Normally I have music or movies to talk about here and by "talk about", I mean list or recommend in an extremely casual manner. But today I have far better news!!!!
Avett Christopher Sutton
Our friends Chris & Kelly had their first baby around 3 in the afternoon 11.14.11. Her due date was the 10th, but he decided to keep up the suspense and stay in the belly for a few more days, so she and I had coffee and chatted instead :) Its pretty amazing, they chose to wait and let the babies sex be a surprise and that isn't too common these days. Kind of rad! Greg and I went over on Saturday night to have dinner with them, see the babies room & watch the fight. All things went amazingly and then the next day Kelly said she was having contractions every 10 minutes or so from 3pm on... then a day later Greg gets the text:
"Baby Button is here!!! Baby Button is here!!!"
I'm stoked to go meet him, they come home from the hosp Wed and I'm hoping that I'll have the lil amigurumi made for him :D (fingers crossed)!
how I'm pretty much ready to give up everything to move somewhere.
4/25/11
I'm so happy! I got to talk to a handful of friends tonight that I haven't had much contact with recently. Its awesome knowing that people who've been in your life at one point or another still think of you. I wish I had a couple million bucks so I could gather up my friends and take them on a Disneyland tour! How amazing would that be, the people that make you happiest and going to the happiest place(s) on earth - and of course a pit stop at Wizarding World Of Harry Potter (duh).
I haven't been as on my game as I would like to have been. I have indeed been crocheting a lot and now that I'm taking a breather and trying to remain calm ...
I'm going to make an attempt at a real blog update! For the past few weeks I've been attempting to make this faux grass rug for a friend of mine and its done nothing but make me want to pull the hair out of my head. I've always been a hands on / tutorial kinda girl, reading patterns or diagrams frustrates me and I hit boiling point at ridiculous speed. So consulting with friends and looking up random tutorials online, it seemed 99% positive and that everything was being done right and that there was no need for me to worry, only I couldn't stop. After starting multiple other projects to calm myself and take my mind off of the rug from hell (its not actually that bad, but I get worked up), I finally sat down a few nights ago and tweaked the pattern to make it my own and FINALLY have complete faith in it and that it will stay together (which was my fear, that it'd unravel as soon as he walked on it). I give you a sneak preview of the Grass rug:
I've also taken up making granny squares to use up all my bits of random yarn. May just make a pile of them or some day decide to make an actual afghan or something of that nature. Lets not get started on my new MLB obsession and/or the fact that I cannot stop buying Giants colors. Just observe.
So I'm doing this 30 Day Challenge - Disneyland thing on Tumblr and as soon as I started I have been waiting for the "Whats Your Favorite Extinct Attraction" to come along. Every time I remember Disneyland from my childhood, the first thing I think of is the Submarine Voyage! I always remember how excited I'd get seeing mermaids (huge fascination as a child, thanks to my Sis In Law) and the shark wrestling an octopus (I would love to meet the person who bought this at the auction, can you imagine! I'd have it in my pool), it was just the coolest thing on earth! Hands down was my favorite thing in the land of happiness and would quite possibly be the same now IF they didn't eff things up and make it Nemos Voyage. If you asked me what they should have changed it to, I'd have said The Little Mermaid. No questions. Anyhow:
How cool were the mermaids?! Short lived due to chlorine and guys jumping in the lagoon but the idea was genius and I can guarantee you if it was still around, my job would be a Disneyland mermaid.
Needless to say that I'm THRILLED about the new Ariels Undersea Adventure! When I saw that they had taken out a huge chunk of Paradise Pier and it was to be replaced with The Little Mermaid, I felt like I was 5 again! Seriously, I may cry when it opens, I'm that excited!
Watch that and tell me you're not jazzed for June 3rd 2011 to get here, tomorrow! If not sooner, I will definitely be at Disneyland in June with Evelia and her baby girl. I will meet Amelie and bond with her over The Little Mermaid, maybe I can be to her what my sis in law was to me?
