Lots of thoughts, mostly good stuff
here is some cute stuff i found in a decor inspiration folder on my computer -

I am deep in thought right now about a great many things... about my life and what I want for it... about my lovelife.. my worklife... my geographic location and the people in my life. I am not so sure i will be continuing this blog I have started another blog with a focus on having a good life on a budget which is something that I feel is very important - so many people have lost the ability to amuse themselves without spending money. So I encourage you to take a look at the other blog it is focused on home, fashion, food and fun things to do - Cheep and Chic

Homebrew Fest!

Isn't it beautiful!

This is the hops harvest from the Rogue Farm courtesy of realbeer.com!

On that same note the Septembeer Fest is coming up this weekend in Corvallis at the Fairgrounds on Saturday. It is put on by the Heart of the Valley Homebrewers and I am getting excited! As soon as I get off work at Camellia I'll be there!

I have been a busy busy bee! I am really getting into the busy swing of things here at work and trying to finish up my apartment - i need a sofa table or something for one last spot in my front room. This weekend is Mary's wedding (Mary Tedders from High school) and Marianna will be leaving (sniffle) and I am going to try to photograph some old cars!

Great Long Weekend

I just had a wonderful long weekend, a little trip to a lake a cute cafe and my Mom's birthday was a perfect recipe for a relaxing fun filled weekend!

Apron Book

Hey guess what I did?

I won a book on aprons from Lulu's Vintage Blog!

I posted a memory of aprons and got the book in the mail a few weeks ago. I read it in a week and it is worth a read for apron lovers!

Thank you!

Art Breaths Life

Yesterday I finally moved in the furniture I painted last month. It is looking alot nicer. Now I just have to pick out what to put on my walls. The "Soup Shop" here in Corvallis has some beautiful art and I am thinking about getting one of those pieces. It will be spendy but it might be worth it :)

Not too much new here, I am just trying to get use to my new job, apartment, life... its alot! + The apartment is looking a little better.
More soon

I went to a really pretty wedding yesterday and I forgot to take pictures. Hopefully I will have some to show you soon!

Today I painted my newest piece to match the table from a few weeks ago.
Things are looking up, now if only I could find something for the walls!

My have found more furniture

Winsty finally gets to come live with me today! I hope he likes my new apartment!

What a great long weekend. I painted my new table and it looks great. Ill show you soon. Meme and Charlie are getting back from Hawaii today too!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

This was the end of a great and fulfilling first work week. I am still excited about my job!

I panted some hen and chicks a few days ago! I could not find much out about how to plant them but I did find that the soil should be soaked in water thoroughly before the hen and chicks are planted.

The dirt is from a research facility and is supposedly better then potting soil and the pot I got from a local thrift store. I soaked the soil for a few hours and then nestled their roots in. It was very odd the chicks roots were much longer then the hens so I hope that I did not kill the hen when I pulled my start.

Here it is!

Just kidding, Ill put pictures up soon for a whole slew of past posts.

What a great vacation.

Ralph Wells

Ralph Wells
1959 - 2008

Last week this world lost an amazing person. I cannot express my feelings on Ralph's life or my sadness over this loss. He was a great man who spoke the truth and had an amazing talent. Ralph is one of few people who I have always respected and admired.

His obituary, from his mother, Kathryn Wells -

A program of music and memories to honor the life and artistic
achievements of Ralph Wells will be held on Saturday, June 28th at 5
p.m. in the Scottish Rite Auditorium at 1512 SW Morrison Street in
Portland. The noted artist and operatic baritone died June 18th at his
home in Corvallis after a long struggle with a brain tumor and stroke.

Ralph was born on Oct. 1, 1959, in Portland to Arlen and Kathryn
Wells. Seeds planted in childhood often take a lifetime to blossom. In
Ralph's case, he was born to create theatre, art and music. His
parents, both of whom loved classical music, took him to the symphonies
and operas, and at the age of five, he was already watching old films
on TV. Ralph was to later teach Film History while still a student at
Portland State University, from whence he graduated, Valedictorian,
with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Ralph soon began to sing professionally and was in San Francisco's
Merola Opera program, followed by the Petrie Award from Oregon State
University. The award placed him in Germany, where he pursued his
parallel interests in art and music. His pen-and-ink work, whose
subjects spanned Oregon mountain scenes, as well as movie and artistic
legends, enjoyed widespread fame, both here and abroad.

