Manicures at home!!!

I found this tutorial on how to make nail polish hearts on pinterest, the best website in the history of websites. I am officially addicted, by the by.

Anywho, back on topic. I LOVE nail designs, but am too poor to get a professional manicure to get those pretty flowers, so I thought I would try this. It didn't look too hard. It wasn't hard at all, actually.

My version. :)

Cute, huh?

If you like to paint your nails, and are tired of the humdrum sameness of a single color with no flair, I think this heart is a great thing to try!

Yippee!!!

My Aunt and Uncle bought me this wonderful new Janome sewing machine!! No more handmade projects! YAY!!!

Just look at all those stitch designs! AND, it has 3, count 'em, 3 button holes!

I love this thing. LOVE.

Laugh a little :)

Just a little something to brighten your day......

Oh my word, this is SO true!!!

Exactly.

Um........

Happy Sunday!

Christmas morning, sleepy dogs, and curly hair

Merry AFTER Christmas everyone!!! Oh my word. I can't believe how longs it's been since I've posted! Insane.

As I do every year, my parents and I drove down to Columbus OH to spend Christmas with Aunts, Uncles, and cousins..........

We opened presents in the morning :)

Which tired the dogs right out :)

Yup. That's me! Erin, Queen of the dogs!

Sweet Sophie :) My cousin's puppy. She was so tired, she fell asleep in the usual puppy fashion.....wherever she happened to be at the moment, which was right on top of Kody's head :) So cute!!!

I curled my hair with the spiral curling iron I got for Christmas from my mommy and Daddy! Yay!! I love it :) ♥

Merry Christmas everyone, and a happy new year to all the world!

What's in the daily news?

I'll tell you what's in the daily news!!! A story about animals that can walk upright, like people! Interested? Then, by all means, watch to find out more!



O.K. So it's not a real story. Actually, this was last week's literature project on the book "Animal farm" by George Orwell. I found it to be very interesting and thought provoking. It's not a large book, only 10 chapters, and the wording isn't too hard to understand, which was a nice change to what we have previously been reading in that class{for example, we are currently reading "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis}

This video stars, well, me, and my two friends, Zakk and Adam.{Zakk is the "off-camera voice, and he was also our real camera man}

If you've never heard of Animal farm, here's a short summary:

Animal Farm is George Orwell's satire on equality, where all barnyard animals live free from their human masters' tyranny. Inspired to rebel by Major, an old boar, animals on Mr. Jones' Manor Farm embrace Animalism and stage a revolution to achieve an idealistic state of justice and progress. A power-hungry pig, Napoleon, becomes a totalitarian dictator who leads the Animal Farm into "All Animals Are Equal / But Some Are More Equal Than Others" oppression.

To be perfectly honest, the story is more interesting than this summary leads you to believe. However, it does give an accurate picture of the plot.

And you will inherit the MIRTH!

There is a wonderful Christian Comedic site that is only a click away. Try it! Don't believe me? Here are a few examples!






Enjoy!

Inspirational Monday.......March 14, 2011

This week's Inspirational Monday is all about Spring, and the many fun things it offers, such as.........

Can y'all tell that I am shamelessly pining for warmer weather? Because I am. I want to wear pretty spring dresses. I want to go outside barefoot. I want to go for long walks in the park, and ride my bike around the neighborhood. I WANT SPRING!!!!!!!!!

So pretty

Taylor Swift is SO pretty! I want her hair and her clothes. A lot.

Raise your hands if you are SO readdy for it to be spring!!!!!

I'M so ready for warm weather, I needed more than just my hands to get my point across!

Raise your hands if you're SO ready for it to be spring!!! by princess_grace on Polyvore.com

Manicures

Yesterday my mom and I got manicures as a super-dy duper-dy late birthday present{for me} Neither of us had ever done that before, and let me tell you, it was GREAT!!!! I never really understood the appeal of manicures before yesterday{other than the obvious:looks. Not overly important to me} But then I saw my nails, now I'm a believer!!!!

My mom's polish has been described as pixie dust. I tend to agree

The lady who did my nails described my color as so hot it burns!!! {LOL}


I'm officially a fan of manicures!!!!

