busy, busy!

wow! it's been a while since i've made a post. it's been busy and crazy lately; that's my only excuse.

kevin had a family emergency last month, so he's been back home since then, which means i was in seattle by myself for a few weeks. then my mom and aunty came to visit, so i was with them 24/7, showing them around and shopping, shopping, shopping. i decided to come back home with them so i could be with my family and kevin in hawaii.

i'm still here in hawaii and will be until the end of the month. then kevin and i will be heading back to seattle. so much travelling!

but i had a super good time with my mom and aunty jan. here are some pictures from their trip.

here's my mom (right) and my aunty jan (left) at our apartment.

outside of the crabpot

the crabpot's alaskan seafeast. amazing.

so much fun and so tiring! can't wait for more family to visit.

happy birthday joanne!

i know the date says september 1, but i wrote this very late on august 31. and august 31 is my sister, joanne's, birthday! happy yakudoshi year, jo! thankfully her birthday party is going to be later in september, so i'll be able to make it back home.

this picture was taken in san francisco in 2007. it's an oldie, but it's one of my favorites.

and speaking of people back home, my mom and aunty arrive for a visit on thursday. so excited!

the beatles atc swap

yet ANOTHER atc swap completed. i have a lot of time on my hands, so i've been making atcs like crazy! this one was for a beatles atc and it just so happened that the person i had to send mine to was my sister, joanne. check out the atc she made here.

here's the atc i made for her:

i based this one off their abbey road album. the lyric is one of my favorites from that album, "and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

here's the beatles atc my partner sent me:

she used yellow submarine style fabric.

yay! i love the beatles so much!

Music: James Germain and the grey gray days

last night we went to see our friend derrick's band, james germain and the grey gray days, play at their cd release show at the can can in pike's market. it's a great little venue and all the performers did excellent.

there's derrick going at it at the drums. he's so talented! i haven't seen him play in years, so i was happy to see him in his element and doing what he does best.

congratulations on the ep release!!

power

i love you, kanye west. here's his epic "power" video.

so good.

owl atc

i joined an owl atc swap a while back and it's finally done.

here's my owl atc:

i used a computer image, cardstock, japanese masking tape and sequin embellishments.

here's the card my partner sent me:

skull atc

finally finished up the swap for some skull atcs. i had 2 partners and had to create 2 atcs for each of them.

here's the four that i made:

whenever i do anything with skulls i usually use day of the dead skulls because i think they're beautiful and fantastic.

and here's the four i received from my two partners:

yay for skulls!

super duper spider killer

kevin recently went back home to hawaii, so i'm going to be living here in the apartment by myself for a while. this means that i have to take care of all the spider killing myself.

spiders aren't really a problem in hawaii. once in a while you run across the occasional daddy-long-legs, but that's usually when you're rummaging through a corner of the garage that seldom sees any action. so imagine my horror when kevin informed me that spiders usually come out when it gets a bit warmer. come out and apparently flock to our apartment to surprise me in the shower or descend from a silky thread only to dangle in front of the television while i'm watching.

i swear, in the past 5 days since kevin's been gone i've killed 6 spiders. and they're spiders i've never seen before, which makes it worse.

here's my weapon of choice:

a broom with duct tape at the top. it's the perfect weapon. not only is it great for long distance, but you don't even have to be accurate. as long as the tape touches anywhere on the spider, it's a goner.

now i am extremely cautious when walking around the house. with every step i take i examine my surroundings.

it's difficult living in fear.