Wells appeared in numerous operas throughout the country, singing over
40 roles. He debuted with the Los Angeles Opera in 2002, as Sonora in
Puccini's "Fanciulla del West," starring Placido Domingo. That same
year, he made his Lincoln Center debut in Gordon Getty's "Joan and the
Bells" at Juilliard. Wells returned to LA Opera for "Die Frau Ohne
Schatten" under the baton of Kent Nagano.

In 2006, Wells realized his dream of staging "Farewell, Vienna!" the
musical show he created about the life of legendary Austrian composer,
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who fled the Nazis and found success in
writing film scores for the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Wells was a member of the Music Faculty at Oregon State University in
Corvallis, where his wife Elizabeth and he formed the Willamette
Concert Opera, which performed for four seasons there, as well as in
Portland and Eugene. He was to have sung in "Susannah" at the Scottish
Rite this coming weekend, where the memorial will be held.

Ralph Wells Studio was active for 10 years in Portland, with students
of all ages. His students, many of whom are in the chorus of Portland
Opera, brought him great joy and lasting friendships. He will be
greatly missed by all.

Wells is survived by his wife Mary Elizabeth in Corvallis, mother
Kathryn, and brother Robert in Portland. Contributions may be given to the Oregon Humane Society.

It is official - I have the decorating bug!
I bought a table and chairs today. It is a really great drop leaf pedestal table I don't dig the chairs but they came as a set so Ill deal with that later. For now I have different chairs picked out and these new chairs and the table are all in for a new coat of paint - a heavy cream I think.
I will start looking at paint tomorrow so I will have almost two weeks before I paint.
I got the fabric to cover the chairs last week. Oh this is going to be good!

I got it!

Today I purchased a mint condition 1970's couch and matching chair. The chair is an astrid chair a bit like the ones they are selling at Anthropologie right now (pictured right). Anyway I am excited to get a coffee table and keep decorating!

Graduation

I have graduated today, I am wholly and entirely free.
Bliss is what I feel, bliss.

Two days left and things are moving along nicely

Two more days! I went home today and saw Mr. Winston which was really nice - I also got to pack up some more kitchen stuff - Winston LOVED all of the paper bags and crinkly newspaper, he was in kitty heaven.
Doug asked me to come visit him in Perth but I still have not applied for my Passport - Bad Melinda! So I can't go. Hopefully in a few months he will transfer closer to Sydney and I will get to visit him there. Sydney sounds way more interesting to me then Perth although if I could I would go see both.
So I am going to relax for my 15 days off between graduation and school. I will go to the beach for a few days but I have decided not big trips for me. Speaking of big trips, Meredith and Dad will be getting back from India just in time for my graduation! I think I will be putting off any real travel until early spring when Dad and I are hopefully going to Hawaii to try out our new scuba skills :)

More later for now I do have to study "Forest Management and Wildlife Conservation"

So close yet so far... I will have a very long night of homework tonight but it should not go past 12 so that is nice. I have less then 7 days now - I sound like a prisoner counting down :)
Meredith is in India now and she took Dad with her!
I am so excited for them! She is going to try to buy me wooden painted bangles!

Almost There

I am absolutely and completely exhausted!
The book launch was on Wednesday and it is nice to finally have that over
Here is the conference that I am giving a workshop at with my boss and Travel Oregon.
http://oacvb.com/conferences.htm
1 week 4 days to go!

So I changed my mind... I am thinking citrus colors for the main room not the kitchen.
The futon is broken so now i have to get a couch or something - found an green/orange pattern I really like but i wanted the living area to be more yellow and lime then orange... we shall see.
I finished decorating my bedroom except I still need to make my headboard - it is all royal blues and whites!

It has been a long time since i have had time to write I have found a beautiful apartment and i moved in today. Right now i am thinking a yellow and green kitchen, and a poppy themed main room!
My job is going great, the book launch is in 10 days and i will be a published author.
My classes are going fine and there is 3 weeks and 3 days till i am done with my last set of college finals!
+ This weekend is a three day weekend and I get monday off from work too, which is super because my favorite local band is playing at a local homestead turned winery.
More soon for now i am trying to get settled in and finish a paper, a project and a final this week!

Edgefield was spectacular!

Edgefield was spectacular!
Photos and more on that later!!!

Midterms went fine and I am working on my papers now.
I am really excited because I think I am going to buy myself some bowels like the ones pictured here! I love the vintage looking bowls as you know from my rave on Typhoons Vintage Kitchen collection. During Christmas I was shopping in Macy's (which is rare) and I noticed that the Martha Stewart collection there aint bad! I really liked the colors she used this season. Anyway I am really having fun looking at kitchen stuff and rugs and pillows! Got to get back to work!

