Observations from the couch

Here I am...blogging about the thighs of gymnasts. I think it's mainly just muscle envy.

While watching the Olympic trials, I noticed there was something different about a few of the gymnasts. Nothing huge or major (well, except the fact that they were DIFFERENT people than last time, I'm not that silly.) After a while, we figured out it was their thighs!

Here are pictures of Carly from 2004 and Nastia from 2008 (Yes, we really are on a first name basis....except they don't know I exist. Ignore that fact.)

and now, Gabby Douglas and Jordan Weiber (I'm still using last names. Clearly, we have not gotten to know one another so well. After all, we are only a few days into the Olympics!)

 

Much larger right?

Totally!

Okay, not that different.

I think I had a smudge on my glasses. I'm pretty sure. I hope.

And that's what I observe from the couch.  Oh, and when I go to the gym and get on treadmills with tv I always watch food network. It's a total oxymoron. That had nothing to do with gymnasts thighs. Like I said, oxymoron.

May Day!

Happy May Day! Today I will be brief because I've had a long (super fun) day. I also took about 10 wazillion pictures, which I'm sure you'll see in time. So for a late night May Day Celebration, please accept this months goals. (You can look at my April goals here.) (Oh, and PS: I'll review those soon, when I've got time.) (pps: celebrations!)

• Read the bible twice a day
• Make 3 different kinds of bread
• Start my polka dot dress (so you can guess how far I got with April Goals!)
• Give more complements
• Finish an AHG Badge
• Blog Lots!
• Write more letters and collect more stamps
• Don't use the computer till 3:00.
• Get a Swirly Ice cream cone
• Sew a zippered pouch
• take pictures more places.

And as always, (Or actually not always) a cheesy picture. Am I a cheese ball or what? (You better say what.)

UPDATE:
April was a flop goal wise. May needs to be much better. But I had VERY optomistic goals last moth so I'm toning it down a little for May. But anyway, here's what I crossed off last month.


Clean the Pie Safe
Run more (work out, whatever.)
Practice drawing
Spend more time reading/studying the bible
Memorize verses
Finish my polka dot dress
10 minute pick up in my room each day
Take the puppies out every morning, no complaining
Get up earlier
Make French toast.
oh, it was pathetic. But seriously? Who expects a teenage girl to keep her room in order everyday? No one I hope.

The real thing about Easter

Happy Easter Everyone! As much as I love all the Easter foof (Peeps, Easter Dresses, Egg Hunts, yada yada.) The basic fact of the day is that Jesus is risen. And that is totally the best part. How many other days of the year do we celebrate our savior, creator and our salvation? Not nearly as many as we should. So stop gorging yourself on candy for a second (although I encourage it.) and have a wonderful Easter celebrating what matters most - Jesus. And PS: Enjoy your ham if you are a pig predator.

10 things {the punk}

 For the fun of it, I thought I'd switch it up and do 10 things about Sophie. Yes, I know she is only a lowly canine, but she really is an interesting specimen.

1. She is very impatient and vocal.
2. Her recent favorite pastime is lizard chasing.
3. A delicious treat to her is a paper towel.
4. My bed is her bed.
5. Besides my bed, she naps in the sun, near me, or on a beanbag (she looks hilarious!)
6. Sophie is scared of the vacuum.
7. She has run away once. It was a very bad day.
8. When she wants to get out of my room in the morning, she hops on my bed and starts licking my face.
9. She has an over abundant love for strangers.
10. She ignores cats.

Ended with a bang there didn't we? Cats arn't quite as exciting as Sophie. I'm sorry, but it's true. And a bonus point is that Sophie has been sprayed with perfume before. And I can't exactley plead innocent here. I'm just showing love....right? Absolutely! I think.

Knock you naked?

I told you, they were not the prettiest. But they were the tastiest. These are the brownies I entered in the fair. They are stuffed with caramel as you may have noticed. They are topped with powdered sugar. They are pretty much amazing. Unfortunately, I didn't get to be famous because I wasn't in the paper. But if you've been wanting to try these here is the recipe. (I left out the nuts and I suggest using less caramel. It was really oozy.)

These are also called "Knock you naked brownies" Which is not an accurate term. I was still fully clothed after eating them. But today in football I sort of, not intentionally pulled down some people pants and it just reminded me of these. Its amazing the things you think of in the middle of a football game.

 Oh and by the way, if you make these, I'm not guaranteeing instant wealth and fame. I think it's more a one time deal. And to a girl like me, wealth just might be $75. Xoxo, Kryn

On my radar:: Ballet Boutique

I'll take one in every color, thank you very much.

