Boyfriend, Freya, & I took a ride out to the Rez for Father’s Day. When we got to his parent’s house Freya made a bee-line straight down to the lake.

This has been her new favorite thing since she discovered it about a month ago. She originally started going down there to get a drink when she was warm… until she slipped in one day. Ever since it’s been big, splashy fun. She usually only goes in until her tummy touches the water but she made a new discovery yesterday… she knew how to swim! Yet another thing that makes her a super cool dog is that she likes to stick her nose in water & blow bubbles. Okay. Not so cool when she does it in her water dish at home and gets the kitchen floor soaked but it’s still amusing to watch her. Anyway, she started fetching sticks that we’d toss in for her. One time I accidentally tossed in a waterlogged stick that sunk to the bottom. She dove under the water and got it! I have a dog that dives!! I heart her.

Later in the afternoon BF’s brother had to go out to the woods to fuel up some of the equipment so the 3 of us took a ride into the woods with him. It was a fun ride. It would have been perfect had I not accidentally sat on some fresh cut pine logs & got pitch all over my shorts. Oops. Since I was out & had my camera I decided to take a few pics.

I’ve been putting off sewing for months now. I have everything I need except the courage to start. The quilt project seemed to be overwhelming so I decided to work on something smaller for myself. I’d rather practice on projects for myself then tackle a larger project as a gift for someone else (since I’m inexperienced there’s a larger chance of flubs). I’m making Dave some oven mitts for my first project. It has been driving me insane that he doesn’t have any so I decided to make him some super cool guy-ish oven mitts. This isn’t technically a project for “myself” but it’s staying in the house so I’m less nervous about it.

I’m using Alexander Henry’s Bad Luck Club Skull fabric on the outside with red cotton fabric for the lining and black cotton fabric for the binding. I got the idea from Miss Behave. She used the same pattern but in red for oven mitts for her brother.

Crust:  Graham Cracker Crust

Filling:
1 Cup Cool Whip
1 C powdered Sugar
8 oz cream cheese
Fresh Strawberries

Simply beat together cool whip, cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.  Pour filling into a pie shell.  Slice at least enough strawberries to cover the top of the pie, the more the better!!

To make the pie even fancier, top with Strawberry Glaze.

Source: Pellegrini’s Strawberry Farm

Wow…. I knew I neglected my blog for a while but I didn’t realize it’s been for 2 1/2 months. Life has been pretty uneventful. I’ll run through a few bullets & that should catch you up to speed.

• I finally took a ride up to Michigan in February for my friend’s birthday. I’ve been back up twice since then. Once to get fitted for my bridesmaid dress for my friend’s wedding and the other was for a margarita party.
• I didn’t finish the quilt in time for Valentine’s Day. In fact, it’s still right where I left it 2 months ago. I had issues when trying to wind the bobbin and got discouraged. Last night I finally decided to quit being afraid of it and got the bobbin wound. Now I just have to finish cutting the material so I can start sewing. BF’s sister’s birthday is the middle of May so that’s my new goal. I plan on having at least one other project finished before then.
• I haven’t been gaming much… I’ve cut it down to maybe 6 hours a week at the very most. However, it’s not because I don’t want to. I really need to get my eyes checked because I’m getting frequent headaches when I’m at the computer, watching TV, or playing video games. Boo. I can tolerate the tv or computer if I wear my old glasses but I get nauseated if I’m gaming for more than an hour or so at a time.
• Freya turned 1! We had cupcakes & sang Happy Birthday to her. It was too cute. The pics are still on my camera. I’ll get around to uploading those one day.
• I’m not sure if Freya is going through her terrible twos or if she has spring fever. Whatever the case… she’s crazy lately. It’s fun until someone gets hurt (that someone would be me).
• Reggie can’t decide if he wants to love or hate Freya. One minute he’s playing kissy-face and the next he’s snarling at her.
• Denzel is… Denzel. He goes with the flow until Freya gets on his nerves. Maybe that’s why he decided to run away one night.

Nerds in today’s episode include AVDude, Me, and NewBossMan

AVDude: Do you like Battlestar Galactica?
Me: Nope.
AVDude: Ohmigawd. You should watch it. You would totally love it!
Me: Oh? *thinking… nerd*

Five minutes later while we were waiting for a server reboot, NewBossMan enters

AVDude: So yeah. You should totally watch Battlestar Galactica. They have episodes on hulu.com
Me: Hmmm… okay.
NewBossMan: *excited* You’re talking about Battlestar Galactica? I have the first 4 seasons on DVD!
Me: *thinking… nerd*
AVDude: Ooooooooooh!
Me: Hmm. This sounds like something BF might like. I’m sure he’s watched it.
AVDude: Ohmigawd. You should watch it with him. It’s totally good.
Me: Okay! Server is rebooted!