tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247459002024-03-07T19:08:37.329-08:00HurlyPurlyHer yarn is long and curly; her stitches are hurly-purly...Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-79120565307616554242008-01-15T13:30:00.001-08:002008-12-09T23:53:18.313-08:00Hello Shoes, Goodbye Blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEZPQ0JQguxm52w81e2zvna5ehlkYqvu2rfkdhX2IYvL2pGkoWk7vV3giijJEBQeT3NiJ5CsT9q8BoF9oiPYS5Jdjq9Rb0EBV-J3PvuD9XTDjmFtQ_FBP6CGLI58dgHSdUVb1/s1600-h/102_1230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155820968521763410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEZPQ0JQguxm52w81e2zvna5ehlkYqvu2rfkdhX2IYvL2pGkoWk7vV3giijJEBQeT3NiJ5CsT9q8BoF9oiPYS5Jdjq9Rb0EBV-J3PvuD9XTDjmFtQ_FBP6CGLI58dgHSdUVb1/s320/102_1230.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>After wearing about three pairs of shoes for the past month, I was blown away by the footwear I left in my dorm room closet over Christmas break. (I was standing in my roommate's closet when I took this picture..) What riches! My footwear runneth over! </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155820972816730722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewrS1xycd_YzgKV46y4_GoMrqwwtzG0wYhdvWzF9tRF2O4JTEue8DMYtAi2NHNurGDu8aMuKjd8ZWZGtSbhfWeqnzgDPEgNYMrdMwRamsW6RLndSbrTQPH5akYCwN8kqlC0vy/s320/102_1205.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>On a slightly more serious note, I have decided to take a break from blogging this semester (A break? I just had one..) I haven't been doing much (any) crafting anyway, and I want to spend more time studying, less time on the internet, and hopefully more time reading (for pleasure) as well..</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155820981406665330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bUYKYBhL9mRLVkC1eDerGRp3vmx7RQbQwcu4G5tgeae84equwPsM8r-QNlJLC18Swz4CCT8JoVz9orjzQeeYBthppgHreYxAKmwxlzrGqCdpGtkx_GX5sTI3c56Jm-zJPK_z/s320/102_1214.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><div>I want to send out a huge <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">THANK YOU!!!!!!!!</span></strong> to anyone who has ever commented on this blog; you have no idea how much that has meant to me!!!!! Seriously, seeing that I had a comment was always the highlight of my day. I'll definitely still be reading blogs, and maybe I'll start again one day.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Love you all!!!</div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;">xoxo</span></em>, </div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Betsy</span></strong></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-11249539325648273562007-12-14T08:56:00.000-08:002007-12-14T08:59:08.724-08:00I'm Going Home....To the place where I belong...<br /><br />Merry Christmas everybody!!!<br /><br />Love ya!<br /><br />And Happy New Year..If I don't see you before then..<br /><br />Be back January 15th!Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-80460005348236660352007-12-12T13:55:00.000-08:002007-12-12T13:58:05.255-08:00Bored out of my GourdThis is The. Longest. Week. Ever.!!!!<br />Oh my goodness, will it ever be over? <br />I am going crazy from studying and taking study breaks where I have nothing to do because for some reason this week, I cannot find any new blogs to read or books to look up on amazon.com...<br />Is it Friday at 10:00 yet??Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-74544679881548801242007-12-10T10:47:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:53:18.512-08:00So Darn Productive...<div>...I just don't know what to do with myself..</div>Two finals down, three to go, and one of those is a take-home final I've finished typing, just hafta proofread and print!!<br /><div></div><br /><div>Here's that little house I was telling you about..I was more than halfway through with it, and it was definitely cross-stitch, not embroidery, if that gives you any idea of how long it's been since I worked on it..</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142419412554312146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyTCcQP_8AmlorVbYE__D8zLnmd7tKM_iyu3kk8K9YNUvWxyQ2vMzffmCM3guPsuKG47907O6vb0PxGtCD8tLDpZzD-65oC5amxd5g1hJZBwrRMJbL-a8mumsSEZKrrbpoJ0o/s320/102_1085.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Red on white cross-stitch just makes me crazy! Love it! Not sure what I'm going to do with this yet..Doubt I can find a frame to fit it right..Christmas tree ornament, maybe??</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Also crazy is this weather..Tomorrow it's going to be 80 degrees! Christmas in Dixie, lemme tell ya..I'm wearing a t-shirt and flip-flops on my trip to C-ville and Target..On my list of things to make right along with Lucia is another <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/">Posie</a>-inspired project: Red puff paint on white candle..I'm all about all things Scandinavian-ish right now..