Two midterms this week Wednesday and Thursday + two papers and a press release due tomorrow and Monday! At least I have have a Birthday Weekend!!!

I'm looking for apartments tomorrow! I am going to go tour at least 3 - I dont want to move again for at least a year so it has to be good! I'm also looking at rugs and stuff.. this is gonna be so much fun!

I GOT A JOB, A FULL TIME, PERMINENT JOB DOING THINGS THAT I LOVE!
I start July 1st after I graduate on June 15th, I am so excited I am looking for apartments now!

I saw the best photograph today when I was looking at some potential marketing sources for Corvallis. This is from an article for the Irish Times. I love the contrast of the ladys attire and the sheep!

Trying to post today but the page is not posting right will update you soon, job interview went well today!

The first week of the term is over; I am one-eleventh of the way to graduation, I have found a cute furnished room to rent until I know where I will be after graduation and my class schedule is shaking out nicely.  The hand-me-down Mac from Mom is working out very well.  I am finally starting to get ahold of the apple T, ctrl click and other functions foreign to me.  Right now I am sitting in my pjs enjoying some coffee about ready to make a "quickie" crust.  I have a lot to do tomorrow but for some reason I feel more calm about it then usual.  I have an interview of sorts on Thursday that I am very excited about and I am taking relaxation yoga.  I am excited to go purchase a yoga matt soon.  Mr. Winston is sick, he ate a yellow bird day before yesterday and has been moppy and sedentary ever since.  I really hope he is Ok he doesn't seem to like his food much since then either we are not sure if he is really sick or if he just misses me :(

So there is everything new in my life.

i cant concentrate on my homework - all i can think about is shoes!

The perfect flat

I got new shoes! No dress, but shoes! I think they are really cute and I don't want to wear heels all the time so I love them! They do look way better when you can't see the metallic, the silver is way to shinny. Anyway now there are a billion dresses I can wear now that I have better white shoes! Tomorrow I am going to take the day off and then the term begins! Wish me luck, maybe ill wear my lucky new shoes!

SHOPPING IN PORTLAND TOMORROW AND A NEW TERM STARTS ON MONDAY (NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THE NEW TERM BUT AT LEAST ITS MY LAST)

The never ending crappiness that is my life...

Since finals have finished last Thursday it has been really hard for me to get into a relaxed state. I don't know what to do with myself, I still have never ending work to be done but it is different. I read an article saying that my immunity is probably getting used to the lack of stress and that it may take awhile. Which is really too bad because spring break is almost over and i have been tired and lathargic the entire time. At least I have Friday to look forward to. And for those of you who knew about it; my procedure went fine on Monday and I am back on my feet today!

In about 15 mins. my last paper will be in and I will be DONE! DONE FOR THE TERM! I am so tired and sick and happy to go home and sleep - i want to sleep all vacation, i wont but i want to!
oh seriously im finally done?
i could not be happier or sleepier right now!

Funny Photo

Josh has been doing lots of music/performing stuff and I have been busy with homework and finals (my big one is tomorrow!) and we are both sick as dogs. I is really bad I slept forever today.
Anyway here is Josh kicking one of his friends for Opera Workshop in Corvallis.

Candy for me!

I am finally finished with my paper!!! All I have left to do if format the references which is really painful because my hand is screwed up from writing and typing so much so I am doing everything one handed. This term has been so hard I have decided that I am going to get myself something pretty when it is over! I don't know what it is yet but ill know when I see it! Ohhh I'm excited!

I'm suppose to be thinking about Forestry issues of India but all I can think about is this!!!

I have the best article on wedding day heirlooms going, I want to finish it.

I GET TO GO HOME TODAY

Graduation Dresses

So graduation dresses have traditionally been white ever since women started graduating from anything so I would love it if my dress were a simple, white dress. I had originally planned on a dress of many greens (because of my duel interest in apparel design and forestry) but I'm just not finding the greens I want and I don't have time to make something that complicated. Part of me wants a big Betsy Johnson style dress but really I think I want something simple and beautiful and easy to wear like this or like what Bonnie wears in the Bonnie and Clyde death scene from the 1967 film. Simple beauty.

All I have to say is... Its really too bad that I need a DRESS for graduation not a necklace.

