4/10 - 4/11

Yesterday was quilting day! I worked on nothing and even took a little nap! I love relaxing Tuesday nights! Sally loves them too.

Today I was watching TV and really wanted something to do while I was watching so I decided to go to Joann fabrics to get stuff to start a quilt! I got some really pretty fabrics and decided that I am going to start a great big quilt and hand quilt it! I probably won't be done for years and years and will be tired of it by the time I'm done, but right now I'm excited!
I also got some fabric for a quilt my aunt is going to teach our quilting group how to make in a couple weeks. I love them!

4/6 - 4/09

I'm back! We didn't have internet over the weekend and I was just too busy yesterday to update. Here are pictures from the last four days. I have one for today but am too tired to upload and edit it so I'll try and get it up tomorrow. 

On Friday the neighbors hosted a Seder dinner. It was fun and Anne fixed some super delicious food for the dinner! Matzo ball soup and lamb! I also went and saw the Hunger Games on Friday. It was alright but I was still disappointing. It was a lot different than what I had pictured in my head. I guess I'll just have to read the books again to try and make up for it!

Saturday I got to play airsoft again! This was by far my favorite day of it yet! I usually play defensively and am afraid of getting shot, but this time I tried to play more offensively and suck up the pain of getting shot. It was a lot more fun and I can't wait to play again! It was also the first of several sunny days! It is finally feeling like Spring!

Sunday was Easter! It was a GORGEOUS day and I sat outside almost all day long! It actually felt like Summer!!! Easter was really fun! There was an Easter egg hunt in the morning at church for the kids which was fun to watch. After church we went over to my aunt and uncles and ate lots of yummy food and just sat outside enjoying the sun! 

Yesterday was really busy. I had school in the morning and then babysat and then headed to Edmonds beach to take pictures for my photography class. My documentary photography class is going to push me a lot this quarter I am realizing. Our first assignment was to take candid pictures of strangers. It doesn't sound too bad but when you are far from being a people person, it is really hard! I decided the beach would be a good place to take them inconspicuously without having to take to the people.(I felt so creepy!) Our next assignment is to document a neighborhood we are assigned. We'll have to see how it goes! 

4/2/12 - 4/4/12

I've been a bad blogger. I have too semi good excuses. One, I have been really uninspired and not in the mood to take pictures. Two, I have been reading the Hunger Games trilogy and it has soaked up every ounce of my free time. I love them! Anyway here are the pictures I have from the last few days.

My eggs didn't turn out as well as I hoped. The blueberry and the curry are the only ones that turned out really well. The carrot didn't work at all. I'll have to experiment to find more foods that will work!

Blue- blueberries, yellow- curry, grey spotted- cranberries, orange/brown in the middle- coffee, light cream on the right- cucumber, ground sage and dried parsley flakes, white- carrot 

Yesterday it was pretty nice out all day! I started classes on Monday but my fun ones were yesterday. I am really excited for my photography class! My art history class is going to be interesting. I hope it is better than my first day makes it seem like it's going to be. Oh well, at least it was sunny!

I started reading the Hunger Games on Saturday. I ordered the first one on amazon and couldn't wait to start the next one so I went to the bookstore and bought the second and third book. I couldn't put the second one down! I started it right before dinner last night and finished it this afternoon. I'm sad to only have one more and know I will probably be done in a couple days. At least I have a movie to look forward to seeing!

04/01/2012

Yesterday was a really fun day, even despite the rain! Usually rain just makes my day terrible but in this case it made it better! A bunch of us went out yesterday and played airsoft in the woods for a few hours. It was a lot of fun and a lot more tiring than I thought. That combined with frisbee today means that i'm already tired and it's only midnight (still early for me!). I saw on pintrest that a lot of people were posting about naturally dyed eggs so yesterday I decided to give it a try. I made six colors. Red - cranberries, blue - blueberries, brown - coffee, yellow - curry powder, orange - carrots, green - ground sage, cucumber peel and dried parsley. I checked them today and only the brown, green and yellow seem to have changed quite a bit in color. I put them back in and will check them tomorrow. 

Today I had a little free time but I was feeling completely uninspired so I didn't take a picture today. It was sunny out a lot of the day and that got me really ready for summer (not that I haven't been ready for summer since the last one ended)! I'm glad that it's April and that we are getting nearer to warmth! This picture was taken at the cabin last summer and it makes me feel happy, even when it rains.

Day 51

Today I spent 30 minutes thrifting at Goodwill! I went looking for t-shirts to turn into skirts and I left with two t-shirts, a pair of shoes, veggie seeds and a couple sheets. My friend Corinne made me a bag using sheets from the thrift store and I loved that idea so i'm planning on making something with the sheets I found.

I was so eager to try out the t-shirt skirt that I started it at 12:30am! It was really easy except for winding the bobbin. The top of it is shirring and you have to wind the bobbin with the elastic at the right tension. Once I got it down, though, it was simple! I'm going to try and make the other one tomorrow and try and make it a little longer. I like how this one turned out though and it is really comfy! 

Day 50

I love this dog. I can't even remember what it was like not to have a dog and we have only had him for a year and a half. He is the greatest dog ever.

Day 49

This has really turned into a birthday week! I got another present today. This may have to be the coolest present yet! It's pretty hard to top a cotton candy maker but a bb gun is just way too cool! And it's bright pink! It even came with matching pink goggles. I'm so excited to use it!