</div><br /><div></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-3156971742715000212007-12-09T11:11:00.000-08:002007-12-09T11:26:59.867-08:00I miss making stuffI miss knitting. I just really have no desire or drive to knit anything right now. I taught myself how to knit 4 years ago this Christmas, but this semester I've been going through a dry spell. i month or so ago I started a ballband washcloth just to show that I still could knit, but I got through 2 repeats and I was over. it. A year ago I was popping off miters and warshrags and procrastinating myself to death, but this year. Nada. Part of it is that I seem to have no money to spend on yarn..If I was going to knit anything, I would want to make a bigger mitered square blanket or maybe a log cabin blanket with a bunch of squares I could mattress-stitch together. I do so love to mattress stitch. <br /><br />I haven't crocheted in the longest, either. I made squares and crocheted them together for my own little Babette (and by little, I mean Really Little), but I didn't like the way they were joined, and I didn't have the heart to take them apart. That was last July. <br /><br />I really want to make <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/">Santa Lucia dolls</a>. That may be my first craft project when I go home next Friday. If I get a lot of stuff done today and tomorrow, I'm going to take a mini-road trip Tuesday to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.target.com">Tarjay</a> (one of my favorite places)and the Hobby Lobby, too. It's about 45 minutes away..and I'm doubtful about finding the doll pins and head beads that would fit together in my Wal-mart..<br /><br />I did embroider half a house from my Japanese magazines I got earlier this semester..It's now buried in a stack of about ten magazines beside my bed..Seriously, I think I might have a magazine problem..I haven't worked on the house much because I need really really good light, so it's really not conducive to watching movies, which is how we chillax around these parts..<br /><br />So yeah..I'm sorta in a not-so-chipper mood this afternoon..I've been around a person or two far too much this weekend..but in a week, I'll be home for a month, and I can get reenergized and refreshed and hopefully I'll make something, because I miss my friend! (Come on, who knows that song?)Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-16488906609748145932007-12-07T13:55:00.000-08:002007-12-07T13:56:54.474-08:00SevenI have hit the proverbial brick wall.<br />I feel like I have hit the literal brick wall.<br /><br />One week!<br /><br />Time to start jumping over walls..Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-16969171196562308272007-12-03T18:08:00.001-08:002008-12-09T23:53:18.610-08:00Note to Self<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKAmpTR0xcYJlVeyxX-7Q1NNFuuqhJktHp_KNxg4Q66tXSbgvEPI4oTHwg6gb-719CHh3m24a2UAH0Wv6P1fj7CbuwpalaAsrgo8jq8TLoVBD0rXhiyPYCHHjFBMx7Ok0At2h/s1600-r/102_1071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139936947227027906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBOTCGRAMNwHa2B86m5VyTEL8rvEE42eBSGaBTMqhaVy2g5rfnd8FTYH-FDZNJomLqIx9jvZAYa4XJqCHE15fOEFitraY_iBWlI9KePXPMxjB1h22_AhXOA8-nv0aQZAoAfi7/s320/102_1071.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>Betsy-Do not open until Thanksgiving Wednesday, 2005.</em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div><em>November 21, 2001</em></div><br /><div><em>Betsy, </em></div><br /><div><em>I just thought I'd write myself a little note. How are you? How's everyone?</em></div><br /><div><em>Our house is coming along good. We hope to be in it by Christmas. I can't wait!</em></div><br /><div><em>So how did the band's festival season go? Are you drum major? I hope so, or at least leadership! Keep flutie traditions running! I am a C-I am a C-H...</em></div><br /><div><em>I'm trying out for District and All-State Band two Saturdays from now. Wish me luck!</em></div><br /><div><em>Well, I need to go practice piano. Are you still in piano? I hope so. Is Sara?</em></div><br /><div><em>Gotta go, </em></div><br /><div><em>Love, </em></div><br /><div><em>Betsy</em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div>Dear Betsy,</div><br /><div>I just found your letter in the bottom of a box of snowman stationary. Seriously, did you really think you would find it four years later? I guess a little over six years is not so bad. You know, I was 13 when I wrote that note..Pretty obvious, huh? And I was 17 when I was supposed to find it..</div><br /><div>You didn't get moved into the new house until Groundhog Day '02..Just a month or so after Christmas..It was so worth it, though, to have your own room after sharing with your brother and sister since you were 3..</div><br /><div>The band season went pretty well..You didn't get drum major, but you didn't really want it by the time auditions came around..You did conduct from backfield for part of the show..And you were band captain your junior year..</div><br /><div>Also, you totally bombed your district audition..you were shaking like a leaf!</div><br /><div>I'm still taking piano..Sara quit a few months ago..She's taking baton lessons now..Maybe she'll be a majorette in a few years..</div><br /><div>Well, I need to go practice piano (some things never change, huh?) Actually, I'm going to do some studying and get to bed..Did you know that you wanted to be a vet when you wrote that letter? You changed your mind about 15 times between then and now..Haha..</div><br /><div>Love ya kiddo,</div><br /><div>Betsy</div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-64224603059057496612007-12-02T14:18:00.000-08:002007-12-02T15:14:00.057-08:00Fab Four<em>the best of Summer Reading, '07</em> <em>edition</em><br /><br />1. <strong>Three Cups of Tea</strong> by G. Mortenson and D. O. Relin <em>If you have not read this book, you must go out and get it..Trust me, it will change your life..Seriously, I do not think that there are that many books that I can say that about, and I do not say it lightly..Definitely one for the Christmas list.