Stitch by stitch, day by day

ok...

2009-04-14T01:30:55Z

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16934-girl-with-y-chromosome-sheds-light-on-maleness.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

ummm wow....

2009-04-12T01:04:00Z

I am not sure if this is a hoax or not...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120401040251&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123

Accessories?

2008-10-15T18:48:31Z

New woodbaby mommy here! Gushing over them for literally years and finally I had the money to get one. Of course, you here this all the time, was at the renaissance fest and had my heart on a certain griffin and the perfect baby was the very last one waiting for me--he waited a heck of a long time!! But I have a slight problem, he's just perfect, but I am slight build and he keeps slipping off my shoulder and I am worried that he'll get damaged. Right now if he keeps slipping I just carry him around in the crook of my arm, but that crushes his wings(not to mention the dye from his fur rubs into my white sweater) Someone at the booth told me that the site has a saddle that works well, but the link is broken. Do any of you other wood baby parents use one? can you take pictures so I know how it works? How much do I need to save up for one? Any help appreciated! I want to carry him with me everywhere he so fun!

Earthquake

2008-04-18T11:19:17Z

Yep, title says it all......

Last night around 4:40 am I was tossing and turning when stuff started to fall off a table out in the living room, I was on the verge of getting up to yell at the cat for knocking stuff down when I felt the WHOLE place shaking. I will say that it is one of the most uncomfortable feelings I have experienced and that I hope it doesn't happen again anytime soon.
The funny part was that Andrew said that it was a nothing earthquake and to go back to bed, after checking up on Cam, who seemed to be awake too. The irony is that Andrew said it probably didn't even register on the meter because it was so small. When in fact it was actually tremors from a larger quake originating from somewhere in Illinois that spread all the way to Chicago. Luckily no damage has happened.

Ok, now I've been through a tornado and an earthquake. I kinda was around a forest fire once, but I don't really count that cause I didn't understand it at the time. But life seems to get pretty interesting when you least expect it.

Bought kites and went flying them the other day, but I'll have to find a better park with less trees for Cam, he got his kite stuck twice I think.

Wanted

2008-02-07T14:06:29Z

Is anyone attending the Marylin Manson concert on this Sunday in Saint Louis? I'm looking for a group, doesn't need to be a whole bunch of people, even just one person will suffice, that is willing to hang out "during" the concert since my friend moved and ditched. Just a silly, "I don't wanna go by myself" kinda thing, and possibly geeking out and coffee after.
RSVP ASAP if you can/or want.

Before I forget!

2008-02-06T04:15:38Z

Happy birthday radcliffe!!! hope it was a happy, fun filled, great, amazing day for you!

yay for me

2008-01-04T08:02:51Z

I can't believe my eyes, I get TWO two days off in a row this month, YAY!!!

Also, since as far back as I can remember, I cannot remember having anyone sew me anything, so I am really geeking out about the ensemble that Alex has created for me. I've done dozens of things for others and hundreds of stuff for myself, but to have someone go through the trouble for me is wonderful. I promise I won't get too hooked on it. But Shuurei is almost finished, just need to finish some fitting stuff around the neck, make the head piece(es) and do the small embroideries and beading stuff. We're using a bit of the manga and anime for reference, mainly the anime since it's the best known gown, and in the manga she changes gowns in every chapter.

close up, I am still not happy with the collar, but it's being a pain to get the same curved edges and stuff....

sorry about the blurriness...

This is what it's supposed to look like when finished.... Not too far off IMHO ^_^

Giftmas was pretty good, I got the one thing I really wanted, a new pair of Ginghers, which ironically I missed place on New Years Eve, hahhahahaha..... I got a really neat vintage sewing book as well, some nice yarn(really getting a huge collection of yarn here)a wonderful soft and warm robe and a heavy duty nifty tote bag monogrammed. I got a few knick knacks too, but very appreciated.

A lot of little stuff has been happening, but I don't feel like doing a detailed report on it. I did get ambitious and cleaned my sewing space and put in a new set of shelves that had been lying dormant in my closet. It doesn't really make my area look neater to me, but now everything is at least not on the floor or piled in a box on the floor. I really need to finish and go through everything and take inventory of it all.

