Ideas

I love a good idea. Who doesn't? But I especially love ideas on how to recycle stuff I have lying around my house.

Make a jump rope out of old speaker wire and markers.


http://www.readymade.com/projects/article/speaker_wire_jump_rope

Things to do with old t-shirts.


http://wildonionstudio.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/tee-bags-a-tutorial-to-recycle-a-tee-shirt-into-a-shopping-bag/


http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/05/tshirt_recyclin_1.php




http://www.ohmystars.net/craft/index-surgery.php?page=tsstut6


http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/diy_tshirt_surgery.php


http://www.savvyseams.com/apt/tpillow.php

Make them into wall art.

Bootcamp @ work!

Our company has brought in an outside group to provide a bootcamp style workout class during lunch. We had our first week of it as a trial this week. There was really good turnout. I went on Monday and again today. I'm sore, but I'm very satisfied with the amount of exercise I got. I also know just how horribly out of shape I really am and I'm excited about watching that improve over the course of doing these classes.

Blog pictures

Acobox is a great place to find blog pictures. Signing up for an account is absolutely free and only takes a moment. They have quite a nice selection of images that already optimized for blogs. The images are categorized so you can easily browse through the selections they offer. But the best part is that you can search through all the photos using a keyword or phrase. When I searched on the word "lily" I came up with the following images:

Once you have chosen an image to use, the website makes it super easy to copy and paste the code right into your blog entry. You can choose the size and the alignment that you would like for your photo and it provides the HTML code you need to make the image appear.

Another nice thing is that the image is hosted by Acobox and you don't have to worry about going through the hassle of uploading the photo you want. The images also have all been properly licensed and as long as you follow the rules they lay out in their Terms, you don't have to worry about copyright infringement.

As a photographer, you can upload your photos to Acobox to offer for use by bloggers. It's a great way to build up a reputation as a photographer or just to share some beautiful photographs that you would like other people to have a chance to use.

Female Assertiveness Training

Today all the girls in the office were invited to participate in a call-in assertiveness training seminar. It was interesting. The one thing I got out of it was that an assertive woman wears black, gray or deep purple and accents with red. Yeah, so basically dress like a man and add your lipstick for that feminine touch.

Weekend Film Competition

A friend from work organized a group of us to submit an entry to the National Film Challenge. http://www.filmchallenge.com/ The goal is to write, rehearse, film and edit a 4-8 minute film in one weekend. That yeah, that's what we did this past weekend. If it shows up on YouTube, I'll post it here. I wasn't in it, but my hubby and car both were.

Punkin's Open house

Mosquito and I went to Punkin's school open house. It was good to meet her teachers. One of them I liked a lot, one of them creeped me out and another one annoyed the heck out of me. The rest seemed fine. I hope everything goes ok for her this year.

If you can't stand the heat...

In the summer of 1997 Seattle had some horrible heat and my car air conditioning system completely stopped working right during the thick of it. Luckily for me my car was still (barely) under the extended 100,000 mile warranty I had purchased and the replacement was covered. But, my experience sure made me realize how horrible it is to have a car without A/C during the summer heat. And Seattle isn't exactly known for the heat, so I'm sure it's about 100 times worse in other parts of the country.

If you find yourself needing to replace your air conditioning compressor or any other auto ac parts, then check out DiscountACParts.com to see if they have the parts you need.

Figure Print ordered!

Ok, here's the rendered photos from the pose I ordered.  The animated compliation is at the end. It said I should be getting my figure within a month.

Wedding Fail

Figure Print take 2

I didn't notice before that they offer the option to equip your ranged weapon.

I think this in my new favorite. Spell Cast Omni (B) with my wand equipped:

Oh, and I'm thinking of maybe not displaying the guild tabard, which would make it look like this:

Figure Print

I was selected to have the ability to purchase a FigurePrint of my World of Warcraft character. Now I just have to decide what pose I want for her.

Standing with weapons sheathed:

Standing with weapons out:

Walking with weapons sheathed:

Walking with weapons out:

Spell Ready Directed:

Spell Cast Omni (B)

New fabric

I bought 5 yards of this fabric on ebay and it arrived last week.

The photo just doesn't do it justice. It's so gorgeous.

Now I just need to figure out something to do with it. I have been going on a pattern buying spree lately and here are some patterns I have that I'm considering using this fabric for.


The dress on the right:

The dress in the middle right box:

Here are some other patterns I recently purchased, but wouldn't work for this fabric.

I like the neckline on both of those dresses, but especially the one on the right. I think those necklines are pretty flattering on me.

I just like short swingy dresses. I don't like the neckline on the one on the right, so I'll probably never make that one.

This dress just looked classy and I thought it would make a nice out on the town dress for my more elegant evenings.

I figured this was a nice classic coat pattern and I figured I'd pick it up while the patterns were on sale.

I love the swing coat and I want to make the white one in the front. I'm not sure if I'll ever get the time or ambition to do it though.

I picked this one up because I thought the construction and detailing on the skirt could go into a future dance costume.