Some pics from Tacoma

Here are two pictures of myself from when we went to Tacoma. . . Which one do you like?
I'm thinking of making one of them a profile pic.
I love the rain, the city, lights. . .

Open Skies

1. Put your iPod/Playlist on random shuffle

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing the same as well as the person you got this from.

I took this off of Melissa's blog. . .I've done it before a few times, but this one I'm posting. :) If you read this, then you should consider yourself tagged (mostly 'cause I don't know how to tag people!)

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?

Moonlight Sonata- Beethoven (oh yeah, I always say that. . . )

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

Beautiful King- Phil Danyew (?)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

The Cure For Pain- Jon Foreman

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?

Can't Go On- Group 1 Crew (This song is about how you can't go on without God, I'm not as pessimistic as it sounds!)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

Viva La Vida- Coldplay

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care- Relient K (aww. . . I hope not : P )

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

High Of '75- Relient K (I live in WA. . . only in summer ; ) )

WHAT IS 2+2?

Yellow- Coldplay

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

Hearts Of The Innocent- Kutless

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

Let Me Go On- Seabird

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

Fire- Krystal Meyers

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

Everything About You- Sanctus Real (huh?)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

Into Jesus- DC Talk ( That's good)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

Early One Morning- Andreus Forte (I'm actually a late sleeper)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

Must Have Done Something Right- Relient K (Lol! It's a great love song, but I wouldn't want to jog down the aisle!)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

Blind- Lifehouse (eek!)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?

One World- Tobymac

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

Loch Lomond- The Bentones

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

Leaving 99- Audio Adrenaline (I don't have that many though!)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?

Forgiven- Relient K (I'd like it if I was forgiven!)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?

Hotel Aquarium- Falling Up (That's SO scary!)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?

Burn For You- Tobymac

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

Broken-Lifehouse

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?

Whatever You're Doing- Sanctus Real

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?

More Than Useless- Relient K

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?

You Are My Joy- David Crowder Band

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?

I Can't Stand To Fall- Philmont

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

Something Beautiful- Newsboys (Now why would I change that? )

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?

Beautiful Day- U2 (It's all good : ) )

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

Open Skies- David Crowder Band

Bento potatoes!

I haven't had much time lately for really detailed cooking. Yesterday I made pretzels and a lot of cookies. . . But earlier I was making lunch and I decided to have some fun with baked potatoes:

A potato bunny and a potato bear! Flax seeds are the eyes and noses, avocado and potato skin for the ears, and I drizzled them with olive oil. I'm calling them "Bento potatoes" because it's food art similar to what you'd find in a bento.

For those who don't know, bentos are lunches in boxes. They originated in Japan and have a very calculated size according to body weight, exercise, etc. Usually bentos are known for their artistry; children's bentos might have food cartoon characters, whereas an adult could make theirs in the likeness of a landscape.

I didn't know that I liked making food animals until today. I remember once I tried whittling animals out of carrots to get my little sister to eat them. And she didn't eat them :P

I'm off to practice guitar!

- Sophia

Our little chef

I wanted to try posting a video here, so here's my 3yo brother cracking some eggs! He loves to cook and this is his absolute favorite thing to do. He forgets what to do sometimes, so we give him some instruction. . .



Isn't he cute?

I got a little candle box

I just had to put something in it ; )

I also got a cd today, Seabird's Till We See The Shore. I love Seabird, I've been wanting this cd for a year and a half, and now I have it : ) I'm happy.

- Sophia

I got a little box

My mama bought a candle recently, and it smells so so gorgeous! I like candles.
I love boxes of all shapes and sizes, especially oddly shaped ones, or cedar ones. Mama gave me the candle box. I love it. I'll post a picture of it. And it smells like candle. : )

- Sophia

My Duct Tape Double!

I've got a new template which I love immensely : ) What do you think?

I've had a busy start to the new year! My brother visited from college and he was here for his birthday:

I made his cake in the shape of a computer because he's a computer geek. He's majoring in Computer Science so I thought he'd appreciate it. I know the keyboard's bigger than the monitor and the tower is tiny, but I had to be creative : )


Also, my brother's girlfriend visited, and she and my mother decided to to bind me in duct tape for some diabolical reason:

Hehe, just kidding. We made a duct tape double! I've wanted one for a long time. You take an old T-shirt and you wrap yourself in three layers of duct tape and then you cut it off and stuff it. When you're done you get a replica of yourself. Th replica is used like a dress form or a mannequin for sewing purposes. I wore my 1850 corset underneath because I mostly sew historical clothes. I'm so grateful that I had some extra hands; I can't imagine doing it by myself!



I looked like a storm trooper or some anime hero

The finished object (not stuffed yet). It completely creeps me out if I see it on a chair in the dark!

Mama patiently tapes it up

I'm actually gonna start some sewing today; I always have sewing to do!

Yesterday the whole family went to Union Station in downtown Tacoma for family pictures. It was raining and there were rainbows and it was gorgeous! I'll post some of those when we get them. It was really fun, I just love downtown Tacoma.

Oh yeah, my friend got a new blog! Go check it out: here

Signing out,

Sophia