I would willingly live my the rest of my life in ballet flats.

Correction: my feet would willingly live the rest of their life in  ballet flats. I'm just guessing I wouldn't fit in one. ( although, a ballet flat shaped house might give the woman who lived in a shoe a run for her money.)

Since I won the fair lottery, (It wasn't a lottery, I worked really hard baking brownies.) I am rich enough to buy a J Crew Italian leather ballet flat. I know I won't, but I still like looking anyhow. If there was a J Crew for cheapies brand, I'd be their biggest customer.

Like any of these? Which are your faves? Have a super sweet day! Xoxo, Kryn

A day at the fair

Yesterday we went to the fair. I basically love fairs. I like the fried food, riding cheesy rides and looking at all the entries. Oh, and I like making money. This year, I made $145.  I am pretty much a happy clam. I entered these killer brownies that won Best in Division and Best in show. In other words, $75 dollars. I even considered not entering them, because they did look horrible! But of course, I'm thrilled I did because they can support my shopping endeavors. I am now thinking of all the great things I can buy. And I wish Fairs came more often. Because I know it won't be too long before I'm broke again.

Thanks Emily for taking pictures! And if you were wondering, #1 is what you should do if you want to model pathetically. I'm just here to help you all. XOXO, Kryn

PS: What do you think of my dress? It was not what I pictured making, but it turned out cute. Its also kind of Retro! (Eeek! I love retro/vintage stuff.)

Flexible

Sorry Soph, but I don't see cirque du soleil  in your future. But I still love ya.

Happily Fragrant

I adore fragrances. Incense is for hippe-ish people, but fragrances are for girls of all ages (and men if they are brave souls. But I'm not encouraging it.)

 I have a long history with fragrances. First of all, I've been addicted to lip gloss since I was a little girl. ( i like smelly lip glosses, thus their appearance on fragrance day.) Second, when I was about 8, my grandpa let my cousin and I loose in Ulta. He can't smell. He knew that we'd used every perfume in the store, but he didn't know how horrible we smelled! Everyone was gagging when we came in, and Kare and I were quickly forced into the shower before everyone else suffocated.

That being said, I've never been in an Ulta since, and I've been a little more conservative as far as perfume goes. But I still love it. I am loyal to bah and body works. They have wonderful smells and the best coupons! I always end up going back because I have a coupon- their marketing is working very well. But not for my wallet.

My fragrance day adventure today was just a trip to Bath and body works for some candles and lotion. It was the darn coupon. How can I let it go to waste? Especially when there's free lotion for the low price of $10? I went at a good time, I got the store manager and she was nice and helpful. I am realizing now I should have wished her happy fragrance day, I know she would have been enthused. I always forget to tell people I'm celebrating, but usually I'd don't want to. Bravery is not my thing. Despite forgetting that, my fragrance day was a great success. I got my candles and Aruba Coconut Lotion ( groovy name huh?) and I celebrated amazingly.

So before I forget again, Happy Fragrance day!

Sincerely,
Filled with fragrance 


PS: Not literally.

PPS: my dream job is to come up with cool names for things like lotion, candles and paint. I read an article about it in Martha Stewart and I know I would be amazing at it.

PPSS: here's all the fragrances I've used today:

A nice random selection.

Its Spring and I'm happy

Spring is finally here. Its time to do something awesome. I love spring! Spring just seems happy and sunshiney. I am hoping to have an awesome spring this year. Happy Spring! xoxo, kryn

10 things {habits}

1. I do not believe in rising before the sun.
2. If I remember to put the lid on the tooth paste-something is wrong.
3. I love dusting. Big time.
4. I don't bite my nails but I am an exuberant trimmer.
5. I eat breakfast the second I get up.
6. I love holding things over my nose (I'll explain.)
7. People chewing loudly near me is so so bad.
8. I crack my toes every morning.
9. Drinking a full glass of milk is something I never do.
10. I like to twist my arms in a funky way.

Okay, so I finished my fair stuff! Woot woot! I am officially a happy clam. I feel like doing something amazing to celebrate, but so far nothing. I'm actually already planning my next outfit (I say that like you should be surprised...I started planning it about 3 weeks ago.) I plan all kinds of things. Like what colors the colors my kitchen will be in my townhouse, what kind of car I'll have and what kind of dessert we'll have at my moms funeral. (Please know, I'm not hoping to use these plans anytime soon.) I guess I could have added planning to my habits list because it is a very prevalent habit. Oh, and in bed I like to plan what I'll eat for breakfast. I think I could write a whole post about the weird things I plan. Hope your Monday was just wonderful!

