We jump for fun!

My apologies for the lateness of the sharing. Here is our third jump! Whoo-hoo! Sadly as evidenced by the wonkiness of the picture the camera is really and truly petering out. The batteries ar not holding their charge and the discs are malfunctioning more than ever. I may just have to settle of a less expensive camera. Unless of course you all go buy a bunny or something...

So, after a laughable epsisode and mini pity party I think I have really figured out what it is I want to do. Grown-up, lifewise. I'm not sure about the hows and I really need to figure out how to do away with the distractions but I want to try my hand at this idea I've been kicking around for a couple of years now. It will be part crafty, part scrumdilly-do and part shop. I think it is time for the super list. I'll let you know more about it when I figure it out. I think all this technical internet and computer stuff is holding me back. I'm clueless about how to obtain a site and domain blahblahblah. Any ideas, hints and encouragment will be more than welcome. I can trade lavender shortbread for help...anyone?

Today I will craft and clean and visit. Hope your day is just swell!

I'm in a cooking kind of mood...

Or rather I WANT to be in a cooking kind of mood...

I've been working on an essay for class that we are supposed to actually write IN class but I want to be prepared, ya know? So, instead of actually doing what I should be doing, I'm dreaming of eating lovely things and it being the day after Johnny Appleseed Day I thought apples would be a good theme. In fact, I think I am going to bake some apple cupcakes. Doesn't that sound lovely? Oooh, I wish I had an apple corer. I have an awesome thing I make. Or, rather adapt. My brother makes this amazing spicey candied pecan salad with green apples, dried cherries & red onion. I once had too much of the other stuff and no lettuce so I made a yummy stuffed apple and I will write down what I did and encourage you to TRY THIS! It is extra special yummy!

What you need:

*crisp Granny Smith apples
*chopped red onion
*stinky stilton cheese
*spiced candies pecans
**i sautee mine in butter with 1/4 c sugar and a lotta sprinkles of cayenne!

Mix all but the apples in a small bowl. Core your apples and stuff them with the yumminess. Slice and enjoy with a slice of crusty bread some minted fizz water. Exquisite!

Okay, back to writing and some baking! Happy Tuesday!

The Week in Review: March 5-March 11

I'm not exactly sure if it was a busy week or not. I'm getting into my new school schedule which is completely different than the last two years. Yikes! I'm kinda all over the place! We've paired down and sold the Husbandman's car so have switched around a few other things but all is working out fine. Other than school I crafted a bit and got to visit with out of town friends. Mr. A-go-go got sick so the weekend was spent puttering about the casa. We wonked up a "birdbath" in the garden using a plastic plate and some wire. I hope the birdies get a kick out of it. The garden is starting to grow some more green and the part that cracks me up most is the rogue lettuce growing like a weed in all kinds of funky places. It is growing much better than the stuff we planted! Have you ever seen a seeded lettuce? The seeds look like dandelion fluff! No wonder the stuff is everywhere!

Oh, I almost forget! Other than crafting, schooling & visiting we headed out to Hollywood Blvd on Friday to cheer on Mr. Rodney Bingenheimer as he received his star on the walk of fame. Oodles of rockers and icons were there! Th Donnas & The Bangles and Richard Blade of course. I would have gotten better pictures if not for all the darn tourist snap snap snapping away...they didn't even know who he was! Grrr! Rodney & I go way back! Twenty-one years in fact when he decided to try and court me. And yes, I was very young and yes, it was creepy but it was Rodney and I adore him! I am glad he got his star, it's about time! So many other Hollywood celebs get stars without ever being true people of Hollywood or Hollywierd as Rodney would say. Rodney is such an icon of the Hollywood music scene. Check out Mayor of the Sunset Strip if ya like. It paints him in quite a sad sad picture and I think they could have done a much better job.

I'm a winner!

February was a month of good luck and contest wins! First I won this adorable dollie from Cheryl of Lily's Rooster. Isn't she smashing? Then I won a signed poster from my favorite L.A. musician Mr. Bob Forrest who I think is a true legend. His songs and lyrics are just so honest and through all kinds o' muck and crap he kept singing. He has had some nifty highs and some god awful lows and he still sings. Thanks Bob, we love you for it! Nify wins I think! If only I could have one a Trader Joe's giftcard! Shoot! I enter every shopping trip but so far I haven't been lucky enough for it. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

It is a nicely warm day outside and they expect it to be around 90 tomorrow. With me still not at 100 percent and the Husbandman now sick methinks we will be taking it easy. Mayhaps we will hit Scoops for some chocolate & guiness ice cream...happy weekend!

Photobooth Friday: X-ray Specs & Wig Action

We hit the Edendale Grill (well, acutally the Mixville Bar) for our second anniversary photobooth strip. We had wigs and scarves and backdrops and of course some nifty eyewear. Three strips were taken here is my favorite from the set...

Check out the sidebar for more booth-o-rama! Happy Friday folks!

Feelings...

Nothing more than feelings...eegads, now THAT song is stuck in my head but I suppose it is oodles better than the darn Pussycat Dolls. Crikey but they bug me!

I had a bad bout of brain yesterday. You know how there is a mini avalanche of emotion and your worries and stress just topple all over you? I was reading good things about friends and suddenly felt so lonely, left out and sad. Happy for them, definitely but oh so melancholy. I sat at the computer fully involved in a snort sniffling weepy moment. The kind that includes hiccupus, moans and a lot of sniffley snot. Many tissues were used and mascara wound its way down my cheeks. Hours later I was exhausted. My eyes were tired and I still felt sad. Lucky me to be sitting in an english class deconstructing a "humorous" passage about the Iraq war. It is no wonder I didn't feel like laughing and yet the ick crept in way before the class started. It hung around all day and only passed after the Husbandman pestered me into smiling. Thank you scooty, it was a big help!

today I must must must finish a bunny for the shop...and my eyes are still sore. sheesh! Onto something a bit more cheery. Check out the fortune cookie I wrapped up for the Husbandman. The second anniversary is Cotton or China. Here is my interpretation of the China Anniversary: