why do we care?

no offense to anyone out there (especially to my sister who is marrying a wonderful guy from England), but this is kinda how I feel about the Royal Wedding:

http://whyamericansshouldcareabouttheroyalwedding.com/

but I do have to say, Kate's dress was beauuuuutiful. I loved, loved, loved it :D and I'm truly happy that they are finally husband and wife.*happy sigh*

tonight

2 peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches
1 large glass of lemon-water
1 package of plain crackers
5 movies
1 tired sewing girl
14 leotards that need sequins sewn on them.

it just might be a long night.

oh and just for the record, any kids I might have in the future won't get away with throwing away their bread crusts. they want a piece of bread, they are eating the whole thing. period. :)

to dance or not to dance?

Gosh there are tough decisions in life. I am sitting on one right now... and I don't know what to do. *sigh* Yes, it has to do with dancing or not dancing... but I won't bore you with specifics.

I shall change the tune and wish you all a Happy Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread!! If you don't know what that is read Exodus 12. :) It's kind of hard to go without leaven for 8 days (there's a big part of me right now that would rather be whipping up a batch of bagels than typing this) - but the symbolism is SO important: get rid of the sin in your life. Thankfully, there's nothing we can do that can get rid of the sin... but that's why we have Jesus. Amazing, right?!

Speaking of which - in one of my essays for school I told my professor about Jesus' free gift of salvation.... got my worst grade ever on that essay. I don't care too much because I know I did the right thing and this grade won't count for my college GPA - but at the same time - I really do care. Because he just doesn't see it. :( <-- epically sad face.

On another happier note - I'm quite excited for this Friday!! It's the 2011 Lincoln Day Dinner - and our Congresswoman and State Governor will be speaking. And I get to go early and help set up. AND I get to bake a desert for the bake sale they're having. *does happy dance* It will be a nice change from sewing costumes, I have to tell you that!

And.... that was a lot of random stuff. But random is cool - especially for a Monday. Cheers. :)

true story

I think that I've finally forgiven you for all of the things you said,
It was hard to forgive, and much harder yet, will it be to forget.

I was so hurt and you didn't see the injury that you caused,
It's been a long time, many tears have been cried, but hope has not been lost.

When will you come to realize the things that you said were not kind?
I hope you find out, that feelings get hurt, and always keep that in mind.

First to forgive and then to forget is much easier said than done.
With Help I hope it's been conquered at last, yes, defeated: that first one.

twas a creative weekend!

Before I tell you about my creative weekend, let me say thanks to Essie for enlightening us on Guest Bloggers! It was an honor to have you post on my blog, Essie :)

And now, some creative things I did this weekend:

 On Thursday evening, I tie dyed tshirts with my Adult Clogging class! They will wear these shirts for their recital dance - and I figured it would be much more fun to make them than to buy them. Turns out I was right - they had a blast! I made one just for fun (I'm not dancing with them in the recital) - and it turned out pretty neat I think!

 My dear Mom helped me make this tshirt - also for the dance recital! This dance I am dancing in - it is the other Adult Clogging class (different teacher, I'm just the assistant teacher, so I must dance in the recital for this one). We are dancing to "I've Been Everywhere" by...?? I can't remember. But anyways, we all have a different colored tshirt with a different city name on it. I got Houston 8-) And it's still on the ironing board because I have little silver stars I want to put on it.

My brother, Judah, had his birthday lunch on Friday, and he wanted lemon pie! So I tried my hand at making vegan, no-sugar, fat-free lemon pie. Apart from comments like "too sweet!" "needs more lemon!" "needs more filling!" my family enjoyed it :)

For work, I got to sew 7 pair of black lace arm poufs. (they are worn above the elbow - like a little poufy part of a sleeve) Black lace is hard to sew! But their costume will be really pretty - it's going to be black lace with emerald green :)

Then! I made a messenger bag. Here is the pattern I found - really great instructions and it was pretty easy to make! http://mmmcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/06/basic-messenger-bag.html I made it harder because I decided to put batting in it, then I had to stitch the batting down, and I used a fancy stitch...!! Anyways - I think it turned out rather nicely:

the back pocket

the lining + 2 inside pockets

the fancy stitching... used like 2 full bobbins doing that!!

So yep - that's what I've been doing lately!! Can't do much else when it's pouring rain outside....