Pantsless Party

what the hell have I been doing? . . . ? . . . ?

2010-07-04T20:30:00.000-07:00

the simplest answer would be getting caught up in my own shit. Seriously.

Tom & I have stopped NOT trying to have a baby in a very passive agressive way to start a family. Baby steps.

So, I guess with all this potential life change hanging so ominously around I have taken to doing whatever the hell I wanted to do.

Sometimes it's knit. Sometimes it's tv. Sometimes it debauchery. Sometimes it's sleep. Whatever it is, it has been filling up my time.

my current hero . . . Sarah

2009-12-28T17:42:00.000-08:00

I stumbled across Sarah's blog and have fallen in love. She has inspired me.

You should check it out.

She is a very cool artist and I want to be just like her.

or something.

if my inspiration takes me somewhere and it isn't embarrassing i'll share.

ughsigh*

2009-12-28T17:20:00.000-08:00

yesterday i saw a really great documentary called Beautiful Losers
it was very inspiring
made me feel confident to move forward and make all the things my mind imagines
AND be successful at it!
i even went upstairs and drew on my walls (mural-like)

then today . . . .

i was on the computer all day but didn't really get anything accomplished
i applied for a job and immediately got an eager response
do you know what the company was?
the retail store As Seen On TV and More in our crappy local mall
seriously.
i then lost a $50 gift card that i was supposed to mail to our cousins today
and finally i overindulged on cookie dough while watching a shitty movie

ugh

to top it all off i stumbled across the facebook page, blog and business website of one of my sorority sisters from college
she was beautiful then and beautiful now
and to add insult to injury she is super successful, creative and cool

ugh

i feel like poo

For my Be As You Are ladies!!!

2009-12-18T19:02:00.000-08:00

Crumping.

I've heard of it and I think I've seen it on a few music videos.

BUT . . . I'm not quite sure how to do it.

Are you in a similar quandry?

You're not alone. This was a common topic of discussion among my colleagues while working at Be As You Are.

Lori frequented the clubs more often than the rest of us so we felt she would know. Yet I'm not quite sure I ever saw her do it. Is that because she didn't know how? or was she too embarrassed? I think she was probably ignoring us hoping we would go away;)

Kim and I tried, quite often actually, but I'm definitely sure we didn't get it right.

The other ladies weighed in on the topic as well but alas I feel we never got to the bottom of the problem.

How does one crump?

Thank you NBC for helping me out with this!

Actually, I think we should have asked the art department.

More Giggle Goodies!!!

2009-12-08T15:50:00.001-08:00

There was a show on the Oxygen network for just a hot second that Tom and I stumbled upon and fell in love with.

Campus Ladies
2 ladies grew up as best friends, married, lived next door to each other and then lost their husbands. Feeling like they had missed out on their youth by never going to college, they enrolled and chose to live on campus.

If you have never seen it, you absolutely must! Here is a little sampler:)

I have recently discovered that they have a blog as well!! Check out this great top 10 list they created.

http://campusladies.blogs.com/campus_ladies/2006/02/

Oh Joan & Barri! You are the funniest ladies I know:) Someone please bring this show back on TV!!!<

giggle

2009-11-29T07:40:00.000-08:00

From the movie, "You Me and Everyone We Know".

Pantless is All the Rage!

2009-10-11T14:20:00.000-07:00

SO I haven't posted in a long time but I am gearing up for new posts so I thought I should redo the look of my blog. When I first started this blog over a year ago and decided on the name Pantless Party it was very difficult for me to find images of pantless people. Well, well, well, . . . if you do an image search now the choices are plentiful! Here are just a few of my favorites:)

Plus, there is an entire project encouraging people to socialize and commute to work pantsless! I love it!!!

