Life in Denim and Flip Flops

I'm getting so excited about BEDA. If you're planning on joining us, we've invited you to a conversation on Google Wave. It's a little easier to ask questions/collaborate in one place. A few of us put together some questions to introduce ourselves to the rest of the group (and any random readers). I'll paste them below. I'm so excited about getting to know you all a little better. (Ok, some of you I know pretty well. Like that poor soul who lived with me and that one who's known me for over a decade now.) I love having new blogs to read. I'm going to try and throw some explanations in for a few of the themes since... um one or two I suggested don't make much sense. Don't feel like you have to post on those themes. Those are just the brainchild of the 4 of us original BEDA buddies in case any of us need some inspiration for a post. So feel free to use them as you like! (The calendar is also linked in the sidebar!) And without further adieu, the i...

Create your own lantern to celebrate Earth Hour. Earth Hour is all about taking a stand against climate change. All you have to do is turn off your lights from 8:30-9:30 in your timezone to make a visual statement of your support. Cities around the world participate, with some stunning images resulting. Check them and other ways you can help out, on their webpage www.earthhour.org

anxiety uncertainty heartpounding mind racing, explaining away.... that sound that rustle that creak that movement at the corner of your vision it's not there. that mental battle i have with myself it's draining. it's nothing. i was right. but i still pay a price. never quite calm. always alert. the paranoia haunts me. heightened awareness. tensing, at every. little. thing. it will recede. but slowly, normal so far away.

I haven't posted a TILT blog since ... *consults archive quickly*...crap, like December if you count my bitching about snow post. If not, then November. Wow. Thanks to Christina and Nicola for getting me started back on TILT before BEDA hits. new washing machine - Yep. I'm geeky like that. After being without one for almost 6 weeks, I was so excited to get mine. It arrived almost an hour earlier than scheduled last Thursday. :) It's been pretty busy ever since. As you can imagine, I've been piling up laundry. I did do some at my relative's and some hand-washing, but mostly I'll be doing a lot of laundry for a while! being mouse-free- My apartment has been mouse-free since March 13. I'm hoping that means I'm done. Finally starting to be less freaked out about finding another one. Of course now that I've said it, I've probably jinxed it. watching Mad Men- My boss has been talking about this show since...well since she's been my boss. I finall...

It's almost that time again! BEDA (Blog Every Day in April) is just around the corner. Our trusty leader, Maureen Johnson (also YA author) is doing her BEDA challenge in August this year. However, our original 4-some has decided April works better for us. Autumn , Nicola , Christina and I are ready for BEDA 2.0. This time we'll be joined by Ló and Amy . We realized last year that having someone else to read our blogs totally helped, as did having moral support from friends. The biggest challenge was coming up with something to write about! So to solve/alleviate that problem this year, we did a little brainstorming and came up with a plan. We've created a topic/theme for each day of the month. Thursdays will be our traditional "Things I love Thursday" and Sundays will be a Weekly Wrap up of media, books, food, fashion, etc that has kept our attention during the week. This way, if we don't have anything to blog about, we've got a backup theme. The calendar...

Today I spent most of the day helping my dad paint the front room. My parents put new windows in the house this fall and winter. They had a few problems with the picture window (ok, more than a few, but it finally got put in this week!). After all the waiting, they decided the front room needed a paint touch up. I ended up doing a lot of of the taping and trim work. Dad did the ladder work. Now we are both sore, but the front room looks wonderful :) Remind me of this if I ever decide to paint anything. The tournament games were fun to watch today too. I love watching tourney games with my parents. We're all a lot bit animated. And today was no different. Despite the fact that we all picked Kansas to win it all, we were cheering on UNI to pull off the upset. We weren't disappointed! Our brackets are a mess, bu it was totally worth it to the see Kansas taken down a notch. :)

I'm at my parents for the weekend. I couldn't not come home to watch basketball with my parents. Oh, and my godsister (that would be the girl my parents are godparents to/the daughter of my sister's godparents) was having a party for her confirmation. Always fun to hang out with her and her parents. However, right now I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open, so I'm headed to bed. More about basketball and my family tomorrow :)