Bloom

Okay, so I finally celebrated plant a flower day. One week later. But at least I did it. I am the type of girl who once I decide I want to do something, I persist until it gets done. At first, Dad said no(ish) but last night we made it to Lowes and picked up some little flowers ( oh, and yes, I grabbed a bunch of paint chips to add to my collection.)

So I planted my flowers like a flower planting pro. I watered them like a pro. Then my punk came and dug a huge hole and broke a bunch of my pretties...like a pro. I think I need to train her to be a little more unprofessional in her methods, that might save more of the flowers next time around. Anyhow, I salvaged most of them and Sophie went back to chasing lizards. Then Bubbles came, and in the same pro like manner as Sophie, attacked the same plant and dug another hole. It will be a miracle  if these flowers last a week.

I love how they pretty up the yard. I feel all springy now, with the  great weather and Easter being right around the corner and now the flowers are the icing on the cake. Oh, and I have peeps. Peeps are the official food of spring.

Have a super duper Sunday! And I hope I don't sound like an 8 year old, but I mean it.

My so called helper. 

And the other helper."

Leprechauns and Luck

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

There. I said it. Can I be finished being festive please? I obviously love holidays and celebrations, but for some reason, Saint Patrick's Day is not my thing. Maybe it's all the green? I have an extremely low affinity for all things green except for certain shares of chartreuse and lemongrass. It's also the day that lucky people celebrate - but I'm not one bit lucky so I feel left out. But then again, there's a reason there isn't unlucky day, so I guess I could celebrate anyhow because I wish I was the lucky type. I'm not doing anything really Irish themed today. Other than liking potatoes, I really have nothing in common with Irish people. We just don't relate, and I am okay with that. But I did have green s'mores today so I'm counting that as my super celebration.

Let's talk leprechaun. They are the one cool aspect of St. Patrick's Day. If they did dishes, they'd be even cooler. Everyone gets to make up their own idea of what leprechauns are like. In my world, they are short, talk with hilarious accents, do dishes and are always very complimentary. They wear green tights (they are very into fashion obviously as colored tights are in!) and weird outfits. What's your view of a leprechaun? I love how I'm telling you what something non-existent looks like. I'm just preparing you in case non existent becomes existent. I'm just here to help. That way, in case you happen to see a short man with green tights buying potatoes at the grocery store, you'll know who it is.

What are you doing this St. Patrick's Day, anything fun?

Sincerely,
Unicorns are a leprechauns main form of transportation.

Ps: oh, one more thing, I'm not wearing green! Yippee! No one in our family pinches either. But I'm afraid that when we go out later, random strangers will pinch me. I do not care for random strangers touching me. It's so uncool, even if it is St. Patty's Day.

UPDATE: By the way, I wore my most favorite shade of green today in public. I didn't want to face the pinching wrath of strangers. I loved seeing how many people wore green. And all those who didn't are very uncelebratory!

Incredible Kid Stuff

Being a kid is a lot harder than it seems. We have a lot of pressure. We are expected to do dishes and be annoying and a pain as teenagers. We are supposed to be cute and sweet when we are little and wise when we grow up. Can we just be incredible kids all the time and not worry about the rest? Because it seems that if you are incredible all those thing (minus the being annoying.) should fall right into place.

Incredible Kid day can vary a lot depending on your view point.  If you are an adult, you might think today is the day your kids rub your back and mop the floors. But not so from us kids perspective! I personally believe that today is the day for doing the fun things you want to do. The kiddish things you know you  are way to old for. It's a day to be incredible and a kid. A very nice combo right?

That being said, I'm not really sure I'll be living up to my glorious expectations of incredible kid day. The only incredible  kiddish thing I've been wanting to do is to listen to audio tapes and smother a trampoline in soap and water and bounce. And jump and flail. But we don't have a trampoline, or the audio books Ive been wanting, so I'll have to come up with some other incredible kid plans. I did a bunch today, but I'm not sure if it qualifies. I played baseball. I ate grilled cheese. (which is a truly incredible sandwich!) I watched a cheesy movie. I poked a mushroom. I don't know about you, but today was one of those incredible days that I am just really, really happy. I'm all showered and cleaned up from my morning adventures and ready to do something amazing. Like writing letters? You bet!

 I hope you have an incredible day doing things that make you happy!

Sincerely,
And you thought I'd forgotten this!

Ps: tomorrow  the new series begins! By the way, it's not a huge thing, but I'm still looking forward to it and I hope you'll enjoy it. I really enjoy your feedback, please let me know if you like it, if you hate it, and anything I should change. We are friends now right? We see the good, the bad and the ugly.

