So I'm off tomorrow and have a lot to do. I need to take Luna to the dog park and for some dog food. I also need to pick my sister up from work and the other sister from the bus stop and call UNT to get the Capstone thing sorted out since it starts next Monday. I'm also restarting induction from tomorrow so need to actually cook something. Go by gma.
I also plan to sew 2 dresses from scratch, both should be relatively easy, one is Butterick 4980 and the other is a vintage mail order wrap pattern, I would post pics, but that usb cable has wandered off as is its wont.
Okay, so on Saturday I need to work from 9-2 and continue low carbing. i will also complete the two dresses if anything still needs doing and also sew the flannel night gown from the Simplicity 30s style pattern. I also want to clean out my closet and take all the garage sale stuff and put it into the garage, organized. This means I'll need to find some boxes on Saturday. At work I need to write the next week's blog so I can publish it quickly on Monday afternoon and finish the blog user guide.
Now for Sunday, I need to remember to fast and pray and also to clean off all the shelves in my room and sew the sundress from another vintage mail order pattern.
That should complete my weekend.
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Since I'm planning, let me remember what I must do before I leave.
On Monday I need to pay the water bill. I also have a dentist appointment for some fillings and a veneer over my crooked front tooth. I also need to start taking Luna on a 30 minute walk every day in preparation for Korea. This is also the first day of Capstone. It opens at noon. :) After my Dentist appointment, I wil not be fit to return to work with a numb jaw, so I plan to go home and get a good start on Capstone. I need to read over the questions and decide what perspective I need for them and start finding books and articles that can help.
On Tuesday, I need to write an outline for each of the Capstone essays and begin to write at least one. At work I need to write the blogs for the next month. I also need to complete the new books list since its a bit over due and send a new book to feature to Velora.
On Wendesday, I need to finish the first essay and finish the second one too. At work I need to work on the website user guide and also make sure peotry reading stuff is sent out and work on blurb for learning object group. I also need to take a few moments to clean out under my bed, just as a break from Capstone.
On Thursday I need to finish the third essay. At work I need to work on the website user guide and look at any possible changes to the homepage. Then again at home, I need to sew that loose pair of pants.
On Friday, I need to take my essays into the LAC so they can look them over and help me edit them. I also need to read over them at least twice out loud. When that is complete, I need to decide on the luggage situation and go through my jewelry. Oh, and watch Monk and Psych. Parents gone. i need to continue to work on my talk about mercy
On Saturday, I need to work from 9-2 and work on the website changes. At home, I need to sort through my closet and clothees to further reduce. I would also like to sew a the skirt and the go through the stuff in the garage and decide what stays at the house and what can be sold. Parents gone. Work on talk.
Issue about Sunday, I have to give a talk at my ward, but my sister's go to the other one. Can they get another ride? More to do on Sunday. Make final decisions about clothes. Advertise garage sale on Craigslist. Go by Gma's house
On Monday, I need to advertise again on Craigslist and do so every day leading up to the sale, also any other free classifieds. Tell the parents to put all the stuff they want to sell into one corner of the front room. At work I need to work on the archives and get it all ready for binding. I also want to sew the 40s style dress and cut out the suit.
On Tuesday, at work enter all data into the computer for the archives. Pack 4 boxes of stuff to send to Korea immediately. Pack 2 boxes to be sent in 6 months. sew suit.
On Wednesday, Make sure computer and email is completely cleaned off and projext redistributed. Poetry reading too at 11:30 and 5:30. At home, sew purple dress and start on the flannel robe.
On Thursday, Final day with everyone there, give archives stuff to S and user guides to J and make final adjustments to the website, start cleaning out desk. At home, sew swirly dress, finish robe.
On Friday, Do a packing test run for fit and weight. Start garage sale, A comes down. Make all final decisions reguarding selling/keeping/bringing
On Saturday, work final day 9-2. Clean out desk and erase stuff on folders. Mom runs the garage sale.
On Sunday, garage sale and complete taxes and sew challis pants
On Monday go to dentist for veneer. Decide to keep or donate leftovers and drop off donations. Move everything left over out of the room and tape it up and get everything together to paint the walls. Go see gma and viv.
On Tuesday, take Luna to see the vet for health certificate, make sure she has all tags, make final packing decisions. paint room with primer.
On Wendesday, make final goodbyes, verify all travel arrangements
On Thursday, fly to Korea.