After yesterdays find I decided to give etsy another chance and there is some beautiful stuff. I am very tempted to buy some of these things because I will probably get to dress up some after I graduate and stop spending all my time in the Library! Joshua bought me a beautiful necklace when we visited Wallace Idaho (beautiful town!) this summer, and it is the necklace I want to wear for graduation. But I really need a dress. I want to get to wear something pretty for four years of hard work! I think my mom and I are going to go to Portland and visit some of the vintage shops I have been dying to try shopvintageportland.com makes me drool everyday. I know its lame of me and a waste of time to check it everyday but I love this stuff! I just hope I can find something for a decent price, I just can't stand to drop $100 on this dress, it would seem so wasteful. More about dresses tomorrow, I can't wait!

Beautiful Airplane

I ran across the cutes Etsy shop today. I'm normally not crazy about Etsy shops, I usually spend a lot of time online and end up finding what I would have found if I would have gotten up and gone to the art fair. But this shop is Beautiful. Mr. Joshua - have you bought my birthday present yet? I love this necklace with a rusted antique toy airplane! I have always loved planes and this is such a distinctive piece. Some of her other pieces are way too bulky for me but I think this is precious.

Business Cards

So yesterday got me thinking about business cards. I absolutely refused to let myself take any because I cannot afford to get more work now - I NEED to graduate! Anyway, I have no acutal business cards of my own and I really need some for June when I begin my own work. I think that Business Cards should be an expression of self and show people what you are all about so I have been thinking about what would be a good design, colors etc. for me. I would like letterpress but I don't really have the mental capacity to make that serious of a decision right now. I really like the cards that are skinny, I am also a fan of rounded edges or other unique edging (but not together). Anyway, I am excited to be creative about this. I've thought about using some colored stitching on an otherwise plain card. If you have any ideas for me let me know!

Lovely Day

I finally got to go do something fun today - I went to the perfectly pearl modern bridal event in Portland's Pearl district. It was super fun! I hope they post pictures soon so I can show you. There was a model there wearing the most beautiful halter dress! Then I found out it was a Vera Wang - go figure!

Work for School!

So, I know I have been talking a lot about school recently but it has been obscenely monopolizing my time! Just to give you a look at what I have been doing....


I really dislike spending my time on this when I have sooooooooooooo much other stuff on my plate. Anyway, I took last week off of work which was nice for school. I have 2 papers 1 project/presentation, 4 homeworks and 2 exams - and I will be done for the term. I have tons of work to do over the break, but it will be work that I love and care about! Yay!

putting together slides for movie studying.

Takin an easy

The wedding website information is all finished, the bare bones will be up this coming week! I will add an accessories section and the jewelry section later but for now I am so happy! I studied all week for my midterm this Wednesday so i finally have a bit of a break which is nice because this cold thing is really getting to me. My parents are back home and it is really nice to see them. Mom brought me some muumuus back from Hawaii to alter and play around with. I will probably do that on Spring Break and show y'all some before and after pictures. But for now I am going to read for class and try to get well and take an easy... maybe make some treats.

Super sick, so exhausted so much is spinning in my head - exam on Wednesday, so sick.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow...

Tomorrow, I regesture for classes for the last time! Till grad school that is. I wonder why they won't offer any classes that will pertain to my life after college like, curation, quilting, cooking etc. actually they might have cooking classes... Oh I'm excited, anyway after thinking on tons of stuff that OSU does not offer for my elective I think I will take a few PE classes like Pilates which I have been wanting to try for awhile!
Oh yeah!

As always

As always I have too much to do but for some reason something is making me take a bit of any easy today. I got up late and made a nice breakfast and then I met Doug in Corvallis to come to my parents in Salem. They are still gone though - those lucky ducks are in Hawaii. They have been traveling quite a bit recently this is a picture of them scuba diving in Australia (I put the cheesy title on). It looks kinda werid because it was taken with an underwater camera but cute none the less. I am trying not to think about things other then school but all I can think about is cooking good food, designing new stationary and vintage clothes. Soon Spring break will be here, soon...

Valentines and School

Happy Valentine's Day (late)!
I think I did OK on my exam, Wine and Wiskers was a huge success and Everything is going beautifully! I don't have another exam for almost two weeks! Plus I have 17 weeks left till I graduate and I am only taking 11 credits next term!
There is a light at the end of this sixteen year tunnel!

This is an aloe plant that was auctioned off, it was beautiful!

My big midterm is tomorrow - Wish me Luck!

Cute Plaid Shoes

Oh my the days go so fast...
Josh loves these shoes for me. I think they are so cute. But I won't buy them, they are way to spendy especially considering that they are largely made of WHITE fabric and I live in Oregon.

