5 Things You Should Know About Me!

Hi Everyone!

Currently studying for a test this Thursday... okay trying to study.. okay not studying right now but I will later. Anywho, one of the blogs that I LOVE and "follow" has been doing a segment "Five Things About..." and today it's about me!

Hop on over to Kathy's blog (a fellow Harry Potter lover) - "That's what she said... random thoughts by Kathy" to check it out! :) 

Pinterest Challenge - The Love Map

I think I am addicted to Pinterest. Okay, I know I am addicted.

I LOVE looking at pictures of homes, crafts, pictures, and food created by people 100x more creative than I. It's all right, I have come to terms with the fact that I might not create something original enough to show on the site, but - that doesn't mean I can't strive to copy creative perfection.

Thus, I have decided to start a "Pinterest Challenge" where I will try to re-create some of the wonderful things that I have come across. If you feel inspired too, feel free to join and link up! If you don't have a blog, send me pictures of your creations and I'll share them here.

I 'm super excited to present my first Pinterest Challenge creation - The Love Map

Precedent

 

My Creation - The Love Map

As you can see, it looks quite different, but ultimately has the same concept. Honestly, between you and me, I need to warm up to the concept of sanding, finishing, painting, etc. Hey, I'll get there eventually, but not for my first challenge - haha! 

Once I had the items I needed - creation time was probably < 30 minutes. Awesome, right?!? I could see this picture being great for a house warming gift for someone or yourself  ;) 

Want to know how to make it? Here's how I did it...

Items you'll need: 

• A picture frame of your choosing with places for multiple pictures in the matte. (I picked up this one at Joann's. There were several there that had multiple picture spots, but unfortunately the 3 picture option was sold out.)

• Paper maps. I am sure you could use a paper atlas. I stopped by BAM (Books-A-Million) and picked up a Tennessee and Kentucky map. My mistake? I had wanted to make a section for our apartment and for our house. With the Tennessee map, because both of these locations are around Nashville, the map wasn't big enough. I had to go back out to the Local Walgreens and grab a Middle Tennessee Map.

• Colored Paper for the "tags." I grabbed a few sheets of textured, colored paper from Joann's while I was there. I wasn't sure which color looked best with the room, so I decided I would make the decision at home.

• Template or cut out for the heart.

(I used a scrapbooking heart template) 

• Scissors

• Sharpie

• Tape

 Steps: 

1. Find your locations on the map and outline them in sharpie. I had the locations sit in the very middle of the heart. 

2.  Decide how you want the heart to sit in the photo spot rectangles on the matte. When this is determined, outline the photo spot rectangle in pencil on to the map (around the heart.) Be vigilant that all the hearts "sit" in the same relative places in the rectangles. I did this by measuring the top of the heart to the top of the rectangle ~ 1inch and made sure this applied to each heart.

3. Cut the rectangles out leaving approximately 1inch around the penciled lines that you had drawn.

4. Line the sharpie stenciled hearts with each other and tape the cutouts to the backside of the matte. Once the cutouts are taped, erase the pencil marks that are visible.

5. Use a word processing program to create text boxes to type in the words that you want to use for the "tags" below the map hearts. Text boxes allow for a nice box around the words and I make the line style 3pt for thickness. For the font - I had downloaded some cute, free fonts from kevinandamanda.com. Once this was done, I cut down the 12"x12" colored paper to 8.5"x11" so it could fit into my printer. When I cut out the tags, I cut right outside of the line.

6. Tape the "tags" to the matte, and then place the matte into the frame.

7. TaDah! You are done!

Daytime TV ... and why I need to be afraid of everything.

Hi friends - under the weather today. I decided not to share my sickness with others and so here I sit at home... watching day time television.

Now epiphanies are hard to come by while not feeling too hot, but I have figured out one thing...

The show "The Doctors" breeds hypochondria. 

