. I loved being on the water, in the water, or having anything to do with the water.
When I learned how to ski, I didn’t want to do anything else. Of course, learning was the hard part, but that was helped along with the promise of a chocolate malt from Max’s (best food ever!) if we made it up and around in a small circle. I believe we also were rewarded with a chocolate malt if we made it up on one ski and around in a small circle. I love to learn new things, and I love learning them even more when I get rewarded for having done so.
The first few times trying to get up was difficult, but I had a good teacher and I
think I got up and stayed up within fifteen tries, maybe even ten. My brother had a harder time, but once we both learned, we became avid skiers and rarely wanted to stop.
Our whole family loved to ski and one time all five of use skied behind Jonsie’s big boat, loving named Big Bertha. I believe we had every customer at Max’s outside watching us when we were trying to get up and cheering us on when we finally went around the lake.
I hope one day when I have kids, I can find a lake to take them to every summer and hopefully they will want to learn how to ski.
The cabins could definitely have used some freshening up and maybe a time warp out of the 60’s (could have been 70’s, I am too young to know which decade). Some of the curtains in the cabin we stayed in were pink with white polka dots and pink bobbles on the ends. And that was just one of the rooms! There was no main theme to any of the cabins, unless you would consider a particular decade a theme, but I loved it! There was something about living right on the lake that was very calming and peaceful. Whenever I got upset (which I did A LOT being a teenager and all), I would go sit on the dock and just listen to the lake. I loved being on the water, in the water, or having anything to do with the water.
When I learned how to ski, I didn’t want to do anything else. Of course, learning was the hard part, but that was helped along with the promise of a chocolate malt from Max’s (best food ever!) if we made it up and around in a small circle. I believe we also were rewarded with a chocolate malt if we made it up on one ski and around in a small circle. I love to learn new things, and I love learning them even more when I get rewarded for having done so.
The first few times trying to get up was difficult, but I had a good teacher and I
think I got up and stayed up within fifteen tries, maybe even ten. My brother had a harder time, but once we both learned, we became avid skiers and rarely wanted to stop.
Our whole family loved to ski and one time all five of use skied behind Jonsie’s big boat, loving named Big Bertha. I believe we had every customer at Max’s outside watching us when we were trying to get up and cheering us on when we finally went around the lake.
I hope one day when I have kids, I can find a lake to take them to every summer and hopefully they will want to learn how to ski.
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