Waves!

Well, the tournament has officially begun. Our girls went 1 and 1 today. Our loss was on errors. K-Bug only came in to pinch run today, so she didn't have much to do.

I will write up more for lj later. She just got out of the shower and wants to go shopping now that we have a bit of free time.

We like. What do we think of this dress?

Oooh, that would look very good on you.

I am very amused to realize that the type of dress I'm looking for (fitted through the bust & waist, full, knee-length-ish skirt) is most frequently sold by eBay sellers catering to the cross-dressing/transgendered customers.

I like the first dress. I usually like the way wrap-type bodices look - that one looks like it's on a too-small mannequin and will probably look better on an actual person.

The second one - I like the back, I'm not sure baot the print. I want to like it, but I don't, quite.

Love the Daniel song.

Jilli, I like the wrap bodice in front -- my only concern is the butt-bow, but it looks like it could be removed without too much trouble.

The skull & crossbones bows are fabulous.

Fashion-related, I keep seeing women in bubble skirts, and I don't understand why, of all trends, this one is catching on. Is this like capri pants, where right now I think bubble skirts look stupid, but in about a year or so I'm going to own one myself?

my only concern is the butt-bow

I always forget to look at the back. Butt-bows are evil.

Is this like capri pants, where right now I think bubble skirts look stupid, but in about a year or so I'm going to own one myself?

I always liked capris, but bubble skirts are just bizarre.

Raq, what would be an example of goth paper?

I always liked capris, but bubble skirts are just bizarre.

I am Amy. Even when capris were not in vogue, I still wore them because I love them so. Bubble skirts?? NSM.

Just a quick pop-in and skim before popping back out to try and get my life back in order post-reunion.

I love my people so much, and am humbled by their ability to literally go with the flow. Record breaking rains and mud literally over our ankles did nothing to dampen the spirit of the Great Peace March 20 year reunion.

The ooze was gross, but no one complained and, in fact, one participant healed my worried heart by saying, "Thanks Beej, for producing the most 'authentic' recreation of the March experience.'

He's really right about the authenticity and how we dealt today the same as we dealt 20 years ago. It really was miraculous. Still wish it hadn't rained quite SO much. I was pretty terrified a few times.

And today, the first back in the real world, offered another miracle. I was able to save the life of a pitbull mama, sweet as the day is long. And with very little effort, find her the perfect home with a groomer/trainer, no less. I named her Moya...and I'll get to visit her now and again. I'm fairly sure she was dumped by a local fighting ring (at least they didn't kill her). She is much less than a year, so having just had a litter of puppies can't have been great for her. Still, she is going to have a great life.

Now, to go home and contend with the pile of mud soaked reunion detritis and the pungent after effects of the catfood someone fed Moya yesterday. My carpet may never be the same.

Happy belated Birthday JZ. Much calm-boob ~ma to you. Waves and best wishes to everyone else too.

With all the other holidays included - how about Juneteenth?

It's true. There's like one African-American scrapbooking resource, and one company occasionally does stuff with an African heritage theme. There's a little bit more Asian stuff, but it's a) mostly Chinese and b) mostly designed for I-went-to-China-on-vacation layouts. I haven't seen any Hispanic stuff. Not to mention gay/lesbian stuff, or any religion other than Christian.

Hmmm...do I need another project?

Vortex, did you get a buffistas cookbook? The cover had a red background that was one of the papers I "made" (I scanned another scrapbook paper and shifted the color and saturation and blend mode). Vintage textures, dark reds and such, graveyard photos, things like that. The Halloween papers tend to be pretty cheesy, but sometimes I can cut out bats or such to use.