I hope everyone is having a great Saturday! We've been cleaning today, which was fun since we had the computer speakers playing the Twilight soundtrack in the living room :)
I'll admit that I like cleaning because I love to organize things....yes, it's a sickness, I know O_o" But you gotta love housework when your humming along to your favorite songs!
Hopefully, we'll get the rest of the house clean early tomorrow so I can get some stitching done before sitting down to watch True Blood.
Until next time!
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Happy Friday
On August 14th, Disney will release a new Hayao Miyazaki film called Ponyo on the Cliff. Last night while my family was watching So You Think You Can Dance, they had a trailer for Ponyo. My sister and I tried to explain how great Hayao Miyazaki was and that he was Japan's Walt Disney, but to our family, it's just Japanese animation :**(
I can't wait to see this film. My friends and I had gone to see Harry Potter 6 and they had a movie poster on the wall for Ponyo. Thank goodness that they will be playing it at the theatre in town! That beats a 3-hour drive to Baton Rouge to see Hayao Miyazaki's new film!
I hope everyone has a great Friday and a fun-filled weekend! Hopefully I'll have some stitching pics for you by Sunday. I'm working a freebie design by Pelin Tezer.
Until next time!
I can't wait to see this film. My friends and I had gone to see Harry Potter 6 and they had a movie poster on the wall for Ponyo. Thank goodness that they will be playing it at the theatre in town! That beats a 3-hour drive to Baton Rouge to see Hayao Miyazaki's new film!
I hope everyone has a great Friday and a fun-filled weekend! Hopefully I'll have some stitching pics for you by Sunday. I'm working a freebie design by Pelin Tezer.
Until next time!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Glass Slipper
I just got finished watching the first 21 episodes of a Korean drama called Glass Slipper. And of course, I don’t have the second season to this drama so I’m going to have to buy it eventually to find out how everything plays out with the characters.
The storyline so far: The two main characters are Yun-hee and Tae-hee, two sisters who have been separated from one another for fifteen years. After their father’s death, they travel to a nearby town in order to take a train to Seoul to find their grandfather. Tae-hee loses sight of Yun-hee in a marketplace and sadly, Yun-hee is inflicted with amnesia after being hit by a truck. The owners of the truck decide to raise her as part of their family to avoid criminal charges. Yun-hee takes the name Lee Sun-woo, which she found engraved on a gold ring that was around her neck after the car accident. Meanwhile, Tae-hee is raised by her grandfather, the president of a communications company. She has been searching for any sign of Yun-hee since they were separated.
One day, one of Tae-hee’s detectives tells her that he thinks he has had a sighting of Yun-hee in a small restaurant. Tae-hee mistakes Seung-hee (Sun-woo’s abusive ‘sister’) for Yun-hee. The drama unfolds from there. Tae-hee thinks she has found her long-lost sister in Seung-hee, not realizing that Seung-hee’s entire family knows that Sun-woo is really Yun-hee.
The other part of the story involves Tae-hee’s love for Jae-hyuk, a boy she met as a child and came to depend on after her father’s death. He took her to Seoul and introduced her to her grandfather. Her grandfather is so grateful for Jae-hyuk’s help, he decides to pay for Jae-hyuk’s education by allowing him to study abroad and eventually come back to Seoul and be part of his company. No one realizes that Jae-hyuk is actually the grandson of another man who was the partner of Chairman Kim (Tae-hee’s grandfather). Jae-hyuk wants revenge for his grandfather’s death, which was caused by shock after Chairman Kim bought him out of his half of the company. In order to do this, Jae-hyuk decides to buy 8 million shares of Jaeha Communications and take over the company from Chairman Kim before revealing his true identity.
The flip side of the story is that Jae-hyuk falls in love with Sun-woo, not realizing that she is Tae-hee’s long-lost sister. Sun-woo is also courted by Chul-woong, a punk turned gangster, who isn’t as tough as he appears to be.
I haven’t gotten much further with the series. I’ll have to buy it in the future!
If you haven’t seen Glass Slipper yet and you love Asian dramas, I think you will quite enjoy this series. Full of grief, love, comedy, betrayals, and sibling rivalry!! You don’t want to miss it ;)
Until next time!
Monday, August 3, 2009
A change of seasons
A small update on my Saisons sampler. I haven't been working on it lately. I've been reading books, watching a Korean drama called Glass Slipper among other things.
Sorry about the wrinkles! O_o"
I've decided to stitch the seasons tree in the middle at the very last so I'll be going from season to season in the squares first ;) I'm almost finished with the Spring and will probably start with the Winter season underneath it.
Until next time!
Sorry about the wrinkles! O_o"
I've decided to stitch the seasons tree in the middle at the very last so I'll be going from season to season in the squares first ;) I'm almost finished with the Spring and will probably start with the Winter season underneath it.
Until next time!
A Monday surprise!
Isn't is lovely?
My aunt gave it to me this morning! Of course, I swapped it out for the agate brooch I was wearing immediately ^___^ My aunt brought it several years ago, but decided to give it to me because she doesn't wear it that often. LOL I didn't even know she owned a cameo!
This brooch has a small crasp at the back so you can wear it as a pendant as well. I must say that I love it as a brooch though!
Thanks, Aunt Snowbird!! What a great way to start a Monday!
Until next time!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Museum geekiness!
No stitching news today, just something fun. I saw this while looking at the National Gallery, London website!
I thought this bag was extremely funny, especially to someone like myself who has had experience dodging the Trafalgar Square pigeons while heading to the National Gallery in London numerous times!
Until next time!