</em><br /><br />2. <strong>I Capture the Castle</strong> by Dodie Smith <em>I absolutely adore this book; I reread it this semester..Every summer I take part in Barnes and Noble's buy two-get one free table, and this was one of the books I got this year..It's so good; definitely my favorite fiction pick for the summer..</em><br /><br />3. <strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</strong> by J.K. Rowling <em>Definitely the most anticipated book of my summer..I picked up my copy the morning it came out, but didn't really get started until after lunch..and finished at 6:00 that evening..I did absolutely nothing except devour that book and it was amazing..</em><br /><br />4. <strong>All the Jane Austen books</strong> <em>I read <strong>Mansfield Park</strong> and <strong>Persuasion</strong> for the first time this summer and loved them both, and I reread <strong>Pride and Prejudice</strong> and <strong>Sense and Sensibility</strong>, both also amazing..I think that you have be at a certain age to really appreciate Austen's books, and it's different for everyone, of course..I read some of them when I was a few years younger and I liked them, but I didn't really start to love them until summer before last, when I read <strong>Northanger Abbey</strong>..I need to read <strong>Emma</strong> again, I haven't read that one in a long time (by which I mean, three years..feels like a long time, though!)</em>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-10929925412482152102007-11-30T12:17:00.000-08:002007-11-30T12:22:03.613-08:00The moment you've all been waiting for..The last ten books! The fourth entry in 4 days! Friday afternoon and only 2 more weeks of school! YAY!<br /><br />Work with me here, folks..<br /><br /><br />1. <strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</strong> by J.K. Rowling<br />2. <strong>Mansfield Park</strong> by Jane Austen<br />3. <strong>Rose in Bloom</strong> by Louisa May Alcott<br />4. <strong>Sense and Sensibility</strong> by Jane Austen<br />5. <strong>Twentysomething</strong> by Margaret Feinberg<br />6. <strong>Pride and Prejudice</strong> by Jane Austen<br />7. <strong>Passionate Patchwork</strong> by Kaffe Fassett<br />8. <strong>In the Company of Cheerful Ladies</strong> by Alexander McCall Smith<br />9. <strong>Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy!</strong> by Barbara Johnson<br />10. <strong>Three Cups of Tea</strong> by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver RelinBetsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-70990209933219262722007-11-29T18:13:00.000-08:002007-11-29T18:16:48.083-08:00French Fries are my drug of choice..Which has nothing to do with the content of this entry, but sounds more interesting than "Part 3". Is anyone still reading this? I wouldn't blame you if you weren't..Hang in there, I've only got one more installment after today. Then maybe I'll do some reviews..I've definitely got some blog fodder for a while yet..<br /><br />1. <strong>44 Scotland Street</strong> by Alexander McCall Smith<br />2. <strong>Wild at Heart</strong> by John Eldredge<br />3. <strong>The Last Summer (of You and Me)</strong> by Ann Brashares<br />4. <strong>Bend-the-Rules Sewing</strong> by Amy Karol<br />5. <strong>Rebecca</strong> by Daphne du Maurier<br />6. <strong>To the Lighthouse</strong> by Virginia Woolf<br />7. <strong>Persuasion</strong> by Jane Austen<br />8. <strong>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</strong> by J.K. Rowling (again)<br />9. <strong>Essential Crochet</strong> by Erika Knight<br />10. <strong>Knitting without Tears</strong> by Elizabeth ZimmermannBetsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-65815170442712750792007-11-28T17:45:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:53:18.838-08:00Part Two<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTSFlea3hGY5a826cJlCl_xde806lIu-7i0Dj5PPuOxguJUGeLBa8IRpDGLwOUIU5cb8BqhIh6o0Bov3MJntk-LMsv3AxE-uroDrjyXRjPapxuUn0PjBu4PgIDmQJsCvjNmrH/s1600-h/IMG_0041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138073249453528802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTSFlea3hGY5a826cJlCl_xde806lIu-7i0Dj5PPuOxguJUGeLBa8IRpDGLwOUIU5cb8BqhIh6o0Bov3MJntk-LMsv3AxE-uroDrjyXRjPapxuUn0PjBu4PgIDmQJsCvjNmrH/s320/IMG_0041.JPG" border="0" /></a><em>Have I shown you this picture of all the books my bff's and I took on our high school senior trip a year and a half ago? Can you say nerds?!</em><br /><br /><div>11. <strong>Forever in Blue</strong> by Ann Brashares (again)<br />12. <strong>I Know why the Caged Bird Sings</strong> by Maya Angelou </div><div>13. <strong>I Capture the Castle</strong> by Dodie Smith<br />14. <strong>Betsy and the Great World</strong> by Maud Hart Lovelace<br />15. <strong>Betsy’s Wedding</strong> by Maud Hart Lovelace<br />16. <strong>The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America</strong> by Carrie A. Hall and Rose G. Kretsinger<br />17. <strong>A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 1: The Bad Beginning</strong> by Lemony Snicket<br />18. <strong>Dating Mr. Darcy</strong> by Sarah Arthur<br />19. <strong>Hiking Georgia</strong> by Donald Pfitzer<br />20. <strong>Every Young Woman’s Battle</strong> by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterbum</div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-11631079380677804022007-11-27T12:53:00.000-08:002007-11-27T13:01:51.068-08:00T-3 weeks and counting..One of my favorite procrastination techniques is to read book reviews on amazon.com. (Maybe if I spent less time reading blogs and reviews of books, I would have more time to read real books..or I might get all A's..) So if you need to procrastinate, here's part 1 of the list of books I read over the summer in order that I read them..Time wasting options abound..