Spent yesterday in China Town, I've lived soooo close to it for a few years but never did anything other that go eat at a few places, but Alex and I went to a kitchy shop and found of all things zori for our kimonos and a few pieces for the Shuurei costume. Found a bunch of neat cloisonnes beads and fun stuff in general that when I have the money I'll go and get, like a cute little tea set and a sake set.

too true

2007-11-21T20:57:05Z

Another badass quiz from eSPIN-the-Bottle...

Which Sexy Are You?

MY RESULT:Classic Sexy

The sexy you exude is the black satin, roses and wine sexy that's all over the romance flicks. And your crushes will love you for it.

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Kimono woe

2007-09-04T05:40:28Z

Ali and I met up with Andrew and his family at the Japanese festival today. We ran a little later than them since we tried to wear kimono there and it took a little longer for us to dress. Ali had just forgotten about everything we had researched together last year. ::sigh:: So for the most part, she was just a facade of kimono and on top of it, she was only wearing the one that she had made her friend who was much larger than she.

We got there and found a parking nightmare. We ended up parking a few blocks away and had to walk. Luckily the side entrance was not too far away and we didn't have to walk as far. Ali and I stumbled through the line, melting in the heat until we got our tickets and escaped into the air conditioned building. I thought I had seen a friend pass by and we went to find her. No luck, but when we found out where we ended up, we were in time for the dance show. Well, kinda. We were really early. We heard little old ladies snickering behind us and when we turned around, two Japanese ladies were kinda staring, but not staring, at us and finally the one NOT in kimono comes up to us asking very politely about our kimono. When we explained that it was our first time wearing kimono, she kinda grinned painfully and said that for a first time, it was very good. We said thank you and started to walk on. And then the lady told us that the woman next to her in yukata was a professional kimono dresser(name escapes me now-but it's the person who put on the kimono fashion show the day before) Now the perfectionist in me just signed my doom. Ali is just left standing there and I went straight up to the kimono woman and ask her, as politely as possible(more like demanded) how to fix it. She "tisked" at me and just started to look me over and just ended up grabbing me by the sleeve to drag me into a deserted hall way and started ripping me apart, physically. It's actually quite funny thinking back on it, this little old lady who barely comes up to my nose even when I had kicked off my zori, pushing me around and tugging me and pulling on my clothes. Ali just watched and smirked as she did this, holding parts when told. I was too mortified with my own gaijinness to really ask her question on how to do what she was doing, but she did offer me some things as she worked. She really criticized me about my obi saying it was old fashion(then again, she's a prominent kimono designer and knows designs the latest designs) No wonder I couldn't get it right, it really does take another person to do it. Once she was satisfied with the way I looked under her skilled hands, she turned on Ali with a vengeance.
With Ali being pulled apart, I was much more bold to ask questions and got some really good ideas of what to do, but I think I'll end up buying the basic pieces so I have a set of really good stuff to copy from later.
When I did find my friend Bonita later, we related to her our encounter. She says it's part of the experience, and laughed it off, she had had the same thing happen to her years ago on her first visit, and she said she enjoyed having all the women flocking around her "fixing" her up. Then we told her that it was just the designer herself, and her jaw fell open. She had never had the pleasure to get the attention of the designer herself to work on her,only the assistants. I think she was a little miffed that we got such attention from her.
I had planned on picking up a pair of geta and a folding fan there, but never did find them, but I did end up picking up a great souvenir
I found a geisha hand bag(something pretty rare), it's small, but in good condition so if I ever do get around to making that full geisha furisode I'll have something to carry my stuff in, since you can't carry stuff in furisode sleeves and the bag that I do have is not quite right.
When I finally remembered that I had a camera on me, I tried to take pix but the camera didn't work, so I am really hoping that the battery died, and not that something(someone) broke my brand new camera.
My zori gave me a huge problem the entire time, so bad that Andrew ended up tying my zori to my feet since the straps were too loose. It was great, he keeps his survival bag on him and he had thin parachute string in a ball in there. He cut off a good length and burned the ends so the melted and skillfully tied them so that it wasn't obvious that he had done it, and it kept them from flopping off. They still slid around a bit but that is more that my tabi socks were slick and the bottom of the shoes were satin and the two combine did not make a good match. On my way out of the park I did slip up and twist my knee pretty badly, I am going to try to baby it for the next day or two(fat chance) to give it a chance to heal.
Over all the day was great and was a big bummer that I had to go to work afterwards. I did have a pretty good day, but it was stressful since I didn't get everything done that I wanted to.

fun

2007-08-14T03:07:12Z

ok, several things I enjoy in one short section. Cake the band, star wars, and Jim Henson.

