Freakin' Obsessed Friday: Instagram Edition

When I found out there was Instagram for Android, I got really happy.  I've been using it, but not frequently.  Just to capture moments when I remember to. :)  The very first time I used it, I got discouraged because it looked a little complicated.  But now that I've been using it for a few weeks, I like it a lot.  Here are four of my most recent Instagrams!  (btw, my user name is catywaterfield if you'd like to follow along.)

1. My new short hair.  My mom says I look like Liza Minnelli in this picture.  I'll take it.
2. My first coffee interview.  I think I'm going to go write that "other big blog post" now. ;)
3. My dark chocolate peanut butter brownies.  I had the munchies for something sweet this week, so I made an old favorite.  So good!
4. My short hair with headbands.  When I had short hair last year, my favorite thing to do with it once it grew out just enough, was to wear it with headbands.  Continuing the tradition, and looking cute doing it!

Facebook = No Hope for Humanity (Or Spelling)

A friend on Facebook from high school announced on Facebook she is pregnant with her third child (her first pregnancy was twins).  She received many congratulatory comments on her status, but one person's comment made my blood run cold.  I'm such a spelling and grammar nazi, and I couldn't believe someone posted this in a serious manner.

The first and fourth commenter are the same person, and also the culprit of this blog post.  Pictures and names have been blurred and crystallized to protect the illiterate.

/shudder.

Happy Friday!  Be thankful you can spell!

Playing Catch-Up

Man, do I have a lot to get this blog caught up on!

This could get lengthy.  I'm not sorry.

Exhibit A: Some New Crafts.

A "timeline" of my mom's life.  I made this for her back in February.

I cut this off the bottom of a set of photo albums and framed it.  So cute and free!

 

Exhibit B: Easter was fun.

This year, my mom and I decided to make Easter deviled eggs!  We boiled the eggs, dyed them in homemade dye, and then deviled them!  They were cute and a real hit at Easter lunch!

My hair on Easter morning.  It won't ever look like that again, nor did it before.

The gang on Easter.  L-R: Dolly, Luke being sneaky, Elyse, Robbie, Mother, Justin, Me, Papa.

Exhibit C: I look just like my mom with short hair.

People have said that I look like her my whole life, but there have only been one or two occurrences where I thought so, too, and Easter weekend was one of them!  Mother was showing me some pictures of my grandparents' 25th wedding anniversary, and she had short hair at the time.  Justin lost his mind when he saw these, because we just look so much alike!  It's almost scary.

I had to photoshop these a little bit, because they were so dark.  But I'm assuming that's lipstick from Mama all over Poppy's face. :)

My adorable grandparents.  Poppy looks like a sailor to me.

Exhibit D: Speaking of which, I have short hair now!

Last May, I cut my hair really short for the first time in my life.  My entire family had a fit, but ultimately decided that they all liked it at different lengths.

As the year went, my hair got a little longer every month.

 

June.

July.

August.

It grew constantly until last weekend, when I cut it again.

It went from this...

To this!

I really love my hair being so short.  It feels good, it's cooler, and it literally takes seconds to dry from the shower.  I also love the growing-out period, where I can pin it or part it over with bangs.  It's really cute.  Dee, my stepmom, cut it a little shorter and choppier than she did last year, which I really wanted her to do.  I'm quite pleased with it.

I see so much resemblance here.  Wasn't my mom so pretty when she was my age? :)

Fun update!  One more big post soon, and then hopefully back to our regularly scheduled programming!

Sunshiney Shoes

Last weekend, when Justin and I went shopping, I got an Easter dress.  It's a pretty yellow number from Belk, with a pink belt and sweater.

That sweater is a little darker in person than it is in the photo, like the belt on the left.  I loved the dress (it even has pockets!), but after we bought it and brought it home, I realized that I didn't have any shoes that would match the pink or the yellow.

I did, however, have shoes that I wore in college and not much since.  They were little pink ballet flats that don't really match anything I own, and I decided I would paint them to match the dress.

I first considered using spray paint, but I don't have a well-ventilated area to work with it.  It's also been raining a lot here and I didn't want to attract bugs or have the shoes get wet or anything else.  So then I thought of fabric paint.  I went to Michaels and bought some Scribbles fabric paint that would dry flexibly for $1 and change.

I lined the bottom of the shoes with painter's tape.  (Did you know they sell painter's tape at the dollar store?  Happy day!)

After three coats yesterday and letting them cure over night,  here is the end result!

I did experience some minor parts of the shoe, near the bottom where the tape was, that didn't get any paint.  But these parts are minor and not seen well when the shoes are worn, so I'm not too worried about that.

I like my new sunshiney shoes! :)

I was hoping for the color in the bottle, but because I didn't paint the shoes white first, the color came out a bit darker.

Even then, the color will still be cute for Spring!

One more time:

Before

 After

What do you think?

Scaredy Dog

My dog, Bonnie, is terrified of thunder.

I think this is really something, because I was scared of thunder when I was a kid.  Even on up into college, I had to listen to music or watch TV and movies to drown out the sound, something that most people seem to love and take comfort in.  Sometimes now, if the thunder is really bad, I still jump a little when it booms.

So today, when Bonnie and I were home by ourselves, a thunderstorm came through town for a little while.  I don't think it even lasted more than 45 minutes.  I was sitting in the rocker by the window, noticing the incoming rain clouds.  Once the storm finally started, thunder came.  Bonnie ran from the bedroom into the living room where I was, wimpering.  We found out she was afraid of the thunder about a month ago when a really nasty storm came into town one night.  She backed herself into the space between Justin's computer bureau, where he always sits, and the sofa, where I always sit, and laid down between us.  Let's just say she barely fit in there.

 So today, she came and found me.  I moved from my rocker to the sofa, and we huddled up together under our favorite blanket and waited the storm out.  She was super uneasy at first, but gradually got better.  I of course loved on her the whole time.  Poor little scaredy dog.

Pictured: sheer terror.

She's a sweetie!

But that's not all.

Whenever she wants Justin to walk her at night, she performs a big show, running around the room and hopping in front of him.  But tonight, she took it one step further!

Yes!  She crowded herself onto the arm and got all up in Justin's face!

What a ham.

But we love her. :)

Want!

I just found the most adorable necklace that one of my friends pinned on Pinterest.

How cute is this??  And with as much baking as I do, it's very fitting.  And it's only $18!  You can get it here.

I've already asked Justin to buy this for me.  Now let's all wait with bated breath to see if he follows through with my request...