Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Friday, July 22, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
2 months. On one hand I'd say nothing has happened in the past 2 months, but when I really think about it, quite a bit has happened. With the kids being out of school for the summer, makes everyday seem like the one before. I have no concept of weekends. No getting ready for school monday-friday, and since hubs works weekends, that makes weekends feel like any other day. Sometimes I even forget we're in July! The summer has really flown by. My kids will be back in school in 3 weeks, which is so ridiculous. Yes, let's send children to school in August in the south. Let's put them on a school bus in 100 degree plus 100% humidity twice a day. Good grief.
We celebrated daughter #2's birthday yesterday. Her real birthday is tomorrow (18th). She will be 15. My lord, 15. So hard to believe that cute tiny 2 year old girl is now a young lady.
I have been sewing quite a bit lately, which is good. I have tons of ideas. Too many! I tend to want to start every idea that enters my head, then I have 50 unfinished projects laying around...and I'd say 75% of them will be there for years, or forever :/
I finally bouht a new lens for my nikon. My son "allegedly" dropped my camera on christmas eve. He still swears he didn't, but I caught him picking it up off the floor @@. Anyways, I got a new lens, a diferent one, and I'm still trying to figure it out. Guess if I actually read instructions and googled it I might do better ;P
We celebrated daughter #2's birthday yesterday. Her real birthday is tomorrow (18th). She will be 15. My lord, 15. So hard to believe that cute tiny 2 year old girl is now a young lady.
I finally bouht a new lens for my nikon. My son "allegedly" dropped my camera on christmas eve. He still swears he didn't, but I caught him picking it up off the floor @@. Anyways, I got a new lens, a diferent one, and I'm still trying to figure it out. Guess if I actually read instructions and googled it I might do better ;P
Monday, May 16, 2011
Before/After
After painting my kitchen cabinets (black) and my walls (white), I decided I wanted to move my impressionist paintings of Paris (ooh la la) into the kitchen. But unfortunately, the ugly gold frames have kept them hidden in my bedroom. So, instead of spending lots of $$ buying new ones, I decided to paint them, with the same paint I used on my cabinets.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Osama You have me thinking......
And that could be dangerous.
Osama Bin Laden. The talk of the town this past week. Unfortunately it has brought on lots of political arguments. Can't we be happy that this man is gone? That he can no longer terrorize anyone? That the bastard who planned 9/11 has been "disposed of".
I admit, there are things about this that seem weird to me. Weird as in "fishy", but I"m trying to believe that the man is gone and fish food by now, because that just makes me feel better.
Something that I've thought about recently was, since he is dead, and he was of Muslim/Islamic faith, where is he? Ooooh, talk about a hot topic huh?
Is he burning in hell? Is he being judged for what he did.
Personally, I gave up judging someone's faith a long time ago. "She going to hell" or "He's going to heaven". How the hell do I know? I don't presume to be so on the same playing field as GOD, therefore I am unable to judge anyone's salvation. Yes, you can say "but the bible says".......but that is GOD's job, not yours.
That brings me to judgment. Judgmental. Know anyone like this? OF course yu do. We all do. We've all been guilty at one time or another, or another and another. lol. It's hard not to judge. I judge when I see someone who has a toddler not in a carseat. I judge when I see people buying junk foo with their EBT (welfare/foodstamps). When my kids come home and tell me several kids get free lunch at school, yet wear only high end clothes, and have iphones. Yes, I judge their parents. But I mostly judge the government on that one.
Then you have the "been judged". Wether you know it or not, people are summing you up. Everyday. When you talk to them. Things you do. How you look.
I have been judged for many things. How clean my house is/isn't, my choice of relationships, and my personality. I know I am not pollyanna, susie sunshine, or any of those other happy irritating people. I am bitter. I am irritable. And I am lovable. Unfortunately the first two usually cancel the last on out. It's all about how you judge someone.
So the next time you decide to judge someone by the first time you meet them (They could have been having a bad day, and you just met them at a bad time), or judge someone because it's easier to do that than to look beyond the surface, maybe you need to judge yourself first.
Food for thought.
Osama Bin Laden. The talk of the town this past week. Unfortunately it has brought on lots of political arguments. Can't we be happy that this man is gone? That he can no longer terrorize anyone? That the bastard who planned 9/11 has been "disposed of".
I admit, there are things about this that seem weird to me. Weird as in "fishy", but I"m trying to believe that the man is gone and fish food by now, because that just makes me feel better.
Something that I've thought about recently was, since he is dead, and he was of Muslim/Islamic faith, where is he? Ooooh, talk about a hot topic huh?
Is he burning in hell? Is he being judged for what he did.
