Okay I know I usually do the free association Wednesday, but I just got such awesome comments last week, that I think you are all ready for something I’ve been wanting to do a while. I hope this works. But my idea was to do a Mad Lib (and before the hate mail starts, yes, the free associations will be coming back people)!
So this is how I want to go about this: -Pick the number of the thing you would like to fill out -Check the comments to make sure it is not taken -Write a comment with one of the numbers followed by the word
1.noun 2.adjective 3.adjective 4.number 5.name of person in room (hmm, well someone I will know, or famous or something, k?) 6.noun 7.adverb 8.noun 9.a food 10.noun 11.noun 12.plural noun 13.noun 14.plural noun 15.plural noun
Okay, I think everyone should only do one number, it will be more fun, don’t you think? It might take a while, but I know there are lurkers out there. Then I will enter the words into the Mad Lib and we will have a silly little story and for a moment we will think we are all at a slumber party again giggling like a bunch of silly girls (unless you are the boys who read this, :>)
What have I been up to? Well a tea party, bridal shower, wedding veil, and cantankerous quilt. I’ll start with the tea party that was on Sunday afternoon. It was at the estate of one of my mom’s girlfriends and it was a mother daughter thing, hats and gloves optional! So much fun to get all dressed up and waited on. We also had a little fashion show to watch, then a huge bunch of mini desserts (which equals up to a lot of sugar even by my standards).
My mom at our table, which was a lot of fun since we had a bunch of her friends at it. After the tea my mom and I went and ran some errands since we had to get chargers for the luncheon we were throwing the next day. It was so funny to go to Target super dressed up, I mean I had a floppy hat on and everything! My mom hemmed my bridesmaid dress that evening, so I have one of about a hundred things done that I have to get done before I leave for Memphis, ahhhhh! The next day it was our turn to host and our set up wasn’t quite as fancy, but perfect for the intimate party that it was:
Jenny loved it anyway, and that’s what we were after. She is my cousin who is tying the knot this Saturday. We had champagne, grapes, scones, then some quiche served with ripe tomatoes and poached asparagus. And it was so good. I just have to interject here that my mom is like the most amazing housewife in the world. She knows how to do all these things, I have to pick that up when I move home in a month. Like I’ll look over and she’ll be whisking an egg to coat the top of a crust, then turn around and she’s handing me the glass bowl to put away because somehow in like ten seconds she managed to finish the egg, wash the bowl, and dry it!!! How to people learn how to do this stuff. While I was gone for only a half an hour getting ready for the party my mom had the kitchen completely transformed. Someone needs to put a secret camera on that woman, I swear she hides a clone of herself in the pantry or something. Anyway we opened presents and I gave my customary gift (I’ve given the Position of the Day to about half a dozen brides to be). This thing just cracks me up so much, and the playbook is much better than the original because it even gives calories, lol!
After we had cake and the guests left Desiree (my other cousin), Jenny, my mom and I went to run errands for some last minuet things Jenny needed for the wedding. They ended up staying until five thirty when Bill got home. I then coerced Bill into taking my mom and I out for Mexican food for dinner since we had been working so hard all day! It was so good. And the left overs are sitting my mom’s fridge because I left them, darn it!!! I then turned my attention to Ceara’s veil, which I impulsively said I would make after seeing the ridiculous prices on them at David’s Bridal. It was actually not that hard at all. Especially after we figured out that you only use 3 threads in the serger to get the ends finished right. I had to wear it for a couple of hours of course to make sure it worked right and everything:
Man, I really need to work on that chunk-a-lunk on my sides, ew. But still, isn’t the veil cool. I like it. When I came home I put it on and then rang the doorbell instead of using my key. Bj asked who it was and I said, “mail order bride!” hehehe. And since I have a picture of me on here looking funny I might as well add one of Sciarrino with her bow tie of ribbon that she just got from the Ribbon Jar:
Before I ode (don’t know if that is a feasible sentence, but whatev): I want to give a shout out to all my IRW home-girls. Some of them were in the next town over for a retreat and I brought my ribbon over so they could all go nuts, hey girls! {for those of you who don’t know I used to work there before starting off on my own} Also Sciarrino found Bj and I Clark bars!!! We have been looking for them since we saw an Unwrapped episode on the food channel about them (like months ago). Okay, so they are an itty bitty size, but we got the idea. And they were pretty good.
On to Madonna (seriously, have not been up to that much cool stuff at all.)
This is the front of a little book I am making for one of my best girlfriends, Ceara. I am in her wedding at the end of the month and I wanted to make her a special something. Ceara and I have a lot of shared interests, but the biggest one is probably Madonna. We were on dance team together in high school and loved dancing around and singing to Madonna. When I was at camp those three summers Ceara kept me informed of any new records or concerts coming up with clippings from papers. Then in the summer of 2001 it happened. Madonna went on tour. We had a few mishaps on our quest to see her, like purchasing fake tickets and me being so excited for the trip that I left my luggage in the driveway and didn’t notice it until an In and Out Burger ten hours away. But nothing could have stopped us. And when we got to the concert and she came on stage we both started crying. Here is us right before:
The concert was so wonderful and it just cemented in my mind my love for her music. I think she is one super amazing woman and I love, love, love her music. I think she has a song for every mood I could ever be in. So I thought for Ceara I would make a little book with some quotes from Madonna songs. The new Donna Downey book turned out to be just what I needed in the inspiration department so I went with one of the CD books. While listening to all these wonderful Madonna songs I came up with a list. My top ten Madonna songs list (in no order): -Rain -Dear Jessie -Like a Prayer -Deeper and Deeper -Vogue -Nobody Knows Me -I’ll Remember -Like a Virgin -La Isla Bonita -Love Profusion (But Madonna if you’re reading, I really do love all your music, and it was hard to pick just ten).
So even if Madonna isn’t your favorite, pick your favorite signer and immerse yourself in their music for a night. It’s so much fun!