Check

2007-08-03T07:24:32Z

one last thing

2007-08-02T07:45:28Z

narf

2007-08-01T06:36:26Z

Nothing is more annoying than having a song stuck in your head for hours, unless you don't know all the words to the song to boot. This is how I spent most of my day, "Parts of the Brain, sung by the Brain" if you don't know, be glad. Actually, it is a great learning guide and I used it for a test or two in school, but my own faulty memory has forgotten nearly every scrap of useful knowledge.

Pretty much every night I walk home a buddy of mine joins me when he sees me. He is fuzzy and lovable and just plain friendly all the time. I find it very amusing that this cat just sits on the porch waiting for a friendly person to give him a back rub. Last night he wasn't there and I was slightly worried, he's been in cat fights before and has chunks missing from his ears. However, today my fear was released as he bounded from the top step and flew up to me. He looked the worst for wear. Someone had shaved him down. omg, he looked ridiculous. I am certain that he feels much better, but I can't believe he let them do that very willingly.

Jason, a friend from work, is back from vacation. Apparently he was having a good time up until he went to a live show and they dragged him up on stage and forced him to wear a grass skirt and a coconut bra. He says that there is footage somewhere on the web, but I don't know what to search for to find it. I am very glad to see him back, he makes many of the days passable at work. Plus he and I like movies so we're planning on going to a few movies together in the future. squee!

I got the Inara peach dress finished! Now I still have to make the blue robe to go over it, since even with a lining it's almost sheer. Yeah, I found that out today while trying it on after hemming it. So I will be wearing it with a robe for sure, whether or not I use my old yukata or the one I am building right now will be seen. I still also want to make the Ohotori academy uniform for myself. I think that Ali and I are going to be going as "Firefly" cast on Friday, and since it is small and easily carried, the Utena duo for Saturday and then the competition clothes for that night.

I started the turning of my heel tonight on the way home, but I have really forgotten how to do it so I'll be ripping those stitches out and looking up the correct way before bed.

I started my portfolio today and I think that I have a lot of good stuff in there, maybe a bit repetitive but it just shows my improvements over the last one.

funny

2007-07-30T14:14:22Z

A day ago I took Cameron to the library for the story telling they do and a little boy turned around and asked Cameron his name, Cameron leaned in and whispered into the little boys' ear. The boy was puzzled and asked again, this time Cam repeated himself a little louder, "I'm Batman." still in a state of utter refusal that this kid said what he said, he asked again. "What is your name?" This time at almost the top of his lungs, Cameron blares out, "I'M BATMAN!" Everyone stopped and started to stare at Cam. He settled down immediately and waited for the storyteller to resume, the kid asking was in a state of shock and remained quiet for some time and I just felt pleased. I did have a long talk with him on the way home about how in costume he is Batman, but in dress clothes he has to be Bruce Wayne. I plan on picking up a nice suit for him to wear at Halloween to school.

What would Americans do? I still think that this is totally awesome and I wonder what I would do with the money....

by Miwa Suzuki Sun Jul 29, 6:32 PM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - A mystery gripping Japan over anonymous cash gifts has taken a new twist. For those who want the next batch of giveaways, the place to look is in their mailboxes -- or even right at their feet.

Residents of a Tokyo apartment building are baffled after a total of 1.81 million yen (15,210 dollars) was found in 18 mailboxes by Saturday, a police spokesman said.

"The money was in identical plain envelopes, which were unsealed and carried no names or messages," the spokesman told AFP.

But residents became "spooked" rather than pleased with the anonymous gifts -- and were too upright to pocket the money secretly.

"Some people initially suspected they were fake bills. When they realised the bills were real, they reported them to us," the spokesman said.

The predominantly middle-class apartment building in Tokyo is not alone. An envelope with one million yen was left in the mailbox of a 31-year-old woman in the western city of Kobe on Wednesday.

Police admit they have no idea who is leaving the cash -- whether a few people are behind the bizarre giveaways or if Japan is witnessing a craze of copycat benevolence.

Since June, dozens of city halls and other public buildings across the country have reported finding neatly packaged envelopes full of cash in men's restrooms.

The bathroom money has come with identical letters asking people to do good deeds -- leading to speculation that the benefactor may be a public servant trying to cheer up his profession or perhaps a member of a new-age religion.

