i sewed another bag

it's technically a scripture case for my friend's daughter who was baptized last saturday.

i used this tutorial, which was well done and easy to follow. BUT there was one particular step (sewing the bottom-side piece to the front/back pieces) that really should have come with a warning. it was a beast. a beast, i tell you!

all-in-all, from cutting to button-hole ripping, i'd say it took 3-4 hrs. i'm way beginner so you could probably whip one up in a couple hours!

i think i want one too. 

i know addi does.

hair

recently i've been using this:



and i'd have to recommend it.

my hair is short and pretty easily manageable... but this little woman has oodles and bundles of gorgeous locks.

and they tangle and snarl a lot...

now we wash with wen, and use a dab as leave-in conditioner.

life is much happier during hair brushing time.

in other hair-related news, i'm growing mine out.

yes, it grows fast.

i'm going for something like this, only less... abrasive.

basically a choppy, chunky, multi-colored A-line.

and i'm trying to learn how to do addi's hair... i'm just working on braiding for now.

obviously it's a work in progress.

and since all women of our household have been represented but one,

gwen is fluffy.

sailing

little known fact: i'm scared of water.

mostly the deep, naturally occurring kind. eg. the pacific ocean.

or bear lake.

lake powell.

the mississippi river...

ok, so basically anything but a swimming pool.

but here's the thing, we turned 5. our marriage, i mean. and i deemed myself as the 5th anniversary party planner.

so we spent a weekend in waikiki!

day 1: high-speed catamaran sail around diamond head.

it was so intensely, crazy fun!! we sat right up front, feet dangling off the edge, hanging on to the ropes white-knuckled for dear life. (okay, so maybe that was just me.) and the guy next to me, vacationing from washington state, had so much fake tanner on that i could smell the brown washing off of him with each mountainous splash of ocean waves.

that's how awesome it was.

just a little wrist bling

i've never been much of a watch wearer... mostly because i somehow missed the ohsoimportant lesson in 1st grade when the rest of the free world learned how to tell time. i seriously have to stare at the clock face for nearly 5 minutes to figure out what all the arrows mean. so of course i go digital, and let's face it... most digital watches are tacky, and they can also tell you your depth in the ocean, which way is north, and convert your dollar into yen.

so this little gem, she's perfect for me (the white one):

no arrows!

and the bestest news yet... over on creature comforts there's a little giveaway on fossil watches! true story!

so hop on over and enter!

(oh, and did you know my birthday's coming up? just thought i'd throw that in there...)

hiatus

yah, so i'm trying to learn how to cook real meals, and kick a sugar addiction (it's fierce), and be a better mom, and sew, and mow my lawn more than once a quarter

so the blog is sadly dying.

but don't worry. it's more like it's in a coma... it will live again some day.

until then, check the foto blog for that jazz.

and my friend becky blogged about gwenner's bday. so that's cool, since i haven't yet.

and i'll see you a.s.a.p.

(what's that stand for anyway? probably "act swiftly awesome pachyderm".

hehe. love that movie... and yes, i've been doing a lot of pachyderm watching lately too.)

and a pic, cause who doesn't need a little eye candy now and then.

flashback friday

a new tradition, inspired by my friend ashley.

coming to you {most} every friday:

something old.

high school. childhood. the 50s. the 20s. a story. a picture. a memory. a song.

flashback fridays.

me

circa 1984ish

(pretty sure it was my first date... or halloween. or something.)