sew_vain

hot ham water.

2008-07-16T15:06:00.000-07:00

I don't have anything interesting to say.We're going to a wedding this weekend and I don't have a dress to wear.Last night we watched a movie called Love Liza with Phillip Seymour Hoffman where his wife commited suicide, so he started huffing gasoline. It was the strangest plot line I've ever witnessed. I can't believe the movie got made. We also watched Into the Wild which was also a strange

wow. hello.

2008-01-31T14:55:00.000-08:00

since i've last written, a lot of great things have happened:(1) BFF came to visit(2) i've discovered the miracle facewash: baking soda(3) i found fabulous face lotion: burts bee's night creme with royal jelly(4) i went to my local library for the first time since we moved here (three years)4a) borrowed two books on web page design (and i read them before i goto bed!)(5) i've/we've become

Update on the Label-Maker

2008-01-06T10:32:00.000-08:00

I did indeed get a label-maker for christmas. And it's fantastic.Also: a new look for the blog*.*take note.

my milk(shake) brings all the boys to the yard

2007-12-23T10:03:00.001-08:00

haha! I just found this t-shirt that I was so BAD!!!!

Dreamy Dreams

2007-12-23T08:36:00.000-08:00

I woke up this morning at 830 hung-over, parched, and with a sneeking suspission that the front door was open (albiet, not unwarrented. Our door is very tricky and unless it's locked, or closed properly, it randomly opens when the air pressure in the complex is inturrupted.) So I got up to get some water and check the door (it was closed) and went back to sleep. Though, for some reason, I still

wishlist

2007-12-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

In talking to my sister on the phone just now, our conversation went as follows:her: omg-do you want to see the ring I want my dad* to get me for christmas?me: yeahher:(explaining where it is on the webiste)me:(blah blah blah, it's beautiful, blah blah blah)her: what did you ask my dad to get you for christmas?me: a label makerthis is the difference between my sister and I: i'm practical.*she

this is AWESOME!!!

2007-12-20T18:49:00.000-08:00

I played The Gotham Gazette Garbage Game and sent 1,897,871 tons of refuse across 121,224 miles.

Five things

2007-12-16T14:12:00.000-08:00

(1) Guess what i'm eating.(2) At Dollar Tree earlier, one of the Christmas songs that came on was none other than our favorite brother-trio-band: Hanson.(3) It has been so windy here all. day. long.(4) I hear....thunder? Or something. I wonder where that noise is coming from.(5) I'm obcdessed with that song right now-She moves her body like a psycho*.*This is probably only funny to Slash and

lastnight was criz-azy.

2007-12-16T10:56:00.000-08:00

i don't have to work today.GOOD THING!!

Sex and the Socket

2007-12-15T15:24:00.000-08:00

haha!! i just found this adorable video about CFL lightbulbs!!Also of note: This website: www.green-e.org has direct information about how to get "Green" energy for your house! Once you click on the link, click "Buy Green-e Certified" then click "Renewable Energy For Your Home" and you can search by location to find all of the different companies where you can get energy from. And just like that,

update on alouette brie cheese

2007-12-15T13:06:00.000-08:00

Since Wednesday I have successfully eaten 2.5 containers of alouette brie cheese-with crackers ofcourse.This has become a serious addiction, as I wake up every morning craving the creamy texture and salty taste.I also found a new cracker companion to this delicious spred: Wheat Thins Sundried Tomato & Basil Crackers.MM!

JACKPOT!

2007-12-15T12:35:00.000-08:00

Okay...so if you scroll down to the previous post, you'll see this exact same post as this one but the pictures and text are all jumbled around. Well, after about 7 grueling hours (divided between yesterday morning and this morning) I finally figured out how to make a table (that's what it's called in the world of html). Oh mygod. You would just not believe how long it takes to write up codes!! I

JACKPOT!

2007-12-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

As promised, yesterday I said that I would post pictures of the great stuff I got from Goodwill.For your viewing pleasure:First up-the belt goldmine:I found these beauties just sitting on a shelf and could not believe my luck! I absolutely love belts and I wear them every chance I get! All together, there were eleven belts in the zip-lock bag! What caught my eye was this gem of a yellow belt. I

FREE STUFF!

