April Happenings

 A couple of weeks ago, I got in my sewing room and decided to go through my patterns and get them organized. I cleared out one drawer of the chest and put just COSTUME patterns in there. Whatever you want to be I probably have the pattern for it.

Got some new cowboy boots!

Joe, pretending to be a Mexican.

Last Friday, we had a tornado come through Norman - very close to our house but even closer to my office. This car dealership sits right in front of our office.  They closed the street off because of the electric/telephone poles that snapped off.



This apartment complex is located a half-block down from our office.  The roof came off and I don't think they are going to repair.  These apartments have been here since I've lived in Norman (30 years).

 
 Our church decorated for Easter. You can't see the Cross covered in lilies very well from my angle.  There were lilies across the front of the church too. I had one put on the altar for Macky.

Bird's Nests with jelly bean eggs

I made Audrey a little apron with the left over material I had from the outfit I made her. The apron in reversible.

Cupcake shirt and rag tutu skirt

My first attempt at applique.




Yesterday I went to a Zumbathon with one of my friends from church. The fundraiser was for Cystic Fibrosis.  I had a great time.  I love Zumba! 

 



 



Today was our annual Prayer Shawl Ministry tea.  Everyone was waiting to see what I would come up with this year.  I fooled them, I did NOT make my fascinator. I found one at Hancock's Fabrics about 3 months ago on sale.  We always have so much fun with our PSM group.

Oh Happy Day!

Kaitlyn got her official letter of acceptance today from the College of Dentistry Dental Hygiene program at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (located in Oklahoma City). This means she can finally "plan her life out" (to quote her). This means she and Michael will DEFINITELY be moving to Oklahoma City in the next couple of months. It means she won't really be able to have a job for the next two years. Her "job" will be attending class every day from 8 to 5. She will be wearing scrubs the rest of her life (just kidding) but she has to wear them to class every day. Her tuition just doubled. :-( She is required to work community dental clinics for community service. And for those of you who don't know what this REALLY means: a dental "assistant" is one who attends classes at a vo-tech and they "assist" in the dental office. A dental "hygienist" has completed two years of college (Kaitlyn has 3) and goes through a 2-year comprehensive program (receiving a B.S. in Dental Hygiene), has to pass state board exams, and when finished - keeps her own schedule and sets her own appointments - usually working 3-4 days a week (like the dentist), sometimes working in several dental offices. The dentist just looks over her work when she is done. She has said that she would really like to work with children in teaching them how to keep their teeth clean. Kristen and Kaitlyn had such a great pediatric dentist/orthodontist; they both had great experiences (Kristen started out wanting to be an orthodontist but decided she didn't want to go to school that long which is also why Kaitlyn doesn't want to be a dentist). They both cried when Dr. Parker told them they were too old to keep coming to him (Lorna even met Dr. Parker - he is originally from North Carolina). Needless to say, we are very happy and proud in the Jondahl house today.

A Crafty Week

I've had a crafty week. Last weekend I was moseying around in Tuesday Morning Inc. and found these deals - three sets of different sized knitting needles for $1.99 and five sets of different sized yarn needles for $.99. Can't beat that. I flew it up on Facebook for my Norman knitting friends to see if they wanted in on my find too.I look at the website, Pinterest, alot. I found several ideas and decided to come up with one of my own. So I drew a cupcake pattern on the back of a Braum's sack.

Bought some cupcake fabric at Jo-Ann Fabrics.

Cut out my cupcake.

Made a "rag" tutu using the cupcake fabrics. I'm going to try and embroider the cupcake on a white t-shirt with my new sewing machine. I'm making this to bring to Audrey when I come in a couple of weeks.

I participated in March Madness at the YMCA this month. If you go to the Y a minimum of 18 times, you get a free t-shirt. Woohoo! I got my free t-shirt. This is only the 2nd one I've received in about 15 years of membership.

