Friends

I love my friends. Seriously. 

Monopoly

I really do like board games. Monopoly isn't my favorite, it tends to drag on and on, but I had a lot of fun playing with Katy. And it made it a million times better that it was Lord of the Rings themed - a couple years ago I found the game at Goodwill for about $2. 

It was Legolas versus Gimli. 

In the end, the superior dwarf reigned supreme. 

Home

Whew. Well my sixth semester of college is officially over. All my stuff has been moved from my apartment back home, and now my room's a mess. Go figure. Something to do tomorrow!

It's crazy weird to think that this year is over. I only have one more semester to go! It's been such a good year, living with Katy and Patrick/Kavya (alternately). To end it on the right note, Katy and I played epic Carcassonne, LotR Monopoly and watched a scary movie. Seriously good ideas all around. 

Here's a spoiler alert from our game, I'll put more pictures up tomorrow after photobucket stops being a jerk.

Dinosaur baby quilt

Here's another quilt that I've been dying to show everyone, but since it's a gift I had to wait! 

I made this dinosaur themed baby quilt for a mentor of mine who just had a baby. I haven't met the baby yet but I hope I will soon! They're going to be such wonderful parents; I'm so excited for them!

I ended up using a patterned fabric for one side and appliqueing a dinosaur with a speech bubble and a heart on the other. It's not a very big quilt, maybe a little bigger than 24" x 36", but for a baby that's alright.

I went around the edges three times in different colored thread to bind the quilt. And there's that - pretty simple, all things considered!

Rugged maniac

I didn't run it, don't worry, but today I went with Andrew and my cousins to spectate their participation in the rugged maniac race. It was interesting. The worst parts were the lines. Everywhere there were lines. 

We started and ended the day in lines waiting for the shuttle to the race site. Crazy long.

The rugged maniac, if you don't know, is held in Asheboro and is an insane 5k with a lot of obstacles. Among a lot of other things, there's fire and a mud slide. 

I think they had fun though, even if everything they brought was covered in mud. 

CD Photography

Ever wonder what a photograph looks like through a CD? Here you go!

Very ethereal. 

The laundry room

We discovered that Katy has a secret hiding place :) 

Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson performed here last night. She was INCREDIBLE!

She had a poetry workshop today, and although I totally don't write poetry, Katy and Andrew and I went. I got a CD too :) 

Dinosaur Park

Andrew and I went to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham on Saturday. It is SUCH an awesome museum - even for two twenty-one years looking to embrace their inner child. I would go there all the time, especially in lovely weather (since half of the museum is outside). 

They even have dinosaurs!

Matching friends

Yes! Beautiful weather! I'm so happy!

Andrew came over yesterday and we played settlers, which was quite fun (mostly cause Andrew is hilarious . . . . ) and he and Katy were matching! Soul mates! ;)

Exploring Virginia

I survived the week! Well, of course I did, but it felt unending at the time. I spent the weekend up in Virginia visiting Andrew, which was awesome. 

On Saturday we wandered around Farmville and found this awesome old thrift/antique/junk store. 

I got a lot of fabric for not a lot of money, which I love!

We also went to Richmond, to the Virginia Holocaust Museum. 

I went to the one in Washington D.C. about eight years ago, so I don't remember it that well, but this one is definitely different. It's really nice, but instead of being an overall look at the Holocaust, a lot of it follows the story of one family. 

They also used a lot of dummies, which definitely gave a feel for reality, but was also kind of creepy. But there were some parts where it was really useful to understand how crowded people were. 

Here's a part of the Nuremburg Trials mock-up:

We wandered around Richmond too, using Andrew's GPS to guide us to random locations.

He teases me for using full manual mode in my camera, but I've gotta practice!