Wreath Wrapping

Here are links to some facebook albums.  The first is of some wreaths!  There is a yarn wreath.  I have finished wrapping it and will be embellishing it on the bottom right corner area.  The next is of a wreath I just finished making for Gina.  I think it turned out beautifully!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.348211641972368.1073741850.334790229981176&type=1&l=173c0991fe

This next is of my general Spring Album on facebook.  I know some of these pictures have probably been gone through, but the ones near the end are newer.  There are some super pretty sunsets in this album!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151598408743188.1073741826.500518187&type=1&l=a99c33442c

Well, that is about all I know about right now.  Littleberry loves to sniff the wreaths and I'm sure he really wants to help me with making them.  I really like making the yarn wreaths.  I think I may go buy some more styrofoam wreaths to be working on this week off and on.  Then, maybe I will take some to sell next week!!  I would like to have a few to offer.  Maybe five or so.  The great thing about the yarn wreaths is that you essentially use hardly any yarn!  Well, it is actually quite a bit, but compared to the whole ball of yarn, it's hardly a dent.  Each ball was four dollars, but I probably used only five to ten cents worth from each ball of the four.  Very cost effective for an entrepreneur.  I just sit on the couch and watch TV while I wrap around and around the wreath!  It gives me something productive to do.  Here is a picture of what I am going off of.  I think I am spot on!  I will embellish using my own style of flowers (or whatever I come up with).  But I love the color combinations.

The Salty Dump Truck

Yesterday was a very intriguing day.  First, I went to Hobby Lobby and got some supplies to make lots of crafts!!  I've been working on making some wreaths and they are turning out so well!!  I will be putting up pictures most likely tomorrow.  I have also finished Littleberry's suitcase bed.  I bought some glittery paper to make some pennants for his suitcase.  It is so adorable!!  Here are some pictures:

I stopped at Sasquatch and bought some of the Salty Dumptruck cookie and came back with my haul.  It was then that my day changed.  I had a knock at my door and was asked for a drink.  Ask my mom or myself for more details.  I took a nap after that.

Today has been a good day.  I've been watching North America on the Discovery Channel.  It has been a six week (I think) series about nature in North America.  It has been a great show and really makes me want to travel!!  There were two episodes on tonight.  It is so pretty!!  North America is so vast and has so much.  Tonight was the finale and I will miss it.  I have watched it every week and it has become my Sunday evening ritual.  While I sit here watching TV, I have been working on a yarn wreath.  That is turning out great!!

I have a very busy week coming up.  I will be working on flowers for a wedding towards the end of this week and I'm pretty nervous about it.  I Bloom. is run by two people.  The one whose home it is out of is expecting a baby any day and she may not be available for helping with this wedding.  We have been planning on her not being available.  Even if she is, whether she has not had the baby yet, or is home with a newborn, she will not be able to help too much.  The other individual will be unavailable as well.  It will be me and the other helper.  Some of the work I have never done before, like decorating an arch with flowers.  We will be receiving and processing flowers one day, making arrangements the next day, and setting up and delivering the next day.  It's a lot to think about!!  First, I have been out of practice for over a year (with my recent wedding being an introductory refresher).  I hope that I do a good job and it goes well!

It's the Middle of the Night

This has been a really weird week.  Tuesday morning, I found out that I didn't get the job that I had applied for.  I had a voicemail, but still haven't called back.  What am I supposed to say?  I got your message.  Thanks for not hiring me?  Maybe I will call on Monday....  I had lunch with my mom in York and had my hair trimmed up that day.  Then I went to watch my British show, Dr. Who with some friends.  I had some really fabulous popcorn that night and I have the recipe!!

Late Wednesday night (technically early Thursday), I called mom in a panic - "Somethings wrong with Littleberry!!!  He won't open his eye!!!"  Realize, I'm panicking because he has never had any problems before.  He has always been fit as a fiddle.  Mom replies, "Maybe he's tired.  It's the middle of the night."  Not the response I was wanting.  I explained to her that it was not that and that it was red all around and watering.  I had washed his face and maybe I got something out.  When I was talking to mom, she told me to just let him sleep and see how he was in the morning.  He still didn't open it all the way on Thursday, but is back to normal now.  It was a scare!!  He is my world.

On Thursday, I started the beginning stages of a glass of lemonade door hang.  I also bought some really neat flowers for my porch.  I have yet to plant them.  My day started off so weird.  I was sleeping so soundly and got a phone call from a guy who I went out with a few times but didn't want to continue seeing me.  He invited me to lunch with him, his mom, and little brother.  That was a very interesting time and I have no idea what to think about it.  Back to the flowers, I'm so excited to have them this summer!!  They are so cool!!

Last night, I started getting ready for today's dinner.  I made the marinade for the fajitas and cut the chicken up to soak up flavor all night.  I also tried to get as much ready last night as I could to make today easier.  The fajitas turned out great!!!  As always.  I had fajitas, beans, rice, chips, berries, and pie.  It was a feast!!!  Plus, Littleberry had a lot of attention and love and belly rubs.

June Blossoms

It has been a little more busy around here recently.  Last Tuesday, I had an interview with a wholesale florist here in Lincoln.  Wholesale means they sell flowers to other flower shops.  There is no arranging there.  A professor that I had a UNL is the owner with his wife.  I was so excited to interview with someone I knew; however, he had a last minute emergency on campus and wasn't there!!!!!  I interviewed with his wife and she had actually seen me pitch my business for his class at Memorial Stadium last Fall.  I do feel good about this job, but I know it will be early hours and demanding.