I also signed up to take a mobius cowl knitting class at our local yarn shop. The trick is in the cast-on. Once you learn that it's a breeze. I took the class yesterday morning (Saturday). After I cast on my 75 stitches this is what it looks like. It's the strangest thing ever.....

I'd knitted 3 rows and started purling by this point. So it's growing.

I had the project completed by the time I went to bed. It turns into an infinity cowl/scarf -- there is no end and there is a twist in it. So there are no seams. Anywhere.

Here I am modeling it. I want to make some more of these. It was a very quick project by my standards. I want to learn how to make it a little longer, however, as I prefer mine not to be so short.

This weekend is also the Medieval Faire here in Norman. I rode my bicycle up there today after church just to look around. I was specifically looking for a yarn bowl and I found one!! An artisan from Kansas had a booth and had just what I was looking for. You can either use one of the holes on the side or there is a swirly cut-out on one side that you can slide the yarn down through. It keeps the ball from rolling around and falling on the floor. Love it!

Intramurals - AOII

Kaitlyn is playing on her sorority soccer team for intramurals this spring. They won their first two games but lost the one today that Joe and I went to. Oh well, it was fun to see her play soccer again (she ended her soccer career in 2004) even though she is way out of shape. At least she knew what she was doing, some of the other girls on her team hadn't played soccer since grade school rec. Their goalie played junior college soccer so she was really good. This was pre-game waiting on Kappa Alpha Theta to show up. They waited until about 3 minutes to forfeiture to finally show.

Kaitlyn played in her old spot of defender.

Half-time pep talk.

Kaitlyn is very competitive so when things weren't going well, she moved up to play mid-field, but they still lost to the Thetas. Theta is top house on campus (Randy and Kay's daughter, Rainey, is a Theta but she doesn't play sports.)

Muzzy's Wedding

Last Saturday, March 24, Joe's mother got married to John Stephenson at The Summit Club in downtown Tulsa. Some of these pictures are out of order, so sorry! This is Kaitlyn and Michael before the wedding.

K&K

This picture was made during the reception.This is Chris with her older brother and her two younger sisters. The brunette sister, Kathy, is my age - her birthday is five days before mine.

The bride with her granddaughters and with Drew flying the finger in the background (as usual).

Drew and his mom.

Joe dancing with his mother.

The cake

This was the beginning of the wedding when Joe was giving his mother away. Jennifer was the matron of honor and John's son, Scott was the best man. The two youngest granddaughters were flower girls (my neice Taryn is on the right) and the two youngest grandsons were the ring bearers.

My nephew, Hayden is in the white shirt right here in front of me.

The kiss. He laid one on her for an old man!

Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson.

First dance.

Dancing with her grandson, Stephen.

They will live in John's house.

We drove by Carnegie Elementary School where Joe and Kristen both went to first grade!!

The happy couple before brunch on Sunday. They left on Monday for St. Maartin for their honeymoon.

Happy St. Patricks Day! (to me)

Last night I went to use my sewing machine and it messed up AGAIN. I had it repaired in November and hadn't touched it since then until last night. So I gathered it up this morning and took it to see about having it re-fixed. But before I did, I looked up when I purchased it (13 years ago) and then Joe and I talked about it. He suggested that I trade it in and get a new one - so I did!! And while I was there I purchased this cute little sewing chair too for my sewing room.

It has storage in the seat too.

I also bought this book. I was trying to re-work a t-shirt last night when my old machine messed up. The lady in the store had these books so I purchased it also. It's like having my own personal Pinterest book for recycling t-shirts!

Here's my "new" machine with the cover on. It is a refurbished machine. I'm going to try it out for 30 days and if I don't like it, I can take it back and pay a little more and upgrade to another Janome machine that's similar to this one.

It comes with a "table" to use for quilting, etc. Does a lot of stitches (more than my old machine) and came with lots of feet (for various things).

This is a picture of it with the "table" attached. I can't wait to try it out.