One More New Design

A Thanksgiving Feast

This year my brothers and their families came over for Thanksgiving dinner. Also, this year I finally remembered to take a picture of the table before we ate. Doesn't it look pretty spectacular? We made pie the day before, which was delicious! But who doesn't like homemade pie? It was a nice day and I think we all had a lot of fun sitting around and chatting with each other.

Turkey Shirt

Mom and I have spent the last couple of weeks looking for a cute Thanksgiving onesie. After a while we just decided to make one. I sketched it out and she sewed. Isn't it cute?

Incidentally, the day after Thanksgiving we found one on our shopping trip.

Flashback Friday: San Francisco 1986

Library Holds Luck

Over the last couple of months it seems as though all of the movies I put on hold at the library have come up. And my luck they come like 10 at a time! So, for the past couple of months, I've watched my fair share of movies and thought I would share my thoughts on them.

Easy Virtue

I actually just watched this one last night. It was an interesting little story. There were some super funny parts that I still chuckle when I think about them. It actually ended the way I wanted it to, so that was also good. It's a rather slow moving plot, but that didn't bother me. I don't know whether I'd watch it again, but I did enjoy it.

The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Most people who've seen this told me it was cheesy and not worth my time. Well, I really liked the actors in it, so I wanted to make my own judgment call. It had it's moments and it ended well, but definitely a one timer, for me. I don't think I'd really recommend it to anyone though.

Love Happens

I went with my mom and grandma to see this on Monday. It was a lot better than any of us had anticipated. It's a cute and touching little romance. They deal with some heavy issues in it (like death and blame), but I feel it's message was uplifting. I never thought I would cry watching someone go into the Home Depot, but this movie proved that wrong. Also, Aaron Eckhart is enjoyable to watch for a couple of hours.

Smallville Season 8

I am a sucker for this show. I haven't gotten great reception for the channel it's aired on until we all went digital. So, I've watched the last seasons once they came out on dvd. I like the stories and I like where they've come from and where they're going. It was nice not to have to deal with Lex or Lana that much, but instead you got Tess, Lois and Davis. It was fun to have more time with the justice league and I love that Clark is working with Lois for the Daily Planet. I love their dynamic together. It makes me smile.

Emma (BBC 2009)

Can I just say I LOVE IT!!! Four episodes of fun with Emma and Mr. Knightley. I love the cast and I love the script. I think I've watched the last 15 minutes like fifty times. They ended this movie well. Very well! Masterpiece Theater will air it mid-January, so set your tape recorders. You will not be disappointed! Oh, and the picture is a background I made for my computer, so you can download it if you want.

Fringe Season 1

I'm telling you, J.J. Abrams has done it again. What a fun show. It reminded me of Alias mixed with X-Files and CSI. It's fast paced and creative. I can't wait to watch season 2.

Inkheart

I read the book a couple of years back and rather enjoyed it. I think I got about 30 minutes into it and was just totally bored, so I didn't finish it.

The Mentalist Season 1

Simon Baker, every episode. Need I say more? The stories are great and the cast is fun. I loved it and am enjoying the second season as well. Thursday nights on CBS are a lot of fun.

Psych Season 3

If you've never seen Psych, you're missing out. What a funny, funny show! I love Shawn and Gus. The stories are always fun and imaginative. I hope they keep this show running for many seasons more.

Pretender 2001

I know this series ran back in the 90s, but I love it. I hadn't seen the movies that were made after it, so I downloaded them onto my ipod. I enjoyed this one and someday soon will watch the other.

Push

Great premise, lots of potential and totally lame movie. I didn't expect a lot, which makes it even sadder that it was lousy. It was a waste of my time, I'm sorry to say.

The Parade Of The Little People

I've had these pictures for awhile, but I just remembered to put them up. We actually had to wash these one day because of all of the new/old floor dust. I just thought it was picture worthy. Plus, they just make me smile!

The Latest & Greatest Designs

Here are some of my latest and greatest designs. They're mostly Thanksgiving themed, but there are a few personalized ones. If you click on anyone of them you can get into my album and see different color variations. I have also done some invitations recently, so I'll put them up soon. Enjoy!

This one comes in more colors


This is an old sketch I found the other day and
decided to clean up. I like how it looks!






This one is my current desktop, if you switch a couple
of colors and make the background dark green


This one has several color choices


This one does as well

Masonic Temple Open House

On Saturday the Masonic Temple downtown had an open house to the public. Mom, Addie and I took a little time to go and check it out. It was beautiful! I loved the attention to detail, the color and overall design of the rooms. I enjoyed learning a little bit more about the Masons and their history. It was quite a fun little excursion - even in the snow!

Look at the detail on the arm of this chair




Yeah, I love libraries, especially old ones


My favorite details.

Playin' With The Girls

This last weekend we were able to tend both my nieces. We had Addie for a couple of days while her mommy and daddy were on a cruise and Zoe just for Friday. Don't you just wish your nieces were this cute!?!

Flashback Friday: San Diego Zoo

The summer of my 2nd grade year we took a family trip to California. We went to many places, one of which was the San Diego zoo. It's an awesome zoo! If you've never been there I highly recommend it. These are pictures in the childeren's area. Don't you love my hat hair?

Flashback Friday: Six Flags 1986

I was three years old when we went on a family vacation to Six Flags in San Jose. I came across these and just thought I had to share them.

Victoria & Me

Free Tunes

Yesterday was my lucky day! I took my niece on a walk to the school grounds to play. On our walk home we found an itunes gift card in front of my neighbor's house. I first checked to see if it was theirs - it wasn't. So, I redeemed it and guess what? It had $15 on it. How awesome is that!?!

Our Office: A Work In Progress

My mom decided that she'd had enough of the carpet down the hall. It was old looking, had been stretched out and was always dirty looking. So, we went to Lowe's and picked out some Pergo (man-made wood flooring that's virtually indestructible).

We were hoping to get some that exactly matched the living room and kitchen. It has been about 7 to 8 years since that was laid, so we were out of luck on an exact match. We did have a left over plank, so we matched it up with several of their samples. We had thought to change colors dramatically, but ended up getting something with the same color tones. It's not the same design, but it looks great with it.

Here's some pictures of what the office/hall looked like before the carpet was taken out. It usually is that cluttered, we had just started to move everything out into the other rooms.

This last Tuesday evening we pulled up the carpet - well, Victoria did most of that - and cut it up to put in the trash. Then Wednesday, while Addie was napping, Mom and I pried out the tack strips. It was not fun. It took us at least two hours, each. So, these are pictures with the carpet and tack strips taken off. (Those really long tack strips are ones that I pulled off!)

This is what our living room looked like when it had most of the office stuff in it. The desk/table was taken out of there before I got a picture.

Here's the new floor. We still don't have baseboards installed, that will come later. I think the floor looks really great.

Can you see that the transition into the living room looks great?

Mom decided that she wanted to have more space in there, so Wednesday night we went to IKEA to see if they had anything to offer. They did. We fell in love with this table. The store model was white, but when we found out it came in red we were hooked. However, as the rational people we are, we came home and thought about it before we bought it. Thursday evening, the day the floor was laid, we went back out and bought it.

Saturday we finally had a chance to start putting back together the office. Even Addie helped. It was nice to actually work on my computer. I hadn't opened it up for 3 or 4 days.

This is the office as of last night. It's not quite right, but in the days/weeks to come we'll fix it up more. I'll try to update when we feel we are complete.