family picnic with new family

Oh the sun came out and shone today. Perfecto. Got up early, showered, put my hair into rollers. Anything beauty related you have to practice. Though all the hairspray isn't fun. But my hair did keep looking fabulous all day long. Huzzah!

At a bit after 11, Grandma and Grandpa Spencer showed up in their van. Dad did the driving, I sat in the back and read. There was a picnic in Dupont that was a Dupont picnic and also a Spencer family thingy. Not quite sure about the guest list, but there were hotdogs, chicken, and salad so I was happy. Met cousin Annie, who was very nice. Chatted. Noshed on food. I read my book in the playground of the park for a bit too. I didn't know many people there so conversation was tricky. Still, it was a beautiful day. Perfect for hot dogs.

We left at around 3:30. Nice scenic drive back. I took a nap. Too many early days (two of them!). Back in Seabeck, we all relaxed for a bit. I had some tea to pep me up. Ma and I tried to watch Nine but it was so slow and thought it was way more grand than it actually was. We fast forwarded a bit. Only one dance number was actually fun, but the majority of it was meh. Early in the night, ma and pa retired.

Have no plans for tomorrow and I'm not going to try and predict them.

Todays Portrait Is: Dana Ashbrook.

teef and roll

Got up bright and early to go to the dentist. Hurray. Actually I have no fear of doctors or dentists.

This time around it was the oral surgery place. It was a precursory exam to check out where my wisdom teeth are at and to set up an appointment to get them removed. I had Curran, who did some work on my mother. On the 11th, I will be going in for surgery to get them removed. Will I be ill a week or a day? They are going to have to cut the bejeezus out of my mouth to remove them, so I have a feeling I'll be taking the week. A week to watch MI-5 and other stuff on Netflix! Hurray! And then the wedding. I went to JC Penny's and looked at dresses for the wedding. There were cute dresses that were not available in my size, and cute dresses that are not appropriate for a wedding. Went to Walgreen's and put in my prescription for the two painkillers for after the surgery. Huzzah! Bought some hot hair rollers as well. Whee!

Back at home I played with the rollers. I am having trouble getting the curl to stick in my hair. It goes flat. More hair spray? Use a mousse? But they do give the effect I like...for about 30 minutes. Read a chapter. Just one.

Dad came back and slept the rest of the day away. Ma and I hauled National Geographics up and watched Tales From the City. It feels weird to be tired at 11pm. Tomorrow is a picnic. Now I need to work on getting things finished before my surgery. Quilt. Portraits. Author August is almost upon us!

Todays Portrait Is: Lara Flynn Boyle.

so many chapters!

Slept way in. I'll be getting up early tomorrow for the dentist appointment. Need to finish filling out all the information. So much medical stuff. Blah.

Ma was gone at a lesson learning thing. I just sat about and drew portraits till five. Then I read for a bit. No quilting. Ma made salad for dinner. We watched So You Think You Can Dance. Jess, the one I voted for, was sent home. Boo.

Dad comes home tomorrow. Whee! Then we will see Cowboys and Aliens.

Going to the dentist to have them check out my mouth and maybe get an appointment to yank out my wisdom teeth. Early August would be best. Not too close to Carmen and Josh's wedding.

Half way through Dance of Dragons!

Todays Portrait Is: Sherilyn Fenn.

might be employed soon

Another long day without mum. Slept in. Barbie's Cafe in Seabeck had a help wanted sign, so I filled out an application and turned it in with my resume. Maybe I'll have a job, that would be swell! It will be nice to earn some moolah to pad my account for when I eventually leave home and start my life. August came faster than I expected it to. Yeesh. Anyway, it would be waitress/dish cleaner type stuff. I'm cool with that. All experience is good experience.

After that I got to quilting. Put Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on my MP3 player and listened to a big chunk of that while I sewed up squares. I'm nearing the point where I assemble the squares. Yay. I bought either way too much green fabric or not enough blue. I'll have to count my squares tomorrow and see what shape the quilt shall take. I should have them ready to layout, and then I'll have to buy fabric for the border and back and then it will be near done! Hurrah! It goes both slow and fast at the same time, quilting does.

Dinner was left over pasta and a lovely salad. So You Think You Can Dance had some great routines tonight. Lady Gaga was a good judge. She actually critiqued some of the choreography. I think I can tell who is going home tomorrow though. It is a shame that the dance numbers can bring dancers down even if they do it well, simply by not having an attention getting number.

Now to read! I'm halfway done with my big book of awesome stuff.

Todays Portrait Is: Madchen Amick.

happy birthday mum!