(I definitely procrastinated in posting this list.)<br /><br />1. <strong>The Nanny Diaries</strong> by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus<br />2. <strong>The Pact</strong> by Jodi Picoult<br />3. <strong>Where the Heart Is</strong> by Billie Letts <br />4. <strong>The Alphabet Sisters</strong> by Monica McInerney<br />5. <strong>The Full Cupboard of Life</strong> by Alexander McCall Smith <br />6. <strong>Marie Antoinette</strong> by Antonia Fraser<br />7. <strong>Thimble Summer</strong> by Elizabeth Enright<br />8. <strong>Through the Shadowlands</strong> by Brian Sibley <br />9. <strong>Peaches</strong> by Jodi Lynn Anderson <br />10. <strong>The Redemption of Sarah Cain</strong> by Beverly LewisBetsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-88273774372837717422007-11-19T10:17:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:53:19.039-08:00Over the River and so forth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfmv9m1bK5UXGyR4Vy6TmoMgUbjKFYij1j7fGXORb5QHphi9KtARoB5z7QZnPTaSfHAxzc9KwNAt__VLioCcf63WDJg4lp0dBQHpw5nJZChp-tPjbQaJLZTQ0usGaL0Y4VkA3/s1600-h/102_0242(1).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134617819414877906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfmv9m1bK5UXGyR4Vy6TmoMgUbjKFYij1j7fGXORb5QHphi9KtARoB5z7QZnPTaSfHAxzc9KwNAt__VLioCcf63WDJg4lp0dBQHpw5nJZChp-tPjbQaJLZTQ0usGaL0Y4VkA3/s320/102_0242(1).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have had soo much I would've liked to say over the past couple of weeks, but no time to get it down..</div>That picture is from last year's gathering of my high school friends for our annual Thanksgiving feast..This year will be our fourth time to have it, and I'm hosting..<br />That said, do you think it would be a little Too Much to try to whip up 8 (ish) cloth napkins between 3:30 tomorrow and 2:00 on Wednesday? <br />Let me add that I'm also preparing the turkey (4th year running) and a couple of sides (I'm afraid we're going to be a little dessert heavy)..and cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming..<br />I think maybe I can handle it...We'll see..Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-43202063363797317712007-11-06T12:43:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:53:20.503-08:00Fall is my FavoriteYesterday was absolutely too beautiful not to take an hour long walk..Here are some pictures and not so many words..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_Zgg_jSYtDkWB1z29sNQFlYxtbhZz0N0CZGH-pfpJx-SjMq_FF8ZNlQ8IuMXBv5BcRQNp62pW_OUwYHXpwlDLTMV2nvcIbD9r3d07jpB5asUSMHRe0Q4ymkk_rrPhQIXvG7b/s1600-h/102_0990.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129832617593019378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_Zgg_jSYtDkWB1z29sNQFlYxtbhZz0N0CZGH-pfpJx-SjMq_FF8ZNlQ8IuMXBv5BcRQNp62pW_OUwYHXpwlDLTMV2nvcIbD9r3d07jpB5asUSMHRe0Q4ymkk_rrPhQIXvG7b/s320/102_0990.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is one of my favorite places on the trail..It's very "The woods are lovely, dark and deep"..don't you think? Maybe not in this picture, you just hafta see it in person..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfQP5I7Ur3pQE89aQrb5Il03Ra17D8AGZmOtNz-LhXe7Jpl34qUKE30aj9fUEk7MxIb_bzCkjzQ8Iy6DffwW5CLQaaqqbf_x1aPjetvSpoTFRovnBuOeWFBkYSr00u9DnN_F_/s1600-h/102_1022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129832205276158882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfQP5I7Ur3pQE89aQrb5Il03Ra17D8AGZmOtNz-LhXe7Jpl34qUKE30aj9fUEk7MxIb_bzCkjzQ8Iy6DffwW5CLQaaqqbf_x1aPjetvSpoTFRovnBuOeWFBkYSr00u9DnN_F_/s320/102_1022.JPG" border="0" /></a>Hello babies..You're not scared of me, are you? No..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdbDQ8420OMDdatnWjO8OUyQxFgedkCrciOuBLX1qkdsutHLIBm9Q2P3ksJBpiGfXjyQZkC7vP3PcQsgTB68OITT5Al6Qm_ggxFZ0zMvx-VSinv2uHKi__JWJHGKAuvf7QOuI/s1600-h/102_1017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129832209571126194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdbDQ8420OMDdatnWjO8OUyQxFgedkCrciOuBLX1qkdsutHLIBm9Q2P3ksJBpiGfXjyQZkC7vP3PcQsgTB68OITT5Al6Qm_ggxFZ0zMvx-VSinv2uHKi__JWJHGKAuvf7QOuI/s320/102_1017.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ahh..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTktq4o4KfZ5rC2EuWxuZjpDBPtX-WD4XLbzV3GV6gl_UkIVvmwIrgz83gP5opvv_ZoXHrHb-UHaKEsdkdfkaXnvBDM5f-D6IMkPzI3Ij98TZLNdTcrq0rXZ1ZcGrIZu4ryR5k/s1600-h/102_1001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129832218161060802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTktq4o4KfZ5rC2EuWxuZjpDBPtX-WD4XLbzV3GV6gl_UkIVvmwIrgz83gP5opvv_ZoXHrHb-UHaKEsdkdfkaXnvBDM5f-D6IMkPzI3Ij98TZLNdTcrq0rXZ1ZcGrIZu4ryR5k/s320/102_1001.JPG" border="0" /></a> I have always wanted to be able to take a picture like this, all focused in the front and blurry in the back..success!