I thought this bag was extremely funny, especially to someone like myself who has had experience dodging the Trafalgar Square pigeons while heading to the National Gallery in London numerous times!
Until next time!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Book Review ~ Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Hi, everyone! I hope you're having a great weekend so far. While watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailers, I noticed an interesting one for a movie called Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Later in the week, while at my local bookstore, I happened to pick up the book by Rick Riordan.
Quite a fun read, if I do say so myself. I haven't read a kids' intermediate series book in a long time, I'd forgotten how much I love sitting down and reading them ^___^
The story revolves around the adventures of a twelve-year old boy named Percy Jackson, a troublemaker whose been kicked out of several schools for starting fights and having extremely poor grades. Things take a dramatic change when Percy is attacked by a Fury at school! He destroys it with a sword given to him by his Latin teacher Mr. Brunner. Strangely enough no one believes Percy's story after it happens including his teacher! Percy is expelled for a horrible grade in his Latin class, LOL (because killing a Fury in front of his fellow students doesn't count)!
So begins the events that will lead him to Half-Blood Hill Camp, a summer camp for half-bloods or demi-gods. He finds out that his teacher Mr. Brunner is actually Chiron and his friend Grover is a satyr! That's only the beginning of Percy's story, it turns out that he is the son of Poseidon and he has unknowingly started a war between his father and Zeus. He goes on a quest with his friends Grover and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) to prove that he isn't the thief who stole Zeus' lightning bolt.
I have to say that I enjoyed this book. A modern twist on the Olympians, I especially loved Charon's addiction to Italian suits ^__^
I can't wait to see the movie for this book in 2010. It is directed by Chris Columbus who also directed the first two Harry Potter movies.
Until next time!
Quite a fun read, if I do say so myself. I haven't read a kids' intermediate series book in a long time, I'd forgotten how much I love sitting down and reading them ^___^
The story revolves around the adventures of a twelve-year old boy named Percy Jackson, a troublemaker whose been kicked out of several schools for starting fights and having extremely poor grades. Things take a dramatic change when Percy is attacked by a Fury at school! He destroys it with a sword given to him by his Latin teacher Mr. Brunner. Strangely enough no one believes Percy's story after it happens including his teacher! Percy is expelled for a horrible grade in his Latin class, LOL (because killing a Fury in front of his fellow students doesn't count)!
So begins the events that will lead him to Half-Blood Hill Camp, a summer camp for half-bloods or demi-gods. He finds out that his teacher Mr. Brunner is actually Chiron and his friend Grover is a satyr! That's only the beginning of Percy's story, it turns out that he is the son of Poseidon and he has unknowingly started a war between his father and Zeus. He goes on a quest with his friends Grover and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) to prove that he isn't the thief who stole Zeus' lightning bolt.
I have to say that I enjoyed this book. A modern twist on the Olympians, I especially loved Charon's addiction to Italian suits ^__^
I can't wait to see the movie for this book in 2010. It is directed by Chris Columbus who also directed the first two Harry Potter movies.
Until next time!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Herbs and a bunny!
Hi, everyone! I finished up LHN's Herb Garden this evening while watching So You Think You Can Dance. There were some amazing performances tonight!
Design: Herb Garden by Little House Needleworks
Threads: DMC
Fabric: 28 ct Lugana Lavender Bliss
Started: 7/19/2009, Finished: 7/22/2009
As always, LHN designs are fun to stitch up! I can't wait to start on another one soon!
In other news, the book that I had loaned in to my local uni library has arrived! I'm going to pick it up tomorrow. I don't think I'll be doing much stitching for a bit while I start this book. It is another book by Hannah Maria Jones called Emily Moreland or the Maid of the Valley. If the book is in good condition I'll post some pics of it, but you never know with a book from 1829.
Until next time!
Design: Herb Garden by Little House Needleworks
Threads: DMC
Fabric: 28 ct Lugana Lavender Bliss
Started: 7/19/2009, Finished: 7/22/2009
As always, LHN designs are fun to stitch up! I can't wait to start on another one soon!
In other news, the book that I had loaned in to my local uni library has arrived! I'm going to pick it up tomorrow. I don't think I'll be doing much stitching for a bit while I start this book. It is another book by Hannah Maria Jones called Emily Moreland or the Maid of the Valley. If the book is in good condition I'll post some pics of it, but you never know with a book from 1829.
Until next time!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A bunny tail
Some more of LHN's Herb Garden! I hope to have this finished by Friday if I'm lucky in my stitching time ;)
I got some more stitched today while on my lunch break and tonight while watching BBC Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Until next time!
I got some more stitched today while on my lunch break and tonight while watching BBC Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Until next time!
Monday, July 20, 2009
A herb garden!
Hi, everyone! I finally got a chance to start LHN's Herb Garden design!
Not a bad start! I love the little bunny even if he's missing his tail!
Close-up of verse and brown bunny ;)
For this design I am using 28 ct Lugana Lavender Bliss Zweigart with DMC threads that I received from Down Sunshine Lane last week. Thanks again, Amy, for such great service!
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I woke up this morning to cool weather for once! It's a bit odd for July, but I won't say more....don't want to jinks our cool temps while we have them O_o"
Until next time!
Not a bad start! I love the little bunny even if he's missing his tail!
Close-up of verse and brown bunny ;)
For this design I am using 28 ct Lugana Lavender Bliss Zweigart with DMC threads that I received from Down Sunshine Lane last week. Thanks again, Amy, for such great service!
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I woke up this morning to cool weather for once! It's a bit odd for July, but I won't say more....don't want to jinks our cool temps while we have them O_o"
Until next time!
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