Mums birthday today, so naturally she had to work. I went into town to run some errands. Went to Best Buy to check out computers. Not to buy, just to observe. Went to Old Navy and tried on some clothes that I didn't like. Swung by Walgreens and picked up some sweets. Got some vegetable oil at Seabeck Store. I made mom a cake for her birthday. A simple cake mix in a bundt pan, except it didn't come out of the bundt all that easy. And by that I mean, it came out in several chunks. I put a couple tea candles on it. Looked all right. All food digests the same, who cares about presentation?

Read a bit. Watched telly. Didn't feel like quilting. Tomorrow I am likely to quilt.

Ma came home and we had pasta for dinner. She opened her presents. I got her the second and third book of the Hunger Games trilogy, as she asked for. A gnome came in the mail for mom as well (Nathan's present, as mom wanted a gnome). We are going to play "hide the gnome" with it. I put it somewhere in the garden, and when she finds it, she'll move it somewhere else and when I find it, I'll move it. And so on. So right now I've hidden it. It isn't like HIDDEN hidden. It is well within sight and hopefully not near a bees nest.

We watched Johnny English and then mom sorted out her online book orders and I watched an episode and a half of MI-5 aka Spooks. Good spy drama.

So yeah. Quilting. It sucks I can't listen to audiobooks from my computer, but I guess I can just load up my MP3 player with something, though the display on my MP3 player is also blacked out. Ohhh why is my tech refusing to display to me these days?

Todays Portrait Is: Michael Ontkean.

black out

Daaamn. Just spent an hour and a half taking apart my computer and putting it back together, only to find that it was still where it was. The screen went dark during quilting and it hasn't returned. I assumed it would be the connector (and Nathan said it was likely to be such) from the bottom to the top that was wonky and thus didn't come up with the display because of the poor connection. So I took it apart and checked where it all connected and put it back together and NOPE still no display.

Got up to a rainy day. Boo! The plans were cancelled. Ma ran errands. I read and quilted. Got a bunch more squares done. Time flies when you are quilting and listening to audio books. Time flies less swiftly when you are struggling with a blacked out computer.

Ma made me a delicious sandwich.

We watched Four Rooms but were not so enthusiastic about it. I remember liking it a whole lot more the first time around.

Tomorrow I will work on my computer more. Now I'm just going to go to bed early. Or maybe see if hooking it up to the computer monitor will work. Either way.

Need a new computer pretty soon. Have to do some major chores. But that will make a nice goal. I don't need a nice computer, just need something to watch videos and stuff on. Four and a half years is about the life expectancy of a laptop, and I replaced the hard drive about two years ago. The laptop is pretty well worn. I should back everything up once I am able get a display.

Todays Portrait Is: Kyle MacLachlan.

staying up late with good television

The hotness continues, and as I've said the heat makes it quite stuffy up in the girl cave. So I didn't go there. Just spent some more time painting the garage doors. The ladder fell over with me on it. I was fine, but I spilled some paint. But I don't think Dad will notice. The edges need another coat, but that should go fast. It is good painting weather right now.

After a few hours painting, I threw on my bikini and soaked up some sun. Read a couple chapters while I made myself not so pasty. I think I did manage to get some freckles and have the faintest start of a tan line. Rolling over every chapter is a good way to time it. Sweated up a frenzy, which kept me from spending too much time outside.

Ma made a delicious salad for dinner, then we finished the other half of Angels in America. Damn good actors acting goodly.

Drew some portraits while watching stuff.

Tomorrow ma and I will be driving to Sequim and going to pick some berries. Early birthday celebration!

Todays Portrait Is: Misha Collins.

heck yeah, hammock

Dad is off to Brazil. Just as the sun comes out in Seabeck. Mom made poached egg on toast for breakfast, and then we got to painting. It will need a second coat because the original, patchy paint underneath still shows. We will do that tomorrow. It looks good though. It will look better once we can paint up to the edges.

After that I read on the lawn and hydrated. Mom sorted through boxes of old things. Found some books that have been long missing.

Lunch was a sandwich. Mmm. Also had a bowl of ice cream. Did more reading.

No quilting, as the girl cave does get quite stuffy and hot. I'll have to suck it up though, if I want to finish anything.

Dinner was a salad.

Mom and I decided to catch the late showing of Captain America. There was a line and some kids smoking and some annoying dudes in front of us in line, but all was fine. We took the first two seats in the back that we could find and settled in for some superhero action movie. Captain America is a good character. The ensemble cast was amazing, but such a shame we won't see them again, seeing as how the film is set during World War II and now Captain is in modern times due to stuff happening. So all the great background people are gone. Anyway, good casting. Nice effects. Nothing too overblown, generally fun. Does it need to be seen on the big screen? Naah. I really wish there were more period super hero movies though. This and X:Men First Class both stand out for having a pre-2000's setting.

Tomorrow, more portraits!

Todays Portrait Is: Jared Padalecki.