Mothers day card

I was inspired by the paper weaving 'The Crafty-Arty Kid' shared on her website.  You can check out her tutorial here

I started by collecting pink strips of paper.  I used my paper slicer to make straight lines, because I cannot do it on my own.  After cutting I got started.





 After making my pretty slices I used tape to secure them while I wove the strands in the other direction.  After this tedious task I had something really wonderful.





After making sure my weave pattern was big enough I added tape to the sides, then cut off the ends.  I had a lot of excess paper hanging off the edges.  I think it is pretty and didn't want to waste it.  So by some miracle I thought about putting it on a scrapbook page.  It looks like this:

And some day I hope to add some pictures to it.  I think it would be a good summer page, something with flowers and pool time pics.






This is what an hour of procrastination of homework looks like in my house.  Plus that papers not due for 5 days, so I've got time.  ;)

thruth time

I know why I am gaining weight.
        I have added soda into my diet.

Oh, but its so good. and the caffeine is always greatly appreciated.

sunday is not always sunny

I wrote this awhile ago but because of the title I felt like I had to wait till Sunday to post it.

Today I was hooked into watching a marathon of "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" on the planet green network.  They are pretty amazing.  Buying a farm to fulfill their dreams of growing their own food, making their own cheese, and almost anything else they want.  It's amazing that these two were able to make sacrifices to do what they love.  And it being a reality show, I know it does not show everything, but you can tell they have to work incredibly hard, and are succeeding in what they want to do.

So I was thinking today that I wish I could have the drive like them.  I have certain goals for my life, but they are not big dreams.  There are many things I want to do and wish I could experience, but they all seem so far out of reach.  I have ambition, like I want to finish grad school, buy a house, fix it up, maybe get married... But its the little things that really make me happy I feel like will never allow me to accomplish the things I want.  I find that I cannot keep my motivation up enough to actually see certain projects through.  Even going to school I have a motivation problem.  There are some days that I am go go go productive, then other days I have a list of what I want to do, but cant get off the couch to do them.  I really want to find something that inspires me so much that I will work even harder, and be motivated everyday to get the job done.  Since that opportunity hasn't presented itself yet maybe that says something about what I think I want out of life, like that I am not aiming in the right direction yet.

Being young is kind of sucky.  I don't have the traditional young adult life either.  I feel like most 20 somethings are out partying and making crazy choices, and here I am trying to plan the rest of my life, even though I really don't know anything.  But maybe there are only a few 20 somethings out there being crazy party animals (which is depicted a lot in reality shows) or taking the world by storm (and receiving extrordinary recognition becuase they are amazing), which may be why I have a warped sense of how I should be acting, or what the norm really is.

Learn more about the Beekman Boys at: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/the-fabulous-beekman-boys/the-fabulous-beekman-boys.html

Movie Day

I saw Jane Eyre this afternoon.  It was a really good movie.  oh I love the old-time romance when love was about being intellectually compatible and was not all about sex. 

The Mentalist

Why is it that television shows sometimes show people dying on screen?  It doesn't happen that often, but I wonder what compels them to air something like that. 
Tonight I was watching the mentalist and at the end a man who had a terminal disease decided to take pills to kill himself, and they showed his last seconds.  A similar situation happened in House when Amber died after a car accident, and that got me too.  I am sitting here crying while I write, I don't understand how or why they show something so sad... I don't know why it makes me cry so much, but thinking about people dying and seeing it on television is sooooo sad.  My great grandmother passed away last year at 100 and she left very slowly, and everyone stood around the bed waiting for her to go.  I tried so hard to stay and be there for the rest of my family but I couldn't be in the room waiting for something so bad too happen.  I had to leave the room, and it gets me every time when people are suffering.

wednesday project

I found this WONDERFUL tutorial this weekend, and have been dying the make it and use it all week.  Its called a 'Make-up Magnetic Board.'  I found it on a cute blog, which you can find here, http://laurathoughts81.blogspot.com/2011/03/make-up-magnet-board.html

I loved it so much I wanted desperately to make one of my own.  Very proactive for me, usually I just dream about making things...  So the first thing I needed was a frame, and a piece of metal for inside the picture frame.  Upon reading that Laura had to go out and buy the metal sheet I thought oh man I cant make this thing... Then I remembered that a few years ago my aunt made me a magnet board with a picture glued to the
front.  It was the epiphany of all epiphanies.  So I took the picture off (that had been painted on regular paper) and attached by fabric with adhesive. The paper was a bit hard to get off, so I scraped it with some type of exacto knife.  Went outside, did some spraying, let it dry, and voila it was ready and oh so perfect.  I bought a great color for my room. 

And I wanted to make this so badly so that I would have a way to keep my makeup organized.  Well I thought I had way more makeup than this... But I realized some of it would not be attachable to the board, so I lost a good chunk of the makeup that I originally thought may have gone up there. 


Even if I dont have a lot of makeup, it was an excellent way to spend my day!

a saturday spent alone.

I went out this morning for some thrifting.  I went out to a nearby goodwill and wouldn't you know it was a half price saturday.  So it was busy, and kind of crazy.  But it didnt bother me too much, I was feeling very zen about the day.  After checking out the frames and household stuff I walked through the clothing.  I dont need more clothes, and I know this, so I didnt want to buy anything, but then I saw a very cute top.  AND it was a Michael Kors jacket! with the sale it was a whole $4.50.  So I had to snatch it up, um obviously.  Then I went around the rest of the clothing department, looking for professional attire, didnt find anything though.

I am so excited about this jacket, and even though we are headed for summer I am going to wear it as much as possible. This trip made my whole day! I cannot believe I found it and at such a deal.