I leave you now with a picture of Tinkerbell because lets face it, shes cute and makes you smile
Looking good at 71yrs old
A video of Tiny Kline (42), 29 years before becoming Tink
This was me about 20 minutes ago and it resulted in my pulling the guts out of my yarn and having a HUGE knot to unravel. Now, yarn spread neatly across my desk, 7 & 7 in my glass and my work it out mix playing, I am ready to conquer this project. Within a couple weeks I hope that some peoples I know are digging their toes into a plush rug of faux-grass!
I just finished watching Monsters, and I think its probably one of the better movies I've seen as of late, aside from Kings Speech & Rango. No crazy cgi, all edited and put together by one guy (mostly) and great improve & acting by the two actors.
On another note, I've been doing fairly well with my monthly resolution. I've been working out every day for about an hour and I've just finished 2 more scarves and doing a decent job of putting a dent into my yarn stash. I didn't get my pictures taken yet, like I had said I was going to because 1) There was no space left on my camera and never got around to taking pics off and 2) I keep telling myself "tomorrow". So I'm hoping this weekend that I get at least a couple more items listed.
Just the other day I remembered the Pay It Forward project that I'm doing and that I need to get myself more organized about it. The whole thing started with a random friend of mine and seeing it posted as her status on FB, then I posted it and decided that "5 people isn't enough" and doubled my PIFs. I have all of this year to send them something which means I shouldn't feel behind, but I do. With my list of people, some random ideas, alls I need is to get crackin.
Off to watch a bad horror flick and drink coffee at 11:40pm. Good night.
I would love to thank everyone who called, texted, left me comments on FB, and emailed me on my birthday. I really appreciate it and as goofy as a birthday is now (for the most part), it really helps remind someone of how awesome their friends and family are. Having my lovely Phillies, Canada folk and some friends in Portugal & Germany sending me wishes brings the biggest, most goofy smile to my face and I couldn't be more happy about it!
Thank you to my lobster for taking me out to lunch & my Disneyland pins, my ma for taking me and treating me to a 16oz med. rare steak and drinks and lastly my wife who took me to second dinner, garlic fries & Guinness at P. Wexfords. As for the day and that night I'm sending out thanks to coffee, wine, margaritas, Guinness and Jameson!
Everyone that ended up Vieiras Friday night, I Love YOU! It was amazing to see so many people that I don't get to see as often as I'd like to (Danny, Gilbert, Branden, Derek P, Gabe, Michelle D, Chris & Sierra, Joey, Derek W, Justine, Brandon, Vicente and my lovely bartender Michelle). Pretty sure the bar was packed and I couldn't tell you who all was there if my lil life depended on it. Good people made sure that from the first step across the threshold until the moment I danced out, I had a whiskey & Guinness safely secured in my hands. Hugs and magic tricks and dancing and singing and more hugs and yelling to people, the whole time I had the joy of hanging out with you fine folks was a total blast. Hugs & Kisses to you <3
My Wife & Sierra
Lishy Baybee
I walked away from the day knowing I get to go to Victorias Secret, prep my gut for the Great Balls of Fire challenge at Salvador Molly's at the end of the month and I'll be able to keep myself toasty and cute with my new accessories thanks to my lil b & Zara.
She has blessed me by making some awesome banners & turning me into a cartoon for my etsy. She's also given me the honor of enjoying my yarn goodies herself. OhChloe, how I love you and thank you again, times 77.
Today, is February First Two-Thousand and Eleven.
My resolution for this month* is to get my blogging back in gear. Since I was at a yarn block earlier in the night, technically being January, I decided I'd get my self occupied with a new habit. Or I should say a renewed habit. I made a 2 hour attempt to take my blog out of the darkness and finally got rid of my wonky music player, updated my blog lists, added some new friends and brought some colour up in the place. Along with my blogging, I'm getting back into my lists, my other addiction next to yarn.
100% veggie burrito. Italian Squash, zucchini, spinach, mushrooms, red onions, red bellpeppers, rice & beans. Holy Mmm Mmm good! Oh, an Gabes fucked up trio of fingers.
Leaving Livermore, saw Brittney & Ashley. Heading to Santa Cruz; pickin up some mens, holla! Then off to the LB!!! Lucky me, a weekend full of boys, bikes & beers.
