My first box and the embroidery I have been working on

I have finally finished ONE of my towels for my new apartment. Hoorah! At work, I have been getting lots of hours (ka-ching)! When I get home, I usually dont pick up a needle, you all know how strenuous embroidering is! lol.

The next and last step is to add the red pom pom trim and lace along the bottom. It will look AMAZING in my kitchen!!

Packing has started, this usually brings all sorts of sad things to my brain, but since I am moving HOME to east Texas I have a spring in my step. While packing up crafty things I discovered I have almost 30 embroidery hoops! WOOT!.

The first box packed and taped is Kitchen Stuff. LAA!!!
Working on the rest of my napkins which will be a little anthro inspired so look forward to that mess!

What I get paid to do.

in addition to building the best Lincoln Logs cabins you have ever seen, I get to watch such cinematic masterpieces as Aladdin, Cars, Cinderella, Pinocchio and Mulan. Oh, and I get all the fresh popcorn I can stand. Plus I am continually experimenting with Lemon-aid, Sprite and fruit punch... delicious and refreshing!
Probly the best thing that comes with my job is FREE MOVIES! I have lots of free passes so if you find yourself near Southlake, give me a shout!

My empty apartment!

Its all signed and paid for! Got the keys and everything! SOOO excited. This may be the first time I have ever been excited to pack up and start a new life. Well, every time we have moved to or in Van have been happy times. Took these with my phone and there is no light so...

Stove, oven, you may have seen one of these before.

Sink, counter tops DISHWASHER! This is where my cute glass sugar/flour canisters will go! :)

Living room from kitchen.

Caught Shannon in the dinning area. :) I want a tall drop leaf table to save space.

Kitchen from living room. Alan just barely clears the hanging light.

Storage above the fridge and stove. I think I will add some scrapbook paper or fabric to emphasize my red and aqua fetish.

well thats all I got for now.

What's up with Lee Lee lately

Who would buy this first of all? (shudder) It was staring at me at Garden Ridge.

Today the odometer in The Phaeton rolled over to 200,000! We went and checked out my soon to be apartment! SOOO excited!

Shannabee and I invested in some chocolatey face mask stuff that has to be refrigerated. Long story short, I broke out. :(

Found these at Barnes & Noble! Dairy free cookies! Makes my innerds happy!

Peach Crumb Cobbler soo Easy

Thank you Bakerella for this bit of yum. I just have to let you know about it. Just made it, love it, will dream about it tonight. I'm telling you dear reader EASY PEASY!

1-Pour 2 cans of peaches in baking dish

2-Dump 1 box of cake mix on top

3-Distribute a chopped up stick of butter on top of that

4-Sprinkle 1 cup of brown sugar to finish it off (you can add chopped pecans here if you wish, my wee little sister despises the stuff)

Bake 350 for 40-45 min! Thats it!

Fun-day Monday with Shannabe

Since I started my new part time job at a local movie theatre I work mostly weekends. So Monday was the start of my weekend. Shannon and I first stopped at the new Boba Tea place so she could try a bubble tea... this is what she got... a cup of...?

She was NOT a fan of the chewy, slimy, tapioca pearls that lurk at the bottom waiting to be sucked up thru the huge straw. I wonder how often people choke on them?

Well after that we went to the North East mall in Hurst. Macy's was having some great Memorial Day sales and I snagged me this set of Martha Stewart red and aqua colanders!!

Before leaving we saw Pirates 4 which was really good. We theorized about the next Pirates movie on the car ride to North Park Center (all our malls are from the north apparently). Right across the highway from North Park is Home Goods... my new best retail friend. I got a red polka dot baking dish I have had my eye on for a long time (it was originally $20 and I got it for $8!).

After that where else but Half Price Books where everything was 20% off... yes!

A great start to my weekend I must say. Now I am going to finish some embroidery and watch Little House.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that...

...a single woman in possession of a crafty brain must be in want of a Big Shot die cutter! And now I HAVE ONE!! Complete with different templates and all kinds of stuff I am going to spend the weekend learning what the heck they do!

East Texas is a magic land. It has been my true home since 8th grade. (count your blessings, I just deleted a huge paragraph comparing Van to Hogwarts, it was a good one but I'll save it for another time!) ;)

Part of it's magic is a small group of women who have nurtured my quest to becoming an independent crafter. Thanks to them I have a great book on embroidery stitches, a book of sewing patterns for one yard of fabric, my Bernina (whom I think I am going to call Hera {queen of the gods, demands respect, treat her bad and you have a huge mess on your hands, I thought it fit}). And the newest member to my crafty family is the Big Shot! SQUEEE!

They know me so well and see the path I want to go down with my craftiness. So... BEYOND ready to move back home and plug into the community again. THANK YOU ladies!