Japanese cash dropoffs are not always so neat.

On Wednesday, bills worth 960,000 yen were inexplicably seen "falling" in front of a convenience store.

"We can just say the money came from the skies," a puzzled police official said. "There were other passers-by outside and customers in the store but the incident caused no confusion," he said.

"People thought it was too eerie to touch."

A man who contacted police saying his daughter had dropped the money had his claim rejected as groundless, the official said.

The largest single dropoff so far was in the ancient city of Kyoto on July 23, astonishing a 67-year-old woman who found an envelope containing 10 million yen of stacked bills in her mailbox.

But mystery money does not always reach police intact.

A woman walking on a bridge over Tokyo's Sumida River told officers that she saw bills falling at her feet from an elevated expressway above on July 6.

She believes 30 to 40 notes fell but police managed to collect only six notes worth 46,000 yen by the time they arrived.

"Some people were picking the money up on the bridge," the Tokyo Shimbun quoted the woman as saying.

No one can say if more people have collected money and not told police.

Media tallies suggest more than four million yen, including some found last year, has been found in the public restrooms.

Dutifully, police are holding most of the money in case the rightful owner eventually decides to reveal their identity.

no reveals

2007-07-23T05:20:37Z

I finally finished HP. A good story, I am still not so sure why this series took everyone by force as it has, but maybe it was because it's a story the whole family can get into-enough fantasy for the kids and young at heart, but enough mature material, lessons in life kind of thing for the adults. In short, I can't wait for Cam to be a little older so I can start reading him The Sorcerer 's Stone in a year or so, hopefully keep him interested in reading. For being 5, he likes books a lot and can recite his favorites by heart while flipping through the pages.

Finally got to go the knit shop and picked up some tips on knitting socks, and am hoping to start my next pair really soon.

I have just a few days to finish any costume Andrew or I am going to wear to the convention. I have had very little contact with Ali, I asked to to come over the other day to help fill out the costume contest paperwork and she didn't. grrr She also had told Andrew last week she was going to hang out with him and stood him up, he waited all night for her to come by and she never even called. I feel like she is avoiding me, which is pissing me off honestly. When I call her she says I have woken her up whether I call her at 10am or 10pm, so I don't know when to get a hold of her.

I ordered a pair of shoes for the outfit she is making and they finally arrived, special delivery from China. no shit! They are not the same as the ones shown in the picture http://www.goodorient.com/Golden_Selvedge__Embroidery_Floral_Shoes_P16597
and I don't know if I should complain or not about it. They fit fine and will work for what we are doing, but it ticks me off that I paid extra for these shoes from this site because the other site Ali had found didn't have the trim, but were less in price. I basically got the shoes that were less from the other site, but paid for full price-
http://www.orienttouch.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_34_44&products_id=201

On a side note, I hate being sick and I can't wait til the script for the antibiotics runs out. I mean I really hate being sick.

I made Golden Snitches for the HP party on Friday, I'll post pics when I can.

All call for any pics of things I have made. Meeting with someone to review my portfolio and just realized that I don't ever seem to get any pics of the stuff I make from anyone, myself included.....

Cuz I'm cute ^_^

2007-07-20T03:44:02Z

Ok, so maybe not cute, but I like the lolcatz a lot, and they are cute.
So Here's my result

if it doesn't show up, it's "cheezburger cat" 85% affectionate, 63% excitable 62%hungry

<div id="testResultInfo">
      <h1>Your Score: <span>Cheezburger cat</span></h1>
      <h2>85% Affectionate, 63% Excitable, 62% Hungry</h2>
       <div id="testResultInfoImg"><img src="http://is1.okcupid.com/users/410/202/4102022445444324283/mt180000471.jpg"></div>
      <p>
      Sure, you deserve one. You helped popularized lolcats from a running gag to an online sensation. Now mainstream media writes asinine columns on this 'phenomenon', students write theses on the topic, programming languages adopt the grammar, and losers write tests about them on dating sites. Now take your cheezburger and never touch the internets again.
<br><br>
To see all possible results, checka <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/journal?pid=16057073667375255014&tuid=4102022445444324283">dis</a>.
      </p>
</div>

<table cellpadding=20><tr><td>Link: <a href='http://www.okcupid.com/tests/6348388576689378978/Which-Lolcat-Are-You-'>The Which Lolcat Are You? Test</a> written by <a href='http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=GumOtaku'>GumOtaku</a> on <a href='http://www.okcupid.com'>OkCupid Free Online Dating</a>, home of the <a href='http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test'>The Dating Persona Test</a></td></tr></table>

And now go take the quiz yerself!
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/6348388576689378978/Which-Lolcat-Are-You-

Why am I awake?

