Quilt Show Week

So, I know this sounds lame, but I totally forgot what 3 am felt like. Well, I know what it's like from the staying up until 3 and then going to bed, and that is fun...but the other side of 3 am is not so much fun. You know, the waking up at 3 to go on a road trip side.

Anyways, it totally wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, because I'm so glad to be on vacation! My mum and I are spending a week is Sisters, where we will be enjoying the world famous annual "Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show." If you have never been, you should totally go! It is as close to a complete insane asylum as you will (hopefully) ever get! The town grows from about 1,000 people to about 30,000 people, and the entire town is crawling with little old ladies (and their husbands) looking at quilts that are hung on the outside of shops all along downtown Sisters. Like I said, a nuthouse...but without the house. The Stitchin' Post hosts the quilt show, and for the entire week before they take over the high school and offer quilting classes, taught by world famous quilters. It is quite a sight to see!

During the Quilt show, this is what the main street (hwy 20) usually looks like. It's going to look different this year, because they are closing the entire road down for the day.

Totally amazing, and dreadfully annoying for locals, the Quilt Show is essentially the reason most businesses in Sisters survive. Quilt Show is the biggest day of the year for everyone (except hair-cutting places). So, if you come, pack a lunch, or be prepared to wait at least an hour, maybe an hour and a half for food.

The Quilt Show is the second Saturday in July, and quilting classes are the week before. Be sure to sign up for any classes in January or February, because they fill up fast!!

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
The Stitchin' Post

Comic of the Week

Musical Term of the Week

Thursday I spent the day in Portland with a couple friends, and after we'd lounged at the Boulangerie, we made our way to Powells, where I bought a pocket music dictionary. I stole the idea from a friend, and I have found it to be fascinating! I know, I know, only a music geek thinks a pocket music dictionary is cool, but I've accepted my geekdom. Anyways, here's the Musical Term of the Week:


zapateado (tsah-pah-teh-AH-doh) : A Spanish dance in triple time characterized by rhythmic heel stamping.


Use in at least three sentences this week to astound your musical friends!

Lake Oswego

Yesterday I went to the lake of Lake Oswego, and it was a terrific experience! My favorite place to swim is in lakes, and this is by far my favorite one! Not too hot and not too cold, a little grassy, but other than that, great! A perfect place to have a picnic, and then sit and read after a quick swim. (I recommend pate and baguette sandwiches.) If you ever get the chance, go swimming there, I know I'll be back as soon as I can get there.

Movie of the Week

Ratatouille, best movie ever? Probably not.
Really darn good movie that you should go and see right now? OH YEAH!!!

It is one of the best (if not THE best) Pixar movie so far. The animation was perfect (they really have wet fur down), the story was charming and overall a movie without a flaw. You know how the end of kid movies tend to have the syrupy sweet ending that you really can't quite believe? Well, the end of this movie is wonderful! My favorite part of the movie was the bright red converse that the main (human) character wears...and of course his roller skates. I never knew that the Parisian skyline was so gorgeous, even in computer animation. Ray said that there was nothing wrong with this movie, and I completely agree with him!

Go see this movie immediately!!

Here's a nine minute sneak peek of the movie



And here is the trailer.

Pants!

Here is a website that has discovered the humor behind replacing certain words in the Star Wars script for "pants." Childish, I know, but so dang funny!

Wedding!

I just got back from an amazing wedding! The bride and groom go to my church and I am so happy for them! The entire wedding was so classy, and by some miracle all the bridesmaids looked terrific in their dresses! I totally almost lost it and bawled like a kid during the ceremony, and again during the father daughter dance. Laura, the bride, gave her promise ring to her husband, thanking him for never pressuring her or putting her in a position that would compromise their commitment to purity. (That's when I started to tear up.) Also, dancing at the wedding was great, and not the scary ordeal that my dad seems to make of it (I think he threatened my sister with bodily harm if she was going to have dancing at her wedding), which I suppose means he has two rather large left feet. :)

However, there is always some sort of letdown after a big get-together, and this wedding was no exception. I always get a little sad after weddings, because no matter how happy I am for the bride and groom, I know that I don't have someone to go home to. However, I loved seeing all my friends from church, and getting to know new friends!

*sigh* ...so wonderful!!