But lovely none the less

The first in a series

Nice Things To Look At

Every year for Christmas my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Gerry get me the Sierra Club "Engagement Calendar" I was flipping through it today realizing just how much it brightens my to-do list. I don't know enough about the Sierra Club policies to comment on the organization as a whole but they put out one heck of a calender every year, this is my second year using it. It is really something inspiring to me. There is a book I have been wanting for quite some time now, it is big and beautiful with the most amazing illustrations of plants and animals but if I had it now it would sit in a corner waiting to be read this I can see now everyday, and I do because it would be really hard to keep track of myself without it.
Hope everyone is having a beautiful Friday!

Wedding Website Nearing Launch

The Wedding website for Corvallis, Oregon is almost finished! I am so excited, this has been my baby for so many months now, I've been stealing time away from my studies compiling contact information and photographs and writing articles. All of the information will be done Friday! The "bare bones" of the website should be up next week and in April the web designers will come to teach me how to create a new skin and add the message boards I've been wanting. It is going to be beautiful!

I will post the URL when I know it - Do you have any ideas
visitcorvallis.com/weddings
visitcorvallis.com/dreamweddings
visitcorvallis.com/bride

What do you think?

P.S The photograph above is by Jennifer Photography, the photo links to their site.

Valentines is Almost Here!

Midterm next Wednesday so I am studying early for it - starting tonight instead of waiting till the last minute. Also Wine and Whiskers (a formal benefit for the heartland humane society) is next Thursday - on Valentines! I will be volunteering trying to save kitties!

Maraianna gets famous!

One of my bestest friends in the whole wide world...

Marianna Symeonides

Is performing the first movement of Grieg's piano concerto with the Whitman Symphony Orchestra! I wish so much that I could go see her in Walla Walla! I am so excited for her!

Good Luck!

So I am not normally a big fan of Starbucks - My mother enjoys their coffee but I am more a fan of the locally owned fair trade coffee shops. But... I ran across this nifty thing today where you can create your own gift card at starbucks.com I have been looking for an interesting graduation announcement and so I tried this out - I don't know if I like it enough to use it for my announcements but I thought it was nifty either way!
By the way did you know that Starbucks was named after a Moby Dick character, I found that out several years ago and thought that was nifty ~ that is also why their logo is a mermaid.

Vera Wang

Tonight I thought I would blog about an inspiration of mine whose work gave me ideas and a creative outlet all through high school - Vera Wang.

I still cannot put into words all that inspires me about her designs but like many others I have fallen for their beauty. I cannot tell you how many times I have read her book Vera Wang on Weddings and found something new and beautiful. I use to make her wedding dresses my desktop background when I was majoring in apparel design. I had a boyfriend who was so sick of hearing about her that by the time we stopped dating people would sneak into his room to tape pictures of her designs on his wall just to drive him crazy - I didn't know it was that bad but apparently it was, he told me a few years later.

Vera once said "Conventional clothing has always looked pretty ridiculous on me" which may explain why her bridal dresses are so refreshing. Her use of color that year there was a large amount of green and some orange was a much needed addition into main stream bridal. This dress with a green velvet sash was one that I highly considered when I was engaged to be married in 2005 but I choose a choosing a Carmela Sutera gown that had a more attractive neckline

At last...

Last day of moving out t/m (we had to extend it a day because i got sick again) I will be very relieved.

a very not good day

last night i realized i lost my long-adored travel mug and emotional attachment combined with little sleep let to a overreaction. I couldn't sleep i was so worried i would not find it; by this time i had remembered where i had left it but had no clue if the janitors had cleaned that hall that night - they throw all beverage containers away no exceptions even the super spendy ones. So i got up before 8 and got to the class room 5 mins to late to look - there was a class inside, i looked where i had sat and could not see it so i sought out the lost and found. I asked at the history department; a lovely office with mint green walls and wall hangings to move your mind. The lady there was very nice, called maintenance - who didn't come in and made me some licorice tea. I was doing ok then i remembered that i was in 15 min parking so i ran (on ice and slush) the whole way to my car - no ticket thank god! I went home changed out of my now wet clothes and tried to get ready for the day but instead i just started bawling - Mr. Joshua was super nice and told me what i knew; that i needed to get some sleep. So i took a nap and he said he would check for the travel mug on the way to his next class - he did and he found it. So i went to class and then to a study group for my midterm tomorrow morning and now i have zero energy left and I have to study for my midterm!