2007-07-07T07:47:38Z

Well, it's no surprise that I am awake at this hour really,
but the good news is that I have at least a wearable attempt at the peach gown Inara wears in Firefly.
Pros, for a first time drafting of the thing without it being the exact fabric and the fabric only costs a dollar, it's fitting alright.
Cons, it has some major ripping issues where the cut of the bias pieces meet up with straight of grain. ugh.
Notes to self-
take it in and make a shaped seam center front, take up the shoulder straps a good, two, maybe three inches!!! Oh and cut down the underarm scythe to compensate. Possibly figure out if the center back can be cut down another few inches. Possibly cut the straps a little narrower at the top of the shoulder too.

It also isn't full as the original to gather as full at the hem. Not a biggie for me, but I am expecting Ali to say something. As it is, I used the full width of the fabric to get the lower panels and the gown certainly doesn't suggest there is piecing in the skirt hidden within the folds. A good pressing may take out a lot of small factors. I just wanted to get it put together to try fit and cut.

can't wait til it's done! yippee....

cd just stopped, so no more excuses for being awake.
night folks.

Too darn hot

2007-07-06T21:47:59Z

Random stuff out there;

<p><img src="http://bluepyramid.org/ia/wa.gif"><br>
<font face="Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, Comic Sans MS, Impact, Helvetica, Arial" size="5">
<b>You're Washington!</b><br>
<font size="3">Though you were named after some ancient and revered relative, you've
taken off on your own course and are making a new name for yourself. Water dominates
your life, surrounding you on many sides and usually from above. Though you say you
love rain, it's really that you've forgotten that there are other types of weather to
hold an opinion on. You have an amazingly eclectic interest in walls, spokes, yaks,
seats, and even the Olympics. It'll all come out in the wash.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">
<b>Take the <a href="http://bluepyramid.org/ia/squiz.htm">State Quiz</a>
at the <a href="http://bluepyramid.org">Blue Pyramid</a>.</b></font></font></p>

This man really believed he was in the old testament http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5049082.stm

Plan on cleaning up the kitchen today, Andrew made a good start of it, but it's still in shambles. The only downfall of working full time is that all my free time is used up.

Cherries on top!

2007-07-06T06:09:01Z

Surprisingly good day today.

Had fun last night even though I was really silly. Got to sleep in nice and late ^_^ When I got to work, most of everything was done, all I had to do was be a pretty face and answer questions the other girls didn't know and straighten behind customers. Not too bad. We had the big boss in today and we called for an inspection, but they just passed us over like usual. Oh well, the department looked good anyway. Met some new and fun people, I can't wait to get together with new people ^_^
I just in good mood today, not much has been able to make me upset, which is a nice change.
Trying to come up with a "gimick" for burlesque. I got a few thought up and maybe a routine I'd like to try out, but I don't know how garters effect it, maybe I'll plan on not going further than garter belt and not down to a string like most girls do? Hmmmmm Well, this is the reason I want to take the classes, right?

Hemmed and hawed about taking the bus vs bike and chose bike in the end, bribing myself with bunnies. Looked for the bunny nest from earlier this week and couldn't find it, and ended up getting to the metro station at the same time as the bus so I felt good about my choice.

Forgot

2007-07-04T02:14:33Z

Found something really neat
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=12063737

Moments like this....

2007-06-30T17:18:53Z

It's moments like this that I wish my camera was working. Cameron has just built a cool fortress out of umbrellas, blankets, the cat scratch pole, all the couch cushions and his backpack in the center of the living room floor. I hate that I'll have to take it apart because he'll scream his head off about it. The usual remedy is to let him take a few digital pics of it and then he'll let us put stuff away.

I have to go to work in less than an hour and I really don't wanna.

First dress pics!!!! YAY!!!!

