friday thoughts...

• the invitations are finished! and they look fabulous!!
  
• did you see the moon last night? i don't know if it was this way for everyone (because i know very little about this stuff), but it was enormous. so huge, i actually had to stop and consider the direction from which it was rising, just to make sure it really was the moon, and not the sun. (it was covered in a haze, disguising the detail that would've made it distinctively lunar...) after a little research this morning, i learned that this has to do with it's angle to the horizon... and that's about all i retained because it was a touch over my head. ;)
  
• i threatened to make a few tin can luminaries last weekend, and i followed through:
  
  
  
  they're kinda tough to photograph because they don't emit THAT much light... they look better in person, and they'll look smashing when my porch is littered in carved pumpkins and lit luminaries. :)
  
• heading out to my dad's tonight, and really looking forward to it. i'm even looking forward to the drive out there, because i have a knitting project and a good book for the ferry ride (which is usually just the necessary evil of the trip).
  
• i gave up dairy a few days ago because i've been having some stomach problems... i did some research and found that milk allergies can actually cause obesity and slowed weightloss, so i'm wondering if that's a part of the reason why i'm not losing very quickly (or losing at all). of course, part of it, i'm sure, is my overall behavior and love for all things dessert. so we'll just see what this does. i've never wanted a big, cold glass of nonfat milk so bad in my life. not to mention a splash in my coffee. *whimper*
  
• i finally got my hands on Big Picture Scrapbooking. so far, so good. i love stacy's overall philosophy. i love her album systems. (because i really love any excuse for a "system" about anything. mmmmmm. anal-retentive & organized.) i've had to be careful not to devour the book - i really want to absorb her stuff. :)
  
• really excited about heading out to see my grandparents tomorrow for the 'farm sale'. shameless plug: this is their website. :) they've been raising and showing sheep for nearly 20 years, i think, and they sell wool, yarn, fleeces and skins in addition to socks knitted from their wool.

that's all - pictures monday, i hope! :) happy friday!