baby victoria.

i may have mentioned that i haven't signed in to myspace since 12/31/07. i forgot about it for a while after we got home from our new years trip, and once i remembered... it just became fun to not sign in and take a nice break from the myspace world.
well.
i talked to paul and amanda today and found out there were some photos of the baby on paul's profile. so i decided it would be well worth signing in to see them.


she's pretty cute, huh?

i can't wait to meet her in a few weeks.

i still need to finalize my plans for spring break, but i know that i will go to vegas at least for a few days. my sister is coming home for a few days as well, so i'm excited to see her. i just hope i am healthy by then!

anyway. i am going to try to get some sleep now. i'm getting more and more sick, which is not good. i haven't slept very well for the past two nights because my ears and throat hurt so bad, even with motrin. i don't expect tonight to be much better because i think i only got worse today... but i am pretty exhausted, so hopefully i can get a few hours.

i hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. :]

p.s. james and i watched the darjeeling limited today while we ate lunch, and i am really wanting to make an orange and teal quilt now. along with a fun quilt for the baby. but first... i need to make some progress on operation clean up.

keep your head up.

a reminder to myself.
i feel like i was kicked while i was down today.
i went to the health center this morning, and i may be getting strep throat along with my ear infections. i'm taking some antibiotics now, so hopefully it won't get too bad. i really just don't want to be sick anymore!

funny thing... i once sent a text message to garrett telling him that i was sick and didn't want to be. he wrote back saying something along the lines of "no one does, dork." ha. right to the point i suppose.

anyhow. from being sick to getting a bit of unexpected news, it was not a good day.
so i decided to change it. :]
liz, erin, and i went to see my friend josh play a show tonight. i'm sitting here with even more pain in my ears now from the hours of live music tonight, but i really had fun and even forgot i was sick for a short time. i'm so glad that i decided to go. it really did make a good end to a not so good day.

off to bed now. it's going to be a long weekend of studying.

p.s. i've been trying to update my daily photos, but the photo uploader just will not work with me. i'll have to keep trying, but i'll let you know when i am able to get the uploaded.

progress.

i started a clean up mission, and i'm proud to say that yesterday i cleaned out my car.
today when i opened the back door to put my bag inside, i was so happy by the clean floors and clear seats. seriously. i was a bit caught off guard and it so made me smile. no more messy papers, water bottles, or random jackets cluttering things up. and i have a whole bag of plastic bottles to take to the recycling center... yeah. it was bad. but it only took about 45 minutes to clear things up.

the thing is... i when i was talking to james on my way home from school, i said i had planned to clean out my car that day. well. i got home and started checking email... getting a snack... and generally wasting time. james came over for dinner and we went to get a coffee afterwards and when we got back to my house and he was leaving he said, "go clean your car." i was busted. ha. but it actually made me get to work on cleaning. so it's true. being held accountable really helps you stick to your goals. i think i need to fill him in on my cleaning plans more often. :]

so now... my next project is to clear off the couch. and i want to start doing at least one load of laundry a week.

aside from being held accountable, i also want to make a little reward system for myself. i stopped into the coach store today, and i have my eye on a little [ok perhaps big.] something. so. when i complete my goal of [finally] getting the front room cleaned out and made into my craft room, i think i'll treat myself. and maybe a few smaller rewards [movie nights, perhaps?] as i accomplish the smaller steps, like cleaning off the couch or clearing out my closet.

ok. that's about all. time to study now. my parents are in vegas, and my mom called to day that baby victoria is adorable. i am highly jealous. i can't wait to meet her. :]

goodnight all.

welcome baby victoria.

yes. it's a girl.
i believe she was born just after noon, weighing 8 pounds and 5 ounces, & measuring 20 inches.
i'll try to post a photo when i get one.

my parents are going down on thursday to meet her, and i'm super jealous. i really wish i could go along with them.

ok. well it was a ridiculously long day, and i am super tired. off to bed i go with a smile on my face. :]

the little one is coming.

i just got the news!
my sister-in-law has been having contractions since 12:30 last night & things are progressing fairly well.
so so so excited... i don't even know what to say. :]

the small things.

well. today started off a little rough. i got my exam back. i came out with a B, but i'm not really happy with my grade. ah well. hopefully the next exam will go a little more smoothly.

