Pocket of Posies

Ice Cream For Dinner

2011-03-12T18:41:00.000-08:00

It has just been one of those kinds of days. You come home from work and realize there's probably nothing there for dinner that
1. Takes less than the minimal effort you feel like putting into your meal
and
2. Sounds even remotely like something you would enjoy eating.

So that's kind of where I was. Ice Cream for dinner it is. :)

Meanwhile, I stopped at Joann's yesterday and in an effort to keep me busy while he was gone ALL weekend (probably trying to get away from me) Kevin bought me some wool yarn for my newest DIY endeavor....

Making Felt Balls

I saw some at a craft fair this weekend and they looked so funny, but funny in a way that I kind of wanted them. But instead of buying ones that someone else made, I decided to be insane make them myself. I'm sure no one that really knows me will be shocked. I found some tutorials online and it looked pretty simple. And of course by looking pretty simple, the pictures made it look easy. I've just started and I'm having my doubts.

Notice the near empty bag of Cheesy BBQ Cheetos in the left hand corner. My new chip addiction

It's yet to be seen whether or not this will end up in the aforementioned drawer, but luckily the yarn was only $3.50, so if it works I've saved a ton of money on these instead of buying already made felt balls which I've already researched are like $10 for only 20 of them. Hopefully it's worth it. But if I can't make it past rolling them into the yarn balls, getting to the part where you soak them in soapy water is probably not happening either. Remember when I said this was easy? Yeah. I may be changing my mind.

My First Bookmark!

2011-02-24T17:24:00.000-08:00

I hadn't told anyone about this blog since I started it a few weeks ago, kind of wanting to see if it stuck and also partly because I really didn't want to admit I'd jumped on yet another 21st Century Fad. And then Kevin was reading someone else's blog last night after (which really means during) his large piles of homework were complete and said "You know, I think you would be really good at writing blogs."

To which I said replied non-chalantly "Oh. Yeah, I started one a few weeks ago." And opened up the blog on his computer for him to read.

After he was done reading he said "Okay, I'm bookmarking you. That means you have to write more now. You're on my bookmarks with only 5 other websites. Feel Special."

So this post is for Kevin my loving, frustrating, and adorable (in a manly way of course) fiance who always always always encorages me to do things that he knows I can do and always believes that I can do more than I think I can.

I saw my name on a list yesterday and next to it in parenthesees was and Fiance Kevin Ronecker and it was the first time I'd seen it in writing like that and it made me smile and feel all warm inside because, for those of you that don't know him (but then again, if Kevin's the only one reading this blog I guess you're familar with him), he's a pretty amazing and puts up with all of my crazy antics and the fact that I may possibly be just a bit high matenience.

From the day we got engaged at QT (:

To the Guy who is okay with the fact that I love QT almost as much as I love him

In The Basement, There is a Drawer.

2011-02-08T16:12:00.000-08:00

There are so many things I see people doing or see that people have made or see things in a store that I think- I can do that. Easy. And way cheaper. And I look the thing over or watch the person very carefully to figure out just how that thing was made or done. And sometimes I can makes these amazing things for just a few dollars that I would have bought that the store for $20. And then there are those other times where I try and it turns out bad. Okay...it turns out awful. Like you just want to cry because the thing that you spent hours, and I mean hours of your time on looks like something a 6 year old made.

Anyway, I've been reading this amazingly hiliarious blog for like 2 weeks now and have been pretty much obsessed with it. At least twice a day I've been able to relate to Kevin something from this blog and how it relates to whatever we're doing at the time. And the more I get to thinking about it, I thought I can do that. Do you see where I'm going here? So that's why I've started this blog, because I liked someone else's and thought I could do just as good. I guess we'll see.

Because there's a place I put all those aforementioned craft projects that go awry, look hideous, or are in need of so much more work than I originally thought that I get bored. There's this drawer in the basement by all of my other craft drawers that is home to all of these little beauties. It makes both my mom and Kevin laugh. I don't think it's very funny. At all.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I'm hoping this blog does not end up in the drawer in the basement. Wish me luck?