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPrIY1nyvHGSfN1qp_VQzAUbBRRT9TQLYtQEz3bIg8IpAkkQp2rONKSBqr2JLbSc-u6NliWQpm9rvTfz4TvOcBVgMgzX6OZ7SzEaYHhsgWfA_LHV3p0BXbFmzcBvO2sKBGVOK/s1600-h/102_0998.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129832222456028114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPrIY1nyvHGSfN1qp_VQzAUbBRRT9TQLYtQEz3bIg8IpAkkQp2rONKSBqr2JLbSc-u6NliWQpm9rvTfz4TvOcBVgMgzX6OZ7SzEaYHhsgWfA_LHV3p0BXbFmzcBvO2sKBGVOK/s320/102_0998.JPG" border="0" /></a> Another Robert Frost moment..shouldn't be too hard to figure out..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tW7N-nWxlAIf2AhrhJhQnQzI9F2G8wAH125Lm3Fq6RBz14iXsQUZiOd9i4-laFphTfg5Od62BvqLuUgWocygP5AlWRBipTk356Uwtc99UO07V_tXh_kS1Vkm7kJ4VqIfQkWP/s1600-h/102_0994.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129832235340930018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tW7N-nWxlAIf2AhrhJhQnQzI9F2G8wAH125Lm3Fq6RBz14iXsQUZiOd9i4-laFphTfg5Od62BvqLuUgWocygP5AlWRBipTk356Uwtc99UO07V_tXh_kS1Vkm7kJ4VqIfQkWP/s320/102_0994.JPG" border="0" /></a> Yes, it is fall now isn't it!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbohh0pMwVhrv-lskSF9s1dwYQmNLbNcH5LLGAFEOaKFL86zKmfMIugPkZifqUSXT2lsDJWm6vI07LKPOHzyNWo_7Et6OcfJwcKLdldBuxixz3usZD6wNUQ8M9He3qCNdnoGEh/s1600-h/102_1016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129831406412241810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbohh0pMwVhrv-lskSF9s1dwYQmNLbNcH5LLGAFEOaKFL86zKmfMIugPkZifqUSXT2lsDJWm6vI07LKPOHzyNWo_7Et6OcfJwcKLdldBuxixz3usZD6wNUQ8M9He3qCNdnoGEh/s320/102_1016.JPG" border="0" /></a> One mile down! Time to turn back..I'll tackle the other two another day..</div><div> </div><div>More pretty pictures are <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16982713@N04/">here</a>.</div></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-79698316225304479422007-10-31T14:29:00.000-07:002007-10-31T14:34:59.739-07:003:36(+24) and all is well<em>So..yesterday I wrote out this long entry to let it be known that I haven't dissolved into a little puddle..and then I came very, very close to posting it on the "No End in Sight" Ripple-Along blog..Today I retrieved it and here it is..</em><br /><br />Hear that? It's me breathing a big sigh of relief; I made it through this day..Thanks for the encouragement, I needed that. And I needed to vent a little. I think I did ok on the test, all things considered..<br />I told myself that after I took that test, I would go and get whatever I wanted to eat for lunch. Turns out I wanted an Oreo Blast from Sonic. Then I decided that ice cream was not lunch, so I went to Central Park and got some fries and a Dr. Pepper. Yum. Maybe not the wisest of decisions; I didn't feel too good afterwards, but it was fun to 'splurge' a little (sad day when that is considered splurging..)..<br /><br />I tried to upload a picture of the turkey votive candle holder I got my mom for her birthday next Saturday. It's cuter than it sounds, and I think she'll really like it. I really like it. She wanted this pilgrim people, but they were gone! There was like, 1 little stand of Halloween/Thanksgiving stuff at Hancock Fabric, where we saw the pilgrims. It was all 50% off, which was nice, except for the fact that there was nothing left and it's a solid month til Thanksgiving. Me and my mom are all about celebrating fall and Thanksgiving. We love Christmas, but not until after Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Can I just tell you something? Listening to a cd of Frank Sinatra love songs makes gluing pictures of old statues on index cards feel romantic. It does not help you memorize the dates on those index cards.<br />JOSH TURNER'S NEW CD CAME OUT TODAY!!!I think it goes without saying that I've already got it. It came with a dvd. <em>(Wednesday: I have now listened to it 2 1/2 times and watched the dvd..)</em>Looking at Josh Turner AND listening to him talk and sing? It doesn't get much better than that. I have a feeling that listening to Josh Turner is going to make registering for classes in 15 minutes a lot more pleasurable. It might make up for classes I can't get into. Sigh.<br />I was at Wal-mart (buying the Josh Turner cd and granola bars--see, I eat a healthy breakfast, at least) and I think I've figured out what I'm going to get all my family for Christmas. My mom wants the book that Alan Jackson's wife (Denise) wrote. My dad has read every John Grisham book, and I saw a new one today. Yay! He's always the hardest person to shop for. I may or may not get my brother and sister "The Dangerous Book for Boys" and "The Daring Book for Girls". I flipped through them today and they looked really good. I dunno..depends..<br /><br />Ok, I'm gonna go register for next semester and work on my time managing so hopefully I won't have any more self-induced breakdowns. (Did I mention that I've stresed myself into a cold? Love that. Probably my recent eating habits are not helping.)Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-14756776307134436912007-10-29T17:51:00.000-07:002007-10-29T17:56:12.825-07:00Melting DownSorry for the stress-fest it's been around here lately, but that's my life..<br />Just wanted to let everyone know that I am going to bomb my art test tomorrow..<br />I've been having a mild headache and a panic attack all evening and now they've decided to burst and there's nobody here and I'm kinda freaking out here and it would be real nice to have someone tell me it's going to be okay but my roommate and I have an uncanny knack for NOT being here when the other one needs her.