Check out this blog post for more crazy photos.

http://redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com/pantless%20man%20hanging-thumb-465x338.jpg

New House, New Schedule, New Projects

2009-10-11T12:28:00.000-07:00

It took a while to settle into the unemployed life but I have finally settled in. During all of this settling in we have had some computer troubles that have also improved so I can now update everyone with what I have been up to:)

My first project was a desk for my art room. I wanted a small wooden desk and I didn't want to spend any more than $100. I was having a very hard time finding anything that met my criteria. I finally checked out 2 antique stores in downtown Martinsburg and got lucky! The first store had a cool desk for $80 that was pretty scratched up (so it would need refinishing) and it did not come with a chair. The next store owner directed me to the back of the store where she had a small wooden desk and chair that would be sold at auction the next day. She said I should come back because I might get the set for $5. What!?!? That seemed a little far fetched but if I could get the set for less than $80 it would be the better deal.

The store owner informed me that the desk set would be sold between 5-6 the next day so that was the golden hour in which I experienced my very first auction.

What an experience! I will try my best to describe what I encountered but I know that my words will never capture the insanity. The auction began with cheapy creepy crap bids. Boxes of random junk being sold for $1, broken down bookcases, wallpaper rolls, tools, etc. all for whatever price people would pay. The first item auctioned was a HUGE plastic Christmas lawn ornament that fueled a bidding war and was sold for over $40!! Yikes! There were several oversized lawn ornaments that sold for a pretty penny so I started to worry that my cute little wooden desk was going to incite a hefty price. In the mean time I bought a junk box full of fabric, ribbons and trims for only $1. I also met a very friendly lady who kept me company while I was waiting for my desk to be sold. She was a little weird and whispered very loudly. I think her name was Kim but I don't really remember. She attends the auctions all the time and gave me the low down; who I needed to pay, when I could take my goods home, how long the event lasted and how often they were. They have these auctions at least once a month and sell TONS of stuff for practically nothing. This event was already well worth it's weight in gold and I have only reported on a few of the main characters of the adventure. There were at least 40+ other people in the room just as colorful. The people watching alone was the icing on this cake-scapade!!

Anyway, I digress. The desk came up and for some reason they tried to bundle it together with some crappy fiberboard bookshelf that was falling apart. I didn't want the shelf and apparently no one was interested in either the desk or the shelf so I ended up with this desk set for . . . . wait for it . . . three dollars my friend!!! I kid you not. My spending spree totaled $4 for the evening. Honestly, after living in both Los Angeles and DC for the last 7 years I had almost forgotten that bargains even existed anymore;) Best deal I've ever gotten.

I forgot to take a before picture but this is a picture of the set right after I sanded the desk down. It had a lot of scratches on it so it need to be freshened up a bit. I chose to give it a paint job with left over paint that was left in our basement from the previous owners.

Here is the finished product:)

Oh Alice!

2009-04-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

Some of you may or may not know that Tom and I got a new cat. We still have Einstein but she's getting kinda old and slower and we thought a new young kitty would breathe some life into her. Maybe her maternal instincts would kick in and they would be like 2 peas in a pod.

Well . . . it hasn't been quite that picturesque but they get along every other day:)

The new kitty was an adopted little girl named Alice. She is super kinetic to the point that the first few months we hated her. As she has gotten used to our routine she has settled down a bit to our pace of life and we all get along famously.

Before she came into our home, Alice had never been allowed to roam outside and get acquainted with all that nature has to offer a hyperactive feline. Well, she has gotten that in spades with us:) Here is a photo of her very first snow.

The snow was lots of fun for her and she has ended up getting much more familiar with nature than she ever wanted.
2 weeks ago Tom was on overnight call and I was getting ready to go to sleep. The 'girls' (meaning both cats) were outside but when I called them to come in before bed, only Einstein returned. This is VERY unusual! Alice usually wants in and then let back out again about 5 times a night! BUT there is a first time for everything so maybe she found a boyfriend? The next morning I woke up and went to the door to bring her in. No Alice. 30 minutes later I was ready to leave for work and STILL no Alice. So, I took a stroll around the house calling her name and eventually I heard her faint cries but I couldn't find her. I finally listen really hard and trace her cries up into a tree!

