yarn

last tuesday i took a crochet class at michael's cuz i decided it was about time i learned. i understand the basic stitches but not so sure how to put everything together and follow patterns precisely...if anyone has any pointers let me know! i did manage to make a hat but it's supposed to have a brim and i'm working on that part still...

this is the pattern i used and how the hat is supposed to look.

i also started making a scarf from another pattern...but messed that up as well...hoping it turns out alright by the time i finish...

i dreamed your dream for you

A love struck romeo
Sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everybody low
He's got a love song that he made
He finds a streetlight
And he steps out of the shade
And says something like
You and me, babe, how about it?

Juliet says hey, it's romeo!
You nearly give me a heart attack!
Yeah well, he's underneath the window
Now she's singing hey-la, my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here
Singing up at people like that
Ah anyway, whatcha gonna do about it?

Juliet
The dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded into my heart
And I forget, I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize
It was just that the time was wrong
Julie

We both come up on different streets
And they both were streets of shame
You know they're both dirty both mean
Yes and the dreams were the same
And I dreamed your dream for you
And now your dream is real
So tell me honey
Now how can you look at me
As if I was just another one of your deals

Now you can fall for chains of silver
And you can fall for chains of gold
You know you fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold
Well you promised me everything
And then you promised me thick and thin
Now you just turn away and say
Romeo, I think I used to have a scene with him.

Ah juliet
When we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above
Gonna love you till I die
There's a place for us
I you know this song
Now when you gonna realize
It was just that the time was wrong
Julie

But I can't do the talks like they talk on my tv screen
I can't do a love song not the way you song them to me
I can't do anything but I would do anything for you
Oh no I can't do anything except be in love with you

Yeah now and all I do is miss you
And the way it used to be you know
And all I do is keep the beat
I keep bad, bad company
And all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of a rhyme
When Julie I'd do the stars with you
Anytime

Ah juliet
When we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above
I'm gonna love you till I die
There's a place for us
I know you know the movie song
One day we're gonna realize
It was just that the time was wrong
Julie
Julie
Julie

Now this love struck romeo
He sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everybody low
He's got a love song he made
He finds a convenient streetlight
And he'll step out of the shade
And he'll say something like
You and me, babe, how 'bout it?

what a life i lead

postin from across the pond

Talking about wedding dresses...If I get married, I don't think I'll know what I'm looking for til I actually go shopping....butttttttt here's some cute things...

i'll pay you in meatloaf

over the weekend my friend, andy, helped renovate my closet. i had decided that my closet made no sense, the opening was about 2 feet wide and that's about all i could access, and there's plenty more space in there...so the opening was expanded to 5 feet. i started painting the inside yellow..the trim will be white.

before, after, and then some.

got some rain boots and cool tights at old navy this week and a new dress from marshall's!

a few months ago i got this sweet table from salvage chic, here it is..

you weren't a brat, you were a pistol.

i started student teaching in the 1st grade last wednesday. it has only been 3 school days so far but they have been enjoyable. i am frightened to think of what i actually have to accomplish and i have come up with the idea that i won't know what i'm doing until i'm done. last semester i learned what it was like to do what i thought was impossible...i'm sure this semester will follow similar guidelines.

tonight i got to see a wonderful documentary about children's literature from the adult perspective. it was called library of the early mind, i recommend it to anyone that ever enjoyed a book as a child or likes documentaries. we were also really lucky at bridgewater to meet the producers of the film. here is the trailer for those who are interested.


so student teaching has led me to discussing funny things from my childhood. my aunt told me that once when i was learning about compound words i said "toilet, that's a compound word!" which led my mom to say...in modern day... "metronome, metro gnome."

a picture of a metro gnome.

i'm looking forward to continue student teaching and let me know if you think of any other "compound" words.

welcome to the new year

so richie bought me a couple books on diy projects for my birthday...found at the value bookstore.

the first is the homemade home with cute ideas for personalizing items and the second is tutorial on stenciling walls, furniture, etc...and it includes 10 stencils...the patterns are on the far right.

this is for my friend marie, who was looking to decorate some mason jars. the idea is that you cut out fabric and use double sided tape to stick it to the jars. really simple but also really cute. i bet you could use hot glue too. it suggested taking a hole punch and creating your own designs on plain fabric...like the heart on the pink fabric.