2007-12-14T08:02:00.000-08:00

I found this really cool website (it's one of the websites listed in my new Global Warming book) where you can post things that you want to give away and people in your area will take it off of your hands for you!This is an effort to eliminate all of the perfectly good things that are thrown away each year. And as the old saying goes, "One persons trash is another persons treasure."So go there,

good things:

2007-12-13T09:04:00.000-08:00

Oh-I also bought a book on global warming yesterday (with by book-buyback money from school!)It’s this:It’s really awesome-so easy to read (it’s really colorful and there are lots of pictures). Since I hate reading, those two things are really important to me. I feel like I should be more educated about global warming and I want to be able to tell people that it’s a bad thing and actually have

christmas cheer!

2007-12-12T16:46:00.000-08:00

On my (walking) journey to 7-11 yesterday, I was about150 ft. away from the lovely establishment when a familiar small rushed into my nostrils. ‘What is this smell?’ I thought to myself. ‘Where have I smelled this before? Ah, yes-it is the pungent aroma of 7-11’How does the smell of 7-11 cut through the air like a drop of blood in water?Anyway, I’m currently adorning the apartment with Christmas

hurty eyes

2007-12-11T13:58:00.000-08:00

i've been sitting in front of this damn computer in the library since 1230. i have no aversion to sitting in front of computers for hours at a time, as i like to procrastinate, but i've been working the entire time! on my women's studies video. and i don't even think it turned out that well. it seems not to be too cohesive. i don't know. maybe i'm just biased because i know every nook and crany

BRUTHA' CAN MOOOOOVE!!!!

2007-12-10T21:29:00.000-08:00

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this is fucked!

2007-12-10T18:16:00.000-08:00

war on greed

what i've been up to today

2007-12-09T21:36:00.001-08:00

as some of you may know, i have a "painting final" tomorrow at 11 am. at this "painting final" we will turn in three paintings that we have been "working on for the past month." as all of you know, i am a huge procrastinator. as of 6 hours ago, i had 2 paintings half way done and one that i hadn't even started yet. at this point in time, I'm completely finished with the one that i hadn't started

even MORE christmas joy!

2007-12-09T11:21:00.001-08:00

what beautiful teenage girls they are!

more christmas joy.

2007-12-09T11:15:00.000-08:00

omg!!!1) oh, Taylor (on the keyboards) do it to me right!!2) Zac (on the drums) are you a young Michael Jackson?3) This is probably the best "christmas special" i've ever seen.

christmas joy.

2007-12-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

so i definitely just downloaded the hanson christmas album.it is fantastic!!!!

lookin' good!

2007-12-06T18:03:00.001-08:00

my new layout is christmas-y! and even though i don't like snow or cold weather, i'm excited for the holiday season! i'm going to decorate soon and i'll post pictures of that, so be on the lookout.

don't try this at home:

2007-12-06T14:19:00.001-08:00

my new favorite "swear" word is:"fricking"use with caution and enjoy!

two nice things:

2007-12-05T17:42:00.000-08:00

so, earlier i posted the pictures of the snow outside. well, i went out to get the clothes out of the dryer (an hour later) and the snow was gone. observe:also, i had a nice little surprise waiting for me when i got home from work:A BRAND NEW WINTER COAT!!!!i left my winter coat in buffalo when we moved there for the summer. i only needed it for like 3 days then it was nice out. needless to say,

since i last posted:

2007-12-05T07:53:00.000-08:00

oh my gosh blog world. i'm so sorry that i haven't posted in like a month!! i've been so busy with trying to get things done for the end of the semester that i just did not have the time to blog! i mean-i would think of stuff all day long to put on here but i never had the time to do it.well, i'm here now.first off, i dyed my hair.second, it's really cold outside!!third, thanksgiving was really

procrastination has gotten the best of me

2007-11-25T12:53:00.000-08:00

i know that i haven't posted anything lately. (it's not like there are people reading this anyway)there are two weeks left of school. i wasted this whole week that i had off. i had such high hopes for this week: i even made a whole chart of things i wanted to get done every singe day-complete with time slots and spots for showers and eating!!!! oh, i hate it when i don't stick to my lists!i

just found this:

2007-11-15T14:45:00.000-08:00

for my women's studies class we have to make a video about how women are "oppressed" and i'm going to do a video about how society's view of women is skewed because of the the way "we" view clebrities. my video is going to be almost exactly like this video that i found when i was doig research for it just now, except there are going to be informational blurbs in there about how much money people

This is p.g.d.f.

