cutting

i really need to get some new photos started especially since flowers are blooming! i've missed them so... our tulips are up and some of trees are flowering. it's wonderful.

inspiration

have you seen Patti's new necklaces? they are so adorable and so "patti". she gave me the little yellow one. i wore it to the mall today and i got quite a few compliments. someone said that she should sell them at a craft fair (they were having on at the mall). i think so too! her creativity inspires me. thanks patti!

rain

missin' the sunshine, this rain is a bummer...

cupcakes

here are my easter lamb cupcakes. i changed them a bit from the what was in the book. they were extremely sugary and i'm not sure how "lamb-like" they were.

ugh

i did make really cute cupcakes (little lambs) for easter. i will post pics soon. i have a really bad headache. i think all of this rain is activating my allergies again. grr....

busy

such a busy day today and so much left to do...

easter

i hope everyone had a beautiful easter today!

happy easter

i made some easter wallpapers from some of my older photos.
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good friday

we went to church tonight for good friday service. our church is really sad. it's never had a young congregation and all of the members are either passing on or just too old to go. it doesn't help that we've gone through a lot of pastors in the last 10 years or so. the one we had for quite a while moved to the indy area. we really liked him and his family, but since they've moved we've been lost. we haven't been attending church hardly at all. and now for easter sunday there will only be one service, for the first time in a very long time. we've tried to look for a new church to go to, but my grandparents went to this one and it feels like home. it's just a feels a little left behind...

posts

i know my posts have been very quick lately -- i've been very busy at work. so much so, that i haven't been spending quality time with my home 'puter. i may only post a sentence or two, but i intend to keep on posting!

we had a great potluck at work today to celebrate our friend Matt's little girl who is due to arrive in this world in early May. Congrats Matt and Jeanette! Can't wait to meet Abby!

yum

cupcakes are made for tomorrow :)

rain

had an awesome evening enjoying some yummy food with fantastic friends that i don't get to see nearly as often as i'd like.

crochet

i practiced my crocheting again tonight. it's really difficult to work on it with just lamp light. my eyes are so dry, but i'm trying to get better!

learning

my mom and i had our crochet class today. it went pretty well. we were both off to a rocky start, but started to get the hang of it a bit. my mom did excellent. she enjoyed it so much that a bit ago she said that we should practice. i had to stop though b/c my eyes were killing me, but she's still downstairs going to town. i think she'll have a scarf done in no time!

i had all intentions of posting a pic of what i accomplished, but i took it apart to practice some more. i really need to get a consistent stitch going.

bonzai

friday

all i can say is car trouble. grrr.

spring

these tulips are from last year. i can't wait for this years to bloom. i check on them everyday. the green plant keeps growing and growing. i don't have any daffodils (i need to plant some), but they've bloomed already. hurry up tulips!

hoarders

i watched a bit of hoarders on TLC tonight. i always wonder what those people would do in the event of a house fire. we've always grown up with the question: what would you grab if your house was on fire? i've been there. i grabbed my mom, my dogs and my purse. that's it. i got the hell out of there. i always wonder if a hoarder would just be content to die in their home. if they can't live without all of their belongings like they say, would they chose death?

WINNING AT EVERYTHING

The following website WINNING AT EVERYTHING is pretty awesome. It will provide you with a few giggles!

monday

i don't have anything interesting for today. monday was so blah. the weekend went too fast...

beautiful clouds

the clouds tonight were just amazing.

on a side note, my mom and i signed up for a crochet class for next sunday!

work and play

i got a lot of yard work done today and it felt great. i really love getting in the mud and getting dirty! i went to the new michael's in highland to use my 50% off coupon and get my paper glaze. i was in there for about 10 minutes, checking out all of the new things when the power starts to flicker and then go out. the lights in the front half of the store were totally out, but the back of the store was still on. the cash registers didn't work and neither did the A/C. i was totally disappointed since i made the trip to highland just to go there. they thought that the electricity was going to come back on, so we walked around and found a couple more things to get. then the announcement was made that someone had hit a transformer and they would have to close the store. in fact, the entire strip mall was down. they are holding my things until tomorrow and will honor my coupon. so back i will go. damn those decepticons!

finished the night watching my grandma's favorite movie -- splendor in the grass.

friday

it's so nice to see the buds on the trees. can't for more green. it's a color i miss.

who would win in a fight: original muppets or sesame street muppets?

this is our last topic. *sniff* we've been blogging daily since november, but two of the other bloggers are super busy and need to concentrate on important stuff, so it looks like it's just 'becca and me. i don't think we're going to do topics, maybe just blog on our own or maybe we'll do a month of photos or something. here goes my last topic pulled for me.

vs.

the original muppets would totally kick ass, they have the sesame street cast out numbered. and we still haven't figured out what that big hairy thing is in the back right hand corner. i would like to see a smack down between him and snuffy. snuffy just doesn't have the same coordination and dexterity, since he needs all four legs to stand on. plus miss piggy can really bring it when she wants to. watch out!

lost and not found

every season, i look for my favorite easter candy. pastel lifesavers. every year i search them out. this year i can't find them anywhere. i've been to kmart, target, stracks, walgreens, and walmart. does anyone know where i can find my favorite candies? i am craving the cotton candy ones!

buttercream or whipped cream frosting?

i will go with buttercream. i think. i'm not sure i remember what that tastes like. the other day i had cake with whipped cream for sure and it was pretty good. i like whatever costco uses on their cakes! we mostly get ice creams for our family and even do so at work as well.

here's a pic of the glasses i returned.

free day

did i tell you that i returned the glasses? yea, they just weren't working out. i mean i couldn't see well out of them and i don't think that they were really me anyway. i just didn't want to deal with lenscrafters and their crappy service anymore. it was sad b/c as i was leaving the store there was a mom there with her teenage son, who also couldn't see well out of his new glasses. hope they return theirs too. so it is back to the glasses that i have on above. they're not right either, but will do for now.

3 things i miss about my last job

my last job was in college as a promotional designer at the the art center. i was mainly responsible for designing poster for events, but i also did bulletins for plays, t-shirts, etc.

i miss...
school
working only a few hours a week
not having stress

grr...

i've been working behind the scenes to re-design this site, but it just didn't work out like i wanted it to. the header you see above is actually animated. i created it so the owl flies onto the wording, but i just can't get it load at all on blogger. i don't understand why you can't use a flash file on this thing. it's really annoying. i eventually want to make this a real site again and not just a blog. eventually...

today

today we went to the beach, just for a few minutes. it was my gram's birthday. she would have been 89 today. every year my mom and i go to the beach b/c it was her favorite place in the world. we would take her there almost every weekend just to sit and listen to the waves. we always feel very near to her when we're there. then we went out to eat and went to a couple stores at the mall. it was an all-around good saturday.

What do you think your favorite animal says about you?

when i was little my favorite animal was a horse. i still love them, but i am really drawn to birds of all types. i love to observe them and identify them. i also like it when they make little noises so it sounds like they're fighting. it probably says that i really would like to have their sense of freedom -- they can go anywhere. they sit on the highest branch and see the whole world.