oh, woe is me....

my life is a misery.... name that musical! haha!

my poor laptop is in bad shape. i think i'm going to have to bite the bullet and call our computer guys we use at work to fix it for me. genius me thought i could solve it all with a system restore, but vista apparently, doesn't seem to agree with that for a lot of ppl. i can't even order a recovery disk off hp cause their site is screwy! ugh! at least i don't think i lost anything. it has another hard drive, so hopefully i backed everything up right. i just dread having to pay to get it fixed cause i know it'll be a small fortune :( .

work in progress....

i'm trying to redo my blog some. it's coming along. my laptop is totally messed up so i've only been able to work on here when i've got some free time at work. hopefully, i can get my laptop back up and running this afternoon. weirdest thing, runs fine all day wednesday, just it's usual quirks, then thursday, it decides to go all possessed on me. ugh.

i've also never done any labels, so i think i'll start doing those. uh oh, i hear the preschoolers heading to the sanctuary to practice for graduation. gotta go watch!!

aw....

my wittle cuz caleb singin a sowo... how sweeeeeetttt....

monday, monday....

can't trust that day... definitely been a blue monday today. i have absolutely no reason to feel that way, i just do. sometimes i just wish i could make my mind shut up with the constant racing. i guess we all have days like this.

it's been rainy and dreary here today. it's gloomy, but at least all my plants got watered pretty good. i have blooms on my zuchinis. yay! no blooms yet on my topsy turvey tomato plants, but they're growing fast. i should take a picture of my "garden". i say "garden" cause it's a patch of ground i dug up on the back of our patio. it's pitiful looking, but it seems to be getting the job done. i've been spoiled all my life with fresh vegetables every summer. i used to get paid to string up the beans and tomato plants. i hated the smell of tomatos on my hands, now i love it. i can't wait to have a house so i can have a real garden. i get such pleasure from seeing something grow from seed. it gives me peace. hmmm... this post took a totally different turn. maybe i'll get out in my "garden" this evening and transplant my peppers. almanac says it's a good day to transplant!

mixtape time!!!

i held out on you last week, so i made a really good one this week. i'm gonna take you back...all the way back to.... 1994, the start of junior high. the beginning of my awkward grunge stage. before green day got political. before weezer was singing about beverly hills. some of the best times ever. as i made this, i remembered so many good songs. i know i forgot a bunch, so this might have to be an installment with a 1995 and 1996 editions also. there's a couple songs that were 93 and 95, but i had to include them. enjoy!

pics...

jim jam knows he's not supposed to be on top of the bookcases, yet this is what i find yesterday morning.

corsage/brooch i made for my mama for mother's day. see the link on previous post for instructions.

crafty little devil....

so last year i couldn't find my mama a corsage anywhere for mother's day. i guess this is kinda falling out of fashion. but this is the south and by goodness them ladies at my church are gonna have their corsages on mother's day. i felt really bad, i didn't want my mama to not have one cause she's the bestest mama in the whole world, so i took care of this problem early this year. i made her a lovely little corsage/brooch to wear. i got the instructions from this site. i'll have to post a pic of mine later. it's not as spiffy looking at this one, but hey, i'm not the professional crafter. i'll probably end up making some for my aunties too, shhh, don't tell them. :)