2007-11-13T18:53:00.000-08:00

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THAT'S FUCKED!

2007-11-13T18:26:00.000-08:00

Here's a piece of insanity for you all:On my homepage (aol.netscape.com-i didn't set it to that, I just haven't bothered to change it), one of the rotating news stories is about Georgia Governor, Sonny Perdue, who lead a......wait for it........public prayer for RAIN.um......WHAT??!?!?!?WHY?!!What is wrong with people?! Why do they believe these insane things?!anyway, so i took the poll on there:

DONATE FOR FREE

2007-11-13T16:29:00.001-08:00

i just found this amazing website!!! go it and take the quiz*-for each answer you get right 10 grains of rice get donated in an effort help end world hunger. it's truely phenominal to feel like you did your part.*make sure you have a dictionary or webster on hand!!!

ravelry

2007-11-09T17:42:00.000-08:00

i feel like i've been very blog-glectful lately. but i have reason to think that i've become a little bit more than obcessed with ravelry i just can't stop thinking about it! and it's making me crazy because it makes me want to knit ALL day so that i can post pictures about it and talk to my new ravelry friends about it! AHHHHHHHH it's driving me insane*!!!!*but i secretly love it

i found this on ravelry

2007-11-08T14:14:00.000-08:00

and it's soooooooo fucking cool!

SLOW MOTION POPCORN!!

2007-11-08T09:53:00.001-08:00

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A Day of Miracles:

2007-11-08T05:25:00.000-08:00

so, yesterday two very fabulous things happened to me:i got to school about an hour early and i figured, "i don't just want to sit around in the library today, i'll goto the new Goodwill, which i have not been to yet"so, i go in and i'm looking around. i don't really know what i'm looking for, and even though the store sucks it's probably the best damn salvation army that i've been to in va. so i

OMG!!!

2007-11-05T06:22:00.000-08:00

i'm absolutely obcessed with ravelry.com!!!!!!!

howl-aween

2007-11-05T04:23:00.001-08:00

hello, i'm amy winehouse, except i don't beat my husband or cancel shows because i'm high.the guys didn't dress up and one of them (namely, doug) thought guessed that i was Elvira!! i can't stop laughing about that.

good* morning, sunshine!!!

2007-11-05T03:54:00.000-08:00

sorry i haven't posted all weekend, gang-we had two houseguests!!! it was like the good old days-going out every night and laughing a lot.well i know it's very early for a post, but we went to bed at EIGHT o'clock lastnight and i woke up at 530 to go pee and couldn't get to sleep by 630, so i decided to get up. and boy, i'm glad i did:i finally got my invitation to ravelry!!!!!!what a fabulous

i can't believe it's halloween already.

2007-10-31T15:42:00.001-07:00

well, our good friend jimmy got here about an hour ago.i made cupcakes for this momentous occasion:i don't really know what's going on for tonight (if we're going to dress up when we go out, or not. i'm assuming not-since we don't have a huge 80's style video camera or a huge boom mic, nor have we made any of these things.) so i guess i'll be "forced" to dress up as....Mary Tyler Moore. i'm

scratch that*!

2007-10-30T18:00:00.001-07:00

i just caught wind that we most certainly will be viewing the season premier tonight.PSYCHED!!!!!!*but im still in love with liquid cheese, which i think is probably one of America's worst inventions, until i found this. EW!

my secrets

2007-10-30T17:40:00.000-07:00

well, it pains me to say that (1) i will not be able to view the first episode of the 5th season of NIP/TUCK tonight.however, in lieu of watching the new episode tonight, i just got done watching the series premire of NIP/TUCK (we have the first season on DVD) while i ate a box mix of KRAFT mac and cheese (even thought we have a serving left of the good home-made kind), (2) i have a weakness for

OMG!!!! NIP/TUCK starts tonight!!!!

