Travel CD Case

I have been looking for a cute CD case so I can carry all the Cd's I use on a daily basis, but either all the ones I've found are way too expensive for my liking (I'm talking about $8 for an ugly CD case that can hold 24 Cd's) I'm cheapo like that. So I decided to just make myself one. Now I didn't follow a pattern or anything, I just made it up as I went along. Now the end result is a cute CD holder that can hold 10 Cd's that I can carry in my purse without scratching them or having a whole bunch of loose Cd's floating around in my purse and best of all it was FREE! I didn't put a closure on it and I am probably gonna regret it later but I didn't really feel like it need it.  

MHS Cultural Assembly

I don't know if i've mentioned this before but I volunteer at the local high school and currently teach 18 kids from elementry school all through high school and some past graduates as well, Folkloric and Traditional Dance from Latin America. Now while other kids where having fun messing around during spring break, these kids have been practicing everyday for two hours a day trying to perfect their dances. And all of their hard work and sweat has paid off, on Wednesday they performed at the local high school! And let me tell you I feel like a proud momma!! They were awesome! I couldn't be prouder!

before we went out to the gym!

dancing La Culebra a Folkloric Dance from Mexico

my girls dancing Las Comaleras, a Traditional Dance from El Salvador

Clear Button Wire Wrapped Ring

I decided to make myself a second ring using one of my buttons from my stash of cool buttons that I've had for a while now and just couldn't find a perfect use for it...until now! I think this button was meant to become the center of this ring! I love it I wore it all day yesterday! And everyone LOVED it!! I am so excited to make myself a bunch more and trying to make different styles!
(I've linked up here and here and here)

Wire Wrapped Nest Ring

Have you seen these floating around bloggland? I think they are super cute, and seemed really easy to make! so of course I gave it a shot. I went out to Wally World and bought some jewelry wire for only a  buck! and started to form a ring! I think it turned out pretty good for my first attempt. I'm going to keep trying to make it better, but for now I'm excited to have made a ring all by myself! And all I needed was some pliers, wire, and a bead! The total cost of this project was $1!!! I already had the bead and pliers and I only used about half of the wire so I have plenty left over to make myself another one!

 (i'm linking up here)

Sunday Quote

These are two of my favorite ones!!! I actually have these pinned to my wall, so I can always see them!

Sunday Quote

Second Day of Spring!

Happy second official day of spring!... NOT! Whereas some places are already enjoying some spring weather, us here in good 'ol Madras, Oregon are not. We are enjoying a ton of snow! it's been snowing all day and hasn't shown signs of going away. I am wishing for warm weather, sunshine, and the ability to leave the house without looking and feeling like the Michelin Man....Oh well, maybe I'll just crank the heater up to the 70's and pretend that it's spring, or sit on the couch in a blanket and watch TV or read a book while sipping some hot tea. At least I'm not the only one not liking the snow so much. My dog hated the surprise she had when she went out this morning, so I had to take a picture of her!

this was right on the bottom of our back porch, she didn't wander much further than here since the snow else where was about as deep as her

Lactose Intolerance

I know that being lactose intolerant isn't the end of the world but I have to say that it sucks! I've always been sensitive to anything dairy, but I could still manage to eat it and not feel like I'm dying. I always thought that I would out grow it sooner or later, but it seems that the opposite has happened, I can now eat nothing with dairy in it without getting really sick or puking. So I've been trying to cut out all cheeses and anything with milk in it but sometimes you just get the craving for ice-cream (sherbet doesn't always cut it) or cereal or yogurt. So I've been on the search for good tasting dairy alternatives, now I've tried soy milk and I've got to say...I can't stand it, it just tastes icky to me. But I found something that I like and is quite yummy. I'm super happy to able to have cereal as an option again!

Pacific Natural Foods

This stuff to me is the closest texture and consistency to milk I've found so far, but I am going to try all the other milk alternatives I can to see what is better tasting. Now that I've got my cereal back I wanted to find ice-cream that I could eat and that would taste good. So I gave this a try...

So Delicious

and I love it! it tastes pretty close to real ice-cream without it having any dairy in it, I could seriously eat this all day! It beats eating only sherbet whenever you are craving ice-cream, and they have more flavors than just vanilla and chocolate to choose from so I'm super happy about this awesome find! I'm excited to try all the other flavors and other types of dairy free ice-cream too. Now I was walking down the refrigerated section at my local health food store and saw this...

amande

yes it's "yogurt", I've got to say I was pretty nervous to try this and excited at the same time because I used to love yogurt. Now when I first opened it up and looked at it I about just threw it away it looked nasty, but after I mixed it up really good, it looked edible, no it didn't really look totally like yogurt, but it smelled like yogurt and it tasted pretty good. It had small coconut chunks in it and as long as I didn't look down at it I was glad I was able to eat "yogurt" again. Now they had different brands of "yogurt" so I might give them a try, but for now I liked this one. I'm excited that I can have some of my favorite foods back!

Brownie Frappachino

This is in loving memory of Brownie

 {3/16/2012}

Sunday Quote

I don't know about you but I LOVE quotes! I love pinning them to my wall in my office and everytime I feel like I need the extra motivation I love being able to just look up and read them! So I have decided to share with you some of my favorite quotes.