Project Runway – Week 1 (No SPOILERS)

I whole heartedly agree with the elimination.  

As for the winner, I think she was the most innovative, which is what the challenge was about.  I really liked everything except for the bust portion.    I like what she did to make the material for the skirt.   

I think I liked the second place dress more, but I would not wear anything like that.  For that reason, I agree with the judges decision.

So, go watch it, and comment back to let me know what you think of my assessment.

Road Trip – Day 5 & 6 & 7

OK, so by the time the weekend was over, I was ready for some nothing.  So there’s not much to tell about day five of my trip.  There’s not a single picture of day five.  I don’t remember day five.  I think I slept a lot.  Stop judging me; I was on vacation!

Most of day six was spent waiting for Aunt J to arrive.  She’d spent the first week of her vacation in New England, and was in Boston for the 4th of July.   When she arrived we had a good time listening to her tell stories about her adventures.  I love to listen to my aunt tell a story.    

Hearing her talk about New England made me want to go, too.  It’s definitely on my list.   But the way things are going, I don’t know how I will come up with the time or money.  I mean, I just used up all vacation for the rest of the year on this one trip.   

Day 7 was all about errands.   Since my aunt hadn’t been in Washington for years, there were some things that she needed to do.  One of the top things on her list was going to the DMV to get a change of address and a new picture.   So I spent two hours in the DMV in Washington.  Not a very vacation-y activity.

The other thing that need to happen was that my grandfather’s ashes had to be scattered.  A tradition was started with my grandmother.  A bit of her ashes were scattered into the ocean at a particular beach, and the rest were taken and buried in the churchyard in Cambridge, England where she was from.   The family decided to do the same with Grandpa.   So we went to the beach.  This is just a little illegal, so I don’t really recommend it.


 

We never really had a memorial for Grandpa, so it was nice to be able to send him off somehow.

And then we went for a decent lunch with a really crappy waiter.    How much does that suck?   

Then we went home and had some grilled goodness on the deck.   I used to have a huge deck, but my parents’ deck puts that one to shame, I have to say.

Road Trip – Day 4

Should I still be referring to it as a “Road Trip” after I got there?    Whatever.

On Sunday, we stayed a lot closer to home.   It’s become somewhat of a tradition to check out the local minor league baseball team.  This may not be such a good thing for the team, because I think of the six or seven games I’ve been to, they might have won one.  

The really great thing about The Minors is that you can get some really awesome seats for super cheap.  We were pretty much right behind home plate, and the seats cost just $15 each.   It was a great spot to take some really awesome pictures from.   Click to enlarge.

Although, they lost, they nearly had a comeback in the bottom of the ninth, so it ended up being pretty exciting.   Also, we were sitting behind the scouts and the pitchers starting pitchers from both teams who were taking notes.  It was all fine and good until I got a little too excited.  😉


This whole trip was quickly turning into an excuse for me to take a lot of pictures.    Just wait . . . There’s more.   

Just sayin’.

Crazy Single Girl Life – Home Sweet Home

It finally happened.   I finally feel like I’ve had just about enough of going out.   I’m in.  I’ve been in.  I’m not going anywhere.  

I’ve been home from my vacation for a couple of days, and I have to say, I haven’t been feeling as antsy since I got back.  I just want to hang out, and I’m enjoying my apartment more now.  I guess I just needed a bit of a break.  

So, I’m sitting here being a bit of a slug.  I kind of feel like I might be coming down with something, too.   

I’m watching trashy TV.  I’m slouching, and I’m tap tapping away at my MacBook.   I’ve been looking at all the stuff I’ve been wanting too.  

This is the life.  This is my life.   It’s not any different than when I’m running around every day.  I’m still the same person, so I guess it makes sense.   It’s just nice to feel like I can breathe again in my own house.  I’m still going to go out when I want, but hopefully I’ll find some balance now.   

And by balance, I mean passing out on the couch with a belly full of risotto.  

Just sayin’.

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Crazy Single Girl Life – Housework Edition

Kind of sucks when there isn’t a dude to blame for the lack of cleaning of the bathroom.  I really did let it get that bad.  This is yet another negative side effect of Crazy Singledom.  I think, however, that I’m getting to the point where I don’t feel like I have to go out every night.  Maybe every other.