Sparkles* our new friend

So diesel & I had been in a slump this last week. We were feeling unhappy. 

We felt like a lot of bad things happened to us this month.. 

(And they really did, believe me!)

We seemed to always be on the verge of tears.. 

We missed our family & friends. 

We felt left out of all the fun things everyone was doing for summer. 

We just felt very alone & lonely.

And it seemed like Jeremy was alway picking on us!

Then we woke up Tuesday morning, & we were feeling a little better.  We had a feeling TODAY was going to be DIFFERENT.. We were motivated to clean :) (well do the dishes, laundry, & make the bed at least!) We worked on a sewing project we had been meaning to finish for a while, & we decided to go outside and enjoy the sunshine. I even let Diesel swim. Ok kidding I made him swim, he hates it. I just felt it necessary that he learn in case the tide comes in fast one day & he is stranded in the water. (hey it could happen.)

Anyways moral of the story is we were having a lovely day & feeling glad to possibly be out of our slump. So when Jeremy came home from work I convinced him to come to the beach with us instead of going to the gym so he could see Diesel swim.

But when we got to the water we started to notice a bunch of blue blob like things floating everywhere and realized they were JELLYFISH!!! 

At first I was sad that now we couldn't swim and Jer would want to go to the gym.. but then he had the idea maybe we should try to catch one!! I was a little nervous so diesel & I watched from the shore as Jer used one of my rain boots to try and snag one. It seemed like he tried forever until he finally caught one!

We took it back to our house and put it in a fish bowl. Jeremy said I could name it.

So I am proud to present to you *SPARKLES* because she glistens with little specks of glitter!

Diesel was not so sure he liked our new friend..

Even though jellyfish are quite terrifying to me and can be very dangerous, there is something very beautiful and mystical about them at the same time. This made my day very eventful and fun.

Love, Cass

xoxo

My to do crafts list..

Too often these days I am spending t much time on the internet looking for crafts instead of finishing one's I have already found our started. So here are just a few of my favorites that I need to spend my time on.

bike buttons

grey clouds

picture taken at Ben Franklin

ruffle quilt

cardigan links

men's shirt turned summer halter

Now if I only had the motivation to make any of these, or a crafting friend. Well at least this was a way to save them so I don't lose the links.

Bug in a Rug..

This is what I found the other day after doing my make-up. This little guy always loves to be under the blankets. He is honestly like the best version of a baby. He just wants to be cuddled all day long. Doesn't cry and I definitely am not changing diapers.

LOVE HIM!

I love his little eyes peeping out, like a turtle in his shell.

So stinking cute, he always makes me smile :)

I feel for felt..

I ran across modern kiddo's blog today and feel in LOVE with "felt food"! It is definitely going to be my next project. The nice thing is felt is so cheap and hand sewing is very relaxing to me and harder to screw up. I know these seem pointless for a grown adult, but hey I know kids or will maybe have some one day. So I better start practicing now!

I just love anything miniature so these cute things are a double hit for me!

modern kiddo-felt food

Bugs, Bugs, BUGS!!

So this weekend we headed up to San Diego for a break & to hang out with our friends Wes and Rachelle. They are loads of fun. 

However Diesel had a really bad weekend. Which then ruined my weekend. :(

Not to get too graphic or I will start itching.. but on our drive up I noticed something in Diesel's fur. After further investigation I found out that it was two TICKS stuck together. YUCK!!! SO I quickly got out my tweezers and Jer pulled them out. Once we got to our destination I pulled up "ticks" on the internet cause I was concerned for my little guy. It showed lots of gross pictures. I also read a lot of concerning things about diseases they carry. So we decided to do a thorough check to make sure Dies was tick free. We searched everywhere & thought we were home free until we checked in between his back toes... AND sure enough there were 2 more ticks sucking my poor babies blood. I almost cried. I felt so bad for him, but at the same time was creeped out and didn't want any bugs on me.

So the next morning we took him to get shaved and washed to lower my stress and worrying. Though when we picked him up they informed us he had FLEAS!

So here I am thinking Ticks & Fleas??!! Am I like the worst dog owner on the planet or have we just gotten really unlucky? I mean I wash Diesel at least 2 times a week.

Just unlucky I guess. We found out the friend who's house we were staying at was where diesel came across the flea's because his poor dog was infested. So I felt bad, but we quarantined diesel the rest of the trip so hopefully it wouldn't spread.

I have somehow become a very anxiety prone person in the last month because this should have been no big deal. But man it drove me crazy all weekend. I kept feeling super itchy thinking bugs were on me, & even woke up at 5am one morning to search for fleas on dies for a good 3 hours. (Which does no good just fyi: fleas are tiny fly like bugs and even if I would pull one out it would fly back in. And they are almost impossible to grab in the first place because the just hid in the fur.) FRUSTRATION!!

Anyways sweet diesel has now been thoroughly washed and medicated, and was a champ thru the whole process. So about $100 later he is bug free. Yay!

Also Jeremy was a sweetheart helping me even though I know he thought I was being a little crazy. Love him :)

Isn't he adorable, who sleeps like that?

So there were positive parts of the trip like being able to eat good food and getting to go shopping with Rachelle. One of the days we got to go to her friends shop who was also hosting a bunch of vintage shops as well. It was so fun! Here are a few pics I got with my Iphone using my favorite app hipstamatic.

That's my cute friend Rachelle. :)

Oh and I almost forgot we also had a fun trip riding Jer's harley thru some scenic places. I am no way a biker chick & most of the time Jer has to bribe me with something to even get on it for 5 minutes, but I am happy to say it was very pleasant.

Anyways hope you had a fun Bug free weekend!

Lake Powell for memorial day..

I don't feel like typing.

Every year jer goes to lake powell over memorial.

Now I come too. 

Lots of people came this year.

My family.

His family and friends.

Full of fun, sun, random comments, awkward moments & such.

I realized I need to get my social anxiety under control.

Here are a few pics:

So there ya go. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend as well.

My new obsession

So the new thing I am addicted to is DIGITAL scrap booking. It works perfect for me since I never was a fan or regular scrap booking and now don't have access to the resources anyways. Online things just work best for me. So now I need to purchase some form of photo shop and get started on taking more pictures! Here are a few inspiring pages:

So if anyone else is into the digital world I would love any advice or information you have! Im not all the technically capable.

:)