Tried some new recipes for Easter

I tried Three new Pie recipes for Easter Dinner this year (sweet!!) and they all turned out great!! I made a Lemon Pie (Not shown) and Tri-layer chocolate pie and a Apple Pie. Everyone loved the new recipes I tried and I can even count these 3 new recipes towards my #23 "Try 101 new Recipes" on my 101 in 1001 project :D I am pretty happy. I am also still working on my #10, # 25, #26, #39 (http://365project.org/audbal04/365) #56 (I am tying in #56 & #63 together) #63 <--- I almost got 2 more spiders yesterday but they both ran and hid. One was a gray Jumping Spider and I hope I can come across it again. I remember where it's web was so maybe I can find it later : P

Anyways so yeah I am working on a bunch of different ones at the same time but I been writing down stuff and taking pictures of things as I do them. I almost did # 82 "Go for a walk in the rain" yesterday bc I went walking in the park with my Sister and Mom and it sprinkled for a split second so I can't count that but it would of been neat as heck to be able to mark off my first thing lol oh well here soon one of them will be finished and I will be excited lol well gotta go kids need me : ]

Aud

101 things in 1001 days?

Well I came across this idea today and decided I want to try it : D I been making a list today of things I want to do, places I want to go and so on and so forth and will have to narrow it down to 101 things I guess rofl. I'll post the list at the bottom of my blog as soon as I figured out the things I want to for sure try and do. These are the ones I already know I want to add to the list.

1. Go on a Ghost Tour @ Night


2. Go Camping


3. Go to B&B with Hubby for a weekend


4. Do some Volunteer work


5. Give Blood


6. Go on 5 road trips


7. Get my belly Button Piereced


8. Make my own ice cream


9. collect 40 stuffed animal frogs


10. Make 1000 paper cranes and display them


11. Ride the HRT's Paddlewheel ferry 5 times


12. Have a Yard Sale


13. Have a picnic


14. Be on the Spirit of Norfolk for New Years


15. Go to the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival ( the Sand Castle Contest part anyways)


16. Go to a Halloween Party dressed up sexy


17. Learn how to shoot a gun


18. Learn how to drive a Manual Transmission


19. Learn how to play the guitar


20. Make my own holiday cards


21. Go snorkeling


22. Float down a river


23. Try 20 new recipes


24. Go see 20 movies in the movie theater


25. Reach my Goal Weight


26. Do "take steps" program and raise more money for it


27. Get out more (be more social)


28. write down 100 things that makes me happy


29. Take Photography classes


30. Go to another Music Concert


31. Go Canoe


32. Go Kayak


33. Grow Fruits and or Veggies


34. Go rock climbing


35. Go fishing or crabing


36. Visit a Winery

Will add more later as I add more to the list : D In the mean time I guess today is day one of this experiment : )

1,000 paper cranes project

Well after what happened in Japan it seems that a lot of people are making the "1,000 Paper Cranes" thing. My Son had told me about it a couple of weeks ago when his school decided they were going to make 1,000 paper cranes to send to Japan. (I am sure his is not the only school or company to decide to do this) So I started to look it up and they are beautiful!! I found some pictures of a few different ones I liked and not everyone hangs them up on some kind of mobile some put them in jars or tubes and I even found one where someone took a Display case designed for something else and put their cranes in it instead. The Photo's of some my Favorites are above this post :D So yeah I decided I want to make one. I wanted to do some kind of swap with my friends but I know they wont go for it so I will just make my own!! If I can I was even considering getting some pastel colored paper (Probably be computer paper I will have to cut down) and made one for my friend. She is having a baby shower in May and I posted maybe for coming so I figure if I do come I would like to be able to bring her a pretty pastel one for the baby or something...lol who knows though. So cont with what I was saying (I sorry I tend to get ahead of myself in my head and forget that no one else can read my mind lol) I took 40 pieces of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper I had (Paper that I would probably never use so why not use it for something else right :) and cut in into 4 squares per scrapbook page giving me 160 squares to start out with : D So I then went to youtube and found a video (there are so many of them that I liked (this video right here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbeij8OXELs ) and between this video and having the written version how to do it at hand I was able to figure out how to do it. Let me tell you the one fold she says is the hardest is really the hardest. I had to figure out how to fold it a different way but it still comes out looking the same : ) so yeah now as of right this second I now have 10 cranes made!! I am pretty excited about my project and I know it will take some time especially since it's not the only project I am working on. I am also currently sewing together a Anakin gone Darkside outfit for our Dog vader for this up coming walk thing to help raise money for animal shelters I am also working on a Friendship Anniversary present for my BFF Halls of 23 years now (This Sept) So here goes to finishing all my projects I have started!!

