Are you in middle school?

No, I wasn't asked this by a stranger. (Although I was often asked if I was in highschool after my graduation...from college!)

This is what my husband asked me when he saw the newest fingernail polish I had purchased and applied. (Of course, I am TERRIBLE at putting fingernail polish on, which is one of the reasons why I normally stick with just painting my toes. I think fingernail polish looks a little strange on me, plus it takes effort to put it on and take it off and I am lazy about that sort of thing!)



But, yesterday on my way home from work I decided to run by Ulta and use my latest coupon to pick up a few new nail polish color choices. Since I don't wear it much I don't have a lot of choices-mainly a few shades of pinks and reds.



I decided on three new shades from China Glaze. (They were buy two get one free.)

I used the dark purple, called Grape Pop on my toes


and the pale lilac, called Light as Air on my fingers.


(I am saving the dark grey/charcoal color I bought, called Awaken, for another day!)


After I had painted my fingers and toes last night, and I was looking them over, (trying to decide if I liked it) Kevin came upstairs so I asked him what he thought.

K: "Why did you pick that color. Are you in middle school or something? "

E: "Purple is all the rage this season so I am giving it a try."

K: "It looks like you were painting a wall and got it all on your fingers."

(I would be the first to tell you that I am not that great at putting on fingernail polish, but I am not that bad either...it is only on my actual nails...I promise!!)

I didn't really have anything to say at that point.

It is a very different color, and since it has a matte finish and is such a pale color, I could see it on someone's wall, so his statement made sense.
In reality, at this point I still hadn't decided if I even liked it.



But now, after wearing it all day today, the color (and the general idea of nail polish) has grown on me. I have decided it is a fun to have color on my nails, especially such an out of the ordinary color.
However, I don't think I will make it something I wear on a regular basis.
I am too used to my plain old naked nails.

It's the little things...

Sometimes I think I have the sweetest husband.

Last night when he got home from work my Mr. tossed a Target bag my direction
and guess what was inside?




What a wonderful guy I have...he actually does pay attention to me when I am rambling on about things.

It was the newest edition, so there was a bonus chapter...which I read immediately!

It was like Christmas morning!!

I would just re-read the whole thing right now, but I think I have decided to let mom borrow it instead! (Take care of it please marmee dearest!)

Oh! and in the notes on why she wrote the extra chapter, Stephanie Meyer talks about how she was working with the producers on the film version of this book and she thought this chapter would be helpful.
Wait, hold the phone...a film version!!!
I am so excited, and yet a bit nervous as well...
since I loved this book so much,
I am not sure if a movie will be able to live up to my expectations!

A sew-filled weekend

Kevin and I didn't really have any plans this weekend (well one party that we skipped on since I was running behind schedule, and it was raining and I dont' like going out in the rain, we stayed home instead!) so we stayed home and I got a ton of cutting and sewing done.

I finished cutting and sewing the house blocks for Victoria's Block Party.

I ended up getting 25 house blocks sewn together, and around 40+ 10 1/2 inch squares.

(Now I just need to get to the post office and mail them to her!!)

I cut and sewed together two star blocks for our AMQG June Challenge.

I cut out and sewed together a quilt top for a baby quilt (following the basic directions from Oh, Fransson! (And cut out the pieces for another one, I just need to sew it together.)

And I washed and ironed the fabric I had purchased a while back.

(As I put it all away I decided I really do need to stay away from fabric shops for awhile, I have so much fabric!! I wanted to purchase some online over the weekend, but I quickly deleted my cart and got off line so I wouldn't be tempted anymore!!)

Thursday Night Sewing

Yesterday when I got home from work there was a lovely package waiting for me.

The blocks from the Owl Block Swap arrived!!They turned out so great! I am excited about putting them together into a finished project!! Thanks APP for being the swap mama for this, you are so sweet!

Mandy, Rachel & I had planned a sewing night for Thursday evening, in the end Rachel wasn't able to come, but Mandy and I had a great time sewing and chatting. (Sorry you couldn't make it Rach, we missed you!)
Mandy worked on piecing a quilt and I finished sewing together my PWG blocks from the No Sew Block Swap.Now I just have to decide how I want to piece all of these together into a finished product!

The Allure of the Automobile

Grab something to snack on because this is going to be a long post...

Last weekend was crazy busy, as I mentioned earlier, but I wanted to share a bit of the fun stuff that we got to do!

After a long day on Saturday...

visiting with Kelsey while we shopped at a weekend craft/antique show in downtown Adairsville (where I purchased some adorable antique hankies we are going to use for an upcoming bridal luncheon, and saw this guitar case that I want!),
prepping for and having a pre-production meeting for a summer play I am going to be helping out with (which I watched growing up),

and of course the wedding,

I came home, put my feet up and watched a movie with Kev as I fell asleep on the couch. (While receiving a foot rub, what a fantastic hubby I have!)

Sunday I met up with some of the ladies from the AMQG at Rae's house (Thanks so much for opening up your home to us, you and your husband are too kind!) and was able to get some sewing done. (Finally!!) I worked on my PWG blocks from the no so block swap I was a part of. I got several of them sewn up before I had to head off to meet Kev.
Kev and I met up and went to The High Museum of Art in Atlanta to see their newest exibit.

The Allure of the Automobile(It was the open version of the car above (550 Spyder) that James Dean crashed on his way to sports car race and was killed.)

Kevin was actually interested in this one, normally he just gets dragged along if I can't find someone else to go with me to these sort of things, but this one was all for him!!

I also got some more cutting done for the house blocks and 10 1/2 inch blocks I have been working on for Victoria. Hopefully I will be able to get those sewn together sometime this week or weekend so I can get them sent off!

And the most exciting news from the weekend, Kev surprised me by putting the tile on the fireplace hearth that he built forever ago.It looks so fan-tab-u-lous!!!
I am so relieved to have it finished!

BTW-I got an email today about this beauty! Isn't it fab! I want it!!

Wedding season begins...

I'm so excited!
and I just can't hide it...
(Seriously, I can't say/type anything without thinking of a song-and this one goes well with a wedding theme-or as least the wedding night!!)

Wedding season has started and I had my first wedding of the year at Stonewall Manor last weekend!(Sorry, this is a horrible photo that I snapped on my iphone-I will say I am so glad to have my iphone though. I totally saved the DJ's rear when I got a song request from itunes for him that he had forgotten about!!)

I absolutely love wedding season!

Now if I can just catch up on sleep somehow I will be good!! (Wedding season takes pre-season busy weekends and makes them look boring and slow!!)

This weekend was great, but extremely full! With the rehearsal on Friday afternoon, and a full day on my feet on Saturday it is a big job, but I LOVED every minute of it!!
(I am so excited about all the upcoming weddings in the next few months!!)

More to come on the rest of our busy weekend...

Insanity (part deux)

So today is the 11th day since I started the Insanity workout program...
and I have only done 4 of the workouts.

(I know I am super lame and slacker!)

At this rate I will be finishing this 60 day program sometime in September!

Oops!

If I was home I would do day 5 tonight (really, I am not just saying that!) but I am up at Mom and Dad's.

Hopefully I will get home in time tomorrow night to do it, and then maybe I will get on track a little better and try to get myself in shape before the END of swimsuit season 2010!