I'm pretty happy

I'm pretty happy right now, at this very moment. I received a package in the mail today from Archie that was filled with all of my favorite Indian sweets ( I really have good friends) I will be mailing her a cookie package probably Monday. I also passed out cookies to the homeless today with my dad and Nisha. It was a great experience and I will probably come up with something else to do for them. My brother and his girlfriend came over today and we chilled till 1am and now I am laying in bed. I was attempting to do my braids but I will probably do those later in the week because I am too tired and lazy to do that right now. I did cowash my hair today and slicked my hair into a bun and will be wearing a marly braid bun. I know I have to get up early tomorrow ( I guess today) to help my grandma get Easter Dinner ready. I went to church on Saturday

Easter Eve

As my little cousin said today. It is Easter Eve. I'm actually a bit tired because I have been baking like a madwoman. I baked over 200 cookies starting yesterday to give out to the homeless of Fort Worth. I made some sugar cookies with sprinkles, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookie bars, and M&M cookies. Me and Nisha bagged them up and will be passing them out tomorrow.  I also had a pseudo sleep over with my little cousin and having kids around make you so tired. She basically stayed up till 3 am watching disney channel shows. We went and got snow cones, chocolate bunnies, and all kinds of sweet stuff. That probably didn't help with her energy levels.

I filled Easter eggs for the little kids at my grandma's house and me and Nisha will help her dye her eggs Sunday morning. I think we are going to church tomorrow because I don't want to go on Sunday, it will be mega crowded and that way I can go over to my grandma's and help her get things done.

Reading is fundamental

So I basically didn't fall asleep last night. I ended up falling asleep at 5am and I woke up refreshed at around 2:00pm. I had the weirdest sleep dream where I was getting married to Brad Williams from the show Happy Endings and the wedding was beautiful. Actually before we were to walk down the aisle I was in a hideous blue and grey gown, hahaha I would not wear a white wedding gown in my own crazy dream wedding. My sister was my maid of honor and she told me my wedding dress was ugly and too small. I agreed with her and changed to a beautiful beaded or sequined off white gown. Then I woke up. What the hell does that dream mean?

I then began reading, I'm back to reading Angela's Ashes. I cleaned my room, somewhat. I took down my braids and washed my hair. I'll probably put braids back in sometimes next week. I love having something protecting my hair because my hair has been growing a lot when I do not mess with it.

Me and my mom are supposed to be baking Easter cookies for the homeless sometimes this week, I don't know what kind but I think I am leaning more towards M&M chocolate chip cookies or peanut butter blossoms. I also need to make cookies to send with Archie, Kiran, Kirti, and Fatima's packages. I also need to send Sonye something in the mail. I have a lot to do.

I have been tempted to get business cards made promoting my tutoring services but I don't know

you know

I'm in this mood, I don't know if it's because of my new comfy bedding set or what, but I just want to stay buried in my bed, I didn't go anywhere today and I just left my bed for the essentials... like food. I just want to eat ice cream and watch romantic comedies all day. What a pathetic existence I live. I really want ice cream right now.

Update****
I just went to the store for random things like a new toothbrush and decided to get me some ice cream. I got one of my favorites Bluebell Homemade Vanilla. Damn thats good. I'm just going to watch movies and eat ice cream all night

It's been a long time

So basically it's been a while since I blogged and I have just been lazy to be honest. I'm trying to work on that a bit. I'm going to post about the desk I totally made over. In other news I had my birthday this past Saturday and it was actually pretty cool. First me, my sister, my mom, and my dad all went out for breakfast. Yay birthday breakfast, it was truly a fattening day because I ate Red Velvet pancakes. It's my birthday and I can get fat if I want to. Then I opened my presents. My sister bought me a new pair of Olive colored Toms, and a cute Aztec scarf. My mom bought me all these bath products and a card full of cash (the best present a girl can have). Later that day I checked my mailbox and received a package from my friend inVirginia, she's my way cool friend and it was so great. It had a wonderful card full of memories from Freshman year at Texas Tech (We met in English 1301) In this package it had my favorite Coconut Lime Verbena scents of lotion and spray spritz, and it also had a book African Queen by C.S. Forester (who is one of my favorite authors) It was truly amazing and thoughtful. Well my dad fired up his newest grill and we had a cookout and it had all of my favorite cookout foods and family came over. It was nice and a bit annoying. My cake was so so so so so so delicious. It was my favorite flavors combined thanks to my sister for ordering it. It was a three layer white cake with lemon curd in the middle and cream cheese frosting and dusted with coconut. It was so good and served with a small scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. It was a great day. All of you who possibly read this blog, or if you know me, you know that I have a twin brother. He had to work on our birthday so we hung out and exchanged our gifts on that Sunday. I got him a Michael Kors belt and one of those skinny ties he likes to wear. He bought me an amazing yellow bone china tea set from Teavana, and orange blossom tea, and a tea ball. I can't wait to get a job and move out and display all of my cool things.

