10 guilty pleasures & funny habits

after seeing elsie's cute and adorable and funny blog post with the same title i got the urge to do one for myself (and to finally get another blog post up). so here are some of mine:

1. microwaves!! it's pretty much the only way i know how to "cook" anything (although i have been making myself eggs lately... which must be done on the stove :]

2. i have an obsession with collecting things. it's not really ever the same thing all the time, just get addicted to one thing or another and collect it. examples: beanie babies, stuffed animals, movies, shoes, keychains, snowboarding hats, nancy drew books, sunglasses, dresses, blankets, boots, black clothing... i'm sure there are more. i collect collect collect and rarely ever get rid of them (hence the many boxes full of my junk in my mom's basement). although i did just get rid of a bunch of movies at a couple of garage sales this summer!! and made some money on them!!

and i have NO idea where i got this whole collection thing from... (sarcasm as my mom has endless amounts of giraffes...) :]

3. i cannot ever do anything that has the color combinations of green & red or green & yellow. green & red being christmas and this is only allowed for christmas related things :) and green and yellow being packers colors and we cannot do anything to help out the enemy :} (hence why there is blue font inbetween this red #3 and the green #1)

4. i really really dislike walking into anywhere where there will be a large group of people inside, especially when i've never been to the place before. large crowds of people are in-and-of-themselves scary and awkward enough on there own but then to have to be the first one to walk in and have everyone look at me is just not for me. (which also plays into my fear of having to sit in front of a whole bunch of people and be stared at, which i just conquered a bit by riding on the zamboni at the gopher's hockey game). this can be bad when a guy is trying to be nice and open a door for me; i will awkwardly stand there and ask them to go in first...

5. potato chips and french fries. or really any form of fried potatoes. or really just potatoes in general!!

6. sometimes when i'm nervous or in a nerve wracking situation i find myself pulling on and playing with my ear lobes. very random, i know, but i don't know where it stems from or why i do it but i do :)

7. i have to have my toe nails painted at all times (i feel naked if they are not painted) but hate my finger nails to be painted.

8. guilty pleasure movies: 10 things i hate about you, the object of my affection, romeo & juliet (with leo), uptown girls, mean girls, wild hearts can't be broken, tommy boy. if i'm in a bad mood or if they're on tv i will always watch them!!

9. jared allen!!! and kind of the minnesota vikings in general but i heart jared allen! i now have a purple jersey for him, a black jersey for him and a t-shirt with him on it!! :)

10. when i wear a ring i always switch it from one hand to the other through out the day. i only have large, cheap rings that only fit on my ring finger and they can get annoying on one hand or will turn my finger green so i switch them up. :) and sometimes when on my left hand causes people to say "congrats" ;)

just a lil tidbit

a facebook acquaintance of mine posted the following very helpful information :) i'll be sure to test it out next time...
Hung over? Choose asparagus. When South Korean researchers exposed a group of human liver cells to asparagus extract, it suppressed free radicals and more than doubled the activity of two enzymes that metabolize alcohol. That means you'll feel like yourself again twice as quickly.

2nd sew project

here is the second project i made for my sewing class. a drawstring gift bag with 2 fabrics.

it was a little time consuming, especially in the measuring and cutting departments but it's very cool and with some practice could become a quick project.

i've only done one more project after this one (which reminds me i still need to photograph it) and then i haven't kept up. but i figure i'll have plenty of time come winter and snow (and i'm hoping that comes soon, this humidity is no fun!!)

target field

in july, i finally got out to see our new outdoor baseball stadium for the minnesota twins!! not only is the stadium beautiful, but i got to take it in girl's night style with some of my softball buddies! it was a blast (although we did standing room only tickets in an effort to be cheap, and it was TOO much standing!!). we got to walk around and take in different angles of the stadium. and the twins won!!! great times!! oh and we got interviewed to be on japanese tv in tokyo.
the field/stadium truely is beautiful!!

my girlies and i!!!

sew sew

there are some very crafty ladies that have awesome blogs that i follow. (here and here) a while ago 2 of them posted about an online sewing class they were offering. i have really wanted to be able to sew well for as long as i remember and know how to do multiple things with a sewing machine. i pondered the class and decided against it. well, it just would not leave my head; i dreamed about the class and all i could accomplish after learning so many new things... then i say the last call for the class and decided i just needed to do it. i really really wanted to and i could do it at my own pace for up to a year.

so i signed up for the class, and began reading the beginning posts. i just kept getting more and more excited!!! after printing the supplies list, going through my current sewing objects and cutting coupons for joanne fabrics, i was ready to start stocking up and preparing to start. after 2 trips to joanne, some cleaning out of a craft closet, and reading over the beginning blog posts i finally began the first project tonight!!!

first up: cloth napkins (2 sided) here is my first one and i love it!! i still need to iron it and figure out how i'm going to close it. (the blog post calls for ric-rac or some kind of fancy edging but the ric rac was too expensive for my taste.) so i don't need to do the edging like the post calls for but i may do it any way...

polka dots and...

stripes!!!

i ended up making 3 tonight (thinking i'll eventually make either 4 or 8 total) but the cutting is what took the longest; having to measure the lengths and square up the corners... so perhaps i'll move on to the next project and come back for more at a later time.

a quick snap shot of my work station and tools. some off brand sewing machine and a cute little sewing cubby filled with a bunch of great and handy tools!!

to grandmother's house we go

for mother's day, my momma, aunt judie, cousin angi, aunt marlene and i went up to my grama's up north. i, unfortunately didn't take any pictures of the people i was up there with, but did get some cool shots of some of the old stuff at grama's along with the beautiful outdoors that is the north shore.

lake superior!!

beautiful rivers everywhere up there

birch trees are pretty much my favorite!!

baby's turn 1!!

well once again it's been a long time since a blog post but this one's a good one :) at the beginning of may the twins turned one!! i can't believe they're that old already. i hit up the dollar store for some supplies and threw them a small party. they enjoyed the balloons. until they popped. :) they are getting so big and like real little people.

birthday boy!!

birthday girl!!
someone's ticklish!! :)

such big blue eyes!

playin with balloons.