Past Tense To-Do List

Friday:

• Turned in two assignments that have been hanging over my head for a long time. *phew!*
  
• Had a super fun evening that included a picnic, a merry-go-round, playing with clay, great conversation, frozen custard, and an awkward comment from some dweebs on their bikes.

Saturday:

• Finished up white glove!!
• Made breakfast snacks for the rest of the week and put them in the freezer.
• Started my Russian paper... sort of.
• Went to the civil defense caves for the first time and played glow in the dark tag. Ohhhhh snap. Uh-mazing.

Sunday:

• Went to some most excellent church meetings. Our bishopric even came around to say bye to everyone. Love those guys.
• Put darts in Sam's dress so that it would fit her better. Helped Bethany put darts in the waist of her pants so they would fit her better. Hemmed Jenny's pants for her so they would fit her better. lol. Our apartment has a habit of buying cheap clothes even if they're too big. Made a hot pad that matches my spiffy apron.
• Borrowed paint from my neighbors so that Zach, Rob, and I can paint our sculptures tonight!!! Pictures soon to follow.
• Ate rice krispie treats made out of Cocoa Crispies. DeLISHious. And soon, I will be eating Sam's famous curry. Hoooooray!
  

Monday, Finals Week officially begins. But Sam and I don't plan on letting that get in the way of our last-days-together fun time!

Pretty amazing.

That's right, y'all. I made that adorable bag with my sister and her sister-in-law last night! Becca's amazing at getting me motivated to do projects like this. Even when they take about 7 hours to do, and we have to stay up until 0-dark-hundred to get them done. Sooooo fun!!! (Also, in this shot you can see my crimped/waved hair! Andrea did it for me. It felt like dreadlocks, lol.)

I'm feeling pretty adventurous lately. I made a homemade doll by mySELF (and altered the pattern), made that intense bag (again, had to alter the pattern), participated 100% in the ward closing social (human foosball, water balloon volleyball, human battleship, and a climbing wall), and went to school with super crazy curly hair.

Oh snap. Look out, world. =]

Newest Life Goal

Harry Potter in Russian.

I laughed out loud because a girl in the library read the title out loud as, "Fappu Nottep." I forget that those all look like English letters!

Slideshow!

We have wayyyy too much fun.

Napping with the Ducks

Nature Park is probably my favorite place in Rexburg! Friday was absolutely BEAUTIFUL, so Bethany, Sam, and I went on a walk! We saw 9 little baby ducks!!! Sooo cute.


I saw these guys all settled down and napping. Sam and I decided to be kids again and see how close we could get to them.


Remembering my lifelong dream of recreating that scene from Beauty and the Beast, I tried to get them to eat Cheez-Its out of my hand. It didn't work, but look how close they came!


When we ran out of Cheez-Its the ducks ignored us and went back to their naps. The ground was amazingly comfy and warm.


Bethany found this teeny tiny grasshopper! Look how small, compared to my finger!


Sam and I went different directions, found awesome flowers, and reported back. I thought for sure I'd win the prettiest-flower award... except we found the same ones!

After watching the old WWII planes practice for Saturday's airshow, we walked home. Oh yeah, we made a slight detour to Park St. because Bethany and Sam wanted to show me "Park Saint Park," lol....


Once we got home we borrowed Swan Princess and Beauty & the Beast, made cheesecake, and had a blast!

Best weekend ever, and Saturday is just starting!

Party in Greenhouse #4

SOoooo, this past Thursday I discovered the magic of the campus greenhouses! I've scrubbed sinks and labs and tables and cabinets full of dead things in the science building, but I've never gone into the pretty part! So here are a few of the funny ones.


Catching a waterfall in my mouth... nose?


Super stealth ninja moves... caught on camera, so not so stealthy?


Fun little garden chairs.

Coming soon: Slideshows of all the fun pictures we've been taking this weekend!!!

Baby Clothes!

I love my sewing class so much! Sometimes I wake up from a daydream and realize I was imagining myself sewing something on a serger, matching up seams, threading the serger (it's so cool! Air pressure threading!), etc. So crazy. My projects get "stuck in my head,' so to speak.

Anyway, now that you all officially know I am bizarre, enjoy these pictures of my adorable creations!!!!!



Every project so far! A sleeper, newborn hats and bootees, and toddler bibs. (Actually, the bibs are big enough to be smocks. lol)


Close up of the sleeper. I'm in the process of doing a pink one out of stretch terry. It's all cut out, I just have to get matching thread.


My very first projects, baby boy hat and matching bootees. You can't see it very well, but they're sitting on top of the boy's bib.


Extra credit bootees and hat, right next to the girl's bib.

Coming soon: Matching onesie and pants! (the pants are being graded, and I'm putting ribbing into the legs of the onesie.)