Whew, can I actually do all this?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Another Day of Makeup and Suchlike :)
Sorry for not updating much recently. I just started a new blog at 3 fat chicks for my fat loss endevours and have become distracted. I went to Walmart today to return some makeup and pick up some clothes I'd ordered online and had sent to the store and to pick up the scale and look at the travel toiletries. Wow, I did do a lot. I picked up a peach colored sweater for $4.00
a black tunic style shirt with sleeves I love, but a length that seems a little long, even for a tunic for $6.
and a George a-line skirt(navy blue) for $16 full price, looks good but I haven't had a chance to try it on yet.
They were some nice purchases, but I reckon I'll take the black tunic shirt back since I don't really like it.
So before leaving for Korea, I'm trying to decide what I really need. I've been trying a lot of makeup lately to find the HG items that I'll buy more of and bring with me. Well EDM is still pretty HG for me. Good coverage and lasts an okay amount of time. I would like a MMU that lasts longer though, so have ordered some samples from Dreamworld Mineral Makeup. I love the theme of the site. It's all magic and goddesses and mystery. I'll post my results for the products as soon as they come in.
I also returned the Sonia Kashuk tinted moisturizer #1 because it was way to yellow and looked it on the skin. I guess CG tinted mouisturizer is the best. I've also tried and returned the liquid mineral makeup from Maybelline, but that was only because I didn't pick the right color. It went on really smooth though, so I may give it a second chance. The only problem is that you really cannot tell what color it is through the plastic, but its also lightweight and hygenic(the bottle).
Also I tried Max Factor foundations in whipped cream and pan cake. I like the consistency of pan cake, but couldn't get a good color in either, both were way too yellow. Anyway, so both went back.
What have I tried recently and liked? The Sonia Kashuk Face Palette will become a regular staple for me in Korea I think. It's perfect for traveling because it have nice inoffensive colors and concealers and a mirror. I really like the brow pencil too. Although her brow pencil just can't beat the one from Revlon Brow Fantasy. I so have to buy more of that before I go because its the least red of the blonde eyebrow pencils. Why do they think blonde want red brows? I suppose they reckon that most blondes have some colors in their brows. More fool them for that thought.
I did my newly bobbed hair as curly today and this was probably not the best day to do it since the wind was mondo destructive. I was fighting against it all the way in to work this morning. It was so bad that I was carrying a bag of tortillas and the tortillas fell out of the bag and I didn't even notice til I was inside and I didn't bother looking since I was already late for work.
So, I should be sewing a lot soon and will post the stuff I sew. At least, the successful stuff I sew. There are 12 items currently in the TBS pile. Incidentally, I also bought some stickers to put on stuff for my garage sale in a couple of weeks.
a black tunic style shirt with sleeves I love, but a length that seems a little long, even for a tunic for $6.
and a George a-line skirt(navy blue) for $16 full price, looks good but I haven't had a chance to try it on yet.
They were some nice purchases, but I reckon I'll take the black tunic shirt back since I don't really like it.
So before leaving for Korea, I'm trying to decide what I really need. I've been trying a lot of makeup lately to find the HG items that I'll buy more of and bring with me. Well EDM is still pretty HG for me. Good coverage and lasts an okay amount of time. I would like a MMU that lasts longer though, so have ordered some samples from Dreamworld Mineral Makeup. I love the theme of the site. It's all magic and goddesses and mystery. I'll post my results for the products as soon as they come in.
I also returned the Sonia Kashuk tinted moisturizer #1 because it was way to yellow and looked it on the skin. I guess CG tinted mouisturizer is the best. I've also tried and returned the liquid mineral makeup from Maybelline, but that was only because I didn't pick the right color. It went on really smooth though, so I may give it a second chance. The only problem is that you really cannot tell what color it is through the plastic, but its also lightweight and hygenic(the bottle).
Also I tried Max Factor foundations in whipped cream and pan cake. I like the consistency of pan cake, but couldn't get a good color in either, both were way too yellow. Anyway, so both went back.
What have I tried recently and liked? The Sonia Kashuk Face Palette will become a regular staple for me in Korea I think. It's perfect for traveling because it have nice inoffensive colors and concealers and a mirror. I really like the brow pencil too. Although her brow pencil just can't beat the one from Revlon Brow Fantasy. I so have to buy more of that before I go because its the least red of the blonde eyebrow pencils. Why do they think blonde want red brows? I suppose they reckon that most blondes have some colors in their brows. More fool them for that thought.
I did my newly bobbed hair as curly today and this was probably not the best day to do it since the wind was mondo destructive. I was fighting against it all the way in to work this morning. It was so bad that I was carrying a bag of tortillas and the tortillas fell out of the bag and I didn't even notice til I was inside and I didn't bother looking since I was already late for work.