<br />Okay, I'm sorry. I have to go pray for a miracle now..Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-38199007269895348072007-10-23T14:29:00.001-07:002008-12-09T23:53:21.177-08:00One of those days..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0KFe_MT_QdN1RhZHzecMQwkZ7AJcjTa9Utt6ZmUArsEKokGi-3UEJ0Ac7772O9fzaztA060vMWT4kI5bY3ZED47JH7-tEah8AEAxt99QLrxyfSSG19cTHvYOieNa3IYHPsnU/s1600-h/102_0973.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124647665520094242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0KFe_MT_QdN1RhZHzecMQwkZ7AJcjTa9Utt6ZmUArsEKokGi-3UEJ0Ac7772O9fzaztA060vMWT4kI5bY3ZED47JH7-tEah8AEAxt99QLrxyfSSG19cTHvYOieNa3IYHPsnU/s320/102_0973.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The weather reflects how I feel.</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124647931808066610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5S5NYNATOtbyb97IHiurlqXtWyIKsXbSh66Rb2NROlbIzwLVKXWPhCdQkbpJWzfe_imxxMN2URmRw84jGccaJAT82esmvVL6EiPfKQMRCyFW8KGVaOii8vPdn_UTbBGq5ymV/s320/102_0974.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Swamped. Drenched. Flooded.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124647936103033922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwwhkDoQMOh-QskEuJcHMIrmgJ-1TqG_cfRPKtCpi8AxADJi-EqNEm3ej6qvr-OHTGkEbPespcO-6zVF6P4XomC55h8q1eOq5ZpZTsUfcq4uQ3SK6tsXxQYBVe8eV2XILWT8I/s320/102_0978.JPG" border="0" />But trying to be grateful. I'm grateful:<br /><ul><li>For my snack this afternoon<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124647944692968530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Fx54NKirkYa6dOXQhftHhL5c1qns9YH2zFSQe-tzDn9G_WX_qUVagmpfAdZnHXMGZoNvZ-AciMjbAOTxlQBODwxMDEaVYfbaJjz_XusafSl8cY91XlLKDgH5DaWKL5n7yUlW/s320/102_0979.JPG" border="0" /></li><li>That I have a chance to recycle and (hopefully) improve the grade of the test I did real bad on. (and that this blog is not graded on grammar, cause I'm sick of grammar!)</li><li>For the rain which we do so desperately need</li><li>That my art presentation is over and I don't have to worry about it anymore</li><li>That the two tests I have next week are next week and not this week</li><li>That tonight is college night at the Chick-fil-a at the mall</li><li>That tonight is my small group meeting with my 3 bff's</li><li>That I finished the paper that is due tomorrow</li><li>That Friday is Payday</li><li>That my headache from yesterday has not come back full-blown</li><li>That I had an umbrella today, for all the good it did..(ok..that was bordering on not-grateful)</li></ul><p></p><p>That's all I've got for now..Hopefully tomorrow will be better?<br /><br /></p>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-69811026548189906542007-10-22T11:55:00.001-07:002008-12-09T23:53:22.247-08:00And Breathe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKMv7XUrxEGyznbinKcbp-GJ4qijGFrHyrMNbFIfnhktNE98xhKIEhdWv04sNh4yxeHnP0X0CgcG2icYisb3uXpSHAmuAADDbPJrpw760tkwpE6-pa7qTTU2eUtHA2xcI9Y1Y/s1600-h/102_0969.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124236899142871986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKMv7XUrxEGyznbinKcbp-GJ4qijGFrHyrMNbFIfnhktNE98xhKIEhdWv04sNh4yxeHnP0X0CgcG2icYisb3uXpSHAmuAADDbPJrpw760tkwpE6-pa7qTTU2eUtHA2xcI9Y1Y/s320/102_0969.JPG" border="0" /></a> I've found, over the past 24 hours, that if I try to think about everything I have to do over the next two weeks, and two months, and two years..I kinda start to Freak Out. I can't even handle the next two days. The next two minutes, that's as far as I can look.<br /><br />Also, Head, I know you hurt, but we can't take a break here..You hafta keep working; I need you..So please..stay with me..<br /><br />I don't see much craft time making its way into my next two months..Hate that..<br /><br />But for now, it's two minutes at a time, baby.Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-73730455464870962192007-10-18T18:08:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:53:22.416-08:00Another sky picture, and some words<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8td1i2-QtnlhHOyobxYXjWAAF05WD6MafsVIOv5V3_W9X-VdWKrNUdWcQxTAtBQJN1voIWagljQLQ1ibGw2dN7reSI9-sN8pZAOfF9xYzBoqGqtkLUutaXBvnImmLFu-dtu6/s1600-h/102_0946.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122855010595253154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8td1i2-QtnlhHOyobxYXjWAAF05WD6MafsVIOv5V3_W9X-VdWKrNUdWcQxTAtBQJN1voIWagljQLQ1ibGw2dN7reSI9-sN8pZAOfF9xYzBoqGqtkLUutaXBvnImmLFu-dtu6/s320/102_0946.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Soo..I want <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584796340/ref=wl_it_dp/002-1205242-3519240?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2F573FJUP9MND&colid=HO59RZ0R5X95">this book </a>so bad I can almost taste it. And I went to Barnes and Noble today, I was going to buy it, but it cost more than I remembered, and I wimped out. Sigh..Someday. I'm not that good at sewing right now. I think I will get better once I have more practice. I mean, I've sewed for forever, but I don't think I've been doing it the Right way. I really want my own sewing machine. My mom's is older than I am, and there's really nothing wrong with it, except that it hates me.