Celebrations

Monday is my dad’s 70th birthday and today we got some of his family together to celebrate.  Lots of cake, pie and ice cream.  Singing was done but we did not light up the cake with the insane amount of candles as needed for the occasion as it would have tripped the smoke alarms for certain.

I will be meeting the parents for lunch on Monday.

Other than the birthday celebration we’ve been spending most of the day watching movies: 

Alpha/Omega – Ok cartoon, has some funny parts.  Got fooled on who was in (other than Danny Glover.

Last AirBender – Well, the effects are neat but understand why a sequel is not in the works at this time

Knight and Day – Fun movie

A-Team – Still in progress but another fun movie

Crazy Challenge – Day 15, the final day.  Today was By the Full Moon by Ink Circles.  36ct Tarnished Silver and Vikki Clayton fibers, same colors as Masquerade

During this challenge Ive started four more Ink Circles charts.  I must be smitten :)

It Sucks!

My New Vacuum!

Its an LG.  Has a Hepa filter, wand, magnetic hose and retractable cord (thats a nice bonus) and it SUCKS!!  I can say it was disgusting to see just how much my old (and non-sucking) vacuum did not clean.

I was easily talked out of the Eureka AirSpeed by D.  He didnt like the fact that the only place you can get it was Walmart.

 

 

Movies - I love watching Pride & Prejudice, the one with Keira Knightly as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy.  Dame Judy Dench plays a wonderful Lady Catherine – the person you just have to hate.

I do have to admit, Ive never read the book and now I want to read Pride & Prejudice & Zombies after listening to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

New project start

Found Denise’s version of La-D-Da’s Pumpkins Three and just had to do something similar.  So I went and got the stuff to get started! 

40ct Weeks Havana with GAST Cherry Bark (border) and Harvest Moon for the pumpkins.  DL helped with the floss toss but after stitching a few lines on the first pumpkin I may add Weeks Carrot for parts of pumpkin as well, finding the Harvest Moon hiding a bit in the Havana color.

Its my first 40ct project and so far so good.  After stitching a while and taking the pics, Harvest Moon is growing on me.

Well, Im off to watch the season ender to Haven :o)

Edit:  I had originally had Denise’s new niece as the person I got the coloring idea from on Pumpkins Three

Its one of those days

Its a bunch of pondering and rambling thoughts today…

Free?  Ok people. There are time where putting furniture that should have been put down three life-times ago just should not be placed at the curb (or edge on lawn in this case) with a free sign on it.  I have a neighbor with such a “piece”.  This one is so bad I cant think of anyone who would actually take it to really use (large tape on one arm and along the side to keep stuffing in and I dont think it could be sat on without falling through).  Im waiting for someone (more like a group of someones) to dismantle and string it all over the street.

Im playing with new makeup thx to D. He liked the 'new' smoky eyes portrayed by Drew Barrymore in Cover Girl commercials so I went out and got some.  Its always fun to play around with make-up, be someone different for a bit or find a new way of coloring the face.

Finally finished watching "Bounty Hunter" with Gerard Butler (yumm) and Jennifer Aniston.  My rating?  Meh.  Yes there were some funny parts but it was a lackluster film.  Of course I basically watched it for Gerard (yum again!) and suppose I could watch it again, muted :P

Finally tried pretzel M&Ms, Oh My what a wonderful sweet/salty snack those are!

So ready for summer to END!!  The dog days of august are truly barking loud as temps soar in pdx not to mention how crazy they seem to vary. Yesterday was in the high 70s today and tomorrow are in the 90s and we finish off the week supposedly back low 70s and rainy!  MAX is barely able to keep up with the demands (ac is on but so far heat from outside and from the press of bodies crammed in for the rush home is winning).

I can't wait for the school year to start back up so I'm not stuck in the evening rush.

I would/could have gone on but the train ride is only so long (lol).  No stitching to share today, not able to on the train and lunch was quick.  Tonight I just vegged until I got a call of help from work (darn servers and their need for 5 sec naps!)

So Im off to bed to prepare the noggin for a fun filled Wed.