Anyway, she ended up staying in that tree for 3 nights! Most people kept telling us that she would come down on her own. I even called the fire department and they said they don't do that anymore. Tom looked up ideas online and found a forum where people have posted stories about their cats getting up in trees. NEWSFLASH: most times they don't make it out of the tree alive!! Bet you didn't know that. Their stupid and that's how they got stuck up in a tree to begin with. They don't know how to get down!! So they end up falling or starving to death. It's horrible.
So our neighbor helped Tom rig up a basket & rope pulley type deal. Sorry I forgot to take pictures of it but it was brilliant! They put a towel and food and water inside the basket hoping to lure her in. It didn't work. I had to climb to the very top of a ladder and reach up and coax her down. It took a long time and my neck was sore after it was over but she came down finally and she didn't die:)

THE END

Tea Party

2009-03-16T10:50:00.000-07:00

Last week was my mother's birthday so over the weekend I went to visit AND to mark the occasion my beautiful sister, Eleanor, prepared a tea party!! We had scones with jam, lemon curd & cream. Plus 2 tea choices: Darjeeling and Chai! Yum:)
We were trying to have my other sister, Jennifer, join us over Skype from her home in Egypt.
That is why there is a 4th place setting and no person there. Unfortunately, her internet was down so we were unable to enjoy her company at the party. We had Skype take a picture for us and sent it to her that we missed her.
I love my ladies!!!!!

Which one???

2009-03-06T05:59:00.000-08:00

Tom and I have visited WV twice now checking out property for sale. We have seen approximately 20 houses so far and we are having trouble deciding between 2 options. So, I thought I would enlist the help of my small blog following to weigh in on this matter.

Option 1
Front view of the North St. property.

To the right of the house is a lovely path leading to the gated back yard.

As you can see the house has a big sloped back yard.
Then we move inside . . . .

living room to your left, hallway straight ahead and the stairs to the right.
To the immediate right is the door to the 1-car garage.

If you head straight down the hallway after coming through the front door . . .

there is a small half bath and then . . .

The kitchen is to the left which joins with the family room to make a nice great room.
The door to the basement is in this room as well.

Downstairs is my husband and a bathroom:)
Not sure what's up with that concealed corner?!?! Maybe it can be converted to a shower?
Then a big finished room and a storage room off that.

And the view from the basement doors.

The top floor has the laundry closet, 3 bedrooms and a full bath.

Plus the master bedroom and bath.

SO, this is the tour of the North St. property.
4 bedroom house at the end of a cul-de-sac.
Natural gas heat, central a/c, city water & septic.
5 minutes from the hospital and the downtown shopping district.
Priced at $235K.

Option 2
This property on Beautiful Ct. has a bunch of great photos already online.
Check it out:
http://slideshow.mris.com/slideshow.cfm?ListingKey=90015009304
This is a 3 bedroom 3 bath rancher on 1 acre that backs to woods.
Quite neighborhood with each property on 1 acre plots.
Heat pump for heat & a/c, bottled gas water heater, a private well and septic system.
15 minutes from hospital and downtown Martinsburg.
List price on this house is $300K.

SO, let me know what you think!

Movin' on Up!

2009-03-05T12:06:00.001-08:00

So the latest news is that Tom has found a new job!! He will be finished his residency June 30 and will start his new job at Martinsburg City Hospital in WV in July. I am really excited:)
I am sad to be leaving my job but the bonuses of this move outweigh this point.
Said bonuses are:
1. We will be buying our first house.
2. Starting a family soon.
3. Making more money.
4. I will be really close to 2 of my best girls in the world, Wendy & Tara.
5. Plus, we'll only be an hour and a half outside of DC. Really, we're very close.
6. AND anytime you want to have a weekend in the country you are more than welcome to come and stay with us:) nice, huh?