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>No, really, it does. For example, I can never, ever get the bobbin to work right. Can't wind it, can't thread it. Never. I am nineteen years old, I have tried to do this umpteen times over the past 19 years. It never works. Then, I finally get my mom to come in there or she finally gets off work or whatever and Of Course it works the first time. No problem. </div><br /><div>Whatev..</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I went to Michael's after B&N and I was looking at the embroidery and cross-stitch stuff..they have linen cloth to embroider! It looks really nice! They have this thing that clamps onto the side of your sewing box and winds (ok, by hand, but Still!) your floss onto those little bobbin things! It only costs $1.29!! They have boxes to put your little floss bobbins in all organized by color! They have little DMC number stickers for your bobbins! Maybe I have just never really looked at all this stuff very well before, but it looked like they had some awesome stuff. I have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Crewel-Exquisite-Contemporary-Embroidery/dp/157990680X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1205242-3519240?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192757001&sr=1-1">this book </a>on hold at the library, and it should be here Any Day Now..so forget finicky sewing machines, I'll just sew by hand, thank you very much!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Also, there are only about 6,000 people in line in front of me to get on Ravelry! (Last time I looked there were about 10,000) There are more people behind me than in front of me! Yay!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And finally, how Awesome is "Chuck's" wardrobe in "<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0925266/">Pushing Daisies</a>"? I want to be good at sewing so I can make all the adorable clothes she wears! I promise this is not going to turn into a "oh my gosh, pushing daisies, oh my gosh, gossip girl!" blog, this is the last time! Promise! (Ok, I don't promise, it's my blog, darn it) But man. Swoon. </div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-7750261812749933892007-10-10T17:10:00.000-07:002007-10-10T17:13:21.716-07:00Knitted Gun Cozies..nice..Oh my gosh, I am loving "Pushing Daisies"! And it's only been on ten minutes..soo funny..<br />And since I finished my Educational Psychology take-home midterm, I have a "Gossip Girl" date at 9..<br />Wednesday night t.v. is the best..<br />And..fall break is this weekend! Ahh! Yay! <br />Okay, commercial break's over!Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-20116981603429826172007-10-09T11:54:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:53:22.545-08:00The Motto is "Made for the Water", right?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisP_Oo1S9vp-j4AZTL_KORsBYg5FjZC90nSF4hV818ocHxlcVlMXDNPZDXAatsby00aPn5L-1vhM1r_iqaiWcMEom4N7El6jrtv5RTTjen506CiOlTO5nYWZLORvBFBY72-JUE/s1600-h/102_0938.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119412628667247506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisP_Oo1S9vp-j4AZTL_KORsBYg5FjZC90nSF4hV818ocHxlcVlMXDNPZDXAatsby00aPn5L-1vhM1r_iqaiWcMEom4N7El6jrtv5RTTjen506CiOlTO5nYWZLORvBFBY72-JUE/s320/102_0938.JPG" border="0" /></a> 'Cause I had to ford a couple of rivers to get back up here. But I am definitely not complaining, I was actually more like, "Thank You Jesus!" the whole time; goodness knows we need this. Now that I'm all comfy-cozy in my sweats, I don't want to move. I think I'll read for a while..Yay Rain!<br /><div></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-22467971325806974362007-10-07T17:08:00.001-07:002008-12-09T23:53:22.754-08:00Yes Ma'am<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCuqzcBuxoto8I0KlxXs4ZYJr9vEwn8fcFb9wX5Nc2tTVNZEOn-bHaDsVUNAPVdrOwEDwm7TIKvW5wJJxVtq2TGcouvKgj_7ccnGnBR0yddIWN9P3BpS-VdGCLz7fywXvTaOM/s1600-h/102_0936.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118751414157060994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCuqzcBuxoto8I0KlxXs4ZYJr9vEwn8fcFb9wX5Nc2tTVNZEOn-bHaDsVUNAPVdrOwEDwm7TIKvW5wJJxVtq2TGcouvKgj_7ccnGnBR0yddIWN9P3BpS-VdGCLz7fywXvTaOM/s320/102_0936.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hello, goodbye, thank you very much.<br /><br />My current <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=8777613">study music</a><br /><br />My current <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9HpbItHexY">study break</a> I cannot stop watching this; it's sooo hilarious..Seriously, you won't regret it..These boys are insane..<br /><br />My current study food..oh wait, I ate at The Cheesecake Factory this afternoon; I'm never going to be hungry again..<br /><br />Happy studying!Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-61390613700554262152007-10-05T19:22:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:53:22.897-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCSYBMhUAHpvwSrO8-FlCXMIlkpbBM8dOGZtf21o4lwSG64iwdCLaRtKcP6GvvY82UiKi9hDJWzZGVGe5Ah3I9o0u6v7Npt7f7chTYzhzXRliTHvsRiji4Bfindpji6aOwny1/s1600-h/102_0918.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118043869834652530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCSYBMhUAHpvwSrO8-FlCXMIlkpbBM8dOGZtf21o4lwSG64iwdCLaRtKcP6GvvY82UiKi9hDJWzZGVGe5Ah3I9o0u6v7Npt7f7chTYzhzXRliTHvsRiji4Bfindpji6aOwny1/s320/102_0918.JPG" border="0" /></a>It clouds up, but it doesn't rain...We're about 2 feet below our normal rainfall for this point in the year. Droughts are not so much a good thing. Also, when is it going to be fall? Because we're still stuck in the mid-upper eighties. Like..everyday..It's a little ridiculous.