Day of Birth

It is my Mommy's birthday today and my Dad got her an IPOD. Yay! It was hard trying to show her all the features because I am SUPER impatient. I just wanted to rip it out of her hands and shout: LET ME DO IT!!!
But I didn't. I held back.

I think I am growing. I taught my friend how to drive a stick and I didn't explode from the sheer frustration. I stayed calm and boy do I feel like a grown up.

It's about time...I am turning 23 in 6 days. Holy cow.

My Mommy and her IPOD.

So cute.

Painting

Yesterday, I decided I was in a painting mood. So, I tore through the Sunday Oregonian and found a coupon for canvases at Michael's. Two 16'' X 20'' for $5.99! Yay! I bought some extra black and white paint too because I always run out of those first.

I started painting like I usually do: very technical, plotting out colors and shapes...but I became bored and frustrated.

So, I left it. I ignored the canvas on plastic sitting on my floor. I told myself that the next day I would start again...but with a different mind set.

And I did. I didn't plot. I just painted.

This is what I came up with:

Family Park Deux

My family will be leaving today...returning to their respective houses.

...Sad...

I am the youngest in my *immediate* family...so it was nice (for a weekend) to feel like the older sister. I could impart wisdom, tell jokes, do hair... Yay!


I love you dear family...every last weird one of you.

Family

My family is visiting from California/Arizona/Washington for August birthdays! My birthday is the 18th, and I am strangely unexcited.
I AM excited that my cousins are here! They are a hoot.
Below is a picture of my cousin Zoe burning things in my room. :)

Slides from the Thrift Shop

My Mom and I went thrift shopping today...and we went with a purpose! August is a big birthday month in our family, so we needed to find some great items. The first store was bad...I felt like I was gonna die...too many over-perfumed old ladies running around. There was, however, a safe haven for me and people like me (i.e. tired husbands, tag-along friends). It was a whole room devoted to books. Yay!

The next store was tons better. I could have lived there. BEST OF ALL...the prices were fantastic. Holy Jumping Jackrabbits, all thrift shops need to go to this store and take serious notes. I have been to thrift shops where they have great stuff but they want a kidney or some other essential body part for it.

Here is what I purchased:

1. Paperback book
2. Spooky frame for awesome project I am doing
3. Samsonite Bag (I collect them)
















4. SLIDES!!
I got a whole drawer full!
I don't know why.
They are mostly from the 50's and 60's...it looks like the family in the slides lived at the coast. They took some vacations to Cali and Southern Oregon.

I love old people

She makes me smile...

Life

My parents are gone for the evening...and I am craving a cupcake.

I am flipping back and forth between Red Eye (awesome movie) and Law and Order with Jeff Goldblum. I can't choose.

I seriously need a job.











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Tomorrow is Sunday and I'm going over to REI to get my Providence Bridge Pedal t-shirt. My Mom, Dad, and I were signed up for the bridge pedal this next weekend but it turns out my relatives are coming up the same weekend.
Dangit. Shucks. Poo. I really wanted to ride my bike for 4 hours with a bunch of strangers.