Right now I'm feeling pretty neglectful of my blog. A lot has happened and I won't remember it all to put in here. Maybe I'll list some things as a general update, and go more into depth on others. Good plan. Here we go from January!
I found out right before the semester started that I probably have carpal tunnel problems. Oh joy. The doctor gave me a prescription for ginormous ibprofen and two splints for my arms at night. Then if the problems I've had don't improve I'm supposed to see physical therapists to strengthen my wrist... I also requested a new keyboard at work and my ergonomic keyboard and so far that has worked miracles. I also had to drop my new violin lessons!! I can't tell you how much I miss it. And I had to stop playing in my orchestra. Now that I'm feeling a bit better I'm going to work myself up to the point where I can take lessons again first (they're shorter) and then the whole session for orchestra rehearsal. The ultimate goal is then to join the university/community orchestra at the U this fall. :)
Secondly Valentines came and produced a ring on my sister Lizzie's finger! Of all my sisters, we didn't guess the youngest would be married first. But she's marrying a very nice guy named Jimmy who makes playing the Game of Things interesting at my house! (Yes, we're still addicted!) So I'm excited for her and I'm really excited that I found me a bridesmaid dress at the first store I went to!! I couldn't see a thing online and thought I'd end up sewing one. Now I'm just going to take in the top since I happen to be two very different sizes at once. Fun stuff. So minimal sewing is good with how busy I am.
Next up we have my best friends Alisa and Cameron who had their baby boy on February 16th! They named him Ephraim Kimball and he is just so stinkin' cute! I wish I had a good picture to display, but I don't. I wish I weren't in school so that I had time to go over every day to see them and hold him... but maybe this summer I can! AND I threw a totally awesome baby shower for her after he was born just last Saturday. Thus my Sherlock Holmes themed party. Talk about original, huh? I don't always like baby showers so I thought I'd be really creative for this one. I painted this huge cardboard box to look like Sherlock and Watson without heads holding a paper for a missing baby. Then I made a bunch of black paper mustaches (which made the cutest bouquet in a mason jar!) and borrowed two fedoras from my siblings. Then I hired my sister Becki to take pictures of us wearing the hats and mustaches posing as Watson and Holmes. Talk about fun! Some of them seemed embarrased, but overall I think they liked it. Especially playing with the mustaches! They were so awesome and pretty easy to make! Then I had a list of riddles for everyone to solve like this one:
A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.
Any guesses? They really make you get creative to figure them out. I'd only heard of one or two of them before I collected all 18 riddles I had. Here's your answer: The man used to be blind -- he's returning from an eye operation which restored his sight. He spent all his money on the operation, so when the train (which had no internal lighting) goes through a tunnel, he thinks he's gone blind again and decides to kill himself. But before he could do it, he saw the light of the cigarettes people were smoking and realized he could still see.
Last of all, for the baby shower we had a tea party complete with an antique tea pot and cups and saucers. On a tax-return splurge I went to some antique stores with my mother and while we were at City Creek Antiques I found me the coolest pewter pot and some adorable pink rose china from England from the 1920's. So I spent a little over a hundred bucks for the lot and even my friends agreed they could see me using these for other tea parties... and it's so true. It totally reminded me of my Grandma Walker who had similar doll tea parties. We even have some of her cups, her kitchen table, and table cloths so it was very reminiscent to her parties!
I found out right before the semester started that I probably have carpal tunnel problems. Oh joy. The doctor gave me a prescription for ginormous ibprofen and two splints for my arms at night. Then if the problems I've had don't improve I'm supposed to see physical therapists to strengthen my wrist... I also requested a new keyboard at work and my ergonomic keyboard and so far that has worked miracles. I also had to drop my new violin lessons!! I can't tell you how much I miss it. And I had to stop playing in my orchestra. Now that I'm feeling a bit better I'm going to work myself up to the point where I can take lessons again first (they're shorter) and then the whole session for orchestra rehearsal. The ultimate goal is then to join the university/community orchestra at the U this fall. :)
Secondly Valentines came and produced a ring on my sister Lizzie's finger! Of all my sisters, we didn't guess the youngest would be married first. But she's marrying a very nice guy named Jimmy who makes playing the Game of Things interesting at my house! (Yes, we're still addicted!) So I'm excited for her and I'm really excited that I found me a bridesmaid dress at the first store I went to!! I couldn't see a thing online and thought I'd end up sewing one. Now I'm just going to take in the top since I happen to be two very different sizes at once. Fun stuff. So minimal sewing is good with how busy I am.
Next up we have my best friends Alisa and Cameron who had their baby boy on February 16th! They named him Ephraim Kimball and he is just so stinkin' cute! I wish I had a good picture to display, but I don't. I wish I weren't in school so that I had time to go over every day to see them and hold him... but maybe this summer I can! AND I threw a totally awesome baby shower for her after he was born just last Saturday. Thus my Sherlock Holmes themed party. Talk about original, huh? I don't always like baby showers so I thought I'd be really creative for this one. I painted this huge cardboard box to look like Sherlock and Watson without heads holding a paper for a missing baby. Then I made a bunch of black paper mustaches (which made the cutest bouquet in a mason jar!) and borrowed two fedoras from my siblings. Then I hired my sister Becki to take pictures of us wearing the hats and mustaches posing as Watson and Holmes. Talk about fun! Some of them seemed embarrased, but overall I think they liked it. Especially playing with the mustaches! They were so awesome and pretty easy to make! Then I had a list of riddles for everyone to solve like this one:
A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.
Any guesses? They really make you get creative to figure them out. I'd only heard of one or two of them before I collected all 18 riddles I had. Here's your answer: The man used to be blind -- he's returning from an eye operation which restored his sight. He spent all his money on the operation, so when the train (which had no internal lighting) goes through a tunnel, he thinks he's gone blind again and decides to kill himself. But before he could do it, he saw the light of the cigarettes people were smoking and realized he could still see.
Last of all, for the baby shower we had a tea party complete with an antique tea pot and cups and saucers. On a tax-return splurge I went to some antique stores with my mother and while we were at City Creek Antiques I found me the coolest pewter pot and some adorable pink rose china from England from the 1920's. So I spent a little over a hundred bucks for the lot and even my friends agreed they could see me using these for other tea parties... and it's so true. It totally reminded me of my Grandma Walker who had similar doll tea parties. We even have some of her cups, her kitchen table, and table cloths so it was very reminiscent to her parties!
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