The Lost "S"

This is a Skittle. Notice the S is rubbed off?

I was hanging with my peep, Braydon, and he offered me some delicious Skittles. I grabbed a handful and lounged in his banana chair and shoveled them into my mouth. Deliciousness! All of a sudden a yellow one missed my mouth and fell onto the floor... or so we thought. We searched under Brayd's desk, bed, chair, and even his backpack. No Skittle. He was concerned that a bug might hone in on the candy and take residence in his room. I was unconcerned because it wasn't my room (muahaha).

Several hours later I was sitting in the family room with my crazy family. I stood up to look at my eye in the mirror. As I was sitting back down I pulled down on my shirt and felt something fall out of my belly-button. It was the long-lost Skittle!!! Nuts! I offered this delicious, warm treat to everyone in the room, but for some reason they declined!

The upside of this story is that now, whenever someone asks me how big my belly-button is, I can just reply, "It's Skittle-sized!" =D

A Black and White Pic

When I took Brayd out on the town we got dressed up a little snazzier than usual. I got this pic as he was wiggling out of his tie. Braydon likes it because he's got a little manly scruff on his chin!

A Photo of Whatever I Please!

Braydon was my date for the day on Saturday. We went shopping, ate Pizza Factory, went to a wedding, and got Brayd and Mom the cell phones of their dreams. =) It was a great day!

A Photo of something close up

I'm skipping around a bit on the photo challenge because I haven't uploaded for a few days. I'm just so busy being on my vacation =D so I can't complain! It's super nice to be home and among all these purdy flowers too! There's no place like S. Utah!

A Photo Focusing on the Eyes

When I saw the title of this photo idea I immediately knew which picture to choose. So many pictures of Blake involve him squinting at the sun or blinking so I'm thrilled that this one turned out so well! What a handsome guy!

A Photo of Me...

So to keep things interesting for me I found a 30 day photo challenge. Perhaps it will keep things fun =) So the first one is a pic of me that perhaps I have used one too many times, but there ya have it! Any bets as to whether I will continue this for the whole 30 days?

One more then I'm gonna tear Blake away from his video game...

I just had to post one more pic of my table decorations. In a few days those jars will probably be filled with candy (Blake pushed for that, haha), so I am enjoying the clearness of it all while I can.

For Blake...

A little sickly sweet? Perhaps.

Cardi!

Me and the Blake love to window-shop. It usually results in some sort of purchase, as I have already mentioned in previous posts. But great deals and coupons make us feel like it is okay! We purchased this cardigan, a dress, a Thundercats t, and an Angry Birds t for supercheap. =) I think my clothing-addiction is rubbing off on the Blake!! =D =D

To-do list adventure

Finishing this dress has been on my to-do list forever. The day I finally sit down at Bernini to finish it was the day the maintenance man came to fix a few things around the apartment. I was sitting in my underroos so I could slip the dress over my head really quick to make changes, so when I heard the loud knock at the door five feet from my partially-clothed self, it eeked me out a lot! I put the half-finished dress on and let him in. I had to stay in the dress the whole time the guy worked on the tub, toilet, and weather-stripping. As if hanging around with a maintenance man isn't awkward enough...

Barefoot Jocelessa

I love watching the Barefoot Contessa. She can make even pig meat look like it tastes delicious. So after I saw her Pasta Alle Melenzana episode I made it for me and the Blake. The eggplant was... interesting, but overall the dish was tasty. Not as tasty as the guac bean burgers I have been making (http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/bean_guacamole_burgers.html) for almost every one of my alone-meals, but both me and the Blake emerged from the meal with full bellies. And that, as everyone who has ever fed hollow-leg Blake knows, is quite a feat!

Ch-ch-ch-chevron!

Yesterday was a good day for packages and myself! There were three packages waiting for me in the office yesterday... three huge packages actually! Thankfully I had my hunky hubby to help me heft them back to the apartment. I loved all of my packages equally, but one tall drink of water stood out among the three...


My 14 yards of fantasmic chevron! Yeehaw! I rolled out the fabric onto the table and considered making a tablecloth I just loved it so much! I seriously could wallpaper the house with this fabric I just adore it so much. Cutting into it was like cutting into my own flesh as I embarked on one of my most careful sewing projects I have ever done.




After trying multiple centerpieces I eventually settled on my empty (for now) apothecary jars (which were the other two packages). Yes, I have gladly jumped on the apothecary jar bandwagon and am very happy. =)

I also got three little ones for the bathroom. After we bought a new grown-up clock I decided that the bathroom needed some TLC because I needed some more projects (yes, that sentence makes sense!)! This new apothecary jar decor replacing my 1$ goodwill vase is the first change I have made and I'm practically peeing my pants with excitement over the next change.



I realize that we have lived in this lovely little apartment for only 5 months now and I am already wanting to change most of the decor. If only the Christmas season would start up then I could put up my Christmas tree and be content for a few months! Hmmm... we will be spending this upcoming Christmas moving again, so perhaps Blake would give me permission to put it up very, verrrry early.

Other than changing around the apartment things have been pretty quiet around here. I am flying to S Utah in 11 days to visit, woot woot! When Blake realized that I would be leaving in 11 days for almost three weeks he stuck out his bottom lip and I thought to myself, "How sweet, he's gonna miss me!" And then, as quickly as the lip came out, it pulled itself into a huge grin and he said, "I'm gonna get to play video games all night!" Oh dear. It will be interesting to see what I get to come home to as Tornado Blake will not have Stormchaser Jocelyn to clean up after him.