....Why I changed my blog title.
Its quite simple, my father (not blaming him in anyway, shape, or form.) informed me that it would be to confusing for people if I had a blog with the title of my business that had noting to do with my buisness, this is a very true statement, that is why I have changed the name of this one, and created a new blog for just my business.
If you are interested in my buisness check it out here www.aribboninmyhair.blogspot.com or go to face book and type in the search bar A Ribbon In My Hair, it should come up with something, if not go the the blog and click on the link there.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy my blog!! I enjoy you reading it!!!! :D
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
If you only had one year...
I started reading a book called Deadline, I don't know the auther sorry. But its a good easy read (I only got to chapter 4 or 5) but I have to worn you there is a lot of swearing. The premise of the book is talking about a boy who has a year left to live.
I asked my family if they only had one year to live, what they would do.
Some sat in thought, others said sky diving, bunji jumping.
What would you do? Would you marry your BF or GF, would you think more on your education, or party the nights away. How would you want to be remembered? What would you want your legacy to be?
Would you want to be known as the slut that never accouplished anything, or the nerd that no one remembers from school? The know it all jock that picked on the younger little kids? How would you want to be remebered?
How do you want people to say your name, with discust? Hatered? Anger? Pitty? Sadness?
There is a country song by Tim McGraw called Live Like You Were Dying.
I asked my family if they only had one year to live, what they would do.
Some sat in thought, others said sky diving, bunji jumping.
What would you do? Would you marry your BF or GF, would you think more on your education, or party the nights away. How would you want to be remembered? What would you want your legacy to be?
Would you want to be known as the slut that never accouplished anything, or the nerd that no one remembers from school? The know it all jock that picked on the younger little kids? How would you want to be remebered?
How do you want people to say your name, with discust? Hatered? Anger? Pitty? Sadness?
There is a country song by Tim McGraw called Live Like You Were Dying.
"He said
"I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
And a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
Talkin' 'bout the options
And talkin' 'bout sweet time"
I asked him
"When it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How's it hit you
When you get that kind of news?
Man, what'd you do?"
He said
"I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying"
He said
"I was finally the husband
That most of the time I wasn't
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden going fishin'
Wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
I finally read the Good Book, and I
Took a good, long, hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then
I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Blue Manchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
Like tomorrow was a gift
And you've got eternity
To think about
What you'd do with it
What could you do with it
What did I do with it?
What would I do with it?
Skydiving
I went Rocky mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Blue Manchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying""
"I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
And a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
Talkin' 'bout the options
And talkin' 'bout sweet time"
I asked him
"When it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How's it hit you
When you get that kind of news?
Man, what'd you do?"
He said
"I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying"
He said
"I was finally the husband
That most of the time I wasn't
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden going fishin'
Wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
I finally read the Good Book, and I
Took a good, long, hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then
I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Blue Manchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
Like tomorrow was a gift
And you've got eternity
To think about
What you'd do with it
What could you do with it
What did I do with it?
What would I do with it?
Skydiving
I went Rocky mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Blue Manchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying""
I just love the messege of this song. But don't wait till your dying to live your life, live it now, don't wait for something to happen to know what you were meant to do.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Crafts
Sorry peeps for my last post, it was kinda weird, not going to lie.
Anyway. I have been sitting at the computer here at my cousins (they are cleaning and doing chores, and I can't really help with that, well I did do the dishes.) and I want to do something, but I don't know what, I kinda want to go shopping, but I dont have the money for that. I kinda want to sew, but I don't have the supplies for it. Do you know what it is like for a seamstress not to be able to sew? its maddening.
Sooo I decided to blog for a bit, because that is something I can do, and I think I'm pretty good at.
Well I did find my cousins box of yarn and so I ran to Wal-Mart and got a crochet hook. Here are the cool hats I made.
