Monday, May 23, 2011
May 14, 2011
We landed in Paris around 8:30 am and headed for our apartment. We rented a furnished apartment for the week on Rue Saint Honore (does anyone know how to type letters with accents). After getting all the info from the landlord, we were all exhausted and took a 4 hour nap. Then we walked to the nearest Monoprix, got some snacks and drinks for the week, as well as breakfast food. Got back, changed and went out to eat at Oscar Restaurant on Rue des Pyramides at the end of the Saint Honore pathway. Fantastic dinner there! We went for a little walk after dinner, the sun was setting as we walked toward the Jardin des Tuileries which was behind our apartment building. When we got to the Jardin it was closed for the evening but we could see the Eiffel Tower and it was lit up with fantastic glittering lights which were impossible to get a photo of!
May 12 & 13, 2011
I'm backtracking now to catch up on posts from when I was in Paris. I did have internet access but I forgot my USB cable for my camera and couldn't upload pictures.
On the 12th I sewed all morning then went shopping in the afternoon. My skinny nice jeans split in the crotch and my comfy flats developed a hole in them the week before I leave for Paris so I had to go buy replacements. Then I packed up my suitcase for the trip.
On the 13th I had half a day in Atlanta before I had to be at the airport and I spent it running around frantically getting errands done before I left.
On the 12th I sewed all morning then went shopping in the afternoon. My skinny nice jeans split in the crotch and my comfy flats developed a hole in them the week before I leave for Paris so I had to go buy replacements. Then I packed up my suitcase for the trip.
On the 13th I had half a day in Atlanta before I had to be at the airport and I spent it running around frantically getting errands done before I left.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
May 11, 2011
2 days until Paris!
59 days until I get married to my best friend!
Today I've started and finished 2 garments, sewed a 3rd until I realized that I don't have the right zipper for it (and neither does the fabric store) and cut out a 4th garment.
I'm about to go get my hair cut so that I can have a fabulous fresh cut for Paris! *Photo later*
59 days until I get married to my best friend!
Today I've started and finished 2 garments, sewed a 3rd until I realized that I don't have the right zipper for it (and neither does the fabric store) and cut out a 4th garment.
I'm about to go get my hair cut so that I can have a fabulous fresh cut for Paris! *Photo later*
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
May 9 & May 10, 2011
Yesterday I went shopping with a friend and found some good walking around shoes for Paris. Then I almost finished a quilt!
Today I finished the quilt, tried on my wedding dress for the first time. It FITS! And hung out with my friends.
Tomorrow, lots of sewing and a haircut :)
Today I finished the quilt, tried on my wedding dress for the first time. It FITS! And hung out with my friends.
Tomorrow, lots of sewing and a haircut :)
Sunday, May 8, 2011
May 7 and May 8, 2011
Busy weekend! Yesterday Lee and I drove up to Pigeon Forge with friends to Zorb. If you don't know what that is youtube it...NOW! It was the most fun thing I have ever done in my life and I'll definitely be back, I don't think I've ever laughed so hard and smiled so much in my life! The picture above is of Lee and I after we zorbed, we're soaked in case you can't tell. I forgot my swimsuit so I had to buy clothes there and the smallest size they had was men's medium so I'm soaked and also drowning in clothes.
Today we graduated, super long ceremony...glad to be finished with the Georgia Institute of Technology. I'm too tired to upload the pictures but I will soon.
Friday, May 6, 2011
May 6, 2011
One week until I'm in Paris!
Today Lee and I went to Zoo Atlanta!
Giant Panda, going inside to hide because there were like 5,000 screaming kids there on a field trip.
The red panda, which was surprisingly active, despite the presence of the school children.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
Free at last, free at last! Finished my last final and in 6-8 weeks I will have a diploma for my B.S. in Biology from Georgia Institute of Technology hanging on the wall in my new apartment!
Between my morning final and my afternoon final I took a nice nap on a bench on campus and when I woke up I realized that had I taken a nap on a bench anywhere else someone probably would have called the police on me.
Between my morning final and my afternoon final I took a nice nap on a bench on campus and when I woke up I realized that had I taken a nap on a bench anywhere else someone probably would have called the police on me.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
May 4, 2011
1 more day until I'm finished with finals!