Other good news, I went to I Bloom. on Friday to help design.  I did a really good job and helped out on Saturday morning as well.  I am helping with a wedding next weekend as well.  It was so great to work with flowers again!!!  Here are some pictures of my work:

I didn't do the flower ring, but that's my hand!  I'm practically a hand model now.  I love the flower rings they do.  I haven't seen those anywhere else and I think it is the greatest idea yet!!

Now, we will backup.  Last Tuesday, I watched Dr. Who for the first time.  I still don't know much about it, but it is the "in" thing at church and in pop culture.  I think it may be a Tuesday evening fixture for the summer as it is on the calendar again for this week.  It is a British show and I still feel strange watching it, but it was OK.

On Saturday, I was able to introduce a few more friends to Honest Abe's and I do believe they loved the hamburgers.  Honest Abe's is the best and when anyone visits me, I will take them there.

Yesterday was a humorous day.  So, I was at church and a few new people were there and introduced themselves.  One of the new guys was from Plano, Texas.  I went up afterwards and said, "My hero is from Plano, Texas!!!!!!"  He then asked who that was, and I replied in an over-excited way, "Rex Burkhead!!!!!"  He said in an uninterested way that he did not know who that was.  So, here is this girl (me) wearing a cutesy dress and a bow in my hair explaining that this is the best running back who played for Nebraska and is now in the NFL.  It was like I was speaking a different language and the language barrier was far too large.  Any chance of redemption from this conversation flew very quickly out the door.  I have to laugh, though, because it is kind of pathetic.

Today, I am working on some wreaths and other projects!!!  I have made a cute burlap bow.  I will post pictures at some point.

Littleberry is having a great day.  I made some scrambled eggs and biscuits today and he always gets a few same pieces of egg, which he really enjoys.  Can you believe that I have almost had him for a full year?!?!  I can't.  He has been the greatest addition to my life ever!!

Also, it was about this time last year that I was starting to have mysterious bug bites on my body and itching like crazy.  So thankful that that was last year and not this year.  I'm still traumatized from the bed bug infestation.

Well, that is all I know for now.  Hope everyone feels up to date on my life once again!

Hello, June!

Today was a busy day.  I went to a wedding luncheon early this afternoon.  It was watermelon themed and adorable!!  It was nice to see some people I don't see very often.  This evening I also had some ice cream with a friend that I started college with and her husband.  It was very great to see her because it has been almost two and a half years!!  Both of my little outings it was like none of us had been apart.  Always fun having those kind of friends.

Littleberry has been doing well.  He has a good friends who has started calling him Sir Berry.  I think he loves the title.  I've been giving him some marshmallows as treats and he loves that.

I started reading Gone With the Wind a few days ago.  Thank goodness it is on my Kindle, because it would be very heavy.  I'm enjoying it, but it has been in my head, "Why am I getting involved in such a humongous book?!?!  Plus, I know it doesn't exactly have a happy ending.  The chapters are very long, but I am in the second chapter.

Last night, I actually danced for a workout for the first time in a very, very long time.  I really have been in a fitness funk for months.  I've actually been in a funk in general for a while.  Last night, I really had to break that cycle.  I really enjoyed it!!  I started doing a thirty day squat challenge about a month ago.  That was a great way to get back into the swing of things.  Now, my next increment would be 230 squats and I don't think I will be able to finish going up to the 250.  It is starting to hurt my knees and shins.  I do think that I will continue to do squats because it has been great, just in lesser amounts.

We had some close tornadoes this past week.  I do have some friends who had damage at home, and also have friends whose families had bad damage from tornadoes.  I'm just glad that there was nothing super severe back home.  It was quite a scare though and was very hard being away while my parents were in the basement.  Here are some pictures from the day:

Pretty Petals

Today has been a productive day.  I had an interview today!!  While this will not be anything full time, it is promising.  I will have a trial design day next Friday helping to make flowers for a wedding.  This is "I Bloom.".  Out of all the florists in Lincoln, I do believe they make the pettiest arrangements for weddings in the area.  Their style is what I believe is very in right now.  Here are some pictures of their work and what I will be doing next week!

Anxiety at It's Best

I will let everyone in on the insight of my anxiety.  Called mom a bit ago with some job info and she was in a panic.  I hadn't checked the weather lately and she said they were in a tornado warning.  I tried to remain calm enough because this is my mom's greatest fear.  She said that grandma and grandpa were coming over, and then we got off.

I decided to turn on the TV, check the weather online, and start eating some chips.

I am in a state of anxiety!!!!  They keep talking about new warnings issued.  There are two confirmed tornadoes on the ground.  One is described as large and dangerous and has been confirmed by law enforcement.

It is always nauseous when "Lushton" is on your TV screen.

So, here I am, sick.  I downed the remainder of a bag of Tia Rosa mega thins and some super hot salsa. Drank a ton of water with that.  I'm blogging to document this moment.  That way mom can see how freaked out I am at a later point.

I was walking around just praying out loud.  I started wishing that I was at home.  But then I thought, why?  So I can die?  I am the voice of logic in this situation.  I like weather and have always been so fascinated!  I just know that mom is at home with two elderly folks who get nervous and "excited", plus dad who is, well, we'll just said mentally unstable in anxious situations.

So, here I am.  Watching Ken Siemek and multiple red polygons.  Typing this.

Here are the various pictures from the weather.  They gradually get WORSE!!!

They go in chronological order starting about an hour ago:

Here are the latest: