Friday, July 26, 2013

escape from utah

Danny's dad and his girlfriend Pam came to visit us! I found them a lovely little apartment right next to Union Square on airbnb to stay in since all we have room for is an air mattress on the floor.

They wanted to escape the Utah heat which is particularly horrible in July.

We played sightseers...



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First up, Alcatraz. It was kind nippy that day! I was so, so glad that my camera got fixed before we went. I've missed it so much!





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The model of Alcatraz is pretty cool.




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Did you know that the island is also a bird refuge? Check out the fluffy baby seagull! He hatched a few days earlier.



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I've never seen a seagull from above before.





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You can see the Golden Gate bridge and....





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...the bay bridge. Pretty cool. Unless you were a prisoner. That would suck. On so many levels.




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The famous hole....





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Cafeteria floor.






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I loved all the textures....





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Danny taking the tour.





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Afterwards, we walked up to Ghirardelli Square for some hot fudge sundae's.




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OMG so goooood.




We also drove to the golden gate bridge....



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To check it out in person. This rust is crazy!





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This is the first time I've been here, lame right? I'm lazy. I don't like driving up here.

It looks peaceful and calm, but it was windy and cold and wiiiiiindy.




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The fort was pretty cool.






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Mmmmm, we took them to Umami burger. Seriously so delicious.





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On a trip to the mall- we showed them the amazingness that is Beard Papa cream puffs.

They had so much fun- of course so did we! It was fun playing tourist!


Monday, July 22, 2013

bunnies, kitties and cookies oh my!

Just checking in...
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I've been making bunnies, details on these cuties later.






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My green eyed girl.






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I've also been sewing up a kitty storm....






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.....and I'm making a super colorful felt ball mobile.





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Mmmmmm yummy cookies.







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My camera broke awhile ago, and I had to send it in to Canon to get fixed. I finally got it back! Yea! Now I can photograph all the fun things I've been making for the shop!




Wednesday, July 10, 2013

itchy and scratchy

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I woke up with the worst hives ever. My whole body was so swollen and horribly itchy.



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Good thing I got this cuddle bug to comfort me.


I did some research, and read that since antihistamines are all different, you can take them together.





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So I bought every one I could find.

I went to the dr about 3 days in. I got a cortisone shot, and the dr told me to take as many antihistamines as I could find.







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She is really, really good at taking care of me.

The shot helped take the swelling down considerably, but the hives were still there. I kept taking the pills, but...





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Still pretty itchy.






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Our new couch got delivered, and noodlebug approves!

She is the best at napping, isn't she?





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I've had a bad case of hives before, and my friends mom suggested that I take l-lysine and vitamin c together a few times a day. It worked the first time, so I tried it again. 1000 mg's of each.


I took these once an hour, for 10 hours. My hives disappeared that day, and completely healed by day 3.