the day soon got much better though. i hung out all day with may and angela doing store visits for the fiskateers. it was so fun. i love talking with those girls. it was just so refreshing to spend a day realizing that there is more to life than school.

i got a copy of may's book today. it's really pretty inspiring. i guess my blog banner is the first real digital work that i've managed to figure out, and i did that with powerpoint. but this book has pretty straightforward instructions about how to do different things to add digital elements to your layouts. i don't plan to ever go totally digital with my scrapbooking, but it would be fun to maybe add a few elements and do a little hybrid scrapbooking. :]


so one of the stores we visited was the scrapbook store in carson city. i had never been there, but everyone always says fabulous things about it, so i was excited. the owner was super friendly, and i love her style. she does a lot of altered books and little projects like that. i think i might have to try taking a class from her one day soon. anyway. she had the best stamps ever in her store. this company has the cutest little penguin stamps i've ever seen. seriously so so so cute. may and i went crazy. we decided that we definitely need to have a penguin party sometime soon so we can share our new penguin stamps. [i came home with the pirate penguin. no plans to actually use the little guy, but he will be so cute on my desk... making me happy every time i'm sitting there.]

anyway. today turned out to be such a good day. finding joy in the small things from a stop at the good old chocolate nugget on the way back from carson, to a cute little stamp, to great conversations with friends. it's hard to want to go to sleep because i really don't want this day to be over.

is anyone else scared of infinity?

like the ocean. oh my goodness. if you know me, you know i love the ocean... but it's infinite appearance is pretty scary to my mind.

so the other day, my dad mentioned that he watched the show about the end of the world on the history channel. i had seen it advertised, but knew it was bound to freak me out, so i didn't watch it.

until tonight. and now there is no way i can fall asleep. seriously.
i was doing some research so i could post for my evolution discussion, and i came across the video here. i knew what it was and thought i could handle it after hearing my dad talk about it. so i watched. it's really very interesting, but i hate the unsettling feeling that the closer leaves in my stomach. basically there is no hope. one day the universe will just be gone. ack.

still. i'm glad i watched it. lots of cool science talk going on. and it actually made me not loathe physics quite so much. ha. i just wish i wouldn't have watched it before i need to go to bed. ah well.

i think i'm going to go browse etsy for cute things to help ease my mind.
like this.
and this.
or this.
off i go.
goodnight.

it's cool to love your family.

so i thought maybe this would be a good video for this post.


this month brings the new baby. eek. super excited. i really don't have a strong feeling about boy or girl. i used to think it was one or the other, but i have no idea right now. i'm just excited for the next chance i'll have to go to vegas, so i can meet my little niece or nephew. :]

i'm also excited to find out if it's a boy or a girl so i can make it a little baby blanket or quilt and start thinking about scrapbook pages. heidi grace has a new baby line coming out sometime in the next few months. i can't find a peak online, but i think it is super cute. i also love the ki baby collections. i nearly bought them last night when i was at the scrapbook cottage, but i made myself wait until i can specifically buy boy or girl. elsie needs to come out with a baby collection. can you even imagine how stinking cute it would be!

yeah. i stopped by my other favorite scrapbook store last night to catch up with everyone there. such sweet ladies. and the owner's daughter is just a few years younger than me, so she convinces her mom to get all of the elsie stuff and cool products that most other stores don't get... i definitely had some fun there. :]

james and i started march off with a movie. i convinced him that we should see penelope. it was cute, and even james said it wasn't too bad. :] the overall message was really nice too. i especially loved james mcavoy's apartment in the movie. it was like a really old building and all the walls were stone. it was so cool. i whispered to james during one scene that i loved the apartment, and he said he liked it too. ha. i guess i have this silly dream of us living in an apartment like that in new york. probably never going to happen, but that's why they are called dreams, right?

anyway. i guess i better get to some homework. we had all kinds of special deals at the store today, and it was non-stop customers. i didn't get a break, so i finally had to call my mom around 3:00 and ask her to bring me lunch. to top it off, the last customer was complaining that a special that starts on monday didn't start today. ok. the papers were 50% off! and she wanted another discount! ridic. so i am really glad that work is over today. i just want to turn on the tv and watch a movie or something, but i know i should do homework. i have an exam on thursday and i really want to do well on it. off i go.

i hope everyone was able to enjoy the weekend!

p.s. it's national craft month this month. hopefully, i will have time to make some crafty goodness. :]