Busy Weekend

I'm sitting here on the couch trying to figure out something to do! I decided this semester I am not going to do homework on Sundays...I had 2 or 3 lessons in a row about not doing homework on a Sunday, so I thought I better not! This past week I went home, because we were supposed to move Jamie. However, we didn't end up going so this week has been craft week. I started out by ripping up my chair that I am supposed to be reupholstering (sp?) I started to paint it, but it was too windy..so I left that for jamie or my mom to finish up! If you have noticed my post before I found this blog that has a lot of cute tutorials for skirts and things. We (jamie and I, she likes to copy what I make! ha ha just kidding, but she does secretly want to dress just like me! Today she even wore the same pajama pants and a black top! Just like me ha ha) Anyways luckily I bought extra fabric, so around 7 or 8 Friday night we started making the lace for days skirt. Of course she is faster at pinning and sewing then i am so she was way ahead of me...We didn't end up having enough lace which we thought we would so I let her finish and I will go get more and do mine. I did get the body of it done, so I just have to put on the lace. I really just let her finish so I could do it different if it didn't work out! ha ha just kidding, but it did turn out really cute, and I think she is going to post pictures.

When I went and bought fabric for the lace skirt I found some cute fabric for a swim suit cover. So after sitting around all morning on Saturday I decided to make my swim suit cover. I was really nervous about using elastic thread but it was so stinkin easy and turned out way cute. To make my swim suite cover maybe took me 2 hours it was so easy! And after that I decdied to make a skirt from fabric that I was going to make pillow covers with for my bed. It turned out cute, but isn't my favorite...I want to find some cuter knit fabric to make another skirt, this was just my test run.

So even though we didn't get to move jamie this weekend I got a lot done,

• I chopped some wood! yes I did! Last time I was home, Jake was out chopping wood, and of course whenever there is a opportunity to show Jake up I have to take it! I tried my hand at chopping...It was so funny becuase the kids got out the lawn chairs and was cheering for us! That made it even funner, because whenever I got one chopped in half I would do a little victory yell and that made them cheer louder! So this week when I was home Jake came in and told me to come chop wood with him! It was fun, the kids were very supportive this time, they were too involved in swinging!
• I started my chair, ripping fabric off chairs is hard work. If you could see how many chairs we have reupholstered and still need to reupholster you would think we were crazy. I think my sister has done maybe 5? I'm not sure, my mom has done 1 for Janelle and still has 1 to do for her and she has 2 still to do. I only have 1! But don't worry I already called the garage next to start collecting furniture after Jamie leaves! My mom just wants a stall to park her car and I can get the rest! My dad has the barn now so he doesn't need it anymore!
• And last of all I got 2 1/2 skirts done!

I've had a very productive week, but I do hope we can move Jamie next week. Not that I don't want her to leave, but I want to start having an excuse to go to California! I need some warm weather!

What a Week!

ok it hasn't been that exciting, but i never know what to title these things. I've debated on what to get myself with my tax money (what i don't put into savings). It first was a cruise, a Ipod touch, a DS, and the final decision is TOMS shoes! And guess what I went and got them today! As soon as I got out to the car I promptly put them on. I'm so glad I decided to get these, because i know I will use them the most!
And of course I had to get my favorite color RED!!

My sister is an extreme couponer...ok maybe not as extreme as those people on the show (if anybody has watched that its crazy what people will do to get coupons, dig through trash, go door to door, spend hours and hours and hours finding deals, organizing, preshopping, and then shopping, its CRAZY) But she got me into couponing, I've been trying to do good, but I don't have the system down yet. I have a little file folder that I have "organized" my coupons in and when i go to the store i just flip through the coupons. Anyways today I went to Smiths to go grocery shopping, for bread, milk, eggs! I wanted to see what i could get using my coupons. It was so frustrating stopping in every isle, go through the coupons to see what I could use. But I used a lot of coupons and saved....$20.00! ha ha its not that much, but it did help me out. Once I get used to the system and how things work i bet I could start saving more!! I just need to sneak newspaper ads out of our clubhouse newspaper stand. Ok they are free, but it does say on there only take 1. Maybe i can just sneak all the coupons out of there and leave the newspapers...who even uses coupons? Nobody will ever miss them!