Here is how to find us.
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/3-Z0hy

If you haven't been to WV before, you should definitely try it out. Lots of local color and a lot of lovely historic towns to spend a lazy afternoon. Hiking, climbing, rafting, tubing, camping, drinking, shopping (antique, flea market or outlet), etc. Lots of fun, I swear:)

The Perfect Father

2009-02-04T09:51:00.000-08:00

George Anthony Hajduk died of prostate cancer Monday, February 2, 2009 in his Eldersburg, Maryland home. He was 68-years-old.

Born in Detroit, Michigan on February 22, 1940, the second of fraternal twins, to Stella Rose and Casimer Hajduk. His elder twin brother is Daniel John Hajduk.

Raised in Dearborn, Michigan, he was a graduate of Edsel Ford High School Class of 1958. George served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1968 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He served the public from 1968-2002 as a career employee of the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, Maryland.

George met the love-of-his-life, Sarah and her daughter Jennifer in 1968. George and Sarah wed in 1970 and were happily married for nearly 39 years. George and Sarah had two more daughters, Eleanor and Kathleen. George was a family man who enjoyed gardening, had a passion for the NASA space flight program, and loved to travel the world.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Sarah Jane Hajduk; his devoted daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer and John Camp, Eleanor Hajduk and Stephen Wyatt, Jr., and Kathleen Hajduk and Tom Withun; his dear brother Daniel Hajduk; and much-loved granddaughters Elizabeth and Madelyne Camp.

Friends and family may call on Friday, February 6 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Haight Funeral Home, 6416 Sykesville Rd., Sykesville, MD. Service will be Saturday, February 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at Springfield Cemetery in Sykesville.

Contributions may be made in George’s name to Gilchrist Hospice Care, Inc., 555 West Towsontown Blvd., Towson, MD 21204.

Sympathy cards may be mailed to 5875 Springmount Court, Eldersburg, MD, 21784.

Thank you all for your prayers and love.

Happy Hour, Woohoo!!

2008-12-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

I keep stumbling across this photo on my work computer and EVERY time I see it I giggle. Good find Lou! You have brightened many of my workdays with this one:)

Smallest Dressing Room EVER

2008-11-19T17:02:00.001-08:00

I was shopping for skinny jeans last week and stumbled across the smallest dressing room ever.

Location: Up Against the Wall, Georgetown

Size: 3' x 3' (I kid you not!)

Literally every time I bent over to stick my legs into the pants or pull them down, my butt slammed into the door behind me!! It was ridiculous. I felt like a fool because I couldn't help laughing hysterically every time I slammed into the door.

While the dressing room could be improved, the pants I got were a great price and an even better fit:)

blah . . .

2008-10-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

i have been feeling really tired lately,
even after sleeping well or having a lazy day.
I know it stems from how little I exercise.
there are a lot of excuses for this.
so i need to decide if my health is more important.

haven't been doing any fun creative projects either.

work is stressing me out.
i think i'm manifesting these stresses but i don't know how to stop it!!
or how to let it not get to me?
agghh!

blah

blah

blah

very sexy . . .

2008-09-13T20:14:00.000-07:00

Finally Finished!!

2008-07-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

Some of you may or may not know that I started making my own headboard about 2 months ago.
I couldn't find something I liked that was within my budget. Plus it was hard to find JUST a headboard (Tom is too tall for a footboard). The only headboards I was finding were bookshelf ones. NOT pretty.
So, I decided it couldn't be that hard to make! Right?! HA!
It actually wasn't that hard to make but finding the time to work on such a big project was difficult.
Plus, I don't really have an adequate space to work on such a big project.
Anyway, here it is:

I know, I know! It's pretty amazing right?!
I'll be patting myself on the back for a long time after this effort;)

Dearly Remembered

2008-06-28T06:10:00.000-07:00

June 27, 2008
14 years

Little & Lovely, Daisy was our favorite teacup poodle in the world!
She was the best lap dog.Partly because she was so small @ 3-4 lbs.!
But mostly because she loved to cuddle:)
Daisy was a loved pet to everyone who knew her.
She will be dearly missed.