PPS: Wanna know the ugly? In writing this post, I realized I don't know how to spell sandwich. This is pretty pathetic.

I'm blank...again.

Having writers block and a blog is not advised. I've got writers, homework, school and intelligence block. At the moment all I'm into is eating cookies and shopping-both of which are taking all my guts to avoid.

So hey, I'm posting about what I'll be posting. Pretty genius stuff! First off, monthly goals! I love goals! I really think they are important. I would have done this for March, but I didn't think of it till March 3rd. Sheesh! So April will be my guinea pig month and I am looking forward too it. Secondly, I'm hopefully going to be starting a weekly series thingy. You don't have to hold your breath because I promise it wont be another wordless Wednesday -those were so 2007. These should start before April. But If I go back to eating cookies it might not be around till April 2013. Someone please help me.

 Plus, its plant a flower day. I love love love love flowers. For reals. They are gorgeous and feminine and pretty. I had really high hopes of planting sweet flowers, but because it was raining and I didn't get to weed yesterday, my plans were spoiled. Hopefully at the end of the week I'll get to it because I really want some flowers. Because I love them. Lots and lots and lots.

Too bad none of these are in the yard.....

First Orchid

My little resolution to have flowers around has been going well. I'm not sure when I'll get to the completed phase, but at the moment I love having flowers in the house. Since my Valentines Day tulips, we've had 2 more sets flowers - which is really impressive for us. And we got orchids! I love orchids, but I've never actually had one. My dad's boss sent it to us, and the best thing is that we can (hopefully) keep it alive and always have orchids around. Mom and I are going to let Dad handle it,  he's got the green thumb. Ours our are a lovely shade of black.

 

Sorry about the light postings - I promise to get my celebrations into gear. Hope your Wednesday was fantastic! xoxo

This Little Piggie...

Word on the street is that people like my, this little piggie and o-negative awesomeness post from June.I never actually thought anyone liked it because I didn't really get any response on it, until 6 months later. I the reason they like it is because there is a really awkward picture of my self. But anyway, as a special treat for those of you who like it, I went back and took out all the enormous spaces so it is a little easier for you to read.  

Go check it out!

And one last thing: 

I. want. these. bad.

Washi Tape Experiment.

To be honest, I'm not totally clear on washi tape. I think its just tape. Washi style. I messed around a bit, a lot, and gave it a try. Here's the result

We are just plain cool.

Yay or nay? Washi or not? I like it for some things, but I'm not sure washi would be great on everything. For now, it looks cute on this picture.  I think I should get my hands on some real washi tape.

Enjoy your day! I'm off to go camping and intend to have a super great time. What are you doing this weekend?

Predator and Proud of it.

I am pig predator. And I like it that way.

A few months ago, my friends mom told me I was a pig predator. At first, I was kind of mad. But then I decided that I liked pigs lots and being a predator is quite an honor. So I embraced it and I am here to tell the world:

I hope you are not feeling embarrassed for me.  Being a Pig Predator is cool! I know I have vegan friends, and  I'm sorry... for you. Pigs are amazing and that tofacon just doesn't cut it.

So first and foremost - BACON is on the menu today. Is there really anything better than bacon? If so, let me know because I am interested in trying this wonder food. Oh and ham. Ham, I love you. You make me happy. And did you know that bacon is best alarm clock? Its true! Who doesn't want to get up when there is bacon frying and popping and sending delicious smells all around your house? And in our house, you have to get up, because there wont be any left if you hang out in bed!

Wanna know where my love for pigs started? Laura Ingalls. Blame her if you like, or thank her, but whichever way she's the one. I mean, they made balloons out of pig bladders - totally amazing! And then, the fried tale. Oh. My. Every time I think of pigs, I think of that. I have no idea why, but I have always wanted to try a crispy pig tale. Its on my bucket list. And trust me, it will be crossed off.

I think I should start a pig predator club. You are invite. Pledge your love for pigs and bacon (or ham) and you are in! We can have club meetings and eat bacon all day and talk about pig related issues. We can start a newspaper called "The Pig Predator Press" and write all kinds of cool piggish things. We need to elect officers - who wants to be president?

 Happy Pig Day! Celebrate like you mean it, because you probably do.

Blank

I'm not totally sold. It just kind of seems boring. But the blank paper it is. I have not got much to say about - but its blank and so is my blogging idea's. I don't have a series planed or anything, just whatever-whenever blogging this month.

Don't forget to check out this months celebrations! I am going to be MUCH better on celebrating. Lets face it: Celebrating is fun!

PS: I had my most views ever during February - thank you all! You are the bomb dot com and I mean it.

Pretty Spring Flowers.