blog give aways :)

so, i was reading Real Simple® and they have an article called "Your Words" which is Q and A's. well this issue the question was-- How do you stay on budget during the holidays? someone answered they enter blog give aways to win stuff for Christmas gifts--or for yourself--either way. well i looked at the website and found a lot of cool sites. one of them is an Auntie Anne's pretzel kit. the blog link is http://melindajoy.blogspot.com/2009/11/holiday-hoopla-series-10-auntie-annes.html#comment-form. also you can check out a give away for Food Network: Cook or be Cooked. blog link: http://momstart.com/2009/11/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-video-game-review-and-giveaway-for-the-wii/comment-page-4/#comment-86550. i'll let you know if there are anymore i find or just check out www.bloggiveaways.blogspot.com :)

my not so usual exciting saturday....

...or to me at least. well today some teens from my youth group rang the bell for the salvation army(the little red things that you can put some change inside). we got lots of money.. and then i went to see New Moon!! it was awesome. i loved it, so much better than twilight. write again tomorrow :)

etsy finds - n.1

I have been buying/browsing etsy for a while and i l.o.v.e. it :) i just have a nack for homemade/vintage things. well, will keep you updated every saturday(or maybe every other saturday. lol) with things that i find our buy. hope you enjoy :)

ButtonsByLouLou

thegrandmatouch

lireca

KristinFriesen

wall painting illusions

so... i haven't been up to much lately. just rehearsing for the musical (here) and i joined the basketball team. my days have been very long, getting up at 6am going to school for six hours and right after musical rehearsal for 2 1/2 hours then basketball until 7pm and then i get home and have lots of homework to finish.

anyways... i wanted to share these cool illusions. Nothing is photoshopped. All paints and line work were strategically placed to create 2 dimensional illusions in each room.

pretty cool, right?

once on this island jr.

my school is doing a production called once on this island-- and of course it's the jr. version because we are in the middle school. we have two weeks left of rehearsals and then we go on to the stage! it's lots of fun so far. i really like the songs, they are so beautiful sounding :) The story is a little weird. The basic story line is--a girl is found in the middle of a storm, she is saved by an old couple, she saves a boy in a crash(the boy is from the other side of the island), she wants to go looking for the boy when she is older, the boy gets married to a different women who lives on their side of the island, the girl dies and turns into a tree :) if that makes any sense..... we are showing it the 13th and 14th of november. so far it has been lots of fun!