2007-06-30T04:21:12Z

These are the pics of the wedding dress I finished up last week!!! The whole dress turned out MUCH better than expected, 'specially since I had only six weeks to work on it. It did have a store bought fluffy petti under it, but I had a hooped skirt from my costume collection under it to add extra volume to the skirt, which really made it look great, so I made 87% of the dress!
http://www.pictage.com/photodisplay/PHOTODISPLAY/get_emailed_image_info.xml?producer=photodisplay&code=QN5QOVK0V8K5R9LL1C7H&xsl=/xsl/v3/emailed_image.xsl&scan=85&event=313634&registration_required=yes
http://www.pictage.com/photodisplay/PHOTODISPLAY/get_emailed_image_info.xml?producer=photodisplay&code=O832JYPTK2IEU5C0B22Z&xsl=/xsl/v3/emailed_image.xsl&scan=296&event=313634&registration_required=yes
http://www.pictage.com/photodisplay/PHOTODISPLAY/get_emailed_image_info.xml?producer=photodisplay&code=VHGNZMG2G9FSUTV39ZX8&xsl=/xsl/v3/emailed_image.xsl&scan=6&event=313634&registration_required=yes
http://www.pictage.com/photodisplay/PHOTODISPLAY/get_emailed_image_info.xml?producer=photodisplay&code=LP3WRDI0J2XG0JJN27JY&xsl=/xsl/v3/emailed_image.xsl&scan=41&event=313634&registration_required=yes
http://www.pictage.com/photodisplay/PHOTODISPLAY/get_emailed_image_info.xml?producer=photodisplay&code=K4KJUHT6YQA6JZPBPIPC&xsl=/xsl/v3/emailed_image.xsl&scan=39&event=313634&registration_required=yes

productive

2007-06-24T20:26:34Z

I am pathetic.

I was sooo bored last night after watching TV that I brought up the window unit and set it up. I forgot that it weighs a full ton. Ok, maybe a bit of exaggeration, but it was a bitch to carry up to the second floor and get into the window. Not only was it heavy, the stairs wrap around the wall supports-which did leave me places to put it down to catch my breath before going on, but I also had my cat wrapping around my legs mewing at me. Cameron almost locked me out, but I got the door before it closed, but I know he would have unlocked it after awhile.

This moring I finally got around to changing the water in the fish tank and scrubbing it all out. So far the fish are still alive. I can't get over how big they got in one year. When we got them they were the length of my pointer finger, and when I had to scoop them out this time they filled my whole hand.

SO now I am happy- no hurry to make dresses for other people, cool house so no sweat running down my face, and no stinky fish in the dining room. Ok, I guess it's time to change the kitty litter. blah, there is always something. oh and laundry. I despise laundry.

oh yeah, Cam let us sleep in an extra hour! that is a miracle!

Today is almost over

2007-06-24T02:23:43Z

Yay!!! Betsy is happy with her dress, that is the last of the wedding dresses packed up and out of my house!!!!!!! We did have one malfunction at the final fitting, she really likes stepping into dresses rather than slipping them over her head, so despite better judgement, I let her do it. Unfortunately, it ripped out the stitches at the bottom of the zipper, nothing that a quick hand stitch couldn't fix. We revealed it at the wedding shower and was "Ohhhhed" and "Awwweed" at by everyone there. Of course all I can see is the mistakes, the wrinkles that refuse to press out and the chalk marks that I forgot to wipe off. The last final stitches were put in and the dress was bagged up and sent to someone's house for storage until the big day. I have been officially drafted into the bridal party to be the dress queen and to help Betsy dress and do any last minute repairs if needed. I still feel butterflies in my tummy from waiting for something go wrong.

I gave Lysander catnip for the first time and it had no effect. He sniffed the bag and ignored the bunch I sprinkled around the floor and on his toys. I have the feeling that he'll find it at two am and be in my face waking me up.

On a disturbing note, Cameron has a new word. "Murder" which is how he asks to watch CSI with me. I am trying to get him to refer to it as CSI, but he really likes saying this word. So I'm letting him stay up a bit more before sending him to bed to watch it with me.

it is burning up in here. We need to put in the window unit, but I don't wanna do it by myself and my downstairs neighboor has his car under the window while he's getting it fixed, I can just see it now. Smashed car, smashed window unit and a bunch of money owed that I can't really afford.

I'll make myself some koolaid and chill it. There should be some left for Andrew when he comes home tonight.

Plans for the rest of the night is to do laundry since Andrew has forgotten all about it.

pics of all wedding dresses are to follow in a week or two.

Happy Birthday!

2007-06-24T02:00:12Z

Hope you are having a great birthday </a></b></a>lots of love and good positive enegry heading your way!