Hormone-tastic

Right now I'm not in the happiest mood. Rebecca and her family are leaving tomorrow and I might not be able to see them for a month. She's my best friend and the only person that I can talk to. I don't know what I'm going to do without her. They are going to Sweden to visit the rest of her family so I we won't be able to call or anything. I'm going to miss her and her cousins so much. Her, me, and Viktor had stayed up until 3 in the morning talking that one night. I felt like somebody finally understood me and I've become close to them both. I don't know who I'm going to talk to with both of them in Sweden. It seems like no one cares and if they do, they don't understand what I'm going through. I guess I'll just have to write a lot then. I made them both cds to take with them. Rebecca can put them on her ipod so that they can listen to them on the plane ride (which is about 12 hours.) I guess part of the reason why I feel the way I do is because it's that time of the month. I always get this way, but still.




I was really excited this morning because after 6 months I FINALLY put a new picture on my myspace.


Also.... I FINISHED MY QUILT!!!! Well, kind of. I didn't bind it, but I'm not sure if i want to yet. My mom says that it looks fine the way that it is, but I don't know whether I am or not. I can always change my mind later if I want to. I'll put a picture up later since I'm to lazy to go take one right now (sorry guys.)



There's a song that I'm listening to right now called "Different" by Acceptance, and I think I'm going to write some of the the lyrics:



Tell myself on the ride home getting tired hating all i've known holding on like its all i have count me out when its clear that i find it hard to say and you find it hard to care i wanted to see something thats different something you said would change in me wanted to feel anything different anything you would change in me got this way upfront but never true god im wrong its just the way i am wanted to feel anything different everything you would change in me.




I don't know why, but I've always loved that song.

Swim Fiesta & More

I finally found my phone and charged it, so one of the first things that I did was call my best friend Rebecca. We made plans and the last couple days I've spent at her house. I was there yesterday in the afternoon and came back later and stayed the night. It was a lot of fun: We were able to catch up on everything that I'd missed while I was gone, and I also was able to meet her cousins who are here from Sweden. Her littlest cousin is so adorable! Everytime I see her I think of a little fairy, and I'm able to communicate with her mildly even though unlike her brothers, she doesn't speak English. Her brothers are 13 and 15 and the one that is our age is exeptionally fluent in English. I was really interested to hear about Sweden and apparently it is raining and about 50 degrees during the summer there. Beach on a summer day?

Anyways, it was fun and Rebecca and I finally got rid of our one piece tans from swimming, or at least I did. It was so weird the first time that we stepped into her pool. There were warm patches everywhere because the filter hadn't been running and stirring up the water. It was actually kind of funny. Unfortunately, her and her family are leaving for Sweden on Monday for the rest of the summer and it would cost a buttload of money to even call. So I guess I'll have to find someone else to hang out with for a while.

Today we went with my parents to see the newest Harry Potter. It was awesome except a few things were different than the way that the book had described them. Also there wasn't even a mention of Quiddich throughout the entire movie. I think most of the social aspect of the books were taken out of the movie to focus around the fact that Lord Voldemort was back. It was a really good movie with lots of action though. I'm not sure if it's my favorite, but it is pretty high up there. And Harry kissed Cho! She wasn't very pretty though. Oh well. I would recomend the movie if you haven't seen it. Most of you probably haven't though since it's only been out for three days. That's all for today, but I will write again soon.

Just Another Day

Let's see, where to start. Well, I got up this morning at about eight because I had an appointment with my eye doctor, who ended up giving me new contacts for astigmatism. It's nothing serious, just a way to help me see a lot clearer. When I arrived at home I ended up sleeping for about 3-4 hours. After I got up, I put the finishing touches on my wings. Here is a better picture of them:

As I was walking around with the camara, I discovered my lovable kitten sleeping in her favorite spot on the cat's gym:

I worked more on the costume for Brianna and after a while my Mom came and picked me out so that we could go run some errands. For dinner I had half of a Pizza Hut Pizzone, which was awesome, just a lot of food. I went to my room to and decided to quilt as I watched CSI. I must have been quilting for a long time because before I realized it, it was almost nine 'o clock. I decided that I wanted to take a long, hot bath and continue reading a book that was loaned to me by Linda (Laume) named The Mists of Avalon. It's a really good book and in the last few days I've gotten twice as far as I was. I lied in the bath for about an hour and the got out and continued to read for a while. Then I continued quilting until one in the morning when I finally finished. Now I just have to sew it and bind the edges.

Today I woke up, took a shower, and worked on my costume. Sounds pretty exciting huh? I'm actually really proud of what I've accomplished today. I had started out with just a few ideas that I wanted my costume to look like, and it ended up being something entirely different. Here are all the pieces of it:









These are my wings.







This is the top:











This is the fabric that is going to be under the top.







This is my favorite part, the skirt. It took me forever to make but it is so comfertable that I can't even describe it.











I'm really glad that my mom isn't on my case about the house though.







I'm really proud of the work that I did, and I'm really excited for the Fairy Festival.

Drowing in Crafts

The last few days I've been really busy with making fairy costumes and trying to finish my quilt. So far I have Brianna's two costumes done. I've found that making these things definitely relieve any stress that you have in your life and are a productive way to spend your time. I'm really glad that I decided to make the costumes instead of buying them.

Today my mom and I went to several different stores to find fabrics, flowers, and clothing that could be used for fairy costumes. We first went to the Salvation Army and found not only stuff for the costumes, but also a ton of other stuff that we probably didn't need. Almost everything there was buy one get one free, so we only ended up spending about $50, which was amazing for the amount of stuff that we bought. We stopped by target for some things that my mom needed when she said "the things that fairies wear kind of look like underwear." I thought that this was pretty funny, but I humored her and we went and looked. It turned out that we did find something that would be a great addition to my costume, but of course I'm wearing something under it.

After that we were on our way to the fabric store when my mom decided that she wanted to stop at a HomeGoods store. She ended up finding the rug that she's been looking for since we've moved into our house, along with other decorations for the house. The fabric store came next. I looked and found all the fabric that I'd needed, which was only about 1.50 per yard. Right after we arrived home, I decided to start on Brianna's costumes. The first step was to make her first skirt which looks like this:
(That's my cat Annie in the corner.)
All I did was cut it off of an old dress that we bought at Salvation Army and make it into a skirt. I don't have picture of the other one that I made her but it was a short dress, green, and velvet. After I was done measuring and sewing, we started making wings for ourselves. None of it turned out that badly.

New Blog

I figured since I am going to either be home or traveling all summer, I might as well start a blog so that I would be able to write down all of my adventures. I'm very curious as to whether or not I am going to like this or not. I used to keep a diary of some sort, but it was to tedious to remember to write in it all the time. I think it will be a lot more interesting if people I know read what I'm writing.





On another note, I'd started a quilt at Linda (Lisa's mother-in-law)'s house. Today I worked a bit on it and started sewing the blocks together, but the sewing machine is different that the other one I had used. I'm not sure how to work it but I'll figure it out soon.





I watched a mini-series called The Lost Room last night; It was so interesting that I ended up staying up until 3:00 in the morning finishing it. It was about a guy who comes across a lost hotel key, to a room that doesn't exist. The room can take you anywhere that has a door, but you can't leave anything inside of it or the room will reset itself. The Man's daughter went into the room by accident and the whole series is about him trying to get his daughter back. There's a lot more to the story, but I thought that it was great. It only has six episodes so it's not something that will take you a long time to watch it. If it even mildly interests you, go watch it; it's an amazing series.