Phillies :: World Championship Winners!!

A big day in history for Philadelphia! Wednesday, October 29, 2008, the Phillies won the World Championships against the Devil Rays.



In case you have no idea what all that means (as I did), the Phillies are Philadelphia's Pro. Baseball team. The Devil Rays are from Tampa Bay, FL. The Phillies have not been in the Championships since 1993 when they lost against the Toronto Blue Jays. The last time they won the championship was in 1980.



Since 1983, Philadelphia has had all four teams (baseball, football, basketball or hockey) in the championships, but with no wins. So this is huge for all of Philadelphia to finally win after 25 years.

Congratulations Phillies!!

Oink, Oink! Falling for Pumpkins!

A couple of friends Scott and I met off of the Eagle's message board (where he spends alllllll his free time) invited us to go to a pumpkin patch with them. Which I was VERY excited about since I LOVE PUMPKINS. :)

Christian and April just moved here from Boston. They're really nice... we met up with them at a bar to watch one of the Eagles games last month and found we had a lot in common.

So we met them at the Honeysuckle Hill Pumpkin Farm, which coincidentally, is only a few miles away from the YWAM base... but we didn't know that and didn't have a chance to visit it. :(

But we had a lot of fun at the pumpkin farm... DESPITE the 85 degree heat wave - it was SO HOT!

They had little pig noses for sale... :)



Only... it wasn't a Pumpkin Patch like I though... but a bunch of pumpkins that were already picked... and just placed on the grass.. oh, and they had a price tag on them!! lol. not the natural picking experience I was expecting :( but all the same... it was fun. and hot, very hot.



yes, that's a price tag on there...



Baby white pumpkins are my favorites!



I was playing around with photoshop...



Big white pumpkins are also my favorites...



more photoshop fun:





Baby orange pumpkins are... my second favorites. :)







This is one of the funniest parts of the day: Hillbilly Pig Races!
(notice the orange tree in the background... it's the most orange I've seen so far... :( I thought there was going to be lots of it for fall... but I guess it's not here yet.




This announcer guy had a very thick accent... and was trying to be funny. He kept coming up with names for the pigs... like Swin-ia-twain (Shania Twain), Kevin Bacon, Faith Squeel (Faith Hill)...



These are GIANT pumpkins... they were at least 12 LBS for a small one and up to 35lbs I think...



Check out the 'regular' sized green ones at the bottom



There was this HUGE tire that the kids were swinging on... I don't think I've ever seen one this big (at least one that's not carrying a tractor or 18 wheeler)



Did I mention how HOT it was??

Ruffled Skirt!

I was inspired by Grand Revival Designs' Ruffled Skirts to finally make one of my own. I know... they're for girls... but they were just so cute!! and so fun! And I bought some super cute fabric that worked perfectly!! I love it. :D

I have only completed one item of clothing since I first started sewing in my Home Economics class in high school... and that was a dress for my prom! ... quite a long time ago! (and I had a lot of help from the teacher)

So, I was very excited to actually finish an item of clothing by myself. I followed Tonya's tutorial here, with a few adjustments to make it fit of course... and here it is:

Some new pretty fabrics combined with some I already had -






This is the first top layer... I forgot to take photos before I started



Second layer...






And modeled by yours truly... :D (please ignore the mess in the background)



Twirling is so instinctive in this skirt!! lol.



Close up of all the layers... can you see the details with the piping. I thought it added a little something extra



also another first: zipper! that was a little tough cause of all the layers... I didn't want the layers to lay flat and make the zipper show too much... so I had to get creative... which meant that the zipper wasn't the prettiest. but it works.





Hope you enjoyed... If you want to give it a try, head over to the tutorial - it's VERY easy... just a bunch of rectangles sewn together. She even uses elastic, so there's no zippers to sew, couldn't be easier! I have many more garments that I've started and have yet to finish... but am hoping to get back to them soon. Especially once we finish painting and putting together the Craft Room. :D yayy.

B.

my precious babies - little fur shedding maniacs

So, I'm still really bummed that I don't have a camera, especially now that I'm interning for a photographer and am editing her photos for her... makes me miss shooting my own photos really badly. :(

So, I grabbed Scott's camera (which I lovingly named 'baby camera') and started to play around with the manual settings on it... turns out... it can actually take an ok picture (with some help from photoshop). These are some of my 'practice' shots... not all that exciting, but they're all natural lighting indoors... which was always been a bit of a scary experience for me since I prefer outdoor sufficient light.

but here they are for you to enjoy (and let me know what you think):

Lilo:

He's so cute. The most bratty, sneaky and biggest trouble maker of the bunch. He will go into the kitchen or to the vanity area of our bedroom and use his paw to try and open the drawers... you can imagine the annoying sound of the drawers banging when he doesn't open them on the first try... little punk! lol. I know I should be mad, but it makes me laugh.







Twitch:

He's constantly sleeping... and SO comfortably... this kid is rediculous!! he's always curled up like it's the most comfortable spot in the house... and lately, he's become quite vocal when his precious sleep is disturbed... he just cries and cries like you're torturing him! so funny! at the sight either of us fixing the blankets, he'll come running like it's for him. and he'll leave the other empty couch and the rest of the one you're sitting on and come and lean up against where you're stitting. so silly. :)







Kahlua was a little too skiddish to capture. maybe next time... :D

This one's for you Ragi:





Last month I volunteered at a small animal shelter (cause I was bored and needed to get out of the house) and there were some ah-dor-a-ble little kitties there... (these are cell phone pics, so not that great) it's like a big ball of fur - can't tell which body is who's.





This little guy is a giant schnauzer & yellow lab mix... SO cute. He had 1 brother and 2 sisters... one boy and one guy looked more like a giant schnauzer, and this one and his other sister looked more like the labs... so cute and cuddly! :D





Look at his little ear in the water dish! lol.



I can't wait to get a puppy!!!

fishies are hibernating...

Ok, so the fishies are currently out of order... so disregard that post for now... :D