So even though I'm not artistically gifted at all, lately I have been inspired by Tasha to at least try. So I tried. :)
I like Leona Naess. I haven't listened to her since like, early high school, but she came up on my Pandora the other day and I liked her album art. And I thought, y'know, I could do that.
So don't judge me. But I kinda like it, considering I used Dollar Store supples.
I can't decide if I like it better vertical or horizontal. Also, I think I would like to copy the idea of having a word or something on it in rhinestones or sequins, but I haven't thought of the perfect word.
Anyways, the canvas came in a two pack, so you'd better believe that there's another one coming. I have no idea what it will look like, but it'll be just as awesome as this.
By the way...I've been listening to a 90s station on Pandora. It's been really fun. I highly recommend it if you're in the mood to sing.
Last Saturday was a big chore day for Scott and I. We took a bunch of old stuff to the dump and then spent most of the day at a car dealership haggling over the trade-in value of the Vue. SCREW THEM! We like our Vue too much to trade in anyways. ;)
Scott was pretty depressed after the dealership. We decided to stop by the local DI. I LOVE DI.
We originally went in looking for some old curtains so I could make a divider of sorts, seperating the downstairs "bedroom" from the "food storage room" part. We couldn't find any matching sheets. :(
I was then disappointed a SECOND time when I saw one of the workers putting an SNES back into the glass case. No, that wasn't the disappointing part. Guess what else? It was $5. That's it. I was like...ISCH MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However, I decided it probably wasn't worth it. It didn't come with any cables, so we couldn't plug it in. No power. No controllers. No games. Just the box. I told Scott we'd look online and see if we could find anything.
Scott then decided he wanted to go check out the yard stuff. However, to get to that section, we had to walk past the womens' shoes.
GOLDMINE!!!
I don't know if you can tell Sheen, but these are the gray tights you got me. :D
I was pretty excited. Like, freaking out excited. $4 each? Heck YES. Thank goodness I've been babysitting so I could pay for them myself, since Scott wasn't near as excited as he should have been. :P
We walked into the yard section, and what did Scott get excited about?
...a rocking chair.
No, we're not pregnant (or even thinking about it yet), but he was pretty excited that it was only $10. I sat on it while he wandered around (looking for who knows what), and then my eyes fell on this beauty...
I think my smile and eyes were even bigger than that when I first saw my beloved Tenderheart. I seriously almost pee'd my pants. This was my teddy bear when I was little. Well, I felt like it was mine. I re-connected with it as a pre-teen when Care Bears were totally cool again and I could get t-shirts and things from Hot Topic.
But when I saw this giant Care Bear of goodness I thought, could my daughter someday loved this bear like I did? yes. So I purchased it. Scott was just like, what the heck? I couldn't say no. This was the best day I'd had at DI in forever! I found two adorable pairs of shoes, and a giant Tenderheart. I was on cloud nine.
I kept getting weird looks in the checkout line, though. Psssssssssh. They just don't know the glory of Care Bears. Scott tried trading this older lady--the Care Bear for her belt. No way, man. Not gonna happen.
They gave me Tender Heart for $4. :D My life is complete.
Just in case you are now feeling a little reminiscent...
p.s. Guess what we found at the Dollar Store? (It's prolly my second favorite store.) Can you say random??
A few months ago, Scott and I were browsing through the boardgames at our local DI. When we saw Cranium, we totally jumped on that and bought it for like, two bucks. It was a sweeeeeeeeeet deal, since that's one of my FAVS.
When we got home and opened it up, we found out why it was DI'd...no game pieces, no timer, no clay...but the board and cards were there, so we called it good!
We used a bottle of glasses cleaner for our game piece. It was handy.
Last night we decided to do something different from our usual evening (Psych/Mad About You/Super Mario Bros Wii) and actually DO something together. Scott went to our boardgames and after I pretty much "no"d everything on the list, we decided to play Cranium.
SO MUCH FUN.
Sculptorade: gun
Scott's Sensosketch (drawing with your eyes closed): Can you tell what it is?
A flyswatter! :D
Emily's Cloodle (drawing, like Pictionary): Your hint is that it's a person.
Scott got it!
SPRING CHICKEN!!
p.s. I do feel bad about drawing over his flyswatter, lol.
Scott's Cloodle: Your hint is it's a person.
I got it from the face on the right. Not the left. He uh...got his artists confused. ;)
PICASSO!
Tee....who did the one on the left?? We couldn't remember.
Emily's sculptorade: Your hint is it's a thing.
I made a tent too so that Scott could tell it was a sleepingbag.
I actually got this card. HAH! ANY of my 6th graders could give you the right answer.
And the answer is....
Mrs. Nyborg told us about the Greek thing. Cool, huh? The word oxymoron is, itself, an oxymoron.
huh.
Emily's Cloodle: Your hint is it's a plant.
Scott was like, that's one curvacious woman for a plant...!
But then he totally got it.
Give me a break...I don't really know what poison ivy looks like! This was all I got.
