Finales

I'm losing my blogging mojo.
Been busy making new things to add to my wardrobe and anticipating the end of the school year.
Speaking of endings, the season finales are in full swing this month.
The Greys Anatomy finale was awesome. I cried like a baby and I had to call my friend Leslie to share my sadness. She was DVRing the epi because she was busy helping her son with his 5 paragraph paper for school. She's such a great mom.

DWTS...almost coming to its final show. I really want Nicole to win. Evan is my runner-up, but who knows how things will actually play out.

Tonight is the LOST and Celebrity Apprentice finales. I'm going to be a maniac switching the channels back and forth tonight, but to be very honest I am a total cheater...I'm going to peek at the tweets for the scoop. Heehee. ;-)

In a perfect world...well, my perfect world, both Holly (the ball buster) and Bret (the cool sexy one) win this season of The Apprentice. I believe they both deserve it, but especially Bret considering what he has been through healthwise and is still recovering from his ailments. He has such a strong will to live, regardless of his condition, he's made it to the show tonight. I wonder if Donald Trump has ever considered two winners.

Whatever is meant to be, is meant to be.
Until next time... happy endings to all.
:-)

Which Austen Heroine Are You?

Would you like to play along? Click here or on the link below.
I found the quiz on Valerie's blog and thought I'd give it a try and share my results.

Take the Quiz here!

As it turns out, Elinor Dashwood was my favorite character in Sense and Sensiblity.
I love her levelheaded way of thinking and responsible attitude as she watched over her younger siblings while secretly yearning for her true love. :-)

Losing Steam

I've been away from my knitterie blog for too long.
My bad habit of staying up late and waking up early for work is wearing me out. It's my own fault. I admit it.
Today is Saturday, I've made potatoes and soy chorizo burritos, had my coffee. I'm in full throttle - ready to blog.
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Knittingwise, I started a few projects, including the baby blanket, but had to put them in the infamous WIP knitting bag for now.
Lately, I've been sewing up a storm. As painful as it is to admit - to myself - I've gained a few pounds, most which have settled around my middle (darn) and my clothes need some major alterations. I blame the burritos. Anywho, let's hope I can lose what I've gained very soon, but in the meantime...
My dear friend Amy asked me if I could help her make a costume for her daughter/my little Ravelry model... of course I said yes! I'll do anything for my friend's kids.

My little model is representing Italy in her first grade school project.
Her mother and I, scoured the internet for genuine Italian costumes and this is what she decided on.

I'm personally not too keen on dressing young kids in a lot of black, but since this is a costume I came to terms with it. :-) I'm still making a few adjustments and thankfully, mom was okay with not wearing a black blouse. Phew!
My favorite piece is the skirt with bright green, white, and red ribbons. The main reason for liking it so much, you can twirl and what little girl doesn't like to twirl in a big skirt? Fun.

The blouse is a simple white peasant blouse with puffy 3/4 length sleeves. I used and altered an old pirate costume pattern - Butterick 6295, if anyone is interested.

The red apron is adorned with lace and worn over the skirt (it's difficult to keep lace in place ...so slippery, even though I pinned it).

Voila! This is the finished costume.

The students are required to make their own headwear/hat, but I really think it needs something more than that and I'm afraid my little friend is going to look like an El Toritos waitress without the shawl shown in the picture.
If anyone has any suggestions for the costume, please feel free to comment.

I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday. :-)

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's day to all Moms.

photo: weheartit.com

My Tall Drink of Water

Lately, I've had extra time on my hands and I developed an addiction to the soaps.
When I watch my stories, I'm not exactly watching, it's more like listening, except when this hunk-of-a-man is on the screen.
Talk about a tall drink of water. He reminds me of Mr. Darcy on Pride and Prejudice. swoon
He's my crush of the day, week, year, okay for a while.


TGIF :-)

Big Drink of Water

On this Earth Day 2010, it's cloudy, rainy,

and chilly in sunny San Diego.

Drink up earth because tomorrow

the sun is going to shine.