Just so you know..

Things I'm not liking right now:

-advertisements for that new exorcism movie. It seems like they come on every other commercial or pop up on my computer. They are creepy.

Things I am liking right now:

-our "friend" Antoine Dodson has his own website and has a Q&A video for his fans. Check it out

-A commercial with a cute little dog eating food off of piano keys. Once I find it online, I'll share it.

That's it. :)

Oh yeah...

I finished my quilt a few weeks ago and forgot to post it on here. It really didn't take that long and I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Here's the lovely fabric before it was sewn together.

Here's the finished product.

I should have taken an closeup shot of the backing. It's a sea foam green with tiny yellow-green dots on it. I got the inspiration/pattern from this website . On this woman's website, she is instructing how to complete a quilt from a kit she sold on Etsy. I just cut my own pieces. I also enlarged the pattern pieces quite a bit to make a bigger quilt, since her's was for a little one.

Well, that's all for now. I'm sorry I've been slacking on the posts lately. I've been pretty busy with school starting back and saying goodbye to a few friends who are moving. I should get back to the swing of things soon. :) I hope you have a terrific week.

This makes me LOL for real

Many of you have seen the Huntsville news clip from the "home intrusion". I thought only people from the Shoals were laughing at it, but today when I went to school (in Tuscaloosa) a coworker mentioned this to me. It's pretty funny. I'm impressed because it sounds like a real song.

Ha ha

Ok, so apparently I'm addicted to looking up old television shows today. I have discovered that a lot of old Nick Jr. shows were originally in Japanese and just dubbed over. I vaguely remember the show "Rupert". Maybe it came on when I was too old to really appreciate it at the time or it just didn't interest me, but now it kind of cracks me up. What a "fancy" bear! Check out his clothing and his friends. Why does this make me laugh?

I used to watch this?

You all know that I can easily get creeped out. I have always been this way... which makes me wonder how I ever watched David the Gnome. Check out the intro to the show. Those trolls and wizards are freaky. I got a little spooked seeing them today. I had forgotten all about this show until I saw it on the side bar of YouTube. I was searching for an old show I used to watch called "Maple Town". Does anyone else remember it? It was a cartoon about little animal families and I loved it. I just found out it was early Japanese anime so now I feel like I was a little weirdo for loving it.jk Anyway, just wanted to share this video.

Where have the graham cracker sticks gone?

This is something that has been bothering me. Did you know that there are no longer graham cracker sticks available in the two places I call home (Muscle Shoals & Tuscaloosa). You know the ones that look like this?

I don't regularly eat graham crackers but I do like to serve them with a yummy chocolate chip cheese ball (I'll post a recipe sometime) or a peanut butter ball. They make the food presentation so nice. If you think you can just buy large graham crackers and cut them nicely, then you're wrong. I bought a box and half of the crackers were already broken when I opened the package and they weren't broken in a nice and neat manner. I'm not usually a stifler for neat lines when it comes to food but when I'm serving guests I like things to look very structured. This past weekend my friends & I threw a lingerie party for our good friends. I served a chocolate chip cheese ball and was disappointed when I couldn't find those sticks. I had remembered earlier this spring it was a problem but I eventually found a box. Apparently I should have stocked up that day because they are nowhere to be found now. All you can get that is close to them are Scooby Sticks.

Yes, they are for people but doesn't it look like dog food?! How could I possibly serve bone shaped food to people? And why is Scooby winking? He knows it's ridiculous to have bone shaped food for humans....

Anyway, if any of you lovely readers find any graham cracker sticks around, please let me know where to get them.

OH, and here's a semi-funny story for the day.

As I was on my quest for graham sticks last week I went to Walmart and overheard an awkward conversation. I must warn you: 1. I think it's funnier than the people I've told (so you may not think it's funny and that's ok) 2. there's cussing...or at least insinuated cussing.

Ok, so there I was looking up and down the cookie/cracker aisle when a early 20-ish couple comes sliding down towards the cookies. I say "sliding" because the guy was pushing the cart while the girl had her arms wrapped around the dude's waist and it was taking them a while to reach their destination. They finally stopped right beside me to get some cookies. I was still searching for something to serve with the choc-chip cheese ball. As they were trying to pick out some treats the guy said a phrase with some choice words (I really wasn't paying attention to what he said but I did notice the ugly words). The girl seemed embarrassed because she figured I heard him and kind of looked up at me and then said to him, "Why do you always gotta cuss?" To which the guy said, " I can say whatever the h*** I want. I live in a free country. I don't live over in Alpaca." Now, I'm no geography buff by any means. I still get slightly confused on where Alaska is (it's always beside Hawaii on the map tests at school) but I know that "alpaca" is not a place. Fortunately, after what seemed to be a little longer than it should have taken, the girl says, "Wait! Alpaca ain't a f*&*(*_+ place!" To which the guys says, "I don't care...Whatever. Iraina then" Yes, that's right, Iraina.

The thing that got me tickled the most was not the lack of knowledge from the poor boy but that the girl got on to him for cussing and then she drops the f bomb. I just kind of shook my head and walked down the aisle where Cory was standing and had no clue what I had witnessed. He said the look of concern on my face was priceless. In all honesty, I felt I had been filmed as a bystander on "16 & Pregnant". By the way, if you haven't seen that show you should check it out.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Neat site

Hello all,

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I thought that I would be posting like crazy this summer but I've been keeping pretty busy (with fun things, though.) I am still working on my quilt and a few other projects right now that I'll share soon. The quilting part of the quilt is taking a little longer than intended. I have already ordered some more fabric for another one. I ordered an Amy Butler "scrap bag" on the cheap and I'm super excited to get it in. I don't know what the fabric looks like so it will be a fun surprise when it gets here. Since it's Amy Bulter, I'm sure I'll love it because I love all of her prints and colors. You should check her out here. You can find some of her towels at Bed, Bath & Beyond right now and occasionally can find her gift wrap at T. J. Maxx if you're lucky.

Today I am going to share a fun website/business that's pretty cool if you like to sew. I found out about it a few weeks ago and think it's such a clever idea. It's a company that will allow you to design your own fabric and print it for you. It's called Spoonflower. You definitely need to check it out. Once you design your fabric you can give the company permission to sell your print to other folks too. I love looking through people's designs. Here are some of my favorites.