So, I should be sewing a lot soon and will post the stuff I sew. At least, the successful stuff I sew. There are 12 items currently in the TBS pile. Incidentally, I also bought some stickers to put on stuff for my garage sale in a couple of weeks.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Teeth and Hair
I went to the dentist this morning and thery examined my teeth and found that 8 needed filling. None hurt, but I believe them when they tell me this because dentists don't lie. :) Okay, maybe I believe it because before the age of 18, my dental higiene was poor at best and I reckon I should make sure even the beginnings of my teeth problems should be taken care of when I get the chance. So for 10 fillings, a deep cleaning since its been years, and a veneer, I paid $850. I suppose I'm getting a lot for my money and I do feel reasonably comfortable at the place.
So after the teeth inspection, I went to the mall since I had 2 hours to kill before work and a desire to get a smoothie and get a hair cut. I went to Mia and Maxx and a rather pleasant young woman of 20 worked on my hair. I wan't sure what I wanted since this was kinda last minute. I just spent over $800 dollars and felt the need to spend some more. So no pic or prep. At the shampoo stage, I realized I wanted a bob so that's what I told her to cut for me. I ended up with a pob. For those unaware, a pob is the posh bob. Of course it will never look like this on me.
So after the teeth inspection, I went to the mall since I had 2 hours to kill before work and a desire to get a smoothie and get a hair cut. I went to Mia and Maxx and a rather pleasant young woman of 20 worked on my hair. I wan't sure what I wanted since this was kinda last minute. I just spent over $800 dollars and felt the need to spend some more. So no pic or prep. At the shampoo stage, I realized I wanted a bob so that's what I told her to cut for me. I ended up with a pob. For those unaware, a pob is the posh bob. Of course it will never look like this on me.
I have a lot of hair for this look, so it will never lie as flat on my head. Anyway, I woulod never have asked for the Posh anything, but I actually like the cut and hope no one else will be aware of its pob origins. I had it done before work, so haven't had a chance to take a pic yet, so I'll update my avatar to show it off in a couple of days.
More on the looks front (let's just be shallow today), my skin has felt really dry lately. I blame my new cleanser Garnier Fructis Detoxifying Gel Cleanser. At first, it just made my pores smaller. In doing that it made my skin look older. It's kinda hard to descibe, but the lines beneath my eyes becamer seriously deep, like weirdly deep and they extended much further then before, beyond the end of my eyes. Weird. Well, last night I used extra virgin olive oil to remove my makeup and then put still more on to further hydrate the skin. I also used the skin brightening facial moisturiser beneath my eyes that is very rich and my skin looks much better today. I suppose the cleanser is just too much combined with winter dryness. I may try it again in the summer whilst in Korea or just more more cleansing maybe once a week.
Oh and the chick at Mia and Maxx showed me a new way to make my hair straighter with a paddle brush vs. the round brush. I think I liked it better. My hair is pretty straight and non-frizzed at the moment. Wish it well.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Feeling Bored and Antsy...
I'm so anticipating my move to Korea, that everything else just seems less important now. It's ood, but I know what I need to do to get organized enough to make the transition as painless as possible, but all I want to do is look at blogs about Korea, read message boards about Korea, and email people in Korea. I have such an obsessive personality and this is my current obsession. Bother.
This said, I was talking to one of my bosses today about getting rid of so much of my stuff and she mentioned the liberating aspects of leading a stuff-less life. I agree that having less stuff can be very liberating. It does feel freeing to get rid of stuff you don't need. Unfortunately I am still a pack rat and have trouble evaluating the necessity of specific items.
Oh, and my hair is looking very orange and brassy in photos. It's weird because I seriously doubt it looks nearly so brassy in real life. Here's me rocking(lol) my newest thrift store find. Yes, I'm getting rid of stuff, but still needed some sunglasses because they have a tendancy to walk away or be sat on and destroyed. Bummer.
This said, I was talking to one of my bosses today about getting rid of so much of my stuff and she mentioned the liberating aspects of leading a stuff-less life. I agree that having less stuff can be very liberating. It does feel freeing to get rid of stuff you don't need. Unfortunately I am still a pack rat and have trouble evaluating the necessity of specific items.
Oh, and my hair is looking very orange and brassy in photos. It's weird because I seriously doubt it looks nearly so brassy in real life. Here's me rocking(lol) my newest thrift store find. Yes, I'm getting rid of stuff, but still needed some sunglasses because they have a tendancy to walk away or be sat on and destroyed. Bummer.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
So I've been on a bit of a break and have made some changes...
Well, the first and most obvious change is my hair. It was red...
and is now more of a reddish blonde.
