Hopefully, this distance has made your heart for me grow fonder...

I'll be honest (what's new), I've been avoiding this again because I didn't want to write another alf-hassed post just to say I posted something. [Speaking of "alf-hassed," one of my teachers is really funny and likes to say "bass-ackwards" instead of... the alternative. She said her grandfather used to say it. Gotta love grandfathers. *Wow!, Dang!, Dadgum your hide!, Dagnabbit!, and so many more] Anyyyywayyyy, I don't really feel like I have anything important or pertinent to lecture about or get off my chest, soooo, I'm just going to do a "craft update." You know me, always craftin' somethin'. But before I do, I would like to clarify that despite what you all may think, no, I'm not a creative genius or virtuoso (Blogger just tried to tell me that "virtuosa" isn't a word. Really, Blogger? Look it up! It's the feminine version of "virtuoso" you incorrigible imbecile!... Always tryin'a tell me how to spell. I'm the English Master!) But, I digress, again. Regarding my creative endeavors that I display on my blog, I must make sure you know that almost all of my ideas are stolen. *GASP*... I know. But before you renounce your interest in me, call this an abomination, and promptly close out of this window in sheer astonishment, calm down. I assure you I don't strictly copy anything. I just know what I like and I would rather make things myself than buy them; and, I like to "tweak" them until I get them the way I want them. Everything I've done is in some way different than what I got the idea from. For example, one of the following cork boards has a "definition" of the South, which I took from something I'd seen in a store, and I edited/altered parts of the "definition" to relate it to my South. Ok, enough chit-chat. Here they are:

The cork boards, which (according to Clayton) might go in our kitchen, and will probably be used to display some pictures, notes, lists, etc. After all, I didn't do them on cork board for nothing. Oh, and "The South" one isn't done yet, so I'll probably put a picture of it up when it is.



And the dresser for my room, which will be followed my the "refurbishing" of a side table for the den and the kitchen table and chairs.

"Britain shoulda just left us alone..."

This weekend (God bless America) I hung out with some friends that I hadn't seen in a while, so that was nice. Also, Clayton and I bought a couch! for 200$ less than it originally was! and it's a sleeper sofa so we can have over-night guests from out of town or whatever. Also, Amelia, Clayton, and I went for Round 2 of our photo-shoots in which we take pictures of really cool places around this town and nonchalantly make our way into 90% of the shots. What can I say, the camera loves us... HA. Anyway, it started raining and even though I insisted that those conditions would make for a lot of neat pictures, the other two took off running for the car before I could spit it out... [that happens a lot because I stutter a lot]. Also, my dad informed me that the band he and his friends created in high school had two different names depending on the venue/occasion: one was "The Saddle Tramps" and the other was "The Choosey Mothers"... (as in "Choosey Moms choose Jif.")  Wow Dad, those are the kind of revelations that remind me I never had a chance... I was destined to be a ridiculous human being.

My friend's lake house has a
murdered giraffe on the wall.
That poor thing never hurt
nobody... :( 

Our couch!!!!

I'm actually starting to enjoy laughing
at how miserably I fail every time I take
a "candid" picture...

This is a desk I just finished for my room. It was my brothers and I didn't like how "modern" it looked so I decided to "crackle" it.

More project updates to come.