Anyway. I have been sitting at the computer here at my cousins (they are cleaning and doing chores, and I can't really help with that, well I did do the dishes.) and I want to do something, but I don't know what, I kinda want to go shopping, but I dont have the money for that. I kinda want to sew, but I don't have the supplies for it. Do you know what it is like for a seamstress not to be able to sew? its maddening.
Sooo I decided to blog for a bit, because that is something I can do, and I think I'm pretty good at.
Well I did find my cousins box of yarn and so I ran to Wal-Mart and got a crochet hook. Here are the cool hats I made.
I had fun, I wanted to bring yarn and stuff with me, but I took my bag on as a carry on, so I couldn't bring the crochet hooks, I was soooo very happy to find my cousins. I even showed one of them how to, well she new how to she was just having trouble with it. But now she is fine.
I made two flowers and I was just thinking that I should make more, so I think that's what I am going to go do.
So my cousins and I have been going through a crafting spree, and well we have been going to Pinterest for inspiration. We have done the melting crayons, and even tried it in the hot glue gun, that doesn't work, they just broke, but it was a cool idea. My other cousin did the mason jars wrapped in twine, and they are super cute, bonus was the twine only cost $1.80 because it was 10c a yard, at Wal-mart. I got some trims and such, but I can't do mine till I get home, unless I sent a package home, and I don't really want to do that. But I'm super excited to get home and do a lot of crafts, after I get my room clean that is :/
It has been sooo much fun in Tennessee I don't want to go home.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
A Little Bit of Crazyness!!
Right now I am in the great State of Tennessee!!! I left wednesday morning 7am, and got here at 5:30pm. Such a crazy day, but I am soooo happy to be here with my cuzs!!
Today we took some kids my cuz is watching to the park, I have never had sooo much fun at a park. We played Lava Monster, and I beat my 16 yearold cuz at the monkeybars. Hahhahah that was funny!! We went down slides and climbed latters. Anyway, the whole point I am here is to go to the family Reunion next weekend. But I came a week early because I wanted to spend as much time as I can with my cusins and their family.
Later on in the day we took the kids to a baseball game, I'm still decideding if that was a good idea or a bad one, they kids were crazy, we even lost one at one point, because she went off o the bathroom without telling us. But it was also a good idea because then when we got home they were all so tired they went straight to bed. And lastnight they didn't.
Well gtg it late here, and we have a busy day tomorrow. Goodnight!
P.S. we made amazing Zuchini Bread!!!
Today we took some kids my cuz is watching to the park, I have never had sooo much fun at a park. We played Lava Monster, and I beat my 16 yearold cuz at the monkeybars. Hahhahah that was funny!! We went down slides and climbed latters. Anyway, the whole point I am here is to go to the family Reunion next weekend. But I came a week early because I wanted to spend as much time as I can with my cusins and their family.
Later on in the day we took the kids to a baseball game, I'm still decideding if that was a good idea or a bad one, they kids were crazy, we even lost one at one point, because she went off o the bathroom without telling us. But it was also a good idea because then when we got home they were all so tired they went straight to bed. And lastnight they didn't.
Well gtg it late here, and we have a busy day tomorrow. Goodnight!
P.S. we made amazing Zuchini Bread!!!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Pie!!
Its a common thought at my house, we LOVE pie!!
If there is a game and it asks us for a word it will be Pie!! All pigs eat pie, accourding to our family. (kinda a inside joke.)
We have a Pie for more then one Holliday.
There are the tradional Thanksgiving pies:
Pumpkin
Banana Cream
Pear
Apple
Peacon
Coconut Cream
There is the 4th of July pie:
Rhubarb, just plane rhubarb no strawberries or anything.
We have our specal ocation pies:
Lemon
Key Lime
and I think thats it. But we love pies, really we do.
I made my first pie two years ago, it turned out perfect!! I was sooo happy, it was Banana Cream. My aunt was telling me I was making it wrong, when I knew I wasn't. So after I made mine, she went and made a Coconut cream pie, but it didn't turn out right, I was a nice neice and laughed at her. :D We joke about it now.
I hope to be able to make all sorts of pies and I hope they turn out just like my moms!!!