I am slowly taking it back to the original blonde color.
On Christmas, it just hit me that while I enjoyed being a redhead, I was ready to take it back. Now this can't be done overnight since my original hair color is blonde and its was darl red. Yeah, but my first thing was to try that Loreal Color Ooops and get myself some wonderfully fried orange hair. Awesome. :) I went to the salon and spent 5 hours there and $200 the day after Christmas to fix the orange. They did a pretty good job by putting in highlights and lowlights. That was a lot of time to spend in a chair though. I nodded off at one point. It kinda reminded me of math class in high school in terms of boredom. It been more than a week now, and it kinda become a bit more orangy then it was. Maybe I should pick up something at Sallys that deals with brassiness.
Okay, in other news I got a B and an A for my last semester and my field experience waiver has been accepted so I get to sign up for Capstone the first week or two of February.
I sewed another shirt: I'm not in a mood to review it or look for the envelope for the number, so it'll have to wait. But here's a pic.
So I've also decided to move to Korea.
Yes, I could elucidate. After Capstone, I will have my Master in Library and Information Science and this makes me antsy. I guess whenever I approach a major change in my life, I want to run away. When I finished the basics in my Undergrad, I moved to Garmisch for a year and worked at AFRC as a housekeeper (that's Armed Forces Recreation Centers in Europe for thosee who don't know). So when I got my BA, I moved to small town Wyoming for a year with Americorps VISTA. So to keep my life consistent, I have to do something special to celebrate my completion of my Masters degree. So I'm going to Korea to teach ESL for a year. Right now I'm looking at Seoul primarily because I've never lived in a big city before and would like to try it and because it's the only city in Korea with an English speaking ward other than the military ward in Busan. Busan is another big city, so if I'm going to live in a big city, it may as well be the biggest one.
Oh, and I reckon I will bring Luna with me. I've heard some horrible thing that people have 'heard' about happening, but have also corresponded with 5 people who have had pets in Korea with no problems and have haunted a couple of discussion forums that have both positive and negative stories in them. I would hate to leave her behind, although I worry about leaving her at home alone for 10 hours a day during the week. This happened before when we lived in an apartment, but then we had a nearby dog park and in Seoul there is no dog parks. But Luna shoudl be fine if I take her on walks. More aout this later I suppose.
and is now more of a reddish blonde.
I am slowly taking it back to the original blonde color.
On Christmas, it just hit me that while I enjoyed being a redhead, I was ready to take it back. Now this can't be done overnight since my original hair color is blonde and its was darl red. Yeah, but my first thing was to try that Loreal Color Ooops and get myself some wonderfully fried orange hair. Awesome. :) I went to the salon and spent 5 hours there and $200 the day after Christmas to fix the orange. They did a pretty good job by putting in highlights and lowlights. That was a lot of time to spend in a chair though. I nodded off at one point. It kinda reminded me of math class in high school in terms of boredom. It been more than a week now, and it kinda become a bit more orangy then it was. Maybe I should pick up something at Sallys that deals with brassiness.
Okay, in other news I got a B and an A for my last semester and my field experience waiver has been accepted so I get to sign up for Capstone the first week or two of February.
I sewed another shirt: I'm not in a mood to review it or look for the envelope for the number, so it'll have to wait. But here's a pic.
So I've also decided to move to Korea.
Yes, I could elucidate. After Capstone, I will have my Master in Library and Information Science and this makes me antsy. I guess whenever I approach a major change in my life, I want to run away. When I finished the basics in my Undergrad, I moved to Garmisch for a year and worked at AFRC as a housekeeper (that's Armed Forces Recreation Centers in Europe for thosee who don't know). So when I got my BA, I moved to small town Wyoming for a year with Americorps VISTA. So to keep my life consistent, I have to do something special to celebrate my completion of my Masters degree. So I'm going to Korea to teach ESL for a year. Right now I'm looking at Seoul primarily because I've never lived in a big city before and would like to try it and because it's the only city in Korea with an English speaking ward other than the military ward in Busan. Busan is another big city, so if I'm going to live in a big city, it may as well be the biggest one.
Oh, and I reckon I will bring Luna with me. I've heard some horrible thing that people have 'heard' about happening, but have also corresponded with 5 people who have had pets in Korea with no problems and have haunted a couple of discussion forums that have both positive and negative stories in them. I would hate to leave her behind, although I worry about leaving her at home alone for 10 hours a day during the week. This happened before when we lived in an apartment, but then we had a nearby dog park and in Seoul there is no dog parks. But Luna shoudl be fine if I take her on walks. More aout this later I suppose.
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