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Friday, December 08, 2006

FCXL: sneak peek

wrapping up the crafting here. feeling stressed with finishing touches and granny business. she's oky but we're still on edge. everytime the phone rings i tense up. ick. if yer in or near the los angeles area come check out Felt Club XL...

Thursday, December 07, 2006

get yer holiday shoppin' on!

Monday, December 04, 2006

the week in review: november 27-december 4

boy howdy have we been busy felt clubbin' it or what? i even strained my thumb cutting felt. it was a busy week of school chaos and evilness and felt club crafting. i like to work in a manic fluster of activity but artboy prefers to have it all planned out so this weekend wasn't without it's stresses.

we stitched and sewed and cut and frosted. we visited with granny and picked up a zillion boxes of animal crackers for my portland PSA presentation. for my geology class we have to do a public service announcement for a city and its (it's?) natural hazards and we chose portland, oregon and earthquakes. if that cascadian zone shifts, you folks are in for some trouble! and me being me, i didn't gel with the idea of a brochure...we're giving out cookies with the info you will need...in my head it looks quite spiffy but who knows if i can pull it off?

this week we have more stitching and such and i have finals next week so yeah, it is crazy and of course i decided to host ms. heidi from my paper crane and company for breakfast until they could check into their hotel room. i am so excited to meet such fabulously crafty ladies. SO EX CITE ED!

if you are in or near the los angeles area do not miss out on FELT CLUB XL! come check us out!

Saturday, December 02, 2006

swaporama rama

january's swaporama is up and the color theme is red & white! i am very excited about this theme, too many ideas. having all these ideas isn't really helpful as it is officially crunch time for FCXL...what was i thinking to wait so long to make anything? plus finals are coming up...yikes! i have decided to do one more semester before transfering to Pacific Oaks. there are some english classes i want to take. children's lit and creative non-fiction for starters. if i am going to be spending the bulk of my pacific oaks time writing, i better brush up on it!

ooh, good news for me at least, i have come up with the second part of one of my children's stories...it has taken me years for this story to develop as i can't just sit and write, i think about it and i recite what i have over and over and over again until the next part pops into my head and sometimes a brand spanking new character will speak to me...it is quite frazzling but i really want to fous on this more. focus being the key word.

time to hit the post office to send in a zillion packages! i hope it is still open today...happy saturday!

Friday, December 01, 2006

photobooth friday: bittersweet

Don't they just look dandy? My mom and dad met when she was 14 and he was 16. They married four years later. I remember my mamos telling me that my dad had to get permission from his mother to marry as he wasn't 21 years old. How funny in an odd sort of way. They were married in Pasadena, California. The chapel where they wed is just a shout from my school. It is still there. She designed her dress and all her bridesmaids' dresses and shocked the community when she picked a pregnant woman to be her matron of honor. They went to Disneyland for their honeymoon and then camping. She saved the receipt for groceries and it must have been almost a foot long while the total was under $10! They lived a fairly fairy tale life until life happened. The death of a sibling so very young, my mother's depression, my premature birth, mom's lupus diagnose and then the accidental death of a man at my father's hands all tumbled about one after the other. My father walked away taking my sister with him. I never saw him again (I was three) and work very hard at understanding my sister. So, when I look at this picture I can't help but feel sad. They are so happy here and they were happy for awhile. My dad's leaving so devastated my mother that she almost never recovered. She did, just barely, and for a few months she saw a light. A short few months. As sad as I feel, as angry as I can feel, I appreciate it, all the muck. For without any of the experiences I had as a result, I wouldn't be me. I wouldn't be jek.

Though sometimes I really wish I had been able to have had braces on my wonky teeth. Sigh.

more booth antics:

hula seventy
JesC
the whole self
LeSophie
acumamakiki
astray
jordis
Matt?!
woof nanny

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

socks, grades and college...oh my!

Sock Dreams rocks if I do say so myself. Even if some of the socks don't exactly gel with my gifted upper legs they still rock. Stripes are fun, knee socks are fun, stripey knee socks are double the fun. I highly recommend you get yourself a pair or two of sock dreams socks. I'm ordering some more today and a pair of sleeves!

My trauma over a poor grade in Cultural Anthropology is over, finally over! I met with the professor today and she realized her error and I walked away with a "B"! yippeee! The other coolest of the coolest things in jek's world today is I just found out I can transfer to Pacific Oaks in January! I thought I had 12 more units to take but I don't...I cannot belive it, I'm all anxious and giddy and weepy! Just two more years and I should have my degree! Hooray!

Well, seems like this next week is the busiest of the busiest. I have one more group presentation, 4 finals, my college application & essays to write plus Felt Club XL stuff to ahem make and all that jazz! It is a good thing that I play well with mania...if you are bored and need a giggle check out Xmas Troll by my pal cat...ridiculous? yes! But absolutely laughable! Happy almost December!

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