Speaking of jobs, I've been getting calls back based on my resume and such but those places aren't where I see myself working. I know that the right opportunity will come by soon. I applied for a few more places today.

I think my room is finished, I just need to buy a full body mirror for my room, I bought a new comforter set and my room looks kind of cool and adult-like. It was one of those random purchases because I went to Target to buy mugs for my Indian friends ( I'm making them cute little care packages) and I ended up buying a new comforter, sheets, throw pillows, and all sorts of cute things. Me and Nisha are starting the whole decorating our bathroom and we just bought a shower curtain that we both liked and I saw some cute floor mats from World Market that I may pick up tomorrow. Maybe I will score some cash tonight from the kid i'm tutoring. I miss tutoring college kids, 4th graders are rough to explain concepts to. I have a new appreciation for elementary school teachers.

I  think I'm going to half-priced books tomorrow to find some math books for her. I also sort of am trying to not eat as much sugary things. I have gotten so fat living here, sad problems I know. I need to find some things to spend my birthday money on. I bought a cool cross ring and some stackable rings. I think I need some spring dresses.

COMING SOON

I have a bunch of new things to post, my room is coming along great I just have a few things left and it will be finished... Pictures posting of the DIYs I finished going to be added.

DIY Tufted Upholstered Headboard...

So  I finally had the time to sit down and do this project and I am extremely happy with my results. I did this all by my little self and I had no help.

I've wanted this headboard for the longest time and I will definitely be making another one in the future. I found that the hardest part was choosing the fabric. It was so hard, or I'm just an indecisive person. The next headboard I make will probably be made using a velvet, or velvet like fabric.

Here's how the headboard turned out it's for my full bed.

To get to this point there's a couple of things you need

Pegboard (51x36) that's the size I wanted the headboard to be {$17.75 Home Depot}

2 yards of your fabric of choice (I chose a grey/ silver taffeta) {on sale $12.49 a yard Hancock Fabrics}

Spray adhesive {$5.88 at Wal Mart}

3 inch Foam (51 inches) this is super expensive {$32.99 a yard at Joann's so total $46.75} I had a 50% off coupon so I paid $23.37

I used 24 1 1/8 inch Buttons {These were $15.00 with coupons from Joann's}

Giant upholstery needle {$1.97 Wal Mart}

Upholstery thread {$1.99 Hobby Lobby}

Staple Gun and Staples {FREE}

Hot Glue Gun {$2.99 Hobby Lobby}

Glue Sticks {$4.99 Hobby Lobby}

Batting {$2.99 Hobby Lobby with 40% off coupon}



I should also mentioned that I set a budget of the cash that I had in my wallet which was $75.00, I was over my budget, this cost me around $100 but it is way cheaper than the $400- 800 headboards that I wanted.

I began this process by trying to map out how I was going to arrange the buttons and the spacing. I just jotted this down on paper and then used basic math to determine spacing

then I placed the cut pegboard (get this cut at Home Depot, they do it for free there) and placed my foam on top of the pegboard and placed the fabric on top just to make sure where to cut the extra fabric to make the buttons

I then took the fabric off  and marked where I wanted to buttons to go with a sharpie and glued the foam to the pegboard using the spray adhesive

I then added the batting but I did not glue this down and marked where the buttons go through with a sharpie

I didn't take a picture of me making the buttons, but those took a bit of time making all of those.

Next I placed the fabric on top and ran my first button through and pulled it tight and stapled the thread to the back of the board and then I used hot glue to also glue the thread down.

And I just continue this process row by row

When I finished all of the rows I then stapled the fabric that extended past the foam because you aren't going to see this part

I then folded and stapled all of the fabric to the back of the board

The headboard sits on top of my box spring and mattress it's awesome