The Challenge, Day 30

I wanted to do something extra special today but then I realized that it probably wouldn't look that extra, so I just did what I do everyday. :D I took all these pictures and there weren't that many blurry ones or messed up ones, so I couldn't decide which ones to leave out. so you get them all.

I was going to post this earlier today, but I was babysitting and my niece doesn't like it when she's not the center of my attention. :D Now that I've taken her to the real babysitters, I can blog in peace. Or rather, now that I have nothing to do, I will fill my boredom with blogging.

Check it out, Bestie is makin' her debut on my blog. I didn't intentionally get her blow drying her hair in my pictures, but she is there.

The Challenge, Day 29

Can you believe it is already Day 29? It just occurred to me that tomorrow is the last day of the challenge. :(

I'll probably still take pictures of myself everyday because I just like it. but I don't want to stop blogging. I'll have to find something else to blog about to keep my habit regular. we'll see. Maybe I'll be adventurous and find something new to take a picture of periodically to practice my photography skills. Wouldn't that be fun?

I was looking through my pictures, getting rid of bad ones and rotating sideways ones and such, when I came across this one. I thought it was super funny because I don't remember taking it. I am usually pretty careful about keeping the camera off to the side so it doesn't cover any of me and my outfit, so I found it funny that I would take a picture with it right in my face. Check out the focus on my hand and how it's more blurry behind my hands. cool, huh?

The Challenge, Day 28

I went to DI Saturday morning and I got this sweater thing. I think it's pretty. When I went to Khols with Big Sis, I got this pearl necklace and some earrings. Today, I decided to wear those items. the purpose of the sweater is for my Halloween costume, but hey, It's even better if I can wear it anytime I want. :D I get to spend time with my niece, today. It's gonna be good. So far, I've done some dishes. :P

The Challenge, Day 27

I missed yesterday, I'm sorry.

It was a pretty busy day.

We won the football game! Yay! And I saw Anne Tuttle Brown. I didn't say hi to her, but I saw her climbing the bleachers.

Anyway, today, I did not match. look at that. But I'm still so so cute. :D And I'm in a way weird mood.

I've decided to name one of my future children Kardon or Karlin. This means I have to marry a Collin or a Brandon. Story: We were discussing where my name comes from and how I should carry on the tradition, so I decided to see what guy names would sound good with mine, and those two were good ones. :D

One reason I did not bother to retake the ACT

I do better the first time.

So, I made the 2 chocolate cakes for my home teachers; those cakes were perfect. almost. They were big and fluffy and only cracked on one corner: easy fix with frosting. The next cake I made was Jeff's yellow cake. It sunk in the middle, and more pieces detached themselves from it. It didn't turn out too too bad though. Then, today, I made the white cake for the ward Fall Fest. Can we say disaster? I was way excited because it came out looking more like the chocolate cakes then like the yellow: It was big and fluffy. Unfortunately that did not last. Soon the cake was in about seven pieces. I was so sad. I almost gave up. I was really excited to decorate it with Boo; I had even dyed the batter orange to be Halloweeny, but now I didn't see how it would work out. I figured we would end up making a new cake, so I went ahead a glued it together with frosting, the best I could, and decorated it how I had planned. It LOOKS great, but when someone cuts into that cake, their gonna be shocked. You can't tell from the picture, but it is all lumpy and misshaped. My roommates think it is perfectly acceptable. I feel bad and deceitful. But I am still incredibly impressed with how I managed to make it look together and over all good, but I'm positive that it is mostly made of frosting...

The moral of the story, I tend to do progressively worse at things that I try. Most people start out bad and do better with the next try, but I do my best to be perfect the first time and get lazy for the other attempts. With cakes and drawings, anyway.

The Challenge, Days 24 and 25

Thursday, Oct 20, Day 24:

I mostly read my book this day. I'm reading the Baseball Box Prophecy by Bruce Newbold. It's a pretty good book. There is a lot about baseball in it, so at first i wasn't sure if I would be able to get into it. I've learned a lot about baseball, I might start watching the sport. :D

I also baked 3 cakes. 2 for my 2 home teachers who helped me this summer, and 1 for my friend who has been hounding me for a cake for a couple weeks. :D they turned out pretty good. Since those ones all have boys' names on them, I will take a picture of the one I make today that is for the cake walk in the ward Fall Fest tomorrow.

A couple weeks ago, a friend of mine was giving away a bunch of her clothes. I found this lovely shirt during that process. I like the pattern on it, it's like little oval paint drops and they're all soft tones so they blend well.

I really need to get me a bigger round brush.

Friday, Oct 21, Day 25:

Today I wanted to wear another scarf. So I picked out one of my favorite ones, it has purple green and blue in it as well as some silver. I don't like having things close to my neck, so I don't usually wear scarves. Today i really wanted to wear this one, but I didn't want to just leave it hanging down, and I didn't want to tie it up, so I made into a loose necklace thing. That wasn't working too too well, so I just tied the ends and doubled it up (see last picture).

I started getting ready for Halloween. I practiced doing my hair, and I'm going shopping tonight and tomorrow for the necessary accessories. :D Stay tuned to see what I am for Halloween.

The Challenge, Day 23

I'm sporting a matching scarf and flower. I made both. :D

I decided to branch out a little more and try the red with my blue and gray. oooo.

I also decided to wear a scarf. I don't have a ton of jewelry, but I wanted to wear something on my neck. This is what I tried.

My camera must be getting bored of me, because it has been getting increasingly harder to get nice pictures out of it. I think the battery needs to be charged, but it doesn't say so yet.