To Wisconsin (again)!

My Mom, Jeremy and I are just about ready to head up North. We're going to Janesville (it seems like we've been there a LOT lately). Lizzy (my faux-sister) invited Jeremy and I to go to her prom with her, so that's what we're doing. The prom is tomorrow night, but we're heading up today, and we'll come home the day after the prom, so on Sunday.

Yay!

Yay! My bedroom is actually clean. Well, at least mostly. I still need to put away some things that are on my desk and dresser, and I should dust too. But really for the most part it's clean!
Now, I wonder how long I can make it last this time? I'm determined to make it last for as long as possible!

Silly dog...

Why do dogs have to be so silly? This morning Cuddles thought it would be a brilliant plan to rub her face all over the backyard. She came in dirty and smelly and I had to give her a bath. Normally I feel bad when a dog needs a bath, but this time I couldn't really feel too bad for her because it was her fault. Rubbing your face all over the ground is not an intelligent decision. Now she's upset because she can't have her collar on. I washed it and put it on the clothes line to dry, and she was chasing me and jumping up against me trying to get her collar back. She's now trying to make me go outside with her to go and get it. She's really not happy about this.
Silly puppy.

Song of the Day:

I heard this on the radio the other day and I really liked it. It's Called "Beautiful, Beautiful" by Francesca Battistelli.

My Dress

I finally have a picture of the dress I made:


From McCall's pattern M5619

Reading

I finally finished "Pride and Prejudice" (I finished it two days ago, actually). I'd been working on it on and off since last summer (weird, since I normally read much, much faster), but I decided it was time to finish it. I really enjoyed it. I wish I'd finished it sooner, but better late than never!
My next books include (as seen on right side of the screen, which, by the way, you can click on to see information on the books): Jane Eyre (started today), Volume 1 of my Harvard Classics set. It contains works of Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, and William Penn. I'm currently reading the first section-"His Autobiography" by Benjamin Franklin. I'm also reading "Sister Freaks-Stories of Women Who Gave Up Everything For God". It's a 12 week book, with five readings per week. I've been reading several a day, though. Some of the stories are very good, but a few don't seem to fit with the title (Women Who Gave Up Everything For God). It's a decent book, but I find it somewhat mediocre. I much preferred "Jesus Freaks", which I read several weeks ago.

Nearly Finished...

So, the dress I started several weeks ago is finally nearing completion! I was unable to work on it for a while due to my many broken sewing machines. Yeah, I have three sewing machines in this house, and not one works. We have two others in storage (and old fashioned Singer treadle machine and another old Singer, but not a treadle), but I can't get to them and don't know if they'll work. So, I just finally got the dress (almost) finished on our last Janesville trip. I thought it was finished at one point, but it ended up being much too big. I had to take an inch in on either side in the back and shorten the elastic in the front. I still could have taken it in even more, but once I have the ribbon belt on I think it will be fine. I still have to take the elastic in the front in a little more, and I need to fix a spot where the hem didn't catch, but it's that close to being done! I'll try to get pictures soon.

Update that I'm feeling too uncreative to name.

Our trip to Janesville was very enjoyable. We had bunches of fun and saw some of our favoritest peoples.
I brought my sewing with and got a good amount done. Jeremy's venetians for faire are done, and I'm so close to finishing my one of my dresses. I left in Janesville for now, seeing that I can't sew at home until I get my sewing machine fixed. But we'll be back in Janesville early on next week for Spring break.

Lizzy (my faux-sister) and I decided it would be awesome to make matching dresses. For some reason people always mix us up (we don't look alike at all!), so figured we'd confuse them even more. We had a 40% off coupon for Joanns, so we picked out some bright summery fabric for our dresses. It's a fabric that's smocked at the top, so we call it "Instant dress: just add seam" fabric. We just have to add the seam down the back, attach straps, and possibly hem it. The bottom of the fabric is the selvage, so it wouldn't have to be hemmed, but I probably will anyway.

Lizzy, Jeremy, and I are thinking about going to the theater to see the new Alice in Wonderland next week, but we haven't decided yet.
I'm sure we'll also be filming some Billy Smith videos, and going to the park, and taking walks, and going for ice cream, and just having an all around great time.
I can barely wait! I love Janesville!

But now, back in Illinois (or Crazyville, as I like to call it), I've been working on schoolwork and playing around outside to enjoy the nice weather. I actually hung out laundry today, which was nice. And I was able to wear a dress yesterday and a skirt, short-sleeve shirt, and flip flops today. I love 70 degree weather!