I want to learn how to do a lot of things...
One of them, I want to learn how to silk screen things so I can make pretty things all by myself. This blog inspires me. It posts beautiful pictures, and I want to make beautiful things like those pictures. Maybe I'm a wanna-be hippy, but when I go into anthropologie I want to have everything in there, but, It's a million dollars. So, why not learn to make it myself? I'm slightly creative...and hopefully that will increase with my determination!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
It's a mad mad mad world
I finally remembered to update from my computer, so I can add pictures. So here are some pictures from a recent event, I know I'm a month late in posting them, but here are the pictures from Heather's Mad Hatter Alice in Wonderland tea party Birthday!
Judy came up with the great idea and surprised us with the tea party when we came back from dinner. Her, Hal, Dane, and I made red velvet cupcakes without red dye, and we used a beet puree instead. The batter was very red, but they turned out pretty brown, which was a bummer. I'm not a big chocolate fan, but they were some of the yummiest cupcakes i've had. Dane and Judy made some meringue to go on top to make them look like the Alice in Wonderland mushrooms. They turned out sooo great! Here are some pictures!
I didn't actually get any pictures of us eating them and having tea, so this is thanks to Judy. We started without the boys as they were outside throwing knives
Judy came up with the great idea and surprised us with the tea party when we came back from dinner. Her, Hal, Dane, and I made red velvet cupcakes without red dye, and we used a beet puree instead. The batter was very red, but they turned out pretty brown, which was a bummer. I'm not a big chocolate fan, but they were some of the yummiest cupcakes i've had. Dane and Judy made some meringue to go on top to make them look like the Alice in Wonderland mushrooms. They turned out sooo great! Here are some pictures!
I didn't actually get any pictures of us eating them and having tea, so this is thanks to Judy. We started without the boys as they were outside throwing knives
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
I hate it
I hate how they suck you in to loving a product and then they just stop producing it. I have used Max Factor mascara for quite a while. I like the soft black with the bristles that move. It's good mascara, and once you find something you like, why switch?
Well, I went to the grocery store today and Proctor and Gamble isn't going to sell it in the U.S. after 2009. Boo!
Luckily, it is buy 2 get one free...so I need to stock up.
That has happened with at least three different products to me now in the last few years. It was awesome when Marianne found old school Herbal Essences and gave me two of the bottles.
On a different note, I have come to realize something. I don't know if it is just my life or most women's lives but I have come to realize that I tend to get bogged down by life to the point where I kind of feel I can't control my life anymore. And then it dawns on me...I need a blessing. It's amazing what clarity the priesthood being exercised over me can bring. What a blessing a blessing can be. Thanks again Hal :)
Well, I went to the grocery store today and Proctor and Gamble isn't going to sell it in the U.S. after 2009. Boo!
Luckily, it is buy 2 get one free...so I need to stock up.
That has happened with at least three different products to me now in the last few years. It was awesome when Marianne found old school Herbal Essences and gave me two of the bottles.
On a different note, I have come to realize something. I don't know if it is just my life or most women's lives but I have come to realize that I tend to get bogged down by life to the point where I kind of feel I can't control my life anymore. And then it dawns on me...I need a blessing. It's amazing what clarity the priesthood being exercised over me can bring. What a blessing a blessing can be. Thanks again Hal :)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Homeward Bound
It seems I mostly do posts about me because Hal is too lazy to post on here, so I will do one about exciting news for him.
Halbean's bestest friend just got home from his mission a few hours ago! This would be he-Sam Booth. Hal hasn't seen him in 3 1/2 years, since he left for his mission. He-Sam left for his mission while Hal was still gone. I know he was really excited to see him and hear it accent (he went to Chihuahua, Mexico). Hopefully it will help Hal brush up on his Spanish as well.
Halbean's bestest friend just got home from his mission a few hours ago! This would be he-Sam Booth. Hal hasn't seen him in 3 1/2 years, since he left for his mission. He-Sam left for his mission while Hal was still gone. I know he was really excited to see him and hear it accent (he went to Chihuahua, Mexico). Hopefully it will help Hal brush up on his Spanish as well.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Trials
Who knew graduating would be a trial?
Well, it has been for me. I generally don't like change. Hal tells me I am very loyal, even when I shouldn't be. That may be partly due to my fear of change.
I know I am ready to move on to another job. I have been at my current job for over two years and I am also currently overqualified for it. I want a new job and I want to be paid well and be appreciated for my work. And possibly even find something that I love doing.
Only problem, it has been a hard market to find a good job in. I have put out some applications and even had an interview, but there is sort of this sense of reluctance within me that is afraid of the unknown. Especially since I Loved school. I really did. My brain just works in an academic way. I have been in school since I was 5, and it's what I know and what I'm comfortable with.
I have had a lot of people ask me if I ever thought about teaching, well...a pretty good opportunity has sort of come up and I'm going to go for it. Maybe teaching will help suffice my learning bug and fulfill my academic need. I don't want to jinx it just yet because I haven't applied yet, and I may not even be qualified enough, and I have to write an essay on how I feel about America(which I am scared out of my mind to write), but assuming all of those things go well it could be amazing. Could be being the trigger words in that sentence.
I have been fighting the change almost the whole summer and I have had a hard time dealing with knowing I won't be going back in the fall, but now I think I am going to embrace it. I can feel it bubbling up within me(I'll just have to try and not get discouraged during the job search). Also, I think I am going to start some new hobbies and continue some old ones to hopefully fill my time and mind while I wait. So the waiting begins...well, it really began about 2 months ago...so the waiting and excitement begin, there we go, that's better.
This is a stream of consciousness blog post and I apologize in advance if it does not make any sense.
Well, it has been for me. I generally don't like change. Hal tells me I am very loyal, even when I shouldn't be. That may be partly due to my fear of change.
I know I am ready to move on to another job. I have been at my current job for over two years and I am also currently overqualified for it. I want a new job and I want to be paid well and be appreciated for my work. And possibly even find something that I love doing.
Only problem, it has been a hard market to find a good job in. I have put out some applications and even had an interview, but there is sort of this sense of reluctance within me that is afraid of the unknown. Especially since I Loved school. I really did. My brain just works in an academic way. I have been in school since I was 5, and it's what I know and what I'm comfortable with.
I have had a lot of people ask me if I ever thought about teaching, well...a pretty good opportunity has sort of come up and I'm going to go for it. Maybe teaching will help suffice my learning bug and fulfill my academic need. I don't want to jinx it just yet because I haven't applied yet, and I may not even be qualified enough, and I have to write an essay on how I feel about America(which I am scared out of my mind to write), but assuming all of those things go well it could be amazing. Could be being the trigger words in that sentence.
I have been fighting the change almost the whole summer and I have had a hard time dealing with knowing I won't be going back in the fall, but now I think I am going to embrace it. I can feel it bubbling up within me(I'll just have to try and not get discouraged during the job search). Also, I think I am going to start some new hobbies and continue some old ones to hopefully fill my time and mind while I wait. So the waiting begins...well, it really began about 2 months ago...so the waiting and excitement begin, there we go, that's better.
This is a stream of consciousness blog post and I apologize in advance if it does not make any sense.
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