If there is a game and it asks us for a word it will be Pie!! All pigs eat pie, accourding to our family. (kinda a inside joke.)
We have a Pie for more then one Holliday.
There are the tradional Thanksgiving pies:
Pumpkin
Banana Cream
Pear
Apple
Peacon
Coconut Cream
There is the 4th of July pie:
Rhubarb, just plane rhubarb no strawberries or anything.
We have our specal ocation pies:
Lemon
Key Lime
and I think thats it. But we love pies, really we do.
I made my first pie two years ago, it turned out perfect!! I was sooo happy, it was Banana Cream. My aunt was telling me I was making it wrong, when I knew I wasn't. So after I made mine, she went and made a Coconut cream pie, but it didn't turn out right, I was a nice neice and laughed at her. :D We joke about it now.
I hope to be able to make all sorts of pies and I hope they turn out just like my moms!!!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Pinteresting
Everbody who is anyone is doing it!! A common saying when it comes to pinterest.
For a long time I didn't want to get an acount, the main reason? Because it seemed like everyone else was getting one. I have this stubarn thing where if a group of people aredoing it, I won't, just because they are. But finally I got one, and..... I haven't been able to stay away.
That is one of the main reasons I didn't wan't it. I didn't want another thing to ocupy my procrastnation time. I have Facebook after all. Anyway, the main reason for the post is because I spent basicly my whole day on it, and I got almost nothing done, it doesnt help that I'm sick, so doing things was out of the question anyway. But I did plan on getting more done then I did. But we shall talk about that later.
So here is what was going through my brain....
Creative juices flowing through brain, don't know what to do......
Go to pinterest to get ideas.......
Find something unrelated and pin it.....
Leads to more pins pinned......
Three hours later and the juice is still flowing.....
But I still have no idea what to create.......
Back to pinterest....
And that was my day in a nut shell.
I love pinterest, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I wish I had a real pin board so I could just look at from my room, and not have to travel to the other side of the house to look at it. Sigh, someday I will have one. But for now there is Pinterest.
For a long time I didn't want to get an acount, the main reason? Because it seemed like everyone else was getting one. I have this stubarn thing where if a group of people aredoing it, I won't, just because they are. But finally I got one, and..... I haven't been able to stay away.
That is one of the main reasons I didn't wan't it. I didn't want another thing to ocupy my procrastnation time. I have Facebook after all. Anyway, the main reason for the post is because I spent basicly my whole day on it, and I got almost nothing done, it doesnt help that I'm sick, so doing things was out of the question anyway. But I did plan on getting more done then I did. But we shall talk about that later.
So here is what was going through my brain....
Creative juices flowing through brain, don't know what to do......
Go to pinterest to get ideas.......
Find something unrelated and pin it.....
Leads to more pins pinned......
Three hours later and the juice is still flowing.....
But I still have no idea what to create.......
Back to pinterest....
And that was my day in a nut shell.
I love pinterest, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I wish I had a real pin board so I could just look at from my room, and not have to travel to the other side of the house to look at it. Sigh, someday I will have one. But for now there is Pinterest.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Quilt by Hand
My mom was teaching a quilting class, all of the fabric was recreated Civil War fabric, and each block is designed after the quilt blocks in this book. http://www.amazon.com/The-Civil-War-Diary-Quilt/dp/0873499956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341682668&sr=8-1&keywords=civil+war+diary+quilt
All the quilting is done by hand, so it has taken me three years to get 26 blocks done. I need 100, it is going to take me awhile.
A lot of people think quilting is a chore, I love it. I love to see the blocks formed and finished. I am curently working on one called Dark Gloom, the picture in the book shows purple and black, but I am doing mine purple, orange, and blue.
These quilt blocks are the ones that I have finished, I have around 10 cut out that just need to be sewn.
The blue, yellow, and red one is the lasteed one I did.