Personally, I gave up judging someone's faith a long time ago. "She going to hell" or "He's going to heaven". How the hell do I know? I don't presume to be so on the same playing field as GOD, therefore I am unable to judge anyone's salvation. Yes, you can say "but the bible says".......but that is GOD's job, not yours.
That brings me to judgment. Judgmental. Know anyone like this? OF course yu do. We all do. We've all been guilty at one time or another, or another and another. lol. It's hard not to judge. I judge when I see someone who has a toddler not in a carseat. I judge when I see people buying junk foo with their EBT (welfare/foodstamps). When my kids come home and tell me several kids get free lunch at school, yet wear only high end clothes, and have iphones. Yes, I judge their parents. But I mostly judge the government on that one.
Then you have the "been judged". Wether you know it or not, people are summing you up. Everyday. When you talk to them. Things you do. How you look.
I have been judged for many things. How clean my house is/isn't, my choice of relationships, and my personality. I know I am not pollyanna, susie sunshine, or any of those other happy irritating people. I am bitter. I am irritable. And I am lovable. Unfortunately the first two usually cancel the last on out. It's all about how you judge someone.
So the next time you decide to judge someone by the first time you meet them (They could have been having a bad day, and you just met them at a bad time), or judge someone because it's easier to do that than to look beyond the surface, maybe you need to judge yourself first.
Food for thought.
Friday, April 22, 2011
a second childhood
Is it weird that I want one? There's a huge community on flickr and the internet general. But they are so darn cute!! Am I a thirty something wanting to relive her childhood? Hmm.
Monday, April 18, 2011
VS Bee for Heather (February)group 2
This is the block for February. It came out to be around 16x16. BIG! It was a bit tedius, but I like how it came out. I may do one of these for myself oneday, but for now, I will just enjoy the photo of this one :)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Lovin' me some nail color
I'm a sucker for nail polish. I've recently discovered a couple of blogs dedicated to nail polish. I found this cool blog http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2011/03/polishaholic-1-year-blogiversary.html.
She is giving away some awesome prizes! So go over and and check her out.
She is giving away some awesome prizes! So go over and and check her out.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
{72:365}
Day 72 of my 365 days of photos project. I haven't (nor did I plan on)taking a photo every single day. But so far, I'm not doing too badly.You can see them in my flickr stream if you are so inclined.
This photo is of a future project. A quilt actually. No timeline, but hopefully by the fall.
This photo is of a future project. A quilt actually. No timeline, but hopefully by the fall.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Harley 5/27/97-2/26/11
This was one of my early scrapbook pages. The photo is of harley, not even a year old, with Sierra who was just over a year. Circa 1998
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Kitchen towel
Simple little towel I made for my kitchen.
Been doing lots of cutting and sewing and quilting. Hoping to have the big quilt bound in the next couple of weeks. I feel like that's gonna take forever!
Been doing lots of cutting and sewing and quilting. Hoping to have the big quilt bound in the next couple of weeks. I feel like that's gonna take forever!
Friday, February 18, 2011
red/blue/pink pieces
my favorite color combo.
eventually, it will become a quilt. Until then, it shall sit on the shelf, and look pretty.
eventually, it will become a quilt. Until then, it shall sit on the shelf, and look pretty.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
happy little stacks
all of my scraps have been turned into 3, 4 , 5 inch blocks, or 2, 2.5, 3 inch strips.
I am imagining lots of scrappy quilts (my favorite kind).
I am imagining lots of scrappy quilts (my favorite kind).
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Day 43
this pile may not look like much, but it's a ton of 3, 4, and 5 inch blocks. I also have a big pile of 2, 2.5, and 3 inch strips to go along with it. Needed to get my scraps into some kind of order (i just throw them all into a giant rubbermaid tote).
I sort of like impromptu quilting. Non real pattern, just make it up as I go. Or, simple, squares. Sometimes when you combine a quilt pattern, with lots of patterned fabric, it gets entirely too busy. At least, in my opinion.
It killed me to throw little tiny scraps away of certain fabrics. I held them in my hand, gritted my teeth a little, and threw it away. Whew. That was hard.
I feel as if I will never get my fabric collection under control. I haven't bought fabric (besides solids) for a while now. I wonder how long I can keep that up? Hmm.
I sort of like impromptu quilting. Non real pattern, just make it up as I go. Or, simple, squares. Sometimes when you combine a quilt pattern, with lots of patterned fabric, it gets entirely too busy. At least, in my opinion.
It killed me to throw little tiny scraps away of certain fabrics. I held them in my hand, gritted my teeth a little, and threw it away. Whew. That was hard.
I feel as if I will never get my fabric collection under control. I haven't bought fabric (besides solids) for a while now. I wonder how long I can keep that up? Hmm.
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