Category Archives: Fun Musings

The Story of a Girl who Tried to Sew- DIY Utensil Holder

The story begins with a girl wanting to try her hand at learning a useful skill.

As a typical movie plot line does, it includes the fun beginning moments and the excitement, and then goes headfirst into the downhill spiral that is the confrontation. The moments in the middle where hope seems lost and you aren’t quite sure how it will all turn out. In this case, the confrontation begins and ends with an evil antagonist known as the sewing machine, bent on the demise of our main character’s hopes, dreams, and patience.  

(Instructions on how I made the Utensil Holder are at the bottom of this post!)

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Lightning Thief Musical, Practically Perfect

‘Look, I didn’t want to be a Halfblood’

I have been a fan of the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series since I was in 5th grade right before the final book came out. When I first learned of the musical I was skeptical. I mean how could I not be after the movie… *shudder* But then I started following along and realized it was nothing like the movies. For one they had a blonde Annabeth. 

So of course when I found out the musical was touring I had to see if I could get tickets and 8 months later I finally got to go.

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