NaBloPoMo: Day 30!!!

Alright, first the photo. Today at Mitsuwa, they had a Giant Bluefin Tuna Carving demonstration. While it looks delicious to some people, I'm sure it's nauseating looking to others, so I'll give you this one photo. This is the HUGE tuna they carved. It was 350 pounds! It was amazing. They shipped the tuna from Spain, and the people from Tsukiji in Tokyo. We bought some of the Oo-Toro and it was delicious.

Now, I cannot believe I posted every day in November for NaBloPoMo. While I think a lot of my posts were just adding junk to the internets, it has been fun. Lucy's gotten much more blog time than she usually does. I think I'll continue with this more frequent blogging, although blogging every day may be a little exhausting. I'll try at least once a week and see where that takes me!

NaBloPoMo: Day 29

Played Rock Band 2 all day today. Surprisingly, I'm much better than I thought. Although still very very bad. I think I'm too lazy to count. Which makes sense, because I think that was my main problem with band in high school too. It just doesn't come naturally for me.

Photo has nothing to do with Rock Band, but we went to Target today and gave in and bought lights for the little tree we bought. And then I took a photo with my phone. And I accidentally moved when it was taking the photo, but I kinda like it...

NaBloPoMo: Day 28

Some of Lucy's tricks... video from my phone! Bad quality, but you can still see Lucy, so good enough. Please ignore that my voice sounds like Minnie Mouse. Really, I don't think I sound like that. But who knows.

NaBloPoMo: Day 27

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

ps. I think she's trying to be this dog.

NaBloPoMo: Day 26

No photo today, sorry.

We had an alumni basketball game today, and I am SO exhausted. I guess not playing for 8 years and then playing with girls 10 years younger than you doesn't really work out too well. It was fun anyway. I'll have to practice more for next year. Or recruit some tall girls!

NaBloPoMo: Day 25

Yes I realize this looks gross, but how do you eat frozen persimmons? I love the fresh ones, so I decided to try to freeze then and then eat them in the summer. Apparently there's some trick to it...

NaBloPoMo: Day 24

So I was trying to take a photo of my new slippers, because my house is so freaking cold, and someone kept interrupting...

Who me?

NaBloPoMo: Day 23

Ok, other new thing is that I bought a car yesterday too. First big purchase by myself, first loan, first CD player in the car....

I gotta say I love the car.

In other news, Lucy got a bath today. She was not happy with me.

NaBloPoMo: Day 22

Wooo! Lots of changes today. Well two big changes. First one is that we switched back to AT&T. AND I got a new phone! I really like it... now to figure out how to use it...

NaBloPoMo: Day 21

Still working on the project. How do you transfer designs to felt? I tried the iron on pencil, and either I have a bad pencil, or I'm just really bad at it. This design was transferred using Simplicity's dressmaker transfer paper, which is wax. Unfortunately I couldn't find the chalk one...

NaBloPoMo: Day 20

Working on a new project...

But did you know that Erin Michaels has a new fabric line coming out for Moda? I'm so excited!!

NaBloPoMo: Day 19

So it looks like we've faked you out. Today is Lucy's actual birthday. She is officially one year old today! Her official name is Rocky L Lucky Lucy Porkchop.

Rocky L is for her breeder. She came from a Peanuts litter, so she has sisters Sally, Marci, Peanut, Patty and brothers Charlie, Linus and Schroeder. I think. It's been a while since I've seen them.

The Porkchop is for two reasons, one because she was born in the year of the pig (like me!) and two, because Porkchop from Doug is such a cool dog.

Now the Lucky is a real story. Lucy was the last one of her litter born. Not the runt, but the last one out. She almost needed to be taken out by c-section, but the vet gave her mom a shot of calcium, and a few minutes later, contractions started and Lucky Lucy was born.

Looks like she's not too sure about turning one...

NaBloPoMo: Day 18

Ohmygod I love this stuff. And I can't believe I'm dedicating a post to Nacho Cheese. SO good. They sell this stuff in bigger jars too, which I don't buy because yes, I'll finish it all. You can't tell but this jar is pretty much empty. I do love nachos though. Especially Taco Bell Nachos. Mmmm. Did you know that there is a site for people who love nacho cheese? Genius.

NaBloPoMo: Day 17

Bleh. I did not like how that quilt turned out. So instead you get a funny photo of Lucy from yesterday. So the quilt I'm talking about is the twin to the blue and green quilt, but it had some "upgrades".

First, I added a border (the turtle fabric) and used the patchwork binding. Then I used Oh! Frasson's fantastic pattern to add minky to the back. Here's the problem... I didn't prewash the front, but I prewashed the back. So the beautiful minky was all baggy. I guess I have to do it once to really learn my lesson. Other than that, the quilt was ok. At least it will be super warm for the baby! And then I gave it away before I took photos of it... This quilt was full of ups and downs. I didn't particularly like making the quarter square triangles, but piecing them together was fine. Adding the border was fine. I had such a hard time machine quilting this one (just top and batting, no backing). But then doing a zig zag around the edges was fun, and adding the patchwork binding was fun too. Then the back came out baggy. It's really too bad that it ended up on the down side.

In the end, I am not sure if I will ever make another minky backed blanket. I did like this one, and I think my mistakes were obvious enough that the next one will turn out well. But honestly, I like the cute backing fabrics! And if I was a baby with a minky blanket, I think I would be hot!

NaBloPoMo: Day 16

My pup is almost a year old! Her birthday is this coming Wednesday, but we had a joint birthday party with her "cousin" Fred today. There was doggy pie, hats, doggie ice cream, treats, squeaky toys and more.

Fred wasn't really a fan on the hats...

Lucy on the other hand... didn't really seem to mind.

NaBloPoMo: Day 15

So this is the first patchwork binding I've made. In retrospect, I should have mixed the dark and the light blues. It was fun to make, but I'm not sure how much I'll like it in the quilt... I guess we'll see tomorrow!

NaBloPoMo: Day 14

Ok, so I tried to take photos of Lucy at the dog park today, but the sun already was too far down. The photos were pretty bad, but this one cracks me up. The first time I saw it, I thought there were 3 dogs! Lucy, the poodle, and some dog's butt. Later I realized that Lucy and the butt were the same loooooooong dog...

NaBloPoMo: 13

Here are some more photos of the baby quilt. Unfortunately it was super foggy this morning, so the lighting isn't that great. These were blocks from a mystery quilt. I did stipple quilting and bound the quilt using the same method as the In Stitches throw. I forgot how quick baby quilts go! Due to change in plans, it turns out I didn't need to rush though. But that's alright, because now I have time to wash the quilt before it goes. Maybe I'll add a little elephant friend too?

The backing fabric is absolutely one of my most favorite fabrics, and definitely my favorite for little boy quilts. I found it at Joann's a few years ago in the little boys apparel section. I should have bought more!

A gratuitous shot of Lucy, so you can see the scale and how blue the photos turned out...

NaBloPoMo: Day 12

DONE! Just in time too! Hopefully I can take some better photos tomorrow morning before I give it to the new uncle!

NaBloPoMo: Day 11

Didn't get as much done as I wanted, but I'm still working on the baby quilt. Not much to say either...