Sweet Nez

The time of year when the Asian community comes out in force to block off the streets of downtown, bang on their drums with no rhythm, and generally be a nuisance to everyone within a 5 mile radius. And lets not forget the firecrackers. Oh no, we can never forget the firecrackers. The hundreds of thousands of firecrackers going off at once; littering the streets for weeks with their bright red wrappers. I hate them all.

but I had wanted it to be a dress. But clearly, it’s too short.

It used to be a rather large sweater. Now it’s cute! I’d like to put a belt around it, but I don’t have one thick enough to look good. I saved the sleeves, turned them upside down and added some elastic to the cuff to make it stay on my arm and came up with this!

It’s a bit blurry because Richard took it. :P The sleeves make me feel like an anime character.

Yeah, I’m a dork. :D

I have a very large collection of scrap fabric that I don’t know what to do with. Well, didn’t know. I’ve decided to make weird stuffed…things. Animals, monsters, etc. So far I’ve made two.

First, the little monster.

Cute, ain't he?

So ferocious!

And then there’s the rabbit.

He's a little odd

A bit cracked out...

...like he's going nowhere fast

I feel the need to draw speed lines behind him. He makes Richard nervous. Hell, he makes me nervous. He could snap at any time.

And Benjamin too! I’m 26 and he’s 2.

Today was a good day. A Happy day even. Richard and I went to have lunch at Johnny Rockets and ate way too much. Then we watched Despicable Me, which was soooo cute and soo good! Then we realized that Predators was out so we stayed and watched that too, nabbing some popcorn and soda as well. Oh, and we also got me Sims 3! Even the weather was awesome today and not nearly as hot as it has been. :)

Now we’re home and full of tasty foods. We have a cake all baked and ready to be decorated, but we’re going to wait until tomorrow to do that. Our friend will be over to play games, so we’ll have cake then. Yup, a happy birthday indeed. Time to install my game!

After a very long and stupid Winter, (we never got a real spring this year) Summer has arrived with a vengeance. It was 90 yesterday, is 90 today and will be 90 tomorrow. It looks like it’ll be sunny for the next foreseeable future. Which I love!

Yesterday Richard and I went up to the Northgate area to shop and along with finally getting him some new shoes, we got me a sun hat! Finally, my summer wardrobe is complete!

Bring it on, Sun!

Usually, come ovulation time, 80% of women feel nothing. I’m an overachiever and feel a small cramp or two from one ovary every month. This month it’s been worse. I was cramping on the right side all day Tuesday and was nauseous and very moody. It’s all very normal, but it sucks. It’s been 3 days and I’m still feeling weird. I’m tired, very slightly nauseous, and moody. I haven’t been hungry this whole time until I actually start eating something. Then I’m ravenous. I’ve also had a small fever since Sunday. It’s only about a 1 degree difference, but I can tell and it’s uncomfortable.

Hopefully it’ll be gone soon and I’ll return to normal. Until I start my period in a couple of weeks. Ugh.

Today Richard and I woke up at 6 this morning to go stand in line for 2 hours for the grand opening of a new Old Navy store downtown. Neither of us own anything from there, but today was special. The first 200 people got the chance to win either a $500 or $200 shopping spree, a free pair of jeans, or a free tee. So we waited.

During our wait we were witness to some local crazy. There was a woman with her daughter and niece, one around 9 years old and the other a couple of years older, sitting in front of us. The woman only left the girls once, to go to the restroom I think, but the moment she left, a man from further up the line came right over to talk to the girls. “Hey, are you guys twins?” He sounded very interested in this. The girls look at each other then back at the man. The girls didn’t look anything like twins, nor even the same age. “Are you twins?” They said no. “Are you sisters?” They informed him that they were cousins. “Oh.” He looked a little disappointed. He went on to talk about something else while the girls looked uncomfortable. I didn’t hear what he was saying to them because I was busy looking for the woman who was with them. This guy was seriously creepy and clearly made the girls uncomfortable. I couldn’t find the woman and was about to say something to the man, but he left. A minute later the woman came back and the girls told her all about it and we all kept an eye on the man.

So the waiting continued. People walking by would look at us as if we were crazy, people driving by wondered what was going on. Some people acted as if they had never seen a line before. Then there was the crazy man. He was just driving by until he saw us. The slowed down then stopped all together at a green light. He hung his head out and started talking to himself while looking at us in line. He wasn’t talking to anyone, as he wasn’t talking loud enough. Then someone drove up behind him and he had to go. 5 minutes later he was back and did the same thing. He did it 5 times! He just looped around the block to come back and stare at us and talk to himself! We joked about sending the creepy guy in line to go talk to him. :) We did learn that the creepy guy in line was generally creepy and not just a pedophile. He talked to several people in line, joining in on conversations he wasn’t invited to, laughing at jokes and generally invading everyone’s personal space.

Eventually we were let into the store and handed envelopes containing our prize. Richard won a tee and I won a pair of jeans, but since Richard had just torn a hole into the jeans he was wearing, we switched. That and I don’t wear pants. :) First we found me a tee then we went to shop for Richard since he always needs clothes. We got him 2 pairs of jeans and 4 shirts. I wound up getting a dress and a pair of shoes along with my free tee! I also learned that I am a smaller size than I thought! It’s been a while since I’ve last been shopping, and it turns out that I’ve dropped 2 sizes! Woo! It was a great shopping day for both of us and we enjoyed ourselves quite a bit. The store had a live DJ and fresh movie style popcorn! A good day indeed. And now for pictures!

Peace in my heart and nothing on my legs

The dress is so soft!

You can wear it modest...

or add a little va-va-voom!

Speaking of va-va-voom…

a new bra!

New shoes!

And that’s it! I’ll be taking pictures of Richard in his new clothes as he wears them since he doesn’t want to play model for me. :)

And here’s those buns all dolled up with burgers.

They were absolutely perfect hamburger buns. Sturdy yet soft, lightly sweet and buttery and they hold up wonderfully to all the toppings you could think to put on them. Even Richard was impressed; and he’s not one to really care for homemade bread. I’m just thrilled to pieces that they came out so good. And they’ll even be perfect for regular sandwiches! And should I get adventurous, I could make them into hot dog buns too.

And now for some silly bread pics. :)

Happy Dough turns into...

...Happy Bread!