Backwards

As I was scanning channels yesterday I saw something that irritated me. An episode of "According to Jim" was on, and the wife/mother was sewing Halloween costumes, and she had the sewing maching facing backwards.

How could she reach the controls? And was there not a single person on set who sewed or at least knew which direction the machine should face?

Of course I had to take a picture of the screen. In this scene Jim is telling his wife, "Stop what you're doing! Don't you know your sewing machine is facing the camera instead of you? You're an idiot!"

Tonight's menu:

Salmon fillets stuffed with shrimp and crab (and other stuff)

Wish me luck!!!!

As if you needed another reason to dislike Kanye

Kanye West is proud of the fact that he doesn't read.

From the article:
"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed"

"I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life," he said.

West, a college dropout, said being a non-reader was helpful when he wrote his book because it gave him "a childlike purity."

Does he think his late mother, an English professor, would be proud of those statements? Writing on a child's level is not something to brag about. He's always been a critic of higher education (listen to his album "College Dropout" and you'll know what I mean), but to actually criticize the act of reading is really disappointing.

What a crappy role model.

dress up

I need a dress for my grandparents' 50th anniversary party later this month, so I've started looking for inspiration online. I think I'll end up sewing something, unless my online class proves to be too time-consuming.

Here are my favs so far:






dresses 1-3 from Anthropologie
dresses 4, 5 from Fred Flare

Apparently it's hip to be a librarian

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&ref=fashion

The things my friends do for me to cheer me up

1. Ask the salesgirl at Bebe to try on the "Tina Turner" dress (complete with butt-fringe) on the mannequin in the window:



2. Pretend the dress is for your bachelorette party in Vegas and put it on hold.

3. Try on bright yellow Crocs:

4. Buy gold sequinned friendship sneakers. (photo coming soon)

Home improvement on a budget

This past weekend Matt and I went to Moab to hang out with my parents and to actually get a glimpse of the sun. In case you didn't know, it's been raining constantly in Salt Lake for the past couple weeks.

On Saturday, while the dudes (Matt and my dad) went to the hardware store and did other manly things, my mom and I stopped by an estate sale in my parents' neighborhood. While I was tempted to get some of the bling-blingy Waterford Crystal, $80 was about $75 past my budget. Instead, my mom generously bought me two barstools for $2 each, since our new apartment has a little bar area.

The stools weren't in the best condition, so I washed off the wooden parts and took the seats off. My mom helped me re-cover the seats with some leftover fabric she used to reupholster her dining room chairs. I feel weird about copying her and using the same fabric, but I liked it a lot and it's treated with Scotch Guard, so it hopefully won't stain when the inevitable spill occurs.

What do you think? Hopefully there will be more home projects in the weeks to come, including a DIY headboard for our bed.