lu.

Happy Birthday, baby!

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Mrs. March said, in her serious yet cheery way - 'I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good; to be admired, loved, and respected; to have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow to try them as God sees fit to send.
--Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women"

sweaty.

We've been HOT in Oklahoma the past few days. As in over 100 degrees Fahrenheit hot.


That's just silly.

Thankfully this week we're going to be back into a more normal mid to upper 90s (with Oklahoma humidity levels that's not really a whole lot better, but I'll take it.) For sewing, I've done...

nil.

So...I'm planning a project to get back in the groove. I'm going to give my first Hotpatterns a try, the Riviera Once, Twice, Three Times a T-Shirt. I'll be doing the tie-dye version with the cool ruffly sleeves.


I've never tried HP because I've had a couple of unpleasant run-ins with one-half of the duo, and because of others' poor customer service experiences. However, I'm nothing if not flexible (especially when it comes to cute patterns and inspirational youtube videos.) And I gotta say...Trudy finally won me over with the video segments. She's adorable, and fun, and extremely likable. Sold!

Here's my fabric:


Dudes. It was on clearance for 50 cents a yard!! Oh yea, cheap fabric, it's your birthday. (Insert twitchy hips here.)

Oh and you know I'll let you know if its a complete bust. Just keepin it real for ya.

ps...computer is D.E.D. Still on borrowed laptop. Bah. Mac, I'm sorry I ever forsook thee. At least one of you out there (are you still out there?? I'm never sure.) would probably argue that point quite eloquently and in a British accent. Good times.

Listening to...the Notebook Soundtrack

link via youtube

dang.

My computer crashed today! Grrr. I was able to save my pictures and important documents (and my music files!) So all is not lost, but one thing I didn't think to grab before the grand death scene was my email settings.

Sooo....if we email, please send me an email me this weekend so I can add you back to my address book! Some of you are on Facebook and I can grab yours there if its listed, but if not please email me! I'm pretty aggravated at myself. I was so smug about "getting everything".

Still not sure whether the old girl is going to survive...the 2nd attempt at operating system install is still in progress (first one was a bust!) I'm on a borrowed laptop in the meantime.

I'm not even exaggerating when I say it took most of the day to save all of my stuff. I'm brain dead!! And what a waste of a day. Boo.

rip.

He filled my childhood and teenage years with song. My friends and I spent countless hours trying to perfect our moonwalk, rewinding the Thriller video over and over so we didn't miss a single move... I can't imagine my life without his music in it. Say what you will about his complicated, tabloid-driven life. He was a legend, and that is a tough life to lead.

Rest in peace.

Listening to... "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5
(link via youtube)

makeover & a pig (or 4)

Just a little blog sprucing up! I've been wanting to go with a "cleaner" white background for a while now. Sometimes I feel like all the busy of my former background and colors took away from some of my photos or projects. Hopefully now we'll see the photos front and center!

Oh, and I never use IE unless I'm watching a Netflix movie, but I did check it in IE to make sure everything showed up just fine. You can let me know if something isn't working on your end though! I don't have another computer readily available to me during the summer to check.

In other summer news...I heard a gosh-awful squealing this afternoon and went out on the front porch to discover this peeking around the corner:


Uh, I live on a farm (nonworking now) but we never had piggies!! Aren't they cute though? Mama Pig was as surprised to see me as I was to see her.

"How you doin?"

Pack o'trouble

Time for a nap.

We're outta here!