Weather is getting better

So it is getting nicer outside here. It would be a perfect time for friends to visit. hint hint! I am starting to like where we live more and more each day. People here are pretty nice and the thrift stores are good too. But I miss my family. I want to open a store in Minneapolis buy a house and settle down. I want a garden and a backyard. I want lots more plants. It will all come in time. I have been making things though. I have this cute hippy skirt thing going on lately. Anyways I am tired from work. Greg is still at school screen printing these posters for this punk rock bar. ann

Fun Week!

It has been a good week. Gregs cousin Jessica was in town. It was nice to have her here. We shopped more than I should of but it was good. I also met a friend and she is VERY cool and has the same hair as me. She is a stylist and we are going to start crafting this week. We are starting with jean skirts that are BOHO. I really want to get my websight up and going. I have more hours at work too which is good, I need them. I miss home but I am liking it here to. miss all my friends and family. ann

Handmade housecoat

Handmade housecoat
Originally uploaded by thiftstorequeen.

finally I have started making things. My first dress, a bit of a house coat but I like it. Vintage fabric and little coffee cups on the bottom.

Coffee anyone I am so proud.

Coffee anyone I am so proud.
Originally uploaded by thiftstorequeen.

I made this

The Final Countdown!!!

Greg has been working his ASS off. I could insert small ass joke but I will not! Anyways his final projects for the quarter are due tonight. It has been a stressful week for the both of us. I had my craft group last night and no one came! It made me kinda bummed for a few minutes then I realized that I was really tired and I came home and watched the new Martha Stewart show. It was really good and I think she is not as much of a bitch as she was before. She seems much nicer. I am going to take some pictures today of around here and post so everyone can see what little 5 is like. love you all ,ann

hello

I have not heard from some of my friends in a little while. I hope that they are all doing ok. Hopefully busy and well. I have been feeling kinda shitty today so I have been in bed. GReg has bee doing homework non stop as usual. I work tonight and starting next week I have an all new schdule.
I am excited yesterday I made a dress. I have finally decided to start sewing. I think it took a little of nothing to do to get me moving on being creative. THe dress turned out well. It has coffee cups on the bottom that I patched on. It is a brown checkered vintage fabric. I will take a picture soon.
I bought another new bike and GReg painted it flat black for me with little pink stars. It looks really cool and I sold the first one I bought while I was here for 30.00 more than I paid for it. I love how that works somtimes. I decided that I like the area we live a lot. The people are really nice and the stores and restaurants are great also. Only thing I hate is the weather. It is to HOT and I really can not wait for it to cool down and become the fall I have heard so much about.
Have a great weekend. Ann

New Orleans

I have not blogged in a while. I have been watching the news and thinking about what can I do. I feel SO bad for New Orelans people and hope that this finally will cause Bush to be shown to be a shitty "leader" At my work now there are people from New Orleans working for us. I am seeing first hand what is means to have nothing. Right now is a perfect time to get rid of any clothing you do not wear and dontate to the people. They need it and I did that I gave it away. I just felt selfish leaving clothing in my drawers that I did not wear and need when someone else really needed it. Anyways I still have lots of clothing but I have let go if a lot. I wanted to go and save the animals in new orleans but emotionally I could not handle it. Pray for them and the world. It is pretty fucked up. ann

It was a good birthday.

We had a BBQ at the apartment. It was fun. I am now 32 and it is funny that being 32 and still having the schedule to sleep as late as I want and some days it is until 11am is a really great thing. For a while I felt like I was wasting my day but then I realized that I am lucky. Things are good here. Greg still doing homework and a little stressed out but the shingles are gone. I am excited I have visitors soon. This weekend John and shira are coming to town and then Gregs cousin Jessie and in October Kristine. I have been cleaning dog and cat hair most of the day because we rarely have visitors so it is a little dusty and dirty around here. I will post some photos of our kitty. She is funny and gets stuck in bags all of the time. ann

What is this world coming to?

It is just CRAZY!!!!!!WE have all of this money to spend on a war but people are living in shit and water in New Orleans. It is Crazy . I realised that it is only 7 hours away from here. My car is working kinda crummy and if it was not I would be so tempted to bring these people some clothing and food. I hear it is like a war zone there but I just feel their pain. I have started a clothing collection foro the refugees of the flooding and storms .I am just so poor but felt like I had to do something. It is so sad and so close to hear. I wish our government did not SUCK SO BAD!

WHAT A MESS!

Gas is 3.99 a gallon right now for shitty gas. It is all because of the mess on the coast. I am so sad for the people and sad for us to because I can not afford to drive with it so much. It was 2.89 this morning and jumped that far in a day. I just happened to full up this am and it was 50.00 to fill the tank. Glad I work close and that I have 2 bikes. Besides that all is well here. Greg just doing home work as usual.