My bro came out to visit for a week & left on Saturday, July 24th.  On my way back from dropping him @ the airport, I parked the car and headed to the Long Beach quilt show.  What really struck me this year was the lack of exhibit quilts – wasn’t nearly the same number [...]

That’s what we clocked between last Tuesday and last night on the “Great Foxy Road Trip 2010.”  Steve & I drove up to Seattle for my friend Carrie’s wedding.
More details with pictures to follow…we’ll see if I can stay awake long enough tonight to sort thru pictures (we didn’t get in until about 11pm, and [...]

Photo captured of the football stadium @ my alma mater, Iowa State University:

Sometimes I do miss a good window-rattling thunderstorm.  While the beautiful weather is a very nice perk of living in LA, I get tired of the always-the-same-color-of-blue skies, and sometimes wish for weather drama.  Heck, I was happy it rained while we were [...]

No joke, we’ve had non-stop visitors since June 17th… My college friends Carrie (w/fiancee Dave) and Ali came out for friends Chad & Laura’s wedding – we went to the wedding on Saturday, Disneyland on Sunday, they all had left by Monday night. 
The following Saturday, Steve’s ENTIRE family arrived – Mom, Dad, 2 sisters [...]

This was supposed to be a birthday present for my mom…then March came & went, as did April.  So then I was going to divert it as a Mother’s Day present.  But seeing as how she’s going to get it right before Father’s Day, it’s officially become a “Just Because” present.

Scrabble clock idea found here.  [...]

…of my first pair of Levi’s…EVER!
I’ve never been able to find a pair of Levi’s that fit me.
Even as a teenager, I was a pear:

And I’ve accepted the pear…though now I really wouldn’t mind more of the hour-glass shape, ala Christina Hendricks in Mad Men:

(Side note: if I hear/read any more discussion about [...]

So I’ve sort of been attempting a photo-a-day project for my 28th year of life, as documented through Facebook.  The reality ends up being 2-3/week, which is still more than I would have done.
But I thought I would share yesterday’s (blurry iphone) photo w/you…specifically, I was thinking Beth might want to see…

Look familiar?

Yep, Californication production [...]

So when we first bought our place, we were inundated with offers for a whole bunch of crap.  Including a biweekly withdrawal for our mortgage payment.  Which sounds great, because ultimately, you end up making a whole entire EXTRA payment on your mortgage each year that is entirely principle.  Which, for us, is huge.  And [...]

So I alluded to the fact that I did some shopping at Urban Outfitters & Anthropologie a couple of weeks ago.
I’m a bit worried I hyped this too much.  Because you can spend an arm and a leg in either/both of those stores.
I think I only spent an arm – Steve was monitoring me.

The [...]

Last Saturday, I met up with Michelle at the South Bay Quilt Guild show.  It’s always interesting to meet someone you only know through blogs and emails, but she’s a complete sweetie!  The show was sort of interesting – a lot of quilts that aren’t really my style, but no matter what fabrics and patterns [...]