i will be moved out by friday, i am so excited to have the responsibility of a household off of my hands especially because i am sick again; i hope it will not require surgery - i have never had surgery before of any kind and i am scared at the idea of starting. first midterm on wednesday :) wish me luck

What really happend

Sooo... Mr. Joshua was planning something BIG for our 1.5 Year Anniversary!
He decided to take me to McMenamin's Edgefield Resort in Troutdale, Oregon! Too bad we got suck in bad weather and bad traffic and had started too late to being because I didn't know we we were going very far so I didn't get the day off work so we were going to get there at around 8 to stay for one night - So we called and they were really nice and let us reschedule for my birthday which will be much nicer and I will get work off and everything. Mr. Joshua picked a very nice Winery Package so we could have dinner and breakfast and wine and all that jazz while soaking up the atmosphere. I am so excited to go there for my birthday it will make the next three months super long! Anywho, so since we were half way there we just went to Lake Oswego where Mr. Joshua's parents live and went to Stanford's for some drinks and stayed with his parents. The next day we relaxed and did nothing but did manage to make it to a super cute vintage shop in Portland in a great little neighborhood which we plan to go back and explore sometime! All in all despite not getting to go it was really a nice mini vacation.
Thank you Mr. Joshua, I love you!

Almost done with the week

Moving out is going smoothly and Joshua and I are going out of town to celebrate dating for 1.5 years this weekend! He won't tell me where we are going just that I will love it - I'm so excited now all I have to do is get a good amount of homework done before we leave at noon tomorrow (I took the second half of day off from work and he took the entire weekend off). It is snowing right now and it is beautiful, it might not stop too :)

So many graphs and numbers and peer reviewed journals, my article is due for a book on wednesday too....

Ahhhhh...

Home sweet home...

Ahh, the fire is burning, the sun is peaking through the clouds and I am in a big red armchair with a cup of coffee settling down to read. I am half moved out and staying with my parents this weekend. My brother is here to so it is nice, its like being kids again except with less bickering and without my sister :(
I am so excited to be getting caught up on all of my schoolwork after being sick - which is looking better by the way. I am getting longer winds of energy now. I only have a hundred or so pages to get caught up with my course readings and I am thinking about the future and maybe travel?
I am hoping that this time can be to spend time with my family and regroup my thoughts and creativity.

Movin On Out!

Hi everyone!
I have decided to be homeless!
Not really but kind of. I will be spending weekends with my parents and weekdays with Joshua and friends. I am so close to graduation (June) and I had planned on doing this in May but my apartment has developed a large mold problem which my property management company has refused to address. Five months is not long enough to move and put a deposit down for so this is the alternative. I am also looking for house-sitting jobs etc. but all I can say is this should be an interesting experience and I think I will get quite a bit more reading done now because I will be on campus a lot more and cleaning a lot less.
We shall see how this goes...


This is an interesting movie i watched last night for film class, I enjoyed the unexpected plot!

this is terrible - im ill again

A long week but plaid is Beautiful

Almost done with the first week of school, so far so good except natural resources economics. Ugg I thought I was done with Econ of any kind! Anywho I have to read lots of stuff and clean the house but i think I might get to take Sunday off to go to Portland with Josh and vintage shop.

I love this dress and want it SO bad - I'm not Scottish for nothing you see, its because I LOVE PLAID!

Crochet!

So this book isn't super gorgeous but the tutorial in the back really helped me with making the bobbles and now I am thinking about going onto more complex bobble projects then just bobble lines. I'll keep you posted on that!
P.S. My internet is not working- thats probably because I don't pay for internet but regardless I will be bloggin a bit less now until this works itself out or I get rich

I wish I could remember where I got this picture but anyhow I think these are really nifty. Every time I run across this in my "to make" file I think of my friend Allison, she has such super retro style complete with such a great retro/vintage earing collection. I wish that I had the time to make these for her but I can knit in the car and in class, cross stitch is a bit harder then. Ahh, someday hopefully.

I am feeling better today and Joshua took me to the Doctors and it looks like nothing really serious is wrong, so I am SUPER happy and thankful!

Also this is one of the things Joshua got me for X-mas so I can be warm on days like today!
I feel like such a lucky girl!

Hello Everyone,
I got very sick yesterday and almost had to go to the hospital, very happy I didn't end up having too, the hospital is one of my pet peeves. Things are going nicely, furniture is moving and this place is really starting to feel like a home. It isn't as posh as could be but I refuse to purchase furniture to have to move it so quickly. The plants are growing, the aloe and Thai pepper are recovering nicely. Although still sick and needing Doctors appointments I am happy.