Emily's cameo. Like charades.
Except I can't die a silent death.
...there's just no fun in that.
Scott's humdinger (hum or whistle the song). Forgive me. I don't know the words, but my first instinct is obviously to sing along instead of come up with the title.
Anyways, we had a lot of fun with Cranium. We ended up just going through the cards for hours. I should've recorded videos of Scott trying to do some gnilleps (spelling backwards without writing it down). He got a BUNCH of those...and they were all French words, lol. You all know how much Scott LOVES that French words always have several silent letters, right? Because it's so like German where everything is very phonetical. ;) He finally got "gourmet" correct. Félicitations, Scottie!
I love being married. I love having nights like this with Scott. We are so in love. <3
Ok I'm sorry. I am NOT the greatest at this sort of thing, but I gave it my best shot. :) Now we're only missing Jenny Doll! But she's out serving the Lord, and that makes me happy.
I can't see why Sister Rawlings disliked us so much. We were probably the smartest kids in class. Remember our mustache readers theater?? Yeah. We ROCKED. Haha. We were her favorites too I think.
We were AWESOME. Miss you girls tons!! You got me through literacy.
Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok. I have to rant a little about how NOT good I am at all this "blogger" stuff. I just don't GET IT. I try to follow the tutorials, but mine always looks crappier than the cute display ones. aklsjfklasflaksjf! I know it looks weird but I am so frustrated that I'm going to leave it like this. Blogspot can jump in a lake.
K.
I'm good.
Another year gone, and it's time to reminisce about my favorite songs from 2011.
I'm just a dork that loves music.
It's just fun for me to go through my iTunes and see which songs I listened to most. :)
I could have listed way more than 10 (especially since I just looooooooooooooooove some of these artists and they alone could have made a top 10 list), but these are the songs that made the cut.
Barry Louis Polisar-- "All I want is You"
Super cute. <3 Juno. I thought this animation was just adorable.
My sisters also made a totally rockin' video to this song. Check it out!
teethyme.blogspot.com
"If you were a wink, I'd be a nod. If you were a seed, well I'd be a pod..."
Two Door Cinema Club-- "Something Good Can Work"
Such a feel-good song. I love to turn it up really loud and just jam.
"Let's make this happen girl, you gonna show the world that something good can work and it can work for you..."
Florence + The Machine-- "Dog Days are Over"
I found this song through Pandora and thought it was interesting. When I saw the music video was on sale at iTunes for $1.99, I just went for it.
The more I listen to it, the more I love it.
"Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back..."
Kina Grannis-- "In Your Arms"
This music video was one of the free iTunes "song of the week" things. I just think it's so cute!
I keep meaning to mention it to Emily T. because I think she'd like it, but I always forget.
And all those Jelly Bellys.... :D
"Follow me, we both know the way, it's always been the same..."
The Decemberists-- "This is Why We Fight"
You can never go wrong with The Decemberists. NEVER.
Scott's not much of a music person. Yeah, he likes it; this song's ok, that one's fine. He's more "meh" to everything.
But The Decemberists.
Every time a song of theirs comes up on my iPod he's like, "Hey, I really like this song! Who is it??"
Every time, without fail (so far), it's been The Decemberists.
Listen to all of their music.
LOVE IT.
"We will die with our arms unbound..."
Mindy Gledhill-- "All the Pennies"
I <3 Mindy. Tee introduced me to her, and I've been in love ever since. I would like to be her. She's a musician that I would be totally comfortable with letting my children listen to all of her stuff.
I could have picked a few of her songs to go on here, but this one has rung true with me this year. We're poor.
We had a leaky shower. It ruined our downstairs bathroom, lol. The water warped the wood in the wall and the bathroom door, so we couldn't shut it.
Ah, being newlyweds...
"All the sun in California weather could not make me love you any better..."
Elizabeth & the Catapult-- "Go Away My Lover"
Tasha introduced me to this band. When I found this cd at Borders when it was closing (and the album was like, $3), I couldn't say no.
This one became an "insta-fave."
"Go away my lover, cut these tethers free..."
Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros-- "Home"
Not my favorite recording, but you get to see how into it the band is. :)
So fun. Another feel-good song.
"Home is where ever I'm with you..."
Regina Spektor-- "The Calculation"
I just love the lyrics. Plus, it's Regina.
'Nuff said.
"Hey this fire, it's burnin' us up..."
Adele-- "Rolling in the Deep"
My love for Adele will never end. She is so talented. And I love this music video. I just rock out to this song.
EmJ will forever be one of my favorite-est people for introducing me to Adele long before she was popular. :)
"We could have had it all..."
I really, really, really, REALLY love music. More than anything. It brings joy to my heart. :D
I also have to throw this out there--My Chemical Romance gets a few honorable mentions. I loved their new album Danger Days. I loved like, the first 5 songs. They're all so great.
My Chemical Romance-- "The Only Hope for Me is You"
"Can I be the only hope for you? Because you're the only hope for me..."