Avon calling!

2008-06-28T05:53:00.000-07:00

I just recently got back from a week at the beach!! It was wonderful:)
My family & I rented a house in Avon, NC on Cape Hatteras.
I love coming to the beach. It is so relaxing and pleasant an environment.
We've been to the beach,

kayaking,

kite flying,

swimming,

in the ocean for the first few days,
then the wind kicked it up a notch making the waves stronger than is comfortable for swimming.
Plus the wind blew the sand in a painful way:(

No worries! We went to the 'pool of rules' where you must drive @ impossible speeds and be disease free?!

Georgetown Runners Beware!!!

2008-06-20T16:54:00.001-07:00

So, this morning I am getting of the bus @ the corner of Wisconsin & M St. and I almost get knocked to the ground by two runners. Joggers. Athletes. Call them what you will but I like to refer to them as assholes, dumbasses, a.k.a. in-my-way.
Who the hell gets up in the morning and decides that they are going to take a nice relaxing jog on M St. in downtown Georgetown dodging commuters & tourists???? 1 block away in ANY direction is a beautiful and quiet street. Why would you choose to inconvenience both yourself & everyone you meet by jogging on such a busy street?
They do it AFTER work too!! Why? After work is even busier! I don't even like walking in Georgetown after work let alone jogging!
Joggers, beware. I'm not interested in politely ignoring you anymore. I vow to voice my frustrations at your ill conceived idea to exercise 'en masse'. If you see me . . . .

hi!

in your way . . .

then I suggest you dodge.
Dodge quickly.
I will stand my ground and mow your ass to the ground.
And I intend to draw blood.

unsure, at this point

2008-06-11T09:21:00.000-07:00

So, I obviously NEVER post on my blog. I'm not sure I am cut out for this thing.
I don't find that I am a good writer or that I have anything of interest to say.

Sorry.

I've been seriously considering taking down my blog.
I'm still contemplating this but feel I need more direction or focus if I were to go on.

Any ideas?

Leftovers, yum!

2008-04-16T10:50:00.000-07:00

So, I made meatloaf and scalloped potatoes for the first time Sunday night.

I just had some leftovers of this Sunday night meal for lunch and it was GREAT!
Not sure how it is that this food has gotten better with age since that typically is not the case with most anything edible; grapes being the exception, of course.
Nonetheless, my meat & potatoes were so good I am for sure having them for dinner tonight!

For those of you of the vegetarian variety I have whipped up a little meatless meatloaf for you to enjoy:)

BoooYaaaahhhh!!!!

2008-04-04T20:35:00.000-07:00

I have been a HUGE fan of Randy Jackson's America's Best Dance Crew on Mtv.
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/series.jhtml
Normally I hate this channel and all the horrific behavior that they promote BUT this show is totally awesome. Tonight was the season finale and my favorite group won!!!! Woot Woot!
JabbaWockeeZ
They are so good it is sic! Here is one of my favorite episodes:

Kaba Modern was my second favorite but they weren't quite as tight as the Jabba boyz.
And Living Color was pretty awesome too. My favorite performance of theirs was their movie interpretations with a vampire theme.
If you have the time check out all the episodes online. Very entertaining:)
This show is starting up for another season this summer and I HIGHLY recommend that you watch!

Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot.

2008-03-22T12:52:00.000-07:00

Seriously.

We got up early. Checked the Ikea website to see if the desk we wanted was in stock.
Then we checked what time the store was open.

Seriously.

We got there 6 minutes after opening!

THEN we decided we needed a better electric drill/driver to make putting it together easier.
I'm not kidding.

