Yayyyyy!

Time is flying by. We leave May 13th!

Forgot about the Steve Powers murals in Philadelphia and remembered them today and got super excited to see them in person :)

A Love Letter for You

This excitement reminded me that one of my favorite artists, Kelsey Brookes, is based in San Diego, but no current shows :(

I can't afford either artist's original works but prints are fair game.

I already have a Kelsey print from RVCA, but now I'm saving up for an Espo print...

It's only 99 Pounds! ... only?

Ahhhh my brain is too excited right now

No compromises works! (maybe)

One thing I learned from Tim was that sometimes you have to throw a tantrum.

Through a variety of mistakes (theirs) and my penchant for last minute EVERYTHING, I was going to be short 5 yards of fabric for the van quilt I'm making.

While letting the news sink in, I put on makeup to calm me down. Ugh, I'm such a girl.

I went outside to tell Tim the quilt wouldn't be done and then threw a tantrum about how I didn't want to change anything and that's that.

I went inside, felt better, and called the fabric company for more information on who sells this particular fabric.

They directed me to a place in Oregon, I gave them a ring, confirmed the fabric by checking the color of the selvage edge (maroon/pink, NOT blue), gave them my debit card number, and that was that.

Thanks tantrum, and thanks VISA.

I'm exhausted now.

APRIL??!?

Well, one indication that you haven't been up to date on your blog is that when you go to type in the address, you type tha guache life instead of the gauche life. My b. Although, Tha Guache Life does have a ring to it...

By the way, it's the middle of April, how did that happen???

Athens was good and Santorini was better, but I'll be honest with you, I don't forsee another trip to the Hellenic area. On Santorini, you get to ride ATVs on the road. ITS THE BEST.

Here's a picture of me with a dog that followed us from Syntagma / Parliament to Lycabettus Hill. I wanted to take him home :(



We even visited some young Greek designers at Greece is for Lovers and bought some souvenirs. Heh heh heh.

I was home for a few short days, and then I was off on a Caribbean cruise with JP, Jaclyn, Craig, and Rob. It was glorious and I got five years worth of Vitamin D. We went fishing, touched sea turtles, snorkeled, got seasick, got sunburned, went river tubing, swam in an Emerald Pool, sang an amazing rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, had the BEST hot sauce, and in general, loved life.

I can't wait to get back on an island and spend some real time there... <3 you, Caribbean.

And now, now our days are filled with trip planning and quilt making. Timmy has been working like a crazy man and you can often hear loud noises and swear words emanating from Vanpira. She's looking good though! Tim wrote a post about his progress over on Vanpire Weekend.

It's been rainy rainy rainy here for the past few days. Sad town. But yea, I know, April Showers, blah blah blah.