I am popping it to tell everyone. I AM the original Kayakbabe on the internet. In the last couple of years, I have seen a few copycat Kayakbabe's.. But I've been kayakbabe since the gopher days.. and if you don't know gopher.. then you aren't THE Kayakbabe. Hate to tell ya chicky, but you are a complete knock off. IF you know what Chibamoo was... then I was the Water Dragon aka Kayakbabe.. Yep.. Ancient. here. old.... mentally I am a babe! And I bet I can still kayak circles around you even in white water, most of you anyway. My nickname was affirmed by Fish and a few others on the 'Tot. IF you know what the 'Tot is.. you might be a kayakbabe too. But again.. I am the first.

Reviving Creativity

Ok so last week, I did something. Something I've been thinking about for a year now. One year ago, my sister in law got a Bernina. If you know what that is, then you are like me and probably drooling a little. Well I drooled for a year. I looked a the Bernina website for a year. I even pulled out my old machine and tried to use it about three months ago. I wanted to make a shirt for my husband. It was to be a very special shirt. Homemade by me. Now isn't that special?! But my old machine was kaput. I guess 10 moves and my taking it apart four or five times killed it. Actually I could have taken it to a repair shop and gotten it fixed. But what the heck, I make pretty good money and Bernina was calling.

I did it. I broke down and bought it. I got the fancy one that does it all. I've been embroidering and even started working on that special shirt this weekend. But drat.. halfway through the shirt project, I found out I am going to have to buy an iron.

For the last 10 years I have not ironed. I detest, nay HATE, ironing. It is my nemisis. I pay others to iron for me. I do not like to do it. No, I do not! But if you are going to use Ms. Bernina... then you must use an iron just a wee bit to make things lay flat before you pass the wonderfulness of Bernina over them. I thought about taking Bernina back... for like 5 seconds. I think Bernina is one of the coolest things next to a Lamborghini Aventador that has ever been designed and built by humans. Would I trade Bernina for an Aventador. ABSOLUTELY!

Moving Homes

Moving to a new house has got to be one of the top stresses on a marriage.
I'm sure remodeling a kitchen is right up there too. I'm living in a cave of boxes, packing paper, and tape. It really sucks. I've moved about 17 times in my life (well 18 times now), it was never as hard as this. Really moving as a single person is much much easier than moving as a married couple. I don't know how my parents managed that with two kids thrown on top. Mom and Dad said that someday I'd understand why they were so pissy while we were moving. I think I have a little idea of it now.

JAMES AND A CHAIR

Bizarre! You just can't get away from home. Ever. Period.
We drove 5 and a half hours away to go to a wedding. Decided to spend the next day goofing off and taking our time heading back home. Dallas has the most amazing store called the Dallas Design Expo. If you are ever going to remodel a house, this is the place to look for all the stuff you'd want to put on it, in it, over it, etc.

Little did we know, we'd run into our vino tinto drinking buddies. They're from hours away from Dallas too!

It really is a small world.

I kinda like this bar stool. I'm on the hunt.. bar stools beware.

SUV Classic Rollover

Yep I did it, I did it, I lived!

You know before a week ago, I didn't always wear my seatbelt. Ya know running to the little store to get a quart of milk.. well. Now I do. My Dodge Durango is no more. I killed it. I rolled it. It's a dead dodge. I am so lucky, besides being really shook up, and having to go to the emergency room. Externally the only thing to show for the dead durango is a scratch on my pinky finger. And that didn't even get infected.

Mom! I always wear my seatbelt now!.