Its interesting because more people like to do the ones with big shapes becasue they say it takes a shorter amount of time, but I like to do the ones that have little bitty pieces, they give me more of a challenge and I think they take a shorter amount of time then the big ones.
I'll keep you updated.
The Giver
Has anyone ever read The Giver? Well on thursday I had babysitting and I finished the book I brought with me, and the kids were asleep and I noticed that The Giver was sitting on the book shelf, and my parents have read it plus a lot of my friends, but being as stuburn as I am, I told myself that I wasnt going to read it, because everyone was telling me I should.
Well I picked it up and then I couldnt put it down, it is good, kinda confusing though. It reminds me of A Wrinkel In Time, if you havent read that book, you should!!
I was talking with my mom about it, and I havent finished it, but once I'm done on here I'm going to go finish it. It really makes you think, I don't want to give anything away, because you should read it!
Its interesting because I read the 2nd book first, not realizing at the time that it was the 2nd book, I wasn't confused at all because it kinda stands on its own. Now I will have to read it again though, because it might make it more clear as far as the background.
I'm excited to finish it, I wan't to have a discussion on it, its very educational!
READ IT!!!
Well I picked it up and then I couldnt put it down, it is good, kinda confusing though. It reminds me of A Wrinkel In Time, if you havent read that book, you should!!
I was talking with my mom about it, and I havent finished it, but once I'm done on here I'm going to go finish it. It really makes you think, I don't want to give anything away, because you should read it!
Its interesting because I read the 2nd book first, not realizing at the time that it was the 2nd book, I wasn't confused at all because it kinda stands on its own. Now I will have to read it again though, because it might make it more clear as far as the background.
I'm excited to finish it, I wan't to have a discussion on it, its very educational!
READ IT!!!
A Night Out!!
On Friday the 29th I went to the beach for my sisters friends birthday. It was ok, I'm not a big fan of water, if thre was a way to enjoy water without being wet, that would be the way for me to go. But I did end up in the water because my little sister wanted to play.
Later that night I went out with my guy friend and his shop to dinner, it was fun, there was drinking, but I didnt particapate in it, as I don't drink. We went out because about half the shop is getting deployed and they wanted to celabrate there going away. It was kinda sad though, one family has a 6month old, and both parents are getting deployed so the baby is going to be living with relitives till they get back. I felt sorry for the mom, that would kill me to be gone that much.
After dinner, we went and played pool at a place across the street. My friends and his date wanted to hang out longer so me and my date tagged along, not that we had a choice, he drove us. It was fun, though the place we went was alittle creepy, it felt like a place you would go to buy sex, it was weird. But I had fun.
I never realized the muscels you use in playing pool, my shoulders are pretty messed up so everytime I had to go, it felt like my shoulder was getting ripped out of the socket, it was really painful. But I still had fun. It also seemed like everytime it was my turn the ball was in the middle of the table, and being short, I couldn't reach it.
Afterwards we had to drop off my freinds date, so I got home around Midnight, which isnt unusal for me. All in all, a good night.
Later that night I went out with my guy friend and his shop to dinner, it was fun, there was drinking, but I didnt particapate in it, as I don't drink. We went out because about half the shop is getting deployed and they wanted to celabrate there going away. It was kinda sad though, one family has a 6month old, and both parents are getting deployed so the baby is going to be living with relitives till they get back. I felt sorry for the mom, that would kill me to be gone that much.
After dinner, we went and played pool at a place across the street. My friends and his date wanted to hang out longer so me and my date tagged along, not that we had a choice, he drove us. It was fun, though the place we went was alittle creepy, it felt like a place you would go to buy sex, it was weird. But I had fun.
I never realized the muscels you use in playing pool, my shoulders are pretty messed up so everytime I had to go, it felt like my shoulder was getting ripped out of the socket, it was really painful. But I still had fun. It also seemed like everytime it was my turn the ball was in the middle of the table, and being short, I couldn't reach it.
Afterwards we had to drop off my freinds date, so I got home around Midnight, which isnt unusal for me. All in all, a good night.
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