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girl put your records on…

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a perfect day…

 I want a record player

There’s just something about listening to records that seems to vintage and lovely


 Growing up we had a huge old record player and my grandparents record collection…














…I would listen to all of them in one sitting; in love with the way they sounded and watching the needle work it’s way to the center.

can this PLEASE be me??

the good ol’ days

Records are so simple and pure.




From a time when life was simple and innocent…




…a time when boys courted girls and mothers wore pearls.

why shouldn’t this be me someday??

I think it’s time I look to make this happen.


I feel warm and happy just imagining it. 


And shouldn’t everyone strive to feel warm and happy?

my favorite things

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Being Monday and all…and since I failed last week…

  • Peace Sign coming home TWICE this month!
  • My first Spring season in 5 years
  • not having to wear pants around the house
  • getting ready for Easter 
  • Watching cartoons with Caden
  • WEARING FLIP FLOPS AGAIN!!!
  • NHL playoffs
  • catching up with Panda
  • pancakes!

3 kinds of people

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Recently I heard someone say that there are 3 kinds of people: The Gullible, The Cynical, and The Healthy. I quickly began trying to figure out which of these 3 people I am. I quickly realized that I’ve been all 3 within my short life.  I’ve let people in too soon and allowed them to know the inner workings of myself before really know who they are. So many times this led to being taken advantage of and hurt very badly by these people. I have also been extremely cynical. There were times when there was no joy or happiness and everyone was an enemy. It was easier to protect myself if I didn’t let anyone in and remained closed off. So much of these 2 sides of me came and went in college….a coincidence? I think not. I let the wrong people too far into my life and kept the good people at arms length. Backwards…I know. And it wasn’t until last May that I started to find a happy balance. A balance between trusting entirely and closing all my doors; The Healthy. So what is my healthy? My healthy is a teeter-totter really. I think it will always tip to the gullible side a little more though. I guess in my mind it makes more sense to take a chance on someone, rather than closing myself off to something that could be great. There will always be those people though who I will need to be closed off to from the start and I’d like to think that my experiences so far allow me to recognize them quickly. I know I will most certainly get hurt, but that’s LIFE. No one said it was perfect or easy or happy all the time. So here’s to being The Healthy! Now all I have to do is keep my teeter-totter there and not let it fall to one side or the other.  

leg warmers

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I made leg warmers!!!!!!!! I have a 70s/80s party that I’m attending this weekend and of course a costume is a must. I chose Flashdance as my inspiration and my outfit wouldn’t be complete without leg warmers! Now, can I just tell you all the beauty of free patterns??!! Lion Brand Yarn has a huge library of free patterns and all you have to do is register on their site. SO I did a search for leg warmers and got a few options to choose from! I was pretty excited. Now, me being who I am, I couldn’t just pick one to make, of course I had to mix and match patterns and needles to make something I liked even more. This caused a little confusion in the end product but for their purpose the leg warmers will serve nicely!
Yes…I do realize that one of my warmers is multi-colored. I had to buy another skein of yarn halfway through my second warmer and when I got to Joanns to buy the yarn, the color I needed was sold out. Since this was Monday and I didn’t have time to wait around I just bought the next closest color. Again, for their purpose the color thing doesn’t really concern me terribly.
After realizing how easy there were to make I might have to bring leg warmers into my life! They are so comfy and 80’s and wonderful.

Never will I ever…

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…go sky diving…

…wrestle an alligator…

…be 120lbs…

…pierce my bellybutton…

…play baseball and be good at it…

…be a super model…

…do a triathlon…

…stop choosing to be happy everyday…

…go streaking…

…have an affair…

…hate someone for no legitimate reason…

…be Miss America…

…give up on doing what I love to do…

…stop liking sports…

…dumb myself down to attract men…

…get a tattoo on my face…

…be someone’s doormat…

…say ‘I Love You’ and not mean it…

…and I wouldn’t have it any other way!
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It is upon us! The spring quilt retreat is this weekend!! yay! My sewing at home has been thwarted by trying to sell our house so I’m really looking forward to getting some serious quilting done. I’ve also heard from some of the other ladies and I’m excited about the group that will be there this time around. The weather probably won’t be very spring-like but I guess It’s a good thing we’ll be indoors. When I think back to the end of the Fall retreat I recall thinking to myself that I would have so much done between then and now. Looking at what still needs to be finished, it’s safe to say that not much has gotten accomplished, at least not in my quilting world. As much as I wish this weren’t the case…it is. I have done much knitting tho so I can’t be entirely defeated. I was also able to make another purse (for myself). This is has fabrics that I like much more so I decided I had to make it.   

I had seen the fluer-de-lis fabric in the clearance section at work for weeks so when it went on double sale I knew I had to have it!! It was clearly meant to be. The purple fabric I found in the clearance too so overall it was quite a steal! I can’t wait for this winter weather to go away so I can carry this around town! I was also able to finish another project but it’s a birthday present so I have to keep it on the dl for a little while longer. 
There are also some future projects that I can’t wait to start. I got my hands on some new patterns and fabric a couple weeks ago and I very excited to get back into clothes making. The patterns are a lot more modern that the patterns I inherited from my aunt and grandmother. So much of their stuff was from the 70’s and not very attractive haha, sorry ladies.

24

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24 years ago a 24 year old woman went through 36 hours of labor to bring ME into the world. At the ripe age of 24 she was having her first child (crazy). I’m not the type to make a big deal out of my birthday. It’s just another day really. But something about the fact that I’m now the same age that my mom was when she had me, strikes a chord. Maybe it’s because the idea of being married, let alone having a child, right now is almost unfathomable. I can’t imagine what my mothers life was like at that time. She was probably scared, tired, nervous, and happy all at once. What would my life be like if I were expecting a child RIGHT NOW? Again, crazy. On the same note, I’m only turning 24 today so WHO KNOWS what the next year will bring. I look forward to looking back at this post and seeing how my life has changed. Let’s hope it’s nothing too drastic.
I have to give my mom serious credit for making it out alive and sane. She is certainly going to be my go-to whenever I do have children. So I guess this is really a Thank You to my mom. Thank you for helping shape the person I am and being there for me every step of the way. I hope I didn’t stress you out too much!  Here’s to the next 24 years!