Word's fastest apron

Here is the fastest apron I ever made. It was also a ton of fun! If you are interested, here is the tutorial. It isn't a very practical apron, but at least it looks cute.

A Thanksgiving Present From Me to You

Whatever you happen to be doing this busy Tuesday before Thanksgiving, take a moment to grab yourself some hot cocoa, a good book, and click this link to download some free (legal) music. Amazon is giving away $3 worth of mp3s. I know, go ahead and celebrate. Even though we aren't quite to Thanksgiving yet, feel free to download your favorite Christmas songs. Don't worry, I won't tell any grinches.


In other news: Only 1 hour and 44 minutes until I am officially on holiday! I won't have to come back to work for almost 2 whole weeks. Hip, hip...

Good Question

Here is an interesting article that asks the questions we've all been thinking about: Has the TSA ever actually caught a terrorist? As I prepare to travel, I've been pondering airport security a lot. If faced with the decision of either having to go through a full body screener or getting patted down, what should I choose? The way I see it, I have two basic options:

1. Contribute to the porn industry
2. Get groped

Hmm...neither sound very pleasant to me. Wow, I can't believe I'm actually going to post the above on the internet. How inapprop. But then I suppose that the TSA is committing these indecent acts in public and so there is no use pretending that it isn't happening.

I think I'll go with option 2. At least I won't have to worry about where my full body scan pictures are going to end up.

The Ridiculousness That Is Called Lindsey...

Enough, enough already about Christmas. We still have over a month. All of these Christmas posts got me thinking on just how ridiculous I am. Just in case that wasn't enough proof, here is some more:

• I've been waking up early in order to work on Christmas presents before I have to go to work. If you come down into my room around 7 am, you will find me working on Christmas presents, wrapped in a pink blanket, wearing my work clothes, and listening to Mozart's Requiem. Strange, I know.
• Yesterday, it rained and I didn't wear my rain boots. Today, rain was in the forecast so I thought I'd wear them. Guess what? It hasn't rained a single drop since I put them on.
• Last night I remember at 9 pm that I was going to make birthday cupcakes for a friend at work. Since I wanted to take a shower and get into bed by 10:30, I hurried to mix everything up. Whenever I cook in a hurry, I tend to leave out an ingredient or miss a step. Knowing this, I tried to look at the recipe every single time I added an ingredient. I successfully baked them and was rather happy to see that they at least looked pretty. This morning I slept in until the late hour of 6:45. One of my very first thoughts was that I had forgotten to add the chocolate chips. It was the last ingredient listed and somehow and I had just forgotten to put them into the batter. Bummer! I don't know how I managed to remember that early in the morning. I quickly jumped out of bed, got dressed, and ran upstairs to melt chocolate chips. I then drizzled the chocolate on top of the cupcakes. I think they turned out decently. Here is the recipe if you're interested.

I hope you enjoy the recollection of my blonde antics almost as much as me.

More presents

Recently, I've been frantically wracking my brain trying to think up Christmas presents for my boyfriend's family. It is one of those weird situations where they aren't really family, and while I like them a lot, I just don't know them that well. So what do I do? I've slowly been collecting ideas: personalized stationary (from Etsy), food (who doesn't like to eat), etc., My latest and greatest, most brilliantest idea is to get them a magazine subscription. While it would be admittedly weird to get everybody a magazine subscription, it definitely fits the bill for someone who is hard to shop for. You could get Taste of Home, Bon Appetit, Martha Stewart Food for the foodie among you. You could get Wired, Sports Illustrated or Popular Mechanics. There are all sorts of options for women, men, children, crafters, sports junkies, families, animal lovers, fitness freaks, etc. The other great part about magazines is that it is the gift that keeps on giving. The recipient can look forward to receiving a new issue every month/week.

Just in case any of you are wondering, I would pick anything Martha Stewart, Time Magazine, and pretty much anything involving food or crafts.

Speaking of Christmas presents...

What do I want for Christmas? In the past two days, I've had at least 3 people ask me what I want for Christmas. I'm not really sure what to tell them. The only thing that I really want is a rotary fabric cutter and a board to go with it. Other than that, I can only think of really random things:

• Black picture frames (in specific sizes)
• Random crafting supplies or gift cards to buy fabric and stuff
• I could probably think up a couple of books that I want if I had to
• Enough sets of Spode's Blue Italian dishware to feed at least 8 (ha, like that is ever going to happen)

So tell me, what do I want for Christmas?

Christmas draws near...

During my lunch break, I was talking to Aaron about Christmas presents when I suddenly realized that I was sitting in the sun wearing only a skirt and a t-shirt and I was perfectly warm. It is at least 70 degrees outside today. Oh, the irony.

Well, if the warm weather has you demotivated, take a look at the tutorial for this sign:

Me luves it.

This one is also just way too cute. Make it and I'm sure somebody will love you for it!

Weekend Recap:

Here is a quick weekend recap:
Friday: Made homemade pizza. Not my best work ever, but still tasty.
Saturday: Tidied my room, mopped the hallway, cleaned doors, etc. Also had a bonfire (first one of the year!) which Aaron cleverly turned into a cheese party. He surprised me by having everyone bring cheese. The only problem was that I was still really full from dinner, but I managed to still all the cheeses! This was the first time I've really gotten to eat cheese since returning to Kentucky. Delish! I would definitely repeat the experience. '
Sunday: The pastor preached an excellent sermon on singing basing it off of Isaiah! My favorite verse was: "Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation." - Isaiah 12:2 It is strange to think of God being a song, but I like it.
On Sunday, I also ate more cheese, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, and then Aaron made me hot chocolate using whole milk, half and half and a chocolate covered peppermint stick. So good, so full. Excuse me while I go running...

Scary Little Girls

Be warned: Stay away from little girls. They are scary little creatures.

Currently, Jubilee (4 years) has decided to become the world's pickiest eater. She doesn't like the thought of killing animals and so she refuses to eat meat especially chicken. Every night at dinner we get to listen to the melodious sounds of "Is this chicken? I don't like eating chicken!" A normal sized dinner for her would be 1 tablespoon of peas, 2 tablespoons of potatoes and maybe two minuscule forced bites of chicken. About 3 of her sized bites equals one normal sized bite. What a bizarre child. She must be eating a lot for lunch and breakfast or else she will soon look like a famine victim.

Bella (2 years) has become a little tyrant. I recently overheard her angrily yell, "You're fired, Ju!" So loving, so sweet.

Holiday Season = Time for Presents!

Where are you spending the holiday season?

I know right where I'll be. Check out the Sew, Mama, Sew blog. Every day they post new tutorials, new gift ideas, and new giveaways. They all look fantastic. What great inspiration!

Right now I'm working on my one time consuming homemade present. I can't wait to get it done because I have so many other presents just itching to be made. Over the next 90 days, I'll try and post links to some tutorials.

I absolutely love this fabric message board:

The frame totally makes it. If you're feeling inspired, get more information here.