she's crafty.

not much has been happening here lately. i've pretty much just been cleaning the house, running errands, and hanging out with the pups {and joee, on occasion}.

however, the other night, austin and joee decided they wanted to cook some ribs {they were on sale, of course} so we had ben over too for a big dinner. the boys had ribs and we all had mashed potatoes, broccoli casserole, baked beans and rolls. and i decided i wanted to make a cake from scratch for us to have for dessert. i made a hershey's chocolate cake, which is the only chocolate cake i've ever found i like.

i had quite a few problems with the stupid cake. turns out, our oven isn't level, so the batter started to pour out of the pans once the cake started to rise. ugh. and then i had quite a bit of trouble getting the dumb things out of the cake pans {at this point, i was throwing things}. whatever. i just used icing to glue the pieces back together and fill in the not level places.

it ain't pretty. but it sure tastes good.

i sent a piece to work with austin one day and he shared it with some coworkers. the next day, i had to send the entire rest of the cake with him at his coworkers' requests. it's a good thing, though, otherwise i would have eaten it all by myself, possibly resulting in diabetic coma.

yesterday, i busted out the sewing machine to make a onesie for a friend of ours who recently had a baby.

here's the final product.

and here's a closeup of the cute little dinosaur i made from fabric and sewed on. i didn't realize how difficult it would be to sew these tiny little shapes on the tiny little onesie. but it worked out and i think it is adorable. besides, it's for an infant. what does he care if it isn't perfect?

and today, i got inspired by another blog i was reading that linked to a person selling morse code jewelry. for those of you who don't know, i have a tattoo on my wrist in morse code that has the letter "c" and the letter "q."

when doing morse code, "cq" is like a call sign to get another's attention. if you say it out loud "cq" sounds like "seek you." when i was little, i remember my mom's father and grandfather teaching us this call.

"dah dit dah dit dah dah dit dah."
-.-. --.-

anyway, so i saw this morse code jewelry and i knew i had to make some. so here's my version of a morse code necklace.

i love it. and currently wearing it. jealous? it's ok.

i guess that's about all i've been up to lately. it's not exciting, but it's my life. :)