Project 365 - Day 76

Spring has sprung. Or at least the crocuses in the front yard have sprung. I adore this picture. The color and light just is beautiful and it looks as if the flowers are greeting the sunshine!

Crazy parking lot, late ride, and stressful shopping. But temps in the 50's and sunshine more than make up for it. I love spring!!

Project 365 - Day 75

I have the most amazing friends and family! I sent out a request for bible verses for my sister and got lots of replies and lots of great verses to pass on. I'm so very blessed!

Project 365 - Day 74

In my head, I'm an amazing seamstress, able to create all these amazing things. Sometimes, that imaginary ability manifests in reality, and the item I create looks just like it does in my head.


Today is not that day. This was supposed to be a little purse. Somehow the straps turned out long and the bottom turned out crooked and to top it all off, I sewed the opening shut. Yeah.

So now it's a pillow. With a handle. For all your handle-pillow needs. Whatever.

Project 365 - Day 73

Sewing capri's for Lindsay today and I am proud to say that my sewing ended up in almost a completely straight line. Whoo!

Tonight's the night!

Tonight I am going to learn how to knit. I've got my yarn and my needles and the entire internet at my disposal.

Step 1: Basic Knitting skills.

New Step 1: Learn to make a slip knot.

...this is going to be a loooong night.

ETA: Okay, I learned the slip knot, then found a tutorial that said I didn't even need it. Whatever, I'll save the knowledge for the next time I take someone hostage. I successfully figured out how to cast on. But after 45 minutes, a knotted skein of yarn and accidentally poking myself in the eye TWICE, I'm going to shelve learning the knit stitch for tonight. Maybe tomorrow, in the bright light of day, this will all make sense.

Project 365 - Day 72 - Red!

Free brackets that were being given out at WalMart. I got one for me and one for Edgar...I fully expect him to beat me. Unless I cheat! ;-)

Project 365 - Day 71 - Red!

Yummy takeout lunch!

Project 365 - Day 70 - Red!

This is the tiniest cutest and most awesome juice ever. Look how skinny and wee it is! Adorable.

Project 365 - Day 69 - Red!

A book which has wonderful topics like "How to hold chopsticks", "How to survive a horror movie" and "How to french braid". Awesome.

Project 365 - Day 68 - Red!

Reasons I love this:
1. It's bright and colorful.
2. It's smiling at me.
3. It's about cheese.

Project 365 - Day 67 - Red!

One of my current favorite things, a little purse from Goodwill.

Project 365 - Day 66 - Red!

Ugh. Been sick for the past few days so I've fallen down on my picture taking/posting. Which is too bad because I could taken lots of "red" pictures; cough syrup, my kleenex box, the color of my eyes after sleepless nights...

But now I'm on the mend. Or at least I hope I am. Today was spent in a marathon of Lord of the Rings extended editions with Gina. We almost finished them all, but I wimped out in the beginning of Return of the King. Hopefully the battle for Middle Earth ended well without me. In the midst of our marathoning, we stopped by CVS to pick up tissues and I snapped a pic of the sign across the street. It was snowing quite a bit.

Cabin Fever Mini-Vacation

My sister decided it was time for her to fly the coop and so we headed out on a mini-vacation to the east coast of the state. Our destination was Oscoda, a tiny town where the Au Sable river meets Lake Huron. We drove along the coast, able to see giant blocks of ice on the shore and clear blue water further out. Our hotel was cute and had a view of both the Au Sable river and Lake Huron and was close to a restaurant that delivered yummy food!

We saw a giant mouse and a giant seagull. One was at a playground and the other was at a cheese outlet. (cheese outlet! what on earth?!)

Drove Owosso and saw the old casket company building which is now, ironically enough, a health care facility. The gas station also sold pickles and had a convertible on the inside with a giant bunny rabbit in the drivers seat. Yeah, I don’t know what that was about either.

Lake Superior is deep and cold, it’s got beds of sunken ships and shorelines that are remote and untouched. Lake Michigan is the playground, bright and blue and surrounded by sandy shores and dunes and beaches. Lake Huron gets a bum rap around here. There aren’t as many beaches and it’s not visited as a vacation spot nearly as much as the others but it does have one unique and amazing property. The sunrise. There is nothing as beautiful as the sunrise over water and Lake Huron shimmers like a jewel in the morning. It may not have the beaches of Lake Michigan or the enormity of Superior, but in my opinion Huron certainly holds it own. Just look at the colors in that sunrise!

Sending postcards, a now familiar sight on all my travels and a billboard on the highway that properly expresses my emotions at the end of this trip! One last look at the lake and I’m pretty sure I can say that I ♥ Michigan too.

Project 365 - Day 65 - Red!

Drove to Ann Arbor today, and despite my best efforts, I was unable to get a picture of the giant "A" sign at Arborland shopping center. I did however get pictures of the stoplights. Which are less awesome, but still red.