<br /><br />Soo..last night I watched "Pushing Daisies" on my computer on the recommendation of <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/">Alicia</a>. Seriously, if Alicia Paulson told me to jump off a bridge, I think I'd do it. She has such good taste. (Just for the record, however, I was loving Gossip Girl while she was still on the fence.) Pushing Daisies is weird..I was like "gasp, sigh, tear, gasp, laugh, aww, gasp" the whole time. I think I should get my mom to watch it. We watch some strange tv together. She likes "Arrested Development" (because she likes Jason Bateman). I absolutely love "Ugly Betty". I haven't seen all of the first season yet, so I haven't been watching the 2nd one, but I'm probably going to ask for it for Christmas. (Can you believe it's just a couple of months away?!) A couple of weeks ago I came home for the weekend and she was watching this movie (Lifetime, maybe) about this girl who was like possessed by the devil..she kept killing people..It was seriously disturbing. I mean, I had to leave the room a few times..haha..I was like, "Mama! What are you watching?!" We also like watching LeAnn Rimes' new music video to the song "Nothing Better to Do" and trying to figure out what she's saying. And singing along with Reba and Kelly Clarkson. <br /><br />Oh dear. This has become so random...I am tired, kids. Y'all have a GREAT weekend, I know I am, and I'll see ya soon.<br />Also, in the back of my mind, there's a new knitting project floating around..What? Knitting on a blog? How Novel! What a Unique Idea!<br />Okay, seriously. Time for bed.Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-53526875655480091302007-10-01T18:44:00.000-07:002007-10-01T18:47:46.229-07:00Ants!In my room! On my desk! Gah!<br />Driving me crazy..can't see where they're coming from, blend into the stupid carpet, stupid too small to squish ants..<br />Smiting ants left and right<br />with the all-powerful antibacterial wipe<br /><br />ants inspire spontaneous poetry<br />vacuum time<br />where else am i supposed to eat, darn it?<br />and how am i supposed to sleep in here, really?Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745900.post-86821886005626895492007-09-30T13:48:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:53:23.026-08:00Moth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhgT2OGjw8Cto7hqqcdKCduErrdzdw6VTvYG-UHdpgJNjZh7qpqjuJkwJimuGQwGLk60hhyphenhyphenNcHea5MJ5B0IIqJvZ3v55CG4K8kGZ7Mn39lpdNs9cffPK8ku-hnaiuVpKu9hB3/s1600-h/102_0519.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116107836016569122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhgT2OGjw8Cto7hqqcdKCduErrdzdw6VTvYG-UHdpgJNjZh7qpqjuJkwJimuGQwGLk60hhyphenhyphenNcHea5MJ5B0IIqJvZ3v55CG4K8kGZ7Mn39lpdNs9cffPK8ku-hnaiuVpKu9hB3/s320/102_0519.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Today I went to the fairgrounds to drop off my entries in the "homemaking" building...At the registration table was a man who was in charge of this high school leadership program I was in about four years ago. I was pretty surprised when he remembered my name, since I was quieter and more painfully shy then than I am now..I was wishing I had straightened my hair..and put on some make-up..and could think of something to say..Then this other woman came in and he started talking to her (these chamber of commerce types know everyone, huh?)..She was pregnant and had a bag with jars of jelly or jam or something that she was going to enter..And I was suddenly really jealous. I had this inexplicable urge to be about ten years older and all cute and preggers, with jars of jam and adorable maternity clothes..not all lumpy-ponytail awkward college girl.</div><br /><div>Usually, I try not to care what people think about me. And I try to be content with where I am right now, and not wish away the present dreaming about what may or may not happen. I tell myself that I may never get married or have kids, and that's okay, I'm okay with that (having teenage siblings at home makes me okay with that), but sometimes, there's nothing I want more. Sometimes I forget that God has the best in store for me, and his timing is always perfect.</div><br /><div>I also have this habit of thinking that people don't notice me or know who I am. College has made this much more pronounced than it used to be, I think. Sometimes I feel invisible. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I actually like it most of the time. I like passing under the radar, I don't want to draw attention to myself. I'm basically a jeans and t-shirt girl anyway. I've been known to hide from/avoid talking to people I know in the Wal-mart (I get this from my mother--we do this shamelessly and frequently)..</div><div> </div><div>I am very happy not being in the spotlight. I can't tell if I'm getting quieter as I get older or not. I think that maybe I am. I just wanted to get this out there. Sometimes you just need to talk, ya know? I don't care if anybody reads it or not. It really is what I feel, though, and sometimes it's easier to put it out there on the internet for everybody (or nobody) to read than it is to talk about it with the people you know. </div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115064641179904214noreply@blogger.com0