2007-10-30T14:20:00.000-07:00

three things i'm absolutely obcessed with right now:

2007-10-30T12:13:00.000-07:00

(1) the song, "Love Like This" by Natasha Bedingfield, featuring Sean Kingston (i had to remove the video form this post because it wasn't even working!!! (thanks a lot MTV!!!)(2) wearing my hair like this in a pony tail never down-i think that's tacky and the bigger the better!!)(3) Pumpkin Spice Latte's from Starbucks (it's bigger and better in person!!! go get one!!!-you won't regret it!)

finally!

2007-10-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

i couldn't log into this blog for like two days-i was going through withdawl!!just got back from walking Achilles-full moon tonight (or so it seemed) it was soo beautiful. all big and bright. whew!i decided that our den should be bigger, so i took on the task of switching our bedroom into the "den" and all of our office stuff (desks, book shelves, junk, etc...) into the "bedroom". so now our

hum drum

2007-10-25T06:15:00.000-07:00

ugh:(1) it rained allllllllll day yesterday. don't get me wrong-i love the rain, but i didn't have an umbie with me and that dog takes soooooooo long to find a spot to poop!(2) registering for classes right now. i'm glad that this semester is almost over but it's hard to figure out what i want to be doing at 9 am every monday, wednesday, and friday-sleeping/just waking up or waiting for class to

jeff buckley-halleluja

2007-10-22T21:30:00.000-07:00

omg-i lo-hooooo-hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-ve this song:Well I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and he pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujahHallelujah, hallelujah Well your faith was strong, but you needed

it's terrible, just terrible.

2007-10-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

a funny:

2007-10-22T16:07:00.000-07:00

i found this woman's blog by searching in google images for "knitting machine" (please don't judge!) and after tons of pages, this womans blog caught my eye.anyway, i was reading if for a little bit (she blogs about her knitting machine!!! that's soooooooo cool!), i saw that she posted this and i think it's really funny:"I got a spoof email today, supposedly from an ebay member. It's obviously

sighting!

2007-10-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

when i was walking Achilles yesterday i saw a female and a male cow-dnow at different times. the female got scared by the dog and hopped behind some bushes and later on in the day, i saw a male in a tree looking around. they were both so beautiful!in other news: we woke up to a big dump on one of kevins books this morning. (no, kevin didn't do it) Achilles has been sick since he had surgery.dumb

last night.

2007-10-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

we watched Premonition lastnight but only because Julian McMahon (from Nip/Tuck) was in it.it's probably the worst movie i've ever seen.so, incase you haven't figured it out already, this is my new blog and not the other blog.pumpkin farm next weekend-pictures to follow.

recovering pooch

2007-10-19T19:00:00.000-07:00

we just picked our little pooch up from the vets office. i've never seen a dog who was more calm. they must have used a TON of sedatives for his surgery. he was walking all wobbly and sideways and swaying. i felt terrible! so he got home and staggered into the livingroom and just layed down in the dinning room. he hasn't eaten since 9 pm lastnight, so we gave him a huge bowl of food and he just

my dad, the photographer

2007-10-19T11:10:00.000-07:00

i know i put these pictures on facebook already, but i'm just so impressed, so here you go again:this one is my absolute favorite!and there you have it!!oh-this is mostly for schields and emily because i think you guys visit starbucks the most: they have this thing going on in october where they are giving out little cards with a code on it for a free song download! i have a lot of the past ones

2007-10-19T10:40:00.000-07:00

i love this song: "Your boyfriend sucks" by the Ataris. I remember driving around oswego listening to this when i was like 16. in the middle of the song there is a quote from a movie (i can't remember which movie it's from) but this is it:"Alright, listen to me. you pull up right where she is, right? you go get out of the car and you lock both doors. you get out of the car, you go over to her-

green thumb(s)

