Pandora is Freaky

I listen to pandora.com all the time. I just had it on my Jack Johnson station and a song came on that threw me back to childhood. The song was "Send Me on My Way" by Rusted Root. Here is a link to youtube so you can hear it: Click here for tuneage Ever heard it? I couldn't place it, but I knew that I had listened to this in one of my favorite kid's movies. I just couldn't place it and it was bugging me, as I'm usually very good at music trivia.

For a second, I thought it was "Parent Trap" but when I googled it the answer came up as "Matilda." Gosh I loved that movie growing up! I pretty much love anything where people suddenly get powers...thus my obsession with Marvel comics (e.g. the X-Men) and Heroes...sigh. I'm waiting for my power to manifest. Any day now. Laughs. I loved Matilda especially because she was such a bookworm! I wish I lived close enough to take a red wagon to the library. I might have to break out Matilda the first night we're in the new house.

I know my blog has been so blah lately. I apologize. It's because my camera battery has died and I've packed the charger. So...I cannot post pictures of the packing process. Packing isn't that interesting, really, it's mostly messy and I'm forever amazed at how much stuff I've accumulated at the age of 22. In a few more years I think it will be near impossible for me to move anywhere peacefully. Maybe I should start saving now for the moving company I'm going to have to hire. Ha!

I hope that the start to everyone's summer is going well! I promise to get some interesting blogging going once I have infinite craft and house projects to work on. Speaking of craft projects, my sister has added some clever little tree plushies to her Etsy that I'm really jamming on. The flower one named Woodzen is a personal favorite. I almost think an Elwood might be in order? ;) (inside story) Go check um out! I was fortunate enough to get an Owl as a graduation present. I've been drooling over them forever and now I have one of my own. I'm going to put it in my sewing room for inspiration when I move.

It's Twins!

Identical matching washer dryer that is! Steven made our first house purchase today. So stoked to move in a week. What we've been waiting for for almost 2 years is finally about to happen.

Song Of My Present

I listened to this CD during the summer right before Steven and I got together every night on my hour drive home from waiting tables. Most of the time I was normally on the phone with him.

Shucks, I'm feeling sentimental with my pending move. My apartment is a MESS! Lots to blog about if people would put up my graduation on facebook I could post some pictures!

I got inspired

You may remember a DIY project I did last summer when I covered some canvases. I have been planning to re-cover them for the guest bedroom that we still don't know if we have yet, bye the by.

I love the dandelion silhouettes that I've seen on a lot of stationary lately, so I decided that was going to be my theme of the series I wanted to do.

Instead of writing a paper, I went to JoAnn Fabrics with coupons in hand and picked up some paint and brown quilting fabric, as well as some fabulous and rich-looking brown fabric to re-cover my headboard with.

Here are the results:

(The originals)

(After painting)

(Back on the walls. I moved them closer together after I took this picture. There will be so much patching to do when I move.)

Not too shabby, eh? I cannot wait to put this whole room together! The only thing left to do is to find or make a cover for a body pillow.

My Birthday!

Today is my 22nd birthday and it has gone surprisingly well! A lot of you know my horrible history with birthdays; however, this one was probably the best birthday I've ever had.

What produced this magic? I forgot that I was even having a birthday, all I asked for was a key ring because I needed a new one, and I had my honey with me for a whole weekend of celebrations.

Because I forgot about my birthday I wasn't stressed out about it, as is my custom. I wasn't expecting a lot so I ended up getting blown away.

Steven was so great. Saturday we went out to run errands and get breakfast at IHOP. Our breakfast ended up being free since they messed it up (score). I went to work, and Saturday night we saw the new Wolverine movie. I loved it! X-men was probably my favorite thing growing up. Steven got to learn a deep dark secret from my past: I was a marvel fan-girl and still secretly am. Sunday, Steven woke me up with a handmade breakfast of wholegrain, fresh blueberry pancakes, eggs, and birthday muffins with "22" candles. He's the best! (picture soon)

And now on to pictures of the birthday loot from Steven:

Snuggie as a gag gift, but I'm totally going to use it. It also came with a free book-light. :DPride and Prejudice and Zombies! I've been stoked for this book release for months! My friend Di got it for her birthday a week ago, so I was stoked to find Steven had gotten it for me. I'm currently doing my annual read of the original Pride and Prejudice, so starting this will have to wait because I don't want to read it before I go to bed, just in case it's scary.

The shower caddy from Bed, Bath, and Beyond that I've been obsessing about for a year. I know, it's just a shower caddy, but it is amazing and I wanted it for our house that we don't have yet. Can't have our shampoos unorganized when they merge.

The mac-daddy of a gift: my new pink blackberry! I love this thing so much. I had to get a new phone number, so message me on facebook and I'll send it to you. (Don't mind of all my moving boxes in the photo.) It's also very exciting because it's on Steven's phone plan (it's true love when you share phone plans :D) and my e-mail address they set up on the phone starts with "king." I might have actually been more excited about that then the phone. Maybe.

I also got the key ring I asked for and my best friend got me an amazing Andy Warhol Banana bag. It's amazing! I've been wanting one for years.

So all and all, an amazing, amazing birthday weekend.

May 8: Oliver's 1st Birthday

My little fur-baby turned 1 on Friday. I celebrated with some "cake."

I know I'm a dork, but there the only kids I've got right now and I love to spoil them.

I'm hoping that now he is offically an "adult" he will start acting more cat-like and less crazy.

Here's hoping!

Almost done!

I've got one 4-5 page paper left to do for a class I'm taking pass/fail so I'm not that worried about it so onward to graduation prep and packing! I started packing up my kitchen last night. Craziness!

I'm really stoked about being able to give a lot of stuff to the goodwill during this move. I'm downsizing a lot since I'm moving 4.5 hours this time instead of 5 minutes. I love downsizing!

We're hoping to hear about a house today so cross your fingers. I don't exactly want to downsize so much that I'm living out of my car with my two cats and my love.

My dirty hippie in bandana, meets Blake Lively wanna-be, meets Marianne Dashwood goes to a ball...hair.

Gosh I'm a dork.

It Won't be Long, Yeah!

Since I've been experiencing an Across the Universe obsession lately and I get so see my honey this weekend, this song basically sums up my life right now.

James Baldwin: Paper topic and New Love

"I believe in love. I believe we can save each other"