I mean, how do you not worry about EVERYTHING when you watch this show. In the past half hour I have realized that mucus and bacteria can live on paper money for 17 days, I need to stick my makeup bag in the freezer every two weeks to kill deadly germs (I have already forgotten for how long), I should be cleaning my makeup brushes before every use or apparently my face will fall off, and  fecal matter is pretty much on everything a person that doesn't wash their hands touches, and it is okay to swallow phlegm.

Tomorrow, why sore throats can be the first sign of something life threatening.

Really? How can people watch this show everyday?? As a nurse, I tend to be more of a worrier - hey I've seen a lot of rare, random things - but now I feel like I need to get out from under these blankets and sterilize everything - oh and get rid of my money, eek!

*Edit* The Doctors have just shared that taking freezing cold showers will boost immunity. (Their explanation was a reach on that one) Yeah - I think I'll stick with my warm showers.

It's All in the Eyes

My eyes don't enjoy winter time... or allergy season... or computers... or staying open for any length of time over the two hour mark. It really is a sad story.

One thing I have learned since I started wearing contacts? Dry eyes do not go well with lenses that you place in your eyes.

As a result, I blink, squint, wink - all at random times.

I tried those synthetic tears and needless to say they do not go well with any type of eye makeup, even if this said eye make up claims to be "water proof." I honestly don't know which is worse, not wearing mascara and having my eyes look a little off (you know when you see someone and you think "whats wrong with that person" or just suck it up and wear the lash lengthener, and wink like I am sharing secret meanings with everyone.I.see. It's a lose lose situation.

Yesterday I came across a gem of a website, "Lists of Note." This blog-esque website posts random lists from history that usually are quite laughable. One of the posts is about "Eye Flirtation." Written in the late 1800's, this list of winking and blinking (and their subsequent meaning) was initially published by a newspaper in New Zealand and then made it to various publications around the world.

Did you know the eyes could be so expressive?

Image: National Library of New Zealand

Well it seems that I constantly believe that I am being watched... AND that I either hate you or love you. Yep, it's either one or the other with me. Haha!

What have you been telling people with your eyes?

10 Song Shuffle

So while awaiting the BIG SNOW aka a dusting in Nashville, I am linking up with This = My Experience and Let Them Eat Cake and taking part in...

The rules??

Okay, lets see...

1. Interracial Tail - Dane Cook - comedy track
2. Poster Girl - Backstreet Boys - :)
3. I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
4. I Can Love You - Gary Allen - ???
5. Polka Face - "Weird Al" Yankovic - haha
6. Deodorant - Jim Gaffigan - comedy track
7. Check Yes or No - George Strait - ???
8. Beep - Pussy cat Dolls - haha
9. Love Thing - Spice Girls - haha
10. Climbing the Walls - Backstreet Boys - :)

Haha! Now I want to preface that have over TWO DAYS worth of songs on my Iphone and it chooses to play two songs that I swear I have never heard ( I Can Love You & Check Yes or No - still wondering how they got in my library) and some songs that I secretly enjoy listening to, but probably would not have shared...


Can you tell I was definitely a BSB fan during the BSB vs NSync era?  [Currently reminiscing...]


What about you? What songs are in your shuffle? Try it out and link up! 

"Hey Wizard Dude..."

Oh goodness friends...


I am already a fan of Saturday Night Live (SNL) but I am sooo excited about the episode this weekend.

Yup. Danielle Radcliffe. On SNL.

It looks like it will be HI - larious.... here are some promos. (Love the American accent clip!)




Will you be watching??

oh Siri!

With the advances of technology, does it seem that common household items are getting too smart aka a little too creepy?

For instance, the iPhone 4GS with Siri. 

I had the ability to speak with Siri yesterday and she was full of knowledge. She was able to give us options on where to dispose of a hypothetical body as well as the address of the local iceskating rink. Apparently she is not to keen of cold weather and she gets angry if you ask her too many questions about herself. (Yeah, her tone after playing 20 questions was not the friendliest.)

So I decided to search the internet of more Siri experiences... 

 

 

 

... and my favorite...

Now I am not saying I wouldn't mind having Siri as a friend... she's just a little odd and perhaps a little unsettling at times.

Do you have an iPhone 4Gs... what do you think of Siri??