[Really, can anything make compiling an Ikea piece of furniture easy?]

Cut to 4 hours later . . . .

It may not look like much but it made my husband really happy.

Seriously.

He couldn't stop staring at it:)

I may feel old and not fun or interesting anymore but I wouldn't change a thing.

Yesterday was fucking awesome but today is so much more beautiful!

You know what I mean?

Warning! Darkness ahead!

2008-03-05T11:17:00.000-08:00

During my lunch break today I was knitting and reading the Pink blog. There was a brief mention about the eldest Beckham's birthday yesterday which struck me enough to write about.

As I read Trent's keen observations on the Beckham kids my eyes went a twitchin' and I had a horrible feeling drop to the pit of my stomach. Me thinxs a premonition has made me feel this ill!
If you didn't read the Pink blog, here is the gist of the post. If you follow this famous family and their daily mundane lives, you may have noticed that the little child has a bizarre knack for upstaging not only his brothers but anyone within his proximity! We are so dazzled by his cuteness that we cannot see the darkness looming in the eyes of his quite, brooding older brother. MARK MY WORDS, one day the eldest shall strike down the youngest in a gruesome attack of jealousy and pent up anger!

Hey girl, I'm on the bus! blah, blah, blah

2008-03-04T11:05:00.000-08:00

This morning was ruined by a jam packed bus on the way to the metro station THEN this girl gets on and continues to talk on her phone. She is not even attempting to keep the conversation private which means that every single person on the bus now knows more about this random stranger than we ever needed or wanted to know! In my attempt to express myself more on public transportation, I passive aggressively made a few comments out loud in response to her phone conversation (much to the amusement to the people around me). This is kinda how it went.

She was talking about her cell phone and how she had to spend her last $6 towards her bill.
(In my head: If you're that strapped for cash why the f*(# are you wasting minutes @ 8 am in the morning!!)
Then she complains that the phone company expected her to pay her bill after they cut her service off. And then she had to pay a fee to get the phone service started again!!!
(In my head: Who the hell taught this girl about paying bills?)
Then she threatens to cancel her phone service with this company due to her recent problems.
(Me outloud: God, I wish you would!)
She then spend the next 10 minutes talking about dreading work today because someone has been bringing in their children that apparently have no manners. They have been breaking things and tearing up her cube.
(In my head: I feel for her there, for real.)
She called in yesterday 'cuz she couldn't handle another day of that.
(In my head: That'll teach 'em!)
She heard that the lady she shares a cube with had a hissy fit yesterday about it and she is a big black lady that don't take no shit! ha ha, yeah that's right!
(In my head: Can't this bus go any faster?)
Those kids better not be there today 'cuz she is gonna have to handle this otherwise!
(In my head: What are you gonna do, beat them?)
We finally arrive at our destination and as this lady is disembarking the bus she says, Hold on girl, I can't hear you. This bus is too loud.
(Me out loud: HA! The bus is too loud? You must be joking me!)

So, while I absolutely detest passive aggressive behavior, my snarky comments and inner monologue did make me feel a little better about this ladies rude behavior:)

hoopalicious!

2008-03-03T11:20:00.000-08:00

Today at lunch almost all the girls from work went to the park and learned how to HOOP! Miss Hadria is a very talented fire hooper and she brought a bunch of hoops to work today so we could enjoy the beautiful weather! Here we are having a great time in the park:)

HA! Just kidding! I didn't have my camera so I couldn't take a picture but we did look like this . . . except we're all Caucasian ladies;) I learned a fun transition of bringing the hoop from my waist to above my head AND I actually did a few times. That is, of course, after hitting myself in the head several times while trying. Maybe next time I'll light the hoop on fire! yeah!

Lordy Bgordy!