2007-10-14T23:20:00.000-07:00

these are some handwarmers that i'm making. i actually made them last winter for kristin then i demanded that she give them back to me so that i could knit some thumbs on and i started to do the first one then stopped for some reason. (i think i wanted to use the needles for s different project-the brown mittens-or something)see-on the left is how i made them originally. and on the right is where

messed up mittens

2007-10-14T23:10:00.000-07:00

this is a pair of mittens i started a long time ago. we might have still been living in buffalo...? maybe not. anyway-i haven't finished them becausei sort of forgot about them until the other day when i found them again. as you can see, i'm going to have to redo the second one because it's way shorter!!! the look i was going for was: opposite stripes on each glove, but on the second glove, i

the cowgirl purse

2007-10-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

this is what i refer to as the cowgirl purse. i made it almost a year ago. and it took me longer than i week, i think. i made it out of a denim shirt that mom bought for me that had embroidery of a cowgirl on her horse on the back embriodered in large letters across the back shoulders it says "WESTERN". the patches on the purse are ones that i cut out of a beautiful vintage sheet with green

the green purse

2007-10-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

this is the green purse i made the day after i made the purple purse. it's very big (i'll post the dimensions at a later date) i used it for school for a few days but it didn't quite work out right. can't pin-point exactly what's wrong with it, but it doesn't work as well as other school bags i have. the material i used:green fabric=corduroy left over from a jacket i made at buff

blah and argh.

2007-10-09T12:25:00.000-07:00

sorry i haven't posted in a few days, family. my sister just informed me that this was a really good idea....duh.i bought some sock yarn yesterday FOR SOCKS!! so i'm done with the first sock's ankle. hopefully i'll get the heel turned tonight. and i'll post pictures when i get home from school.in other news: we might have to get rid of the dog. someone from the office knocked on our neighbors

the other throw pillow

2007-10-06T15:55:00.000-07:00

this is the other pillow. each image is on one side of the pillow.these pillows are under the "knitting" categorie because i knit the image then i sewed it onto a piece of square black fabric. the knitting took longer than the sewing. i filled the pillows with filling from....michael's or joanne fabrics.once i get my act together, i'm going to make more pillows for this series, which is supposed

throw pillows

2007-10-06T14:25:00.000-07:00

this is a pillow that i made for an art class. it was supposed to be part of a series but i didn't have enough time to make more than 2. (a series consists of 4 or more-or something)"i miss you" is on one side and "no i don't" is on the other.

the purple purse

2007-10-06T11:25:00.000-07:00

I made this purse one day when i was bored. i didn't have a pattern for it (it makes me feel stifled), so i had the idea in my head and made it up as went along: it's been holding up pretty well-i use it almost every single day. but it has a few loose threads because the fabric is a loose weave, and my gold scaly belt (that i got from otterbine thrift store-thank's mom!) always catches the

my first painting

2007-10-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

this is the first still life i've ever painted.it's also the first oil painting i've ever done. the assignment was to use a complimentary color scheme. i chose blue and orange. during the critique my teacher kept saying how much she loved the bottle (it's probably my least favorite part) and how the "big blue blob" (which was my apple) was too dark. i think it looks just swell-i'll fix it later.

okay, it's official...

2007-10-05T11:00:00.000-07:00

i'm a retard. how long has it been that i've been saying that i couldn't find the cord for the camera? sonce we moved into the new apartment perhaps? well, i found it in a little old spot clled right next to my bed. so i'm pretty much going to be blogging all day.i think i might like blogging....

future posts

2007-10-05T00:50:00.000-07:00

so i hope to use this blog to post my "arts and crafts", but right now i can't find the cord that hooks my camera up to the computer. :( i've been looking ALL OVER for it!!! well....i haven't checked a few places-but i didn't think it would be in those places. i guess i'll check those places.so once i find the cord, i'll take some pictures of stuff that i've made so that all of you can see it.

i hope these pictures work...

2007-10-05T00:18:00.000-07:00

these are all of the pretty cupcakes i made that fateful day last spring. Kristin came over and i was babysitting helga:i bought her that cute little shirt! it says, "Life was meant to be lived off-leash" soooooo adorable!

my first post

2007-10-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

well, i have not posted on a blog since i had livejournal, which was like...5 years ago-at least. so, i'm going to have to brush up on my html skills.that's it.