Life in Color — a scrappy Log Cabin quilt block pieced in pink and green prints.
  • Grandpa has a few doctor’s appointments this week, the first of which was yesterday. He had to have a big thing scrapped of his head (um, I almost gagged when they were doing it, had to stick my fingers in my ears and hum). So we’re sitting in the waiting room (for a long time), and grandpa decides he wants to chat:

    Grandpa: "I read in the news today that there are 79 million obese people in the United States… I think they all live in Oregon"

    Me: (in a whisper) "Grandpa stop!"

    Grandpa: "Why do you always stop me, don’t you want to know the truth?"

    Me: "Sometimes it’s not appropriate."

    Ya, like when there is a very over-weight person right across from us staring. Oh my lord, how embarrassing. Then he had to get up and complain that his appointment should be on time, and he was in the military and people did things when they said they would. I just kept apologizing to the nurse. Though I was sort of laughing inside (which made me have the foresight to take notes on my iPhone, which I often do). I mean it totally reminds me of a little kid, or I guess me as a little kid. My mom’s told me I said things like, "Why is that woman wearing clown makeup?" So karmic payback I guess.

    But isn’t it amazing that California is so wonderful? Who knew they had no traffic, no obese people, and perfectly timed appointments? Not me!

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  • On Saturday I got to hang out with my mini BFF, V. Oh my goodness she is loosing baby fat, noooooo…. Seriously she has a ton more sounds, is walking so quick, and has a real giggle. 18 months, sigh I can’t believe it.
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    (I totally over processed this one for fun).
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    You should be able to click on that for a full size version.
    We found that couch outside a dorm and I had Brett drag it out to the walk. It was a smoker’s couch (ew)  so good thing you can’t smell this picture. Violet was constantly on the go, attack the photographer mode:
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    Hehehe. Oh and the coat. I made her this cute little dress for Christmas and got her this coat (from the gap, but I think sold out now, can’t find it) and some striped tights to go with. I had to give it to her early and she loved it, yeah!
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    She was running back and forth giving hugs. Maybe the cutest thing ever?
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    Hehehe, that’s a good representation of her cute little march way of walking. I think I mentioned that I got the totally rad actions, and I used a bunch of those on these. I love em!

    Also if you saw my big Dymo on this post, and you want one of her own, someone just posted one on eBay. I don’t know the seller or anything, but I thought I’d give a heads up as they don’t come on that often.

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  • I didn’t make this up or anything, but per Robin’s request the frosting:

    In a big bowl put 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar with three large egg whites, then beat until really frothy. I put it all in my kitchen aid and set the sucker on high until it got like that. Slowly add in powdered sugar until you get the thickness you want. We used about 3/4 of a 2lb bag on each batch. I would say 1 batch is good for three people who want to stick lots of candy on their houses.

    Hope that helps!

    *edited to add, this is safe to eat (trust me I had about 15 cups last night), when you whip up the eggs with tartar you are essentially cooking them.

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