Dec. 3, 2009 - WOW you have to be pretty bored to do this tag...it's forever long..lol
1) How old are you? I'm always told I look 14! >o<
2) Do you like HSB? Well, I would if more people would actually talk.
3) How tall are you? I am SHORTER than 5 foot
4) Have you seen Madagascar 2? I didn't know there was...a 2nd one...o__O
5) Do you like Blueberry pie? Haven't ever tried it, so I don't know. lol
6) Do you have any dogs? 2 of dem! ^^
7) What grade are you in? GOING to graduate high school this year! Yay!! ^O^
8) Do you have an American girl Doll? If you do not, do you have a bitty Baby? Lol, no I've never had an interest in dolls...because they scare me. :p
~~~~~~~~~~FOOD-OLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
What is your salad dressing of choice? Ahh....soo many!!!
What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Hem...probably..eh, I really don't know. lol
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Chilly with bread.
What are your pizza toppings of choice? Pepperoni, cheese, and olives. ^^
What do you like on your toast? Cinnimon and sugar! Yummyful! :D
Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate! ^o^
~~~~~~~~~~~~TECHNOLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
How many televisions are in your house? 3
What color cell phone do you have? Red! :)
Do you have a laptop? Yeah, but it's for school.
~~~~~~~~~~~~BIOLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you right-handed or left-handed? I'ma righty!!
Have you ever had anything removed from your body? .....O___O no...
What is the last heavy item you lifted? Hmm...I don't remember. lol
Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Nuhu. ^^
~~~~~~~~~~~~DUMBOLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
How many pairs of flip-flops do you own? None.
Last time you had a run-in with the cops? uh...donno. .__.
Last person you talked to on the phone? My friends! ^^
Last person you hugged? My friend. :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~FAVORITE-OLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
Season? Spring or Summer
Holiday? Christmas
Day of the week? Fridays
Month? Feb, December and July.
~~~~~~~~~~~~CURRENT-OLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
Missing someone? Yeah....:/
Mood? Nyappy!!! o(∀)o
What are you listening to? The football announcements.
Watching? the computer screen.
Worrying about? nothing at all.
~~~~~~~~~~~~RANDOM-OLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~
First place you went this morning? Out of my room
What's the last movie you saw? Spiderman 3.
Do you smile often? I definently try to smile a lot!
Do you always answer your phone? Nooooope!
If you could change your eye color what would it be? Light brown.
What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? Umm..none..
Do you own a digital camera? Nooo! >_<,
Have you ever had a pet fish? Yes, I just found out we got some today...(._.?)
Can you do a push up? lol, yeah.
Can you do a chin up? No!!!!
Does the future make you more nervous or excited? Excited!
Do you have any saved texts? 38.
Ever been in a car wreck? Thankfully, no. :)
Do you have an accent? Boo...noo! >_<
What was the last song to make you cry? Umm..a song about a mom keeping her baby and not doing abortion. ;__;
Plans tonight? Eh..talking on the phone. lol
Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? YES!!! V__V
Have you ever been given roses? I wish!! :)
Current hate right now? My back...it hurts!
Met someone who changed your life? Ohhhh yes!! Many of those! ^O^
How did you bring in the new year? Umm..being with my friend.
What song represents you? Hmm..I wouldn't know. lol
Would you go back in time if you were given a chance? Yeah. :p
Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Hahaha, noooope, never been asked out!! ^^y
Do you have any tattoos/piercings? NO WAY on the tattoos, but yes, just my ears for piercings.
What songs do you sing in the shower? EH, nooo!
Ever had someone sing to you? Lol, yeah, my friend is funnyful!
Do you like to cuddle? I love to cuddle if they're the right people! ^^;;
Have you held hands with anyone today? xDDDD NOO
Who was the last person you took a picture of? Myself
What kind of music did you listen to in elementary? christian radio.
Do you like pulpy orange juice? Eww..naww.
What is something your friends make fun of you for? Hmm..I don't know? *shrug*
Have you ever ridden a elephant? Noope
Do you like to play Scrabble? yes.
What are you saving your money up for right now? New clothes
When is the last time you ate peanut butter & jelly? I have nooo clue!
What were you doing at 12am last night? Watching Spiderman 3!! :D
What was the first thing you thought when you woke up? "
Nooooo, I don't wanew get up!! >_<"
December 3, 2009 - uhh, thanks...
So the kind(?) people at Delia's [the amazing clothing company] decided that it would be a super-nice(?) thing to put me on the Teen Vogue mailing list.
Now, I admit, I am a person who is, to an extent, a fan of Being Fashionable. And there are some outfits & accessories in this magazine that I really would like (if I had $400-some lying around to buy dresses with, that is).
But quite a lot of this stuff, especially the more runway / less Target items, are so ugly. It's not fashion, it's more like anti-fashion.
And there's about 637 perfume ads in there, so it smells kind of like walking through the cosmetics department at Parisian, only condensed into one small magazine, so it kind of is stinking up my entire living room right now.
But, anyways. HAPPY STUFF NOW.
I just got this book-- Crobots, by Nelly Pailloux. Crobots = crocheted robots.
(photos courtesy Andrews McMeel Publishing & amazon.com-- meaning these aren't mine ;D)
Did you just die of cuteness? I almost did, but then I stopped myself so that I crochet make them for myself.
RESULTS TO BE THRUST UPON MY INDULGENT READERS SOON.
(all-caps for no reason other than it is fun.)
Dec. 3, 2009 - Heeeeeyo!!