I've always wanted to learn how to make Blondies, Vanilla Brownies! I've had them when I was little and haven't had them since! I was craving something sweet last night and now and then I like to try new recipes. I got out my trusty Blanding cookbook that my granny gave me one year for christmas and found a recipe in there...there was only 1 vanilla brownie recipe, so of course I had to try it!! They are FABULOUS!!! here is the recipe (for you Jamie...because I'll probably forget the recipe when I come home) its really easy!!

1 cup brown sugar 1 egg- well beaten
1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup melted butter 1 scant cup of flour
pinch of salt 3/4 cups of nuts (optional)

cream sugar, butter and add egg. Sift together dry ingredients and add to sugar/butter. Mix. Add vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased 8" square pan and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Here is my dog...while I was taking a picture of my shoes she of course had to get one too!! Don't mind the scary eyes!!

So Many Project, So Little Time

I'm sure people are so sick of hearing me say this, but I can't wait for summer...and the reason is that I have so many projects I want to do! Homework takes up all of my time and it really is just useless busy work. I have really wanted a swim suit cover for summer, becuase knowing my roommates they will want to be swimming every chance they get, and so will I. I want this summer to be a play summer, because next year hopefully I'll have a real job and won't be able to play as much.

Anyways back to the covers, I want my swimsuit cover to be to my knees and I want it to have straps on it. The only ones I have seen in the stores barely even cover the butt!! So I'm going to make one!! The other night I was searching for a pattern and came across this cute blog called Elle Apparel and I want to make everything on it!

Here is the Swim Suite Cover I want to make. However, I'm going to change it alittle and add two straps instead of a halter, and make it a little longer.

And I want to make this knit skirt!

And this T-shirt dress!

And this Lace skirt!

I just need to find some cute knit fabric. I know working at JoAnns you would think they would have some cute knit fabrics, but they only have solid colors...I want some flowers and stripes!! Anybody know where some cute knit fabric is?

This week has been awful!! Let me start for those of you who don't know is that i got a dog around Thanksgiving time from one of Gracie's puppies. Since everyone talks about their babies I will talk about mine. She is almost potty trained, almost. She won't go up the stairs at our apartment, I think its because there is a gap between them. She likes bows in her hair! She likes to sleep in my bed, which is a very bad habit, because when I'm in Tonga my mother will not let her sleep in her bed with her.

This little butt has been sick for two days and has made my week awful. She has pooped everywhere and has had to take 3 baths today! I have almost sent her back to her mother a couple of times, but she is so cute I can't give her back!

where have i been?

I really had a goal to blog at least once a week, but of course that didn't last long. School is just too stressful to think about anything else...ok so the only thing on my mind other than school is Tonga.
This has been the worst winter, it goes from sunny and warm to freezing cold. I just wish it would make up its mind! I usually love the snow, but after I got Lilly and have to take her out in the cold its not my favorite anymore! Thats why I'm so excited for summer!
I only have about 12ish weeks of school left, and you can bet i'm counting down. This semester hasn't been too hard so far just a lot of busy work to do, and a lot of presentations (which I swear give me ulcers).
Nothing too exciting has been going on, when I'm not being the loser and doing homework (i'm the only one in the apartment that is going to school which equals no social life!) I just hang out with my roommates. We have some good times....last week we went to the circus!


Thats about all thats going on...i will try to be a better blogger! I have been learning in school how to make money from a blog..any suggestions on what i can write about so people will start reading my blog...i only need like a hundred thousand followers to start making money!!! ha ha just kidding, but it would be nice though!