Im back:)

For now at least! So, February was the never ending, action packed month, that is for sure. It all ended with one trip to FL to see my best friend and attend her baby shower. My flight was torture, at least the one on the way back. I had a small child sitting behind me who appeared to be UN-buckled during take off and through much of the flight. She kicked my seat, pulled my hair, drooled on me and then her mother decided to change her diaper half way through the flight( I am just to nice sometimes). I am not a parent, but isn't that why they have changing tables in the bathrooms that they make sure to bring up to you before take off??? If I was the guy sitting next to them, I would have had a fit, because the smell, oh it was FOUL!
I also flew back just in time before NY got hit by probably the only biggest(at least to us) snow storm of the season. So it was eventful.

I did want to share with you, finally, the quilt me and my mom worked on that I gifted my friend for her new addition that's on its way. I was quite proud of it, although my mom did most of the sewing.

I did sew a few panels(which my mom had to correct) but my main work on it was the hand stitching of her name(the babies) and a rose in 2 corners. I was going to make a really wild quilt with bright colors and fun, vintage sort of patterns, but I found out she was going for more of a muted tone sort of thing, so this is what we came up with. Simple yet pretty.
I like to think it will be something cherished for many years to come, and her aunt Patty made it just for her:)

Before I left for Florida(like the night before) I finally received my Blythe doll that I ordered(yes I am crazy) Just what I needed a new collection to start. I am currently in the process of customizing her, carving her face, just doing her up. This photo was her in her basic stock gear.
It my newest hobby, lol.

I have so many favorites saved over on Flickr of super awesome customized Blythe dolls, but I just cant figure out how to share them on here while giving credit to the person who owns each one and also took the picture, blahhhh. So I liked it up for you.

I think I am just running out of steam. It has been a very long day.

Last night I met up with Will(my super cool boyfriend) (he told me to say that, lol) and his friend and we saw "Watchmen", which in my personal opinion, was awesome!!! Oh, I have to tell you about one of the previews.............Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Billy Crudup all in one movie, YIKES. And its all about Gangsters from back in the day. Its called "Public Enemies"

After the movie we headed on over to Toy Tokyo and I was highly disappointed when the sign on the door said "CLOSED", errrrrrrrrrrrr, its Friday night, stay open later then 9pm would ya. The store is in the center of the East village, I mean the foot traffic alone on a Friday night should keep it open, at least for designer toy collectors like us!! Bummer. So after that UN eventful visit we headed down St. Marks to our bar, where we sat out in the back patio because it was like 60Ty degree weather here in NY. Kind of confusing though when your sipping beers and sitting on patio furniture. Aren't we still in the midst of Winter??? After the pub we hit up Pommes Frites, which if you are ever in NYC and the East Village in particular.................go there, especially after a few beers. The line was insane, everyone had the same idea as us. Basically they make the best Belgium Fries and they have lots of dipping sauces to choose from, my favorite is the Curry Ketchup, yum.
So it sounds like I had a good night right?? Yes I did, at least until it was time to transfer trains in Jamaica(for those non New Yorkers, Jamaica is like the train hub of the LIRR, you can connect to many other trains from this station) For those of you who know the LIRR, they always say "Be Careful of the Gap" The gap is the huge space between the train and the platform and there have been many accidents involving people falling in between them, even a few horrible deaths. As a daily commuter on the LIRR, I am always aware of how I step on and off and that's that. Well last night, as I was running through the trains, I slipped and I slid almost all the way down the gap. I was pretty much lodged in between the train and the concrete platform and had to pull my legs out. No one saw me, my boyfriend hadn't even realized because it happened so fast. All that ran through my mind was, I am going to be crushed when this train moves. Some random stranger put out his hand and pulled me out and as I looked up I realized that there were people standing around just in shock at what just happened. It was scary, I have to say, because within 2 minutes of getting out of that situation, the train I was lodged in between started up and left the station. Long story short, I effed up my left leg pretty bad and I filed a complaint. Ok the whole reason for the story, BE MINDFUL OF THE GAP! :)

Well, I wont be traveling on the LIRR for a week, because I have off!!! Yay. Time to catch up on piles of stuff that needs to be put away, thrown away, given away, yada yada yada. Also lots of sleep time, coffee time and friend time. Plus Sushi and a movie with my sister and a little weekend trip out east. Sounds great to me.

One very, exciting thing that I have decided on is to attend Sisiversary! Well, I know I have said that I havent been much of a scrap booker lately, but that dosent mean that I dont love all my friends that I have met through it. It was playing in my head for the past month, and then I saw so many people talking about how their going and I knew I just had to do it, I had to go and finally meet everyone and have fun with them. I think otherwise I would regret it. So in June I will be flying down to Tennessee!! Yay.

What else, well Im digging the new Q-Tip all the way. I am also loving this bird, his name is Frank!


He is owned by this lady.

AND I had to share this crazy photo my friend's mother had at her baby shower. Its Patty at 17.
I am the one second in on the right in the back sort of. I cant believe that was about 12 years ago, man oh man.

Well thats about it, I think I updated this blog pretty well and I am hoping to get back into The Little Red suitcase soon as well. Hopefully during my week off. Im off to watch a movie, or make fun of my boyfriend who likes to clip his book light on his baseball cap so that he can see better when he sculpts. Hmmmmmmmmm...........................