2008-02-29T11:19:00.000-08:00

so, i haven't posted in a while. nothing much to report. today i don't feel like using capitalization. very rebellious, right? while sitting here realizing i have nothing of interest to write about kim (my office mate) does a little jiggle for me. aren't i lucky? she is often amusing herself with chair dancing and chair karaoke. i thoroughly enjoy her outbursts of movement and prose! honestly, everyone should lower their impulse control when it comes to happiness urges. how many times have you been on public transportation and felt the overwhelming urge to laugh hysterically or dance? it happens to me all the time and i for one will make more of an honest effort to share!

not so much

2008-02-22T10:53:00.000-08:00

Yeah . . . the waking up early hasn't worked out too hot so far. I'll still keep trying but I feel my youth slipping away with every attempt:(

(While I love the Golden Girls I don't look forward to being one . . . yet. Those bitches were always wandering the halls @ odd hours in their jammies!)

Wednesday my dear husband hurt his back so badly that he was admitted to the ER! The next day I had to stay home and help him to the WC all day! Not really, he just needed help sitting up then once he was up he was great.

In between servicing my ailing man I got TONS of laundry done and a little sewing project:) Check it out:
This was an old sweatshirt from gradeschool that I LOVE but for obvious reasons I cannot wear anymore. What to do, what to do? I cut out the graphic on the sweatshirt and sewed it on this otherwise boring bag:)

New Objective

2008-02-19T11:30:00.000-08:00

This isn't creatively focused BUT I want to start gettting up earlier everyday. I like sleep toooo much and I end up wasting time and feeling more tired. So, enough of that shit! Grow up Kat!
GOAL: 6:30 am every day

Busy Bee:)

2008-02-18T10:44:00.000-08:00

This weekend I had only one creative goal to accomplish for myself. Finish my afghan! I have had all the panels for my afghan finished for some time now but have been too lazy to sew them all together to make a lovely blanket. Well, once I started it was soooo easy and I was all done in a few hours!! Isn't it pretty??I know, it's a little narrow but I followed the pattern I swear! It really only covers up one person so I went and bought more yarn to add some more panels. Ideally, I would like the afghan to be twice as wide. I am super proud of this project because my Babcia (grandmother) used to knit ONLY afghans so I like the idea of carrying on the tradition. I think my Dad was pretty proud too;)

I am happy to report that not only did I accomplish my goal for this weekend by I surpassed it! In between all my Sunday night cooking I whipped up a few little projects that were swimming in my head.
The small red rectangular thing is a little business card holder I pulled together (not that I ever hand them out but I like to have them handy JIK;)
The red floral square is a teeny, tiny change purse. I always have loose change in my handbag that falls out on the metro train and I am sick of it! So, Voila:)
Finally, I found this lovely chiffon flowered fabric that I thought would make a lovely nightgown. I found an old sorority shirt that was the perfect shade of navy to match and quickly cut up the top for this nightgown. It is very roughly pinned together because it was getting late and I was tired.

SO, my goal this week will be to sew together this nighty and maybe model it for you's all:)

Inspiration & Motivation

2008-02-14T18:04:00.000-08:00

looking for an idea for a tattoo . . . at the nape of the neck . . . a spool of thread & needle has piqued my interest due to its quirkiness . . . yet, I wonder if this would look awkward in this position.
So, maybe I should generate more ideas & options. I want the tattoo to represent creativity and creating.
building /sewing/construction/glue/nails/tape/web!
Maybe a spider web in an intersting shape. Spider silk is strong and the web is beautiful; a very unique creation. Spiders build & rebuild making new and beautiful masterpieces with functionality wherever they go:) I like that!
I'll have to sketch out a few ideas.

A New Beginning

2008-02-14T11:21:00.000-08:00

Recently I have been checking in on a long lost friend of mine, Mandy Starner. She keeps a blog and posts her talents as an artist. This has inspired me to work harder on my hearts desires. I have a hard time finishing things or getting my millions of ideas to touch down in reality.
So, here my blog experiment will begin.
How will things progress????