cute aprons and fiddlers

i've been inspired (keeping my source to myself) to make a cute apron. i used one of dot's outgrown dresses that i couldn't part with.

whilst i was away at a sanitorium (just kidding, mom's house is more like a mad house), her church was in the midst of their 'summer concert series'. they had the most adorable fiddler. david klinkenberg. see for yourself:

p.s. here's the pic, liz. klink is so cute!

i'm still alive

i've been at my mom's for a week and a half now. working on all kinds of projects and ideas. bought and personalized dot's school clothes. buying the tools to start production. terribly excited! and just started on hubby's halloween costume. this is it.

home soon and will order supplies and such. much love.

my dream house does exist

sort of. remember my dream house?

well, it does indeed exist.

but no one lives in it. rather, no one can live in it.

it only exists in the canada section of epcot. i wonder if you can hire the people who build for theme parks to build residences. i love those shops at busch gardens, williamsburg, that look like a house built in the trunk of a tree. i mean, they're made to last a long time and withstand commercial use. so, why can't you live there, right? this house is a little small. i guess i would build it over a huge subterranean house that has strategically placed solutubes in the ground to provide good natural lighting. i need to sit and ponder this...

my business needs some red bull

can we get this party started already? i guess my next step is in the kitchen. accumulating the right tools to start my job. mortar & pestle, double boiler, mesh strainer, nesting bowls. supplies: beeswax (as in, none of your...), oils, essential oils, waxes and herbs, oats and nuts. and don't get me started on containers. but i have some starter business cards, stickers, a t-shirt on the way, and a home party idea to help my boon. 'boons? whose boons?' i mean boom. who wants lip balm, cleansers, masks, moisturizers, toners, herbal baths?
huzzah!

okay, so it's been a while

i don't even know if i have the mental capacity to write anything hilarious or insightful, or even informative. sorry it's been so long but my husband's 2 out-of-town sisters were here with cumulative 6 kids plus our 2, and his little sister's 5 and you get... carry the one... 13!!! 13 kids running around. i will post pictures eventually. plus flying in my mother-in-law's sister from the northwest for her birthday, and you have quite the hullabaloo.

here's chancho and nacho when we were in meh-HEE-coh.

i finally watched ps, i love you

and i cried the entire time. and i didn't want her to end up with harry connick jr. which is a first. but seriously, i cried from start to finish.

i am eating the heck out of the tomatoes

because i grow my own, suckas!

night of the 10:30 hamburger

more like night of the tossing and turning and vomitous thoughts. okay, at 5pm i had some coco loco coffee with some powdered creamer (not my first choice) and a pack of hot chocolate mix. yummy! not only was i not hungry for dinner, i just about completed all my r & d for cost and profit margins for my skincare products. then, at 10:30, while joe was watching (oh, what is the name of that reality show...) ultimate fighter, i think that's it. i got really hungry. so i made my self a black angus burger. it was dee. (right, mom?) but i was really sorry an hour later when i was trying to sleep and a little cow was rooting around in my stomach. but i feel okay now and i think i'll really take it easy today. i also got a late night call from my design artist/co-conspirator/bff, tink. i am thrilled to see what she's got for me. as payment, she'll be one of my guinea pigs. stay posted...

back in business

here are some pics from my reunion this last week. molly, kathy, and michelle. it was a fun weekend.

oh, i'm in the r&d (research and development) stage of my new business venture. this is the one. i'm going to make natural and herbal skincare products. let me know if you're interested.

not jonesing after this weekend

i went to see indiana jones this weekend. i did not get chills. it was enjoyable, but indy is getting very old, and has lost that 'i have a way out of this' twinkle in his eye. karen allen, although it was great to see her reprise her role as marian ravenwood, did better in the first installment than as a middle-aged school girl who has lost her spit-fire. shia labeouf is good in everything he's in. it was okay, but left me wanting to see the third one again. oh well.