Recently Completed Books Archive

Damar 2: The Hero's Crown -- Robin McKinley (The protagonist for this story was a bit easier to empathize with, and I loved the way McKinley wrote so meticulously in this story. Also, it didn't hurt that the female hero got to kill a dragon. Yay for female dragon slayers! 5/3)

Damar 1: The Blue Sword -- Robin McKinley (I'm almost done with my Robin McKinley phase, I swear. I liked the plot of the book, but I couldn't really get into the characters. Worth reading, but not worth purchasing. 4/28)

Weekend Sewing -- Heather Ross (The pictures in this book are really pretty. The blog tours that she did were neat too--all the pics of clothes people made using her patterns look awesome too. However, I have made nothing from this book so far. Why? 90% of the patterns are only sized to about a women's 12. Also, all the patterns are printed on two (2!) sheets of humongous thick paper, right on top of each other. The little note in the legend says to take them to a copystore. This book makes me sad that I bought it. 4/25)

When You Are Engulfed In Flames -- David Sedaris (David Sedaris is a funny, funny man. I've never seen him live/in person, or even via video. I'm hoping he lives up to his voice and his way of talking about himself when I finally do get to go seem him perform live. Someday. These are funny funny stories. Mostly I think I love when he talks about his awkward childhood and his disfunctional family, since on both accounts I can highly relate. Since I've been rationing myself, I'm not quite done with this set. My favorite so far has to be the undewear/french hospital story. Good Stuff. 4/18)

Cute Explosion!

I made this! I am impressed with myself! Whoo! Cute! The colors are a bit off/over saturated in this pic, but you get the idea. :-)

I Was All Sick, So Here are Random Updates

But am now feeling better! I spent yesterday in my jammies, finishing Baby Ella's quilt. It turned out super stinking cute, and I am proud of myself. :-) I'll post pictures to this entry when I get back home, cuz I forgot to take them off my camera last night.


I have bruises on my both my knees from going roller skating on Saturday with friends. It was awesome, even with my tumble. But I can't kneel down, even on my soft squishy bed.

I dreamed last nightthat there were big and little people in the world, pint size vs. elephant size, and that I was one of the pint sized ones. We in the Small People Resistence had just found out that we were considered caviar for the Big People. It was a pretty crazy dream--very claymation scenery, and I lived in a little tiny apartment built into a giant wooden railroad bridge. The Big People had enormous cats that they used to keep us in line. I think I watched too many epsiodes of The Simpsons yesterday while doing the yarn tying on Ella's quilt.

Also, I have lost four pounds with weightwatchers so far. Again, small proud accomplishments.

And, now that I'm back at work, I just spent ten minutes clicking the next button at this website: http://www.morenewmath.com/random/ . It is awesome. Go now!

Eating Fishes & Chickens

After having my last period last for 12 days, I'm back to eating dairy, fishies, and birdies. Trying to minimize consumption of the pork/beef, cuz it's gross. Cheese = God. The Pic Above = So Stinking Gross.