craft day with shannon.

shannon and i decided to make this box. here are some pictures of our project!

painting the wood.


boxes for the back of the painting.


another view of the boxes.


shannon nailed in the wrong spot.


working hard? or hardly working?


shannon's finished box. mulan.


inside of my box.


my finished box. hilary.


gorilla glue and paint will stain your hands.


we could have been sisters.

craft update!

i started the quilt. it is taking a long time, but i have finally made some progress.

8 hours with a rotary cutter...


laid out the pattern.


only 11 more rows to go!

crafts

I have decided I need more crafts in my life. I have been trying to learn how to use my grandmother's sewing machine, but have encountered some problems. I think I need some professional help, until I can afford the expensive sewing classes I have decided I will try to lean how to embroider. I bought this book by Austin local Jenny Hart from Domy (neato local bookshop). I am also going to make this quilt (well a slight variation, as I will only be using various shades of green). Purl Bee is a great site and has so many creative ideas.

i got my texas driver's license...

... i guess that means the move is official!

things in austin have been super so far. i am a super nanny with a nanny agency called mom's best friend, which basically means i passed the background check and participated in two training sessions. things are a bit slow at the moment, but hopefully it will all pick up in the next few weeks. the house is coming together (we still need to get a coffee table). i really like my room, probably one of the best i have had in awhile. i would post a picture, but i seem to have lost my camera in the move. i will have to hunt it down this weekend.

i have met a few people since moving down here, but that will pick up in january as i will be going back to school. i was accepted as a non-degree seeking student which means i will be going back for a post-bac in speech pathology. hopefully i will do well enough to get into the graduate program in about a year and a half. this means i will probably be settled here in austin for about 4 or 5 years, which will be a good thing.

went to a monster exhibit at domy books with shannon and stewart yesterday. while talking to the guy who worked there i found out that jenny hart will be putting on a show in the spring. very exciting stuff!

this is just a short update for those of you who still check the blog regularly. i need to get back into the habit of updating it on a regular basis.

halloween

halloween in austin was a good time! sarah had to work later than she thought... a lot later, so by the time she came home and we got dressed it was almost 11. we went to a house party her friends told us about.

zombie girl scout and rag doll from HELL!!!!!


sarah with luke (who didnt dress up at all...)


can i have some flesh cookies please?


luke let me drive his 1957 dodge! i have to get one of these.

this is where i live now.

i officially live in austin the city! we found a place right next to shoal creek and it is super super central. time to make up for all that time commuting from lakeway.

my room. it now has a bed and should be getting a desk in the next week or so.


view from the balcony.


kitchen. soooo many cabinets.


living room area.


dining room/stairs.


i like the blue detail tiles.


my street!

we are the one on the left.


communal sitting area out the back.


sorry it has taken so long to get pictures up. things have been pretty hectic around here, and without a regular source of internet i slacked off quite a bit. we will have internet installed on friday so i hope to post more regularly.

chicago was a great trip (ages ago...). it was so nice to visit with conor for a few days. he seems to really like his life there. here are some links for things i did. it was so long ago i dont remember everything, and i cant seem to find my journal records.

chickpea
art institute of chicago
surgery museum (free on tues)
graceland cemetery

this could be why i dont have a job...

... i spend all my time making these.