blog #078 >> Past Two Weeks

AHHHHH!!!!! I've been busy! And when I get busy, my poor blog is left all alone. But to catch up, here's the past two weeks in a nutshell:

The other designer Fawn that I work with at NW Media quit. She's getting married this summer and wanted to venture out into the brave new world and start freelancing. But that left me very very busy at work for a few weeks with job interviews and double the work load. And of course we had to start a ton of new projects that same week, as well as five full designs. After seven interviews and reading over 100 applications, we hired Mary, a very nice designer and a fun crafter as well. Things are finally settling and slowing down there... sigh...


The weekend before last was Compassion Rockwood, the big event. It's a free medical clinic where I've been volunteering for the past three years, designing logos, brochures, posters, fliers, headers, shirts, and taking pictures. Most of the my work had been finished before the event, some nearly. And so at the actual event I just got to wear the black Public Relations shirt and take event photos.

Dave, Trina, Linda Beth and I, also started a garden at the apartments the weekend before last. We spent Sunday morning weeding and cleaning it out. And Sunday afternoon, my dad came over and roadatilled for us. That night we started planting the seeds and starts and finished it up Monday night after work. We planted Oregon Giant Peas, green beans, Butter Crunch and leaf lettuce, spinach, a few carrots, zucchini, butternut squash, beets, basil, chives, regular and wild strawberries, onions, cucumbers, lemon cucumbers, and a variety of heirloom tomatoes. I'm very excited to watch them grow!

I've been watched a lot of LOST last week as well. I'm all caught up now, but I end up laying awake at night thinking... "Why is Clair and Christian in the cabin? Is everyone dead? What is the smoke monster? Why doesn't Richard age?" And much more. I need to remember perspective...


I also dug out this old 20's shirt from my grandma's old box of clothes and replaced the buttons on it so it's wearable again.
I also bought these two new summer sweaters and some new socks from lovely Sock Dreams. Ah, how I love new socks.

And I've been practicing the accordion a lot lately. Now that the weather is warmer I can turn the fan on while I play to mask the noise. And I'm playing much longer than before. It used to be that I could play every song I knew once, go though the whole book and learn a new song. But now I know way too many songs to play them all at once. I'm about halfway through Palmer Hughes Book 2. I'm learning much harder songs and I can practice two new songs at a time.

Last weekend was Mother's Day, and I spent Saturday night with my folks. We went to hear Luis Palau speak, I'd forgotten how much I like him. And then we went and picked Grandma up and went out to dinner. Sunday morning, we drove Grandma down to my uncle's church in Salem for a Mother's Day brunch. It was very nice. And then me and my mom went to a nursery and I found the beautiful hanging basket for twenty bucks. I just love how it looks on my front porch.
And well... besides the usual spring cleaning, cooking, tea, rain, knitting, and other stuff I usually do. That pretty much sums up the past two weeks.

blog #077 >> Shadow Play

Here's my newest Good Will find, the best yet this year...
This wonderful white owl lamp $5. I rescued the shade last summer out by the dumpster. And I painted the trees on tracing paper with India ink and taped them to the inside to create the shadows. I really like it. And it goes great with my latest painting.

blog #076 >> New Things

I realize I haven't blogged about anything lately.
So, here are some new things.


Here are some new hosue plants to replace the two that got moldy.
A little fern and a classic African violet. I realized that succulents just don't like my apartment.


These are some of my newest records. Thanks Dave and Trina for the Lawrence Welk album. I think it's my favorite one! And all the others too. The Walter Carlos Switched-on Bach II, Bach classics on a Moog synthesizer, is surprisingly good. I really just wanted it for the cover. And who can resist colored vinyl, especially Sing Along with Mitch colored vinyl.


My mom got me this whale of a soap dish at the Troutdale Antique Mall. And he's joined my porcelain aquarium in the bathroom.



The groovy floral t.v. trays and brownie hawkeye projector came from my sister's yard sale stuff. Thanks Amy! The project was my grandpa's but needs a new light bulb to work.


And these lovely new fingerless gloves came from Sock Dreams new store front where Trina works. I also got some cute brown and pink striped knee-highs, but they're in the laundry at the moment. When they're clean I post a picture with my new shoes. My first real pair of new shoes since I graduated college.

blog #075 >> Book of the Week: Three Stuffed Owls

I've never actually read this book. I just really like the cover.

blog #074 >> I finished it!

I finally finished it! Now... what else was I doing?

blog #073 >> Book of the Week: Baby Dear

My parents got this darling book for my oldest sister Carrie, when my other sister Amy was born. And we all read it growing up. It's a very cute story about a little girl who gets a baby doll when her mom has a new little baby.




















And unfortunately we will never know how Baby Dear ends now, because someone ate and ripped the last pages out of Baby Dear. I would like to mentions that... I did NOT EAT BABY DEAR!
Being the youngest somehow these things always get blamed on me. But I certainly don't remember eating Baby Dear, therefore it couldn't possibly have been me. I could have drawn in it though, that would be a very "Theresa" thing to do. But eat it? Never. I don't like to eat paper. It tastes awful.

Anyhow, my point in picking this book for the week is this: Baby Dear's Wee Little Things. My sister's have started an etsy store were they are selling all kinds of sweet little things for your very own baby dear. So, I suggest everyone go and take a look at their store and their blog.

blog #072 >> A New Painting

And now it will sit on my drafting table for another six months until I finish it.
I wish I was better at finishing the things I start. But if I can't finish it in a couple of nights, I get distracted with a new idea and start something else. I think I need to start a notebook with all my ideas, instead of starting a new project each time. I'm not even sure what I've got going now... a lot. I think I'll add that to my list of things to do.