blurry photo fest!

tonight at derby, i finally dorked out and asked a friend of mine to take my photo :)

we jumped over some hurdles. i'm bad at estimating [for shame, math specialist!], but i want to say the tallest foam hurdle thing was a little over a foot?

perhaps 1.5 feet?

i was super proud of myself!

[even if i had some trouble stopping afterwards...]

okay, i'm about to hop into bed, but had to show off my nails!

i haven't painted them in weeks....finally made some time.

haha sometimes i like being girly.

is that too much roxy? ew.

the last photo reminded me of today's occurrences...

stupid guns. stay away from universities!

[and maybe just life in general!]

hook 'em!

i have been a bad little blogger!

here are some photos illustrating my activities as of late :)

[this is my 8am face!]

last weekend a few friends and i went to the last derby bout of the season. it was such an exciting match! i can't even remember who spent fifty cents on this mustache, but we obviously had a bit too much fun with it :)

i tweeted about missing derby try outs this week - bummer! 

we did assessments at rec league, and i think i did pretty well! i was exhausted that evening and the whole next day! it was really intense.

hopefully i will be ready and in great shape by january try outs!

it'd be an amazing start to my 28th year [gasp!]

[btw i am still working on a name - i even jotted down some suggestions-thanks!]

along with derby things this week, i also had an etsy houston meeting :)

there are quite a few shows coming up this fall and we also discussed some exciting ideas i can't wait to share!

this is the latest feisty item i custom made for a friend :)

i did a lot of sewing this weekend on the road! i am quite the productive passenger!

my family and i celebrated my mother's birthday in dallas

[hence sewing on the road!].

i had a lot of fun hanging out with my sister, who lives there.

sandy bought the most AMAZING cupcakes. i mean i've had some cute cupcakes, but none were as moist and HUGE as these babies.

the place is called dimples. holy yummyyums! :)

featured: oreo, carrot cake, strawberry, wedding cake, banana pudding, and red velvet.

sandy also used some trick candles :)

my mom was breathless and coughing by the time she finally got them all out!

and now for a super cute ending :)

muah!

have a lovely week :)

puppies

i don't work in the worst part of town...but i also don't work in the best part of town.

often times, stray or lost dogs and end up at the school.

when we/they're lucky, there's a tag, and they get to go home :)

like this big boy :)

but mostly, they wander away and i keep my fingers crossed,

or are taken home by an educator

like this little guy.

i love playing with pups at work :)

you know that's how i found osa, right?

"i ran thru traffic for this little one."

and they lived happily ever after :)

snippity! derbity!

i love my tiny scissors. they cut through little bits of felt so seamlessly. :)

i watched like 3 episodes of the ghost whisperer [b/c i'm so awesome, right? haha] last night and just cut tiny flowers.

those little flowers measure about an inch at the widest width. so my little scissors are only inches long! 5 inches to be exact! :)

i hope everyone had a lovely weekend :)

open house was tonight - my first year without any kiddos! sometimes i feel kinda left out!

but i really enjoy what i am doing...and am still learning more and more every day.

derby practice was fun tonight!

we did some "push drills" - about 10 girls stand in a "conga line" - the girl in front directs by leaning, etc, and the girl in the way back pushes everyone - nobody but her is pushing/skating. it was TOUGH on my turn! but i think i did pretty well :)

main thing to work on = turn around toe stop. i fell SOOO much last week attempting it!  my toe stop even came off! i need to get that stop down!

next week are assessments. i hope i can at least become an active machete bettie :)

[that's the rec league team!]

also....still thinking up derby names.

daniel really likes "the roxic avenger..."

i really like "grrfeisty" but there's a girl who's got "grrrlfriday" - do they look/sound too much alike?

what about "the cuban missile" or "the cuban missile crisis"? haha

i would LOOOOOVE to hear some derby names - got any ideas??? :)

if anyone comes up with a super sick derby name [that isn't already registered] i will so send them an amazing surprise. i am having so much trouble!

playing dead

this is how i feel! i was a tad sore this week from roller derby. i'm done with the beginner crowd! hooray! tomorrow i join the intermediate group :)

so after derby, i went on a 40 minute run. wowza!

my lower half was beat.

then i went wakeboarding!

my top half is hurting hardcore. the part i never work out!

looks like i know what i need to work on :)

i did pretty good...but i also experienced a lot of this:

it was my second time wakeboarding-my good friend and co-worker invited daniel and i to tag along.  i gotta say, i wakeboarded MUCH better! the first time i went i ate it hardcore to the max!

click the photo for the zoom of my INSANE face

hahaha

have a great rest of the week!

i'm excited for derby tomorrow night! :D

p.s. recognize anything in keiko's latest makeup post? :)