9 days until Paris!
66 days until I get married!
My baby toad is 1 year old! I don't know exactly when she hatched from her egg, it was probably in March of last year, but it was around this time last year that I caught her and she has grown so much. This photo is her about a month after I caught her and now she is about the size of a 50 cent piece when she sits down and pulls her legs underneath herself.
Lee and I were at a cookout at his mother's house and some kids came inside saying that they found a frog. I rushed outside with a plastic cup in hand to save the frog from the kids. It wasn't just one frog but probably about 40 of them, all over the yard. It had just rained and it was almost sundown and they were hopping around all over the place. Lee and I caught 3 to take home with us as pets but 2 of them wouldn't eat the food we provided and died shortly after.
Wilson is a (suspected) female Fowler's Toad and today is her unofficial birthday. She will get some extra juicy mealworms for dinner tonight!
9 days until Paris!
66 days until I get married!
Lee and I were at a cookout at his mother's house and some kids came inside saying that they found a frog. I rushed outside with a plastic cup in hand to save the frog from the kids. It wasn't just one frog but probably about 40 of them, all over the yard. It had just rained and it was almost sundown and they were hopping around all over the place. Lee and I caught 3 to take home with us as pets but 2 of them wouldn't eat the food we provided and died shortly after.
Wilson is a (suspected) female Fowler's Toad and today is her unofficial birthday. She will get some extra juicy mealworms for dinner tonight!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
May 3, 2011
My first exam is tomorrow and its going to be a tough one.
10 Days until Paris
24 days until I can start moving into the new apartment
67 Days until the wedding
This is my life right now, studying physics all day until the test is over, then its on to anatomy and behavior biology. Just 3 more days of this stuff, then its free time for almost a month!
I usually take an hour long break for ever 3 or 4 hours of studying. This break I checked on the plants, loaded the washer, made and ate a snack, went through one of my closets and pulled out a bunch of clothes and junk that I don't need anymore.
I noticed that all of the times I've moved in college I've pretty much packed everything up and taken it with me and only gotten rid of things as they broke, so I've accumulated many things that I don't need anymore but they aren't damaged so I just keep moving them around. This is probably one of the reasons my apartment is so cramped. So to prevent that from happening when I move again at the end of the month, I started cleaning out my things a few weeks ago. I also get this terrible feeling of guilt when I receive a gift that I know I won't use, the feeling prevents me from throwing it away or donating it to charity, then the gifts just sit around my apartment for months, sometimes years until I feel that I can justify getting rid of it. I need to adjust my attitude towards these gifts before I drown in them. I began telling myself it would be a greater gift to drop these unwanted things off at Goodwill so that people who actually want or need these things can get them.
So far I've taken 2 suitcases of stuff to be sold or donated to my parents house and thrown away several trash bags full of junk. I'm not taking this junk with me to Lee and I's new apartment.
All in all a pretty productive break from studying, the next one will probably be spent taking out the recycling, sorting through mail and all of the other papers that have accumulated on my kitchen table.
10 Days until Paris
24 days until I can start moving into the new apartment
67 Days until the wedding
I usually take an hour long break for ever 3 or 4 hours of studying. This break I checked on the plants, loaded the washer, made and ate a snack, went through one of my closets and pulled out a bunch of clothes and junk that I don't need anymore.
I noticed that all of the times I've moved in college I've pretty much packed everything up and taken it with me and only gotten rid of things as they broke, so I've accumulated many things that I don't need anymore but they aren't damaged so I just keep moving them around. This is probably one of the reasons my apartment is so cramped. So to prevent that from happening when I move again at the end of the month, I started cleaning out my things a few weeks ago. I also get this terrible feeling of guilt when I receive a gift that I know I won't use, the feeling prevents me from throwing it away or donating it to charity, then the gifts just sit around my apartment for months, sometimes years until I feel that I can justify getting rid of it. I need to adjust my attitude towards these gifts before I drown in them. I began telling myself it would be a greater gift to drop these unwanted things off at Goodwill so that people who actually want or need these things can get them.