Today was really fun, because I had my friend over. We watched Spiderman 3! It's one of my favorite movies, we were making fun of Peter, because he acts like such a dope. xDD My friend was surprised that I didn't like Harry..haha!! It was funny. ^^
When we woke up we went to go get our breakfast, my least favorite meal! :P After we ate, we did some school then played a game with a boy that comes over every week! ^^ It was fun!
Itai...yesterday I slammed my foot in the door!! Then on Sunday, I fell flat on my face! Hahaha, the lady that saw me fall thought I was dead, because I was just laying there and sighed then started laughing, which she thought I was crying. lol Poor lady.
I am told I'm getting bubble wrap for Christmas, lol because I get hurt so much!! xD So funny!
All for now!!! :D Bye~bye!
~Kristi*
November 24, 2009 - thank You...
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 17, 2009 - Homemade Christmas #1: Shutterfly Scrapbook
One really fun homemade gift to receive is a scrapbook. I love going through our old scrapbooks, looking at how much things have changed, how much things are the same... how really awful fashion was in the late nineties.
However, this is a really time-consuming project on the gift maker's part. A scrapbook seems like the perfect gift for that someone on your list, but, snap, there's only about a month to make it, and with all the other things you've got to do... well, that idea's going to get shoved to the bottom of the proverbial sock drawer.
Enter the Shutterfly photobook.
I've made quite a few of these, and while it's not quite the same as scrapbooking, the result is always beautiful and it's so simple to do.
You basically just sign up, upload your pictures, put them in the book, order it, and in a couple weeks there's this gorgeous, glossy book on your front stoop.
Of course, if you're one of those meticulous people like myself, you may want to do more, and you can! You can choose from bajillions of backgrounds, fonts, borders & layouts.
I've made a few of these for friends moving out of state (or, in one case, to another country). They're a great way to put all those memories together in a neat little package.
And, you know, what else are you going to do with such, erm, gorgeous pictures like this?
(I guess this is sort of a borderline-homemade gift, but it's early yet. The insane craftiness is on its way.)
November 13, 2009 - Duncan & Ella Hope
Firstly, thanks for all your wonderful name suggestions for my little guy! In a sudden burst of creativity, I came up with one on my own-- Duncan. Named partially for my favorite character from Monarch of the Glen, and partially because its meaning is "brown fighter," and while I can't picture this Snorgenwoffle (more on that later) being much of a "fighter," he is brown.
I've also decided (with help from my friend Lucy) that this "breed" of amigurumi are called Snorgenwoffles. They like to sail around in little cardboard boats and are really fond of Motown music, especially the Supremes and the Jackson 5.
Now, if there's one thing I can't stand is a lonely softie, so...
...this is Ella Hope.
She's taller, but she's actually Duncan's little sister. She would like to be a really famous YouTube singer like Nataly Dawn or maybe even Julia Nunes, but she doesn't have hands, so she can't work the webcam.
Also, if you're wondering about the tattoo, A) it's pen, and B) today's the third annual To Write Love on Her Arms day. TWLOHA is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. Check out their site here.
I personally don't struggle with these things, but what these people do is amazing, and I think we all need to support it.
So, sometime this weekend or in the coming week, write love on your arms. You're asking for a question-- "Why's love written on your arms?" Tell them the story & spread some hope.
Nov. 10, 2009 - Above Rubies Retreat
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending an Above Rubies Retreat in Hardin, Kentucky. It was my first Above Rubies Retreat that I've attended. I've received the Above Rubies Magazine for years and I was thrilled to finally get to meet Nancy Campbell and her daughter Pearl, along with Pearl's daughter, Meadow. I've been dealing with some "things" lately and I am SOOOO happy that I attended. My dear friend Tammy T. attended the Retreat with me. On the last day of the Retreat it was "Share Testimony" time. A few of the ladies got up and shared what The Lord had ministered to them during the Retreat. I got up and began to share what I call my "Nightmare Story" on the day that My Elgin was killed by a drunk driver. It's ALWAYS a very emotional time for me whenever I share about that HORRIBLE day that My Elgin was killed. I think there were only two other ladies there that was "close" to my age, and I was the only Widow in attendance. All of the ladies there looked to be under the age of about 30-35, and none of them have experienced the lost of a husband before. After telling my "Nightmare Story" numerous ladies came to me and thanked me for sharing my "Nightmare", that my Story challenged them to put more of an effort to let their husbands know just how much they are loved. Even Nancy Campbell told me that my Story challenged her and that my Testimony was the most Inspirational lesson taught at the Retreat. I always said, That if God allowed me to go through this "Nightmare" to be able to help other ladies to "Love" their husbands while they still can, then I will be that willing vessel. I pray that each of you who reads my entry will be inspired to Love Your Husband. 
Pearl, Me & Nancy Campbell
November 5, 2009 - meet my new friend.
I'm not sure what his(?) name is yet. Any ideas?
November 3, 2009 - why, hello november.
you sneaked up on me
all of a sudden.
please don't do that.
I like it better when the months go by
so slowly & draggingly.
please talk to august, or june.
they know how to do that.
thanks,
Maddy
October 29, 2009 - the Hippie Apron.
For lack of a better name.
Sewed this guy up this afternoon. Thought it was cute. And even though I think the retail stores are done reliving Woodstock, I still like me some tie-dye. Wish I could say I'd dyed this myself, but it's actually a scrap I found in my drawer and decided to use.
This is based on the fantabulatic Amy Karol's Vintage Apron pattern from Bend the Rules Sewing, the same pattern I used for this guy a while back (is it strange to refer to aprons as guys?).
I am a fan of the half-apron. Simple enough that my mind can wander as I make it, easy enough to make in under an hour, and still you wind up with something elegant (or psychedelic) in the end.
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