Inspirational Monday March 7, 2011

elcome to the first Inspirational Monday in the month of March!!!! I'm sorry I didn't get this out on Monday, when I was supposed to. But I suppose Tuesday morning is just as good, right?

Some things that inspire me.......

Jennette McCurdy's hair. I want to die
{the good kind, like after you've just eaten the very best chocolate cake known to the human race as we know it} OMW. So gorgeous.

The pictures on Demi Lovato's Second album "Here we go again"

Old fashioned microphones. And red lipstick. They just go together, you know?

Perrywinkle, both a flower and a color.

These cupcakes. Enough said.

Now go out and be inspired!!!

History night

Not too long ago, my homeschool group held what we call "History night". Basically, each child will pick a time period{or specific person/event in history} and create an elaborate report on that topic. I say elaborate, because it's not just an essay, it's a display board, food, costume, and sometimes, a skit. The whole thing is pretty big, and I think this year's history night was the best we've ever had.........and that's saying a lot! Two years ago, I had a mini drive-in movie theatre as part of my report. Cool, right?

Amelia Earhart

The 1950's

Annie Oakley

The wright brothers

Anastasia Romanov

Eleanore Roosevelt

Cowboys

Daniel Boone

Plantation life during the Civil war

See what I mean about it being elaborate? The girl who did the 1950's had an ice cream shop, complete with laminate checkerboard flooring, swing music, and, of course, ICE CREAM!!!! And the little wright brother would twirl his little painted on mustache while he talked {AWWWW!}
Annie Oakley showed me and entire show of her shooting tricks, finishing with the one where she is riding her horse and shoots a moving target while she herself is moving. The kids really went all-out this year. I was very impressed!!!

Happy anniversary

For this week's Inspirational Monday, I shall share with you a short video. This is my favorite scene from my favorite episode of the Cosby show, Starring Comedian Bill Cosby. Full episode upon request.

In this episode, called "Happy anniversary", Heath-Cliff Huxtable and his family are celebrating his parents' 49th anniversary with a very special{and entertaining} gift.

Horror of horrors!!!!

As I was aimlessly browsing through previous posts on this very blog, I came across two wonderful posts that I see only one person commented on.

This is a crime, ladies and gentlemen. A CRIME. And I shake my head at you in shame. Just because they are long, should not prevent you from reading these future classics!!!

So quit whining and get your bohunkus{you'll only discover the meaning of that wonderful word if you read those posts!!!!!} over there and read An essay of unrepentance and the story of the good any kind dragon.

NOW

A city on our knees

Now, I ask you. Does this sound like a Toby Mac song? Because I STRONGLY dislike his music. With a passion. But I love this song. What's up with that, peeps? What, I ask you, WHAT?!

By the by, you like how I managed to use the word "peeps" in a sentence? Yeah, me to. I think I should use it more often. It makes me feel hip...............and then I make that statement, which takes away all my recently gained cool-ness. So I think I'll stop talking before I embarrass myself to much and just give y'all a video. Cool? Cool.

In which we get snowed in

Snow. The world is covered in snow. And ice. The trees a coated with it, and the power lines are heavy with snow. So far, my house retains power, but that is not the case with many in the surrounding areas. So, no going anywhere today. yeah.{she said listlessly}

A walk down memory lane...part 2

To continue.........

My dad took these pictures of my sister, who now has two kids of her own. I think they look like something from a parenting magazine, don't you? I mean, they're so clear and cute!!!! That poor cat. LOL

This is me. I'm just a few weeks old here.



This HAS to be one of my favorite baby pictures. See? I was a camera hog from birth, and I can prove it! LOL


Me again, a few months old. I think there are a thousand pictures of baby me playing with the top of my bottle. My mom says she would take the top off that thing and I would sleep with just the lid of my bottle. :)

My brother, sister and I for a family photo.


This is me and my mom when I was, oh, I think about 2.


In our old house, there used to be a gigantic tree in our front yard that would shed so many leaves, I'm surprised it didn't tip over with the weight of them! One year, my dad built me a huge leaf pile, and I jumped in. I think I was about 6.



And that concludes our walk down my lane of memories!!! I hope you enjoyed it!

~Erin