So far I've taken 2 suitcases of stuff to be sold or donated to my parents house and thrown away several trash bags full of junk. I'm not taking this junk with me to Lee and I's new apartment.
All in all a pretty productive break from studying, the next one will probably be spent taking out the recycling, sorting through mail and all of the other papers that have accumulated on my kitchen table.
Monday, May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
11 days until Paris!
68 days until the wedding!
I planted these seeds on my porch "garden" about 3 weeks ago. This happens every year, when I start to see plants growing outside I get the urge to plant seeds of my own and grow them into vegetables or flowers. The past few years I've been terrible about taking care of them but this year I have a new motivation to get these seedlings to grow...this little seedling will one day very soon be my wedding flowers!
I started the seeds in rubbermaid containers that I had cut holes in the bottom of, with seed starting soil. Watered them well then placed plastic bags over the containers and left them on the porch for a week. After I removed the plastic coverings the dahlia seedlings looked great! The zinnia seedlings didn't look so great, only one germinated. The poppy seeds didn't germinate at all! I'm still waiting on my anemone tubers to sprout, I pulled some out today and one is growing roots but nothing is coming out of the top yet, three of the others were nasty, they were gooey and fell apart when I tried to check on them!
I've been watering these little guys every morning and evening because the soil is so shallow that the water evaporates over the course of the day so I let them soak up water overnight.
Because my last few attempts at gardening have been so unsuccessful I searched high and low for a book or blog to help me figure out what my problems were and how to fix them and grow beautiful flowers without spending a fortune. I got all the planting info from Garden Anywhere, which is an awesome book if you want to start gardening and have limited space and limited funds. I started my porch garden for about $30 because I bought pots before reading this book, but now that I've seen all the adorable projects in this book using free or very cheap supplies I know better for next year's garden. Its also full of tips to help you get started and they work! I've never been able to keep seedlings alive for this long (3 weeks!) I've been a bit of a brown thumb the past couple of years.
Hopefully they will grow into big dahlia bushes and produce lots of white and red flowers for my wedding, if not they'll look beautiful on my porch. I need to find a seedling sitter and a toad sitter for the week we're in Paris.
68 days until the wedding!
I planted these seeds on my porch "garden" about 3 weeks ago. This happens every year, when I start to see plants growing outside I get the urge to plant seeds of my own and grow them into vegetables or flowers. The past few years I've been terrible about taking care of them but this year I have a new motivation to get these seedlings to grow...this little seedling will one day very soon be my wedding flowers!
I've been watering these little guys every morning and evening because the soil is so shallow that the water evaporates over the course of the day so I let them soak up water overnight.
Because my last few attempts at gardening have been so unsuccessful I searched high and low for a book or blog to help me figure out what my problems were and how to fix them and grow beautiful flowers without spending a fortune. I got all the planting info from Garden Anywhere, which is an awesome book if you want to start gardening and have limited space and limited funds. I started my porch garden for about $30 because I bought pots before reading this book, but now that I've seen all the adorable projects in this book using free or very cheap supplies I know better for next year's garden. Its also full of tips to help you get started and they work! I've never been able to keep seedlings alive for this long (3 weeks!) I've been a bit of a brown thumb the past couple of years.
Hopefully they will grow into big dahlia bushes and produce lots of white and red flowers for my wedding, if not they'll look beautiful on my porch. I need to find a seedling sitter and a toad sitter for the week we're in Paris.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011
I'm practicing being a wife today (T-minus 69 days until I marry my best buddy). This morning I got up and cooked enough pancakes to get us through studying for finals. Then I finished my term paper. Then started cooking dinner. Tonight's menu will include homemade sourdough beer bread made with Dundee's IPA, yummy salad, and creamy potato soup.
Bread in the oven
After dinner, I'll be studying anatomy and physics for the remainder of the evening and I might even get a little recreational reading in!
Hello World
Welcome to my newest blog! I already blog over at katikando for all of my sewing adventures. This new blog will (hopefully) be more of a daily blog of what I'm doing. I'm also testing out blogger to see if I like it better than wordpress, see if I'll make a full switch later!
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