Aud

Made a twilight inspired book cover : D

I measured the twilight book I have (Hardcover) and added like a inch more to that measurements for the actual book cover and used black and red fleece. The pattern piece on the outside are two puzzle pieces, a red apple and a pawn in chess cut out of felt and hand sewn on to the black fleece. This particular one I cut out a piece of cardboard for the spine and sewn on another piece of black fleece over it. After this I took the red fleece cut the same size and sewn those two together. At this point I also sewn in a piece of sheer red ribbon in the center to be used as a bookmark. After that was sewn together I then sewn on the two side pockets that hold the book in place and sewn in the two handles and the cloth latch on the book. (I should have sewn on the button before sewing the black and red together but I wasn't thinking lol I am totally new at this) Then I sewn the button to the other side. Anyways blah blah blah there you go. It's not exactly "Twilight" but I made this for someone who I feel really needs some cheering up and she loves "Twilight" and so that's why I did it with that in mind. I hope she will love it!! I am going to make some more for some other friends ;D and of course I need to make one for me too he he :D

Aud

Made another Beanie baby Murloc

But this time it's up for a raffle!! I made it using the colors of my world of warcraft guild so it can help raise some money towards keeping our guild website up and running!! You don't have to be a guild member to try and win it either!! Interested in it? Check it out here : http://ancestralguardians.com/forum/m/1396893/viewthread/593443-murloc-wants-home-raffle-d/page/1

I plan to try and do things like this when I fit the time in. My next idea is to make hearthstone earring and bracelet set to be raffled off :D So I shall make sure to keep you posted if interested!!

Aud

My handmade Murloc Beanie Baby

Well it's not mine anymore I made it for my oldest son. He had asked for one for his birthday and I went ahead and gave it to him as soon as I got done with it. I want to note I took the idea of a pattern from another website (here: http://www.frogstore.com/frogbeanie.htm ) and changed it around to make this Murloc Beanie baby. (I say this because if you can make your own then It should be pretty simple to make one from the pattern in the link above.)I also filled the beanie up with rice and hand painted the black part of the eye. This whole project was hand sewn by me as well. I think if I did it all in one day it would take me a few hours each to make. I am going to start making a second one but it's two shades of pink and the same yellow eye like the one above. Let me know what you guys think of him.

Aud

Weightloss

Well since I started that ticker thing on my profile I have lost 10 lbs (YES!!!!) But over all since I started losing weight I have lost a grand total of 38 lbs. That is a freakin' lot of weight to be carrying around. I am so tired of being over weight and I use to ALWAYS be the smallest one in my group of friends. (serious just go ask them all) All my family and friends (that actually hang out with me anyways) say I look slim which I absolutely do and I am loving it. I was trying on some of my shorts from last summer and they are all too big so guess what I must do. (Well I will probably go to the thrift store or eBay and buy some shorts so I wont have to pay a lot of money because I am still slimming and losing weight here) I got a new Jullian DVD I want to try out and the past two days I danced my booty off playing Just Dance 2 for a hour. I love that game I want to get the first one. hmmm we just got paid time to go looking for me some Just Dance (1) Well later all I need to get ready for my morning.

Aud