whoo-hoo! i do love me some mixtape even when i do not have something napping between the covers..though just so ya know, to be fair and all, i DO have something napping in this issue but i won't tell you what it is, you'll just have to pick up a copy and see for yourself. also included in issue 11 is a nifty coloring page by aunty cookie, a coin quilt tutorial by Suzy Small, and a fun piece on the crafty stash as written by Nicol Vaughan of craftpalooza. check it out!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
mixtape 11 out now!
whoo-hoo! i do love me some mixtape even when i do not have something napping between the covers..though just so ya know, to be fair and all, i DO have something napping in this issue but i won't tell you what it is, you'll just have to pick up a copy and see for yourself. also included in issue 11 is a nifty coloring page by aunty cookie, a coin quilt tutorial by Suzy Small, and a fun piece on the crafty stash as written by Nicol Vaughan of craftpalooza. check it out!
Monday, November 23, 2009
the week in review: nov 16-22
home, home, dentist, vet, errands, laundry, holiday shopping & crafting...
Friday, November 20, 2009
mojave campout day 2: dunes, lunch & a depot
the wind was so crazy cold and um...windy that we didn't head out at the crack of dawn as planned. instead we burrowed under the covers and braced ourselves against them crazy gusts.
we finally dragged ourselves up around 6:30 (what? to us, the crack of dawn is 4:30) wrapped ourselves up in coats, hats, scarves & gloves and hit the road.
our first official stop was the kelso dunes. we brought along some costume fun and took a few pics. what. you don't hike around sand dunes with enormous lime green halloween costumes?
truthfully, we didn't make it up the big dune as all that jumping and such kicked my politely in the bum and made me fall down. stupid asthma.
after the dunes, we drove and drove and drove to the kelso depot where we wandered about their visitor center and did NOT take pics IN the jail. (only OF the jail).
sometime before or after that we lunched on the side of mojave road. we nestled in on a few of the larger rocks of an ancient lava bed and lunched on frou-frou-ish smoked salmon & crusty bread. we a-go-go like the high life.
then more wandering. we saw the boarded up mojave cross and some enormous rocks...
drove through the largest collection of joshua trees in the u.s.
stopped for gas in Baker, and then found an abandoned house followed by 16 miles on a washboard dirt road in our non-4 wheel drive box of a car. poor rodney! but i did see a desert cow..whoo-hoo!
when we got back to camp we were greeted by our campmates and settled in for a cold and windy desert night around the fire.
we finally dragged ourselves up around 6:30 (what? to us, the crack of dawn is 4:30) wrapped ourselves up in coats, hats, scarves & gloves and hit the road.
our first official stop was the kelso dunes. we brought along some costume fun and took a few pics. what. you don't hike around sand dunes with enormous lime green halloween costumes?
truthfully, we didn't make it up the big dune as all that jumping and such kicked my politely in the bum and made me fall down. stupid asthma.
after the dunes, we drove and drove and drove to the kelso depot where we wandered about their visitor center and did NOT take pics IN the jail. (only OF the jail).
sometime before or after that we lunched on the side of mojave road. we nestled in on a few of the larger rocks of an ancient lava bed and lunched on frou-frou-ish smoked salmon & crusty bread. we a-go-go like the high life.
then more wandering. we saw the boarded up mojave cross and some enormous rocks...
drove through the largest collection of joshua trees in the u.s.
stopped for gas in Baker, and then found an abandoned house followed by 16 miles on a washboard dirt road in our non-4 wheel drive box of a car. poor rodney! but i did see a desert cow..whoo-hoo!
when we got back to camp we were greeted by our campmates and settled in for a cold and windy desert night around the fire.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
mojave campout day 1: a surprise detour
mr. a-go-go had a plan for me so i took the first leg of the drive. we were heading up to the National Mojave Preserves and for the most part, our drive would be pretty ho-hum...after a couple of hours i exited the freeway. as i drove closer and closer to our secret destination, i attempted to guess where we were going or what we were going to see...a chicken museum? the largest roller skate ever? a mystery spot? mr. a-go-go hollered for me to stop guessing and then i saw it...
oh my goodness! yay and double yay! i have always wanted to see a tee-pee motel and now i get to. yet another reason to adore mr. a-go-go. we pull into the wig-wam motel and are greeted by Kumar who shuffles out of the pool area (there's a pool!) with a phone in each hand pretending to shoot me with asteroid-like sound effects. i do my glee-ful jek dance and proceed to jump up and down begging to take pictures and he says he will give us a tour.
and so he did. he even opened up one of the rooms for us to peek inside and offered us up a bite of a fabulously spicey indian (as in india, not native american) bread thing.
after we posed for his >"do it in a tee-pee" sign shot, we scout out a spot to jump and our trust tour guide takes the shot for us.
i then wander all about snapping myself into a frenzy. i can't wait to come back and do a crafty get together or something. anyone up for it?
The WigWam Motel
2728 W. Foothill Blvd
San Bernadino, Ca
92410
909-875-3005
oh my goodness! yay and double yay! i have always wanted to see a tee-pee motel and now i get to. yet another reason to adore mr. a-go-go. we pull into the wig-wam motel and are greeted by Kumar who shuffles out of the pool area (there's a pool!) with a phone in each hand pretending to shoot me with asteroid-like sound effects. i do my glee-ful jek dance and proceed to jump up and down begging to take pictures and he says he will give us a tour.
and so he did. he even opened up one of the rooms for us to peek inside and offered us up a bite of a fabulously spicey indian (as in india, not native american) bread thing.
after we posed for his >"do it in a tee-pee" sign shot, we scout out a spot to jump and our trust tour guide takes the shot for us.
i then wander all about snapping myself into a frenzy. i can't wait to come back and do a crafty get together or something. anyone up for it?
The WigWam Motel2728 W. Foothill Blvd
San Bernadino, Ca
92410
909-875-3005
mojave campout: before we left
usually we leave super duper early but this time we decided to leave just past morning rush hour. we had plenty of time to noodle about the casa. we ate breakfast even and while mr. a-go-go packed up the car, i left post-it instructions for the witch-baby and such...i may have gone a little overboard but post-it notes can be fun and as it turns out...our witch-baby feeders had a blast with them!
there were many more but i won't bore ya with the details...
there were many more but i won't bore ya with the details...
Monday, November 16, 2009
the week in review: nov 9-15
a little cleaning here and a little camping there...click here for more about the week...
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