Winter Birds

I cannot stop listening to Ray LaMontagne. Nope, nope. He is soothing and great to listen to when you want to relax or study. I keep buying more of his music! Here is my new favorite: Winter Birds


I had no idea this was song was on Grey's Anatomy (i never watch that show anymore). Anyways, the song is poetic, deep and beautiful! Here are the lyrics:
It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow,
The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow
The fallow field that will yield no more,
As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor

The stream can't contain such the withering rain,
And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away
The clouds crack and growl
Like some great cat on the prowl
Crying out, "I am, I am" over and over again

The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings its tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now

The winter birds have come back again,
Here the sprightly Chickadee
Gone now is the Willow Wren
In passing greet each other as if old, old friends
And to the voiceless trees
It is their own they will lend

The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings its tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now

And though all these things will change,
The memories will remain
As green to gold, and gold to brown
The leaves will fall to feed the ground
And in their falling, make no sound

Oh my lady,
Lady I am loving you now

I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town,
To buy my lady a long and flowing gown
'Cause come tomorrow morning
We're off to the county fair
I'll find a yellow flower
And I will lace it in her hair

Burned out.

It is only the first week of February. I am exhausted. I am working out more, eating better but sleeping less, and doing way too much homework. I had great plan for my homework this weekend, however more homework than expected popped up, great. This time it wasn't me procrastinating either. Ugh.

As a result, I have to make sacrifices. I cannot start any more projects, like more coffee monsters or finish the car for my grandpa. *sigh* I can't even read my vampire books. It's been so long I don't even remember what the 3rd book is about. Great.

In other news because I cannot craft I found this on the blog linked: Things He's Seen, which is from yet another website. That's not the point. The point is I like this video. Why? Well because I was talking with my friend Akalina about life today. I feel that we should be asking ourselves this question everyday. :) I think I do, which is why I think I have been so happy lately. Despite not being able to craft as much, I am still accomplishing more in a day than I ever thought I would. *pats self on back*

Watch it, and tell me what your answer would be!


Fifty People, One Question: New York from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

Night Owl meets Groggy Morning

Why am I awake!? I have a lot to do tomorrow. It's my Mom's birthday too! Happy Birthday Mom!

Over the weekend, before school engulfs my life. I made some softies! I found a great new website, Urban Threads. I love love love their designs! Simple, cute, fun and easy to make softies out of!

here are two designs I turned into softies:.
#1 Night Owl- I had to make my mom another owl. I loved the button eyeballs!


#2 Morning Monster- Besides the snail I made way back when, this might be my favorite felt softy yet. It is hard to see his arms, they are the same color green but he is holding a coffee mug! I love everything about his groggy, "I want to go back to bed," look. Including the bunny slippers! I have him by my bed, so I see him when I wake up in the mornings. I still need to stuff him though.


That is all for now! I have a bunch of reports due next week and things will start getting crazy....until then...happy crafting!

Change

Well, I am going to be changing my blog soon. Why? Because I can. I don't like the title anymore, it's too long and the colors need fixing too. I am going to think about it for a while. Any suggestions?

In other news, I am thankful to have 3 day school weeks and 4 day weekends. I need to get cleaning and reading. As well as take some crafty pictures! Week 1 of school is done...keep pluggin along.

It's been a rough week.

My dog died today. We loved her a hell of a lot. She was the first doggy I ever had. She lived a long, happy, spunky life. We love you Bihee-ina, Spice Girl, Spicey, stinky, boofer <3 Spice Ann Osborn. :)

I started spring semester of graduate school as well this week. It's gonna be a little while before I post something crafty!

Keep checking back though.