This whole quilting thing maybe wasn't such a good idea after all. I have so much respect for the people who are good at this because I am very clearly not. And I haven't even gotten to the sewing part yet. I figured any idiot can cut squares of fabric, but apparently not this idiot. I have my cutting board and ruler and rotary cutter, and I've ( Read more... )

Have you ever done something so stupid that you want to punch yourself in the face? That's me right now.

The lady who lives next door came over earlier to ask me to turn my music down. She said she could hear the bass through the wall I share with her. Oops.

I apologized profusely, and she was a lot cooler about it than others might have been. I really had no idea it was quite that bad. I don't make a habit of cranking up the stereo -- just once or ( Read more... )

When my grandmother died last fall, I got her sewing machine. I've done some beginner projects to get the hang of using it -- a zippered pouch and a couple envelope pillowcases. Those turned out pretty well, so I decided to tackle something a little more involved: a quilt. It's going to be a simple block design because I'm not ready yet for ( Read more... )

It's not the best picture, but this is my new friend:


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I changed my computer wallpaper today. For the first time in more than six years ( Read more... )

So, I have this friend I met at work a few years ago. He's since quit and moved out of the area, but we get together every once in a while for lunch. At one point, he asked me out. I said I just wanted to be friends, and that was the end of that. Until yesterday ( Read more... )

Oh, God, please someone make me stop playing 2048: Chris Evans Edition.

One of the things I've always loved the most about living alone is being able to turn the music up and sing at the top of my lungs. All by myself, there's no one to complain about my caterwauling or awful taste in karaoke choice.

Haircuts are both awesome and depressing in nearly equal measure. Awesome because damn, I look good. Depressing because I know I'm never going to get my hair to look that great again. I was tempted to walk around the mall or something, just so other people could see it.

Anyway, today was the first time in more than three years I've cut my hair. No ( Read more... )