cait.

crunk_caitlin @ 2009-12-22T03:39:00

2009-12-22T09:39:10Z

God bless SLR cameras.
I don't know what I'm going to do without my dad's Rebel T1i.

Finally making some progress!

2009-12-22T03:58:33Z

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37231454

Let me know what you think. Price, design, construction, ect. I value input!

new

2009-12-21T22:34:48Z

HOOK EM HORNS

2009-12-18T21:35:30Z

I just got accepted to the University of Texas at Austin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe that statement warrants that many exclamation points!!

The admissions guy told me I probably wouldn't know until mid-Jan, a couple days before classes start, but I overnighted them my transcript ASAP (even considered just driving up to Austin, cause the post office line was moving so slow) and apparently got them in just in time! Yesterday it said that they were reviewing my application, and today it said I was accepted!!!
WOOOOHOOOO.
I feel like I've come a long way, and exceeded what anyone has ever expected of me, and it feels great. I knew I was better than what most people thought of me, and HAH. Suck on that one.

Merry Christmas to me! And to top it off, I've been getting Christmas letters from friend and family the past two days, and it feels nice to know that they've thought of me. I need to get on top of mailing my stuff out now!

D-:

2009-12-16T00:32:26Z

I have way too much free time. It was nice the first day or two, but now I don't know what to do with myself.
Any suggestions? I'm going to keep on sewing. Probably read more. Cook more. Clean more. I want to work on a quilt, but I'm too cheap to spend all the money on the fabric I want. Maybe I can convince my dad... I think I only need a couple more yards and I'll be good, since my mom is awesome and got me some cute fabric for Christmas.

crunk_caitlin @ 2009-12-15T02:35:00

2009-12-15T08:35:45Z

awe, bye bye pink potholders. Some woman in Florida bought them today!
Never fear, though. I still have plenty of that fabric left.

crunk_caitlin @ 2009-12-14T15:33:00

2009-12-14T21:33:43Z

Ugh I spent all morning trying to get someone from UT admissions on the phone about my transcript, and I JUST finally did now. I asked how long an admission decision would take, since I'm still waiting for my one stupid professor to put in my final grade and can't mail it out yet, and he said "definitely not until January", "probably a couple days before classes start, if you're lucky".
I AM SO UPSET.
I also got accepted to TAMU, so like... I kind of NEED to know what the hell is going on with UT. I also need to find an apartment in Austin, and I can't do that "a couple days" before my classes start!

business cards

2009-12-14T07:09:52Z

so I went ghetto and screen capped business card previews to print out, since I don't have the programs to make my own.

I think I like the top right corner the one the best.
I'll probably end up printing out a couple colors to change it up.

crunk_caitlin @ 2009-12-13T23:05:00

2009-12-14T05:06:01Z

So, for about three hours I felt stupid for starting to really like Jimmy and get hopeful.
And then I made some mac and cheese and coffee cake and forgot all about him.

I've made so many I've run out of insulated batting!! I have an order for 10, plus the other 10 or so I want to put on my etsy shop, PLUS x-mas presents. So basically I have a buttload of potholders to make. For some reason the stunna shades potholders have come out feeling thin.. I'm going to list this set on etsy for $7, but the next ones with that fabric I do will be $9, so if you want 'em better get em while they're cheap. They have the same amount of batting as the others do, but it just doesn't feel quite as thick and I don't know why.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

2009-12-14T00:39:23Z

What is it with me and men? Why does this keep happening?
Jimmy cancelled Friday night's plans, didn't call me Saturday, said I'd see him today and I STILL haven't heard anything from him. I texted him at work (since I work closer to him than I live) and never got a reply, just called him, and it rang two times and went to voicemail so it seems like he ignored my call.
WHAT
THE
FUCK

I seriously don't even understand.

etsy

2009-12-13T02:29:53Z

www.kittensneezes.etsy.com

It feels like as soon as I upload something, it gets sold! Which isn't a bad thing, I'm just having trouble keeping my store stocked. Tonight I'm finishing up a couple more batches of potholdes. I have a stunna shades set with fabric I just bought today, one with knitting needles and yarn, japanese cat fabric, and also a set of 4 Christmas potholders will be completed tonight. All I have to take pictures with now is my dinky little camera since my dad took his nice one on vacation :-( I'll TRY to get some good pictures of them, though.

more sewing

2009-12-12T06:23:26Z

Potholders are so much better with someone with such a short attention span, such as myself.

I'm listing them on etsy for $6.00 with $1.50 shipping. I think that's pretty reasonable, considering the fabric is $9 a yard, bias is ~$2, and they're made with a layer of quilt batting AND a layer of insulated fiber batting, which costs about 6 bucks a yard. Not to mention all the extra time I'm taking to quilt them nicely to go along with the fabric design, plus the OBSENE amount of time it takes me to make the tags. And all of my stuff gets delivered nicely packaged (sparkly cupcake and polka dot tissue paper, with ribbons, very nice!).
I used single fold bias tape for the edging, and I'm liking the results a lot better. Takes a little bit more time, but looks A LOT cleaner. I'm really proud of how this one turned out :)
I have a couple more half finished (just need edging), including one with KITTEN PICNIC FABRIC. I kept on holding out until the fabric went on sale, but I figured that wasn't going to happen anytime soon so I went ahead and bought it full price. I only got half a yard, though, and for some reason that always makes me feel better about buying more pricey fabric. Like I'm getting it half off cause I'm only getting half of it or something, haha, I dunno.

Oh yah, if you haven't figured it out, those Christmas party plans fell through. Awesome. I'm starting to think it's better to be single and alone, than diappointed and left alone.

HALP! Fashion police HAAAALP

2009-12-11T19:30:36Z

I'm going to a Christmas party with Jimmy tonight. It's supposed to be "semi-formal" and he's wearing a tie.
WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?!
I'm not sure if I should do like, a black cocktail dress and pearls and heels, or like, just a skirt and a cardigan and some (shorter) heels. I'm worried about wearing my fancy shoes because I don't want to trip and fall in them and look like an idiot, so I'm looking for something that I could wear with my shorter yellow peep toe shoes, or possibly my bright purple mary-jane type looking heels, which have a nice thick heel. I also have ankle boots! But I don't think that's appropriate.
Ideas?? anyone? After I drop off this package at the post office I think I'm going to run to Target to see if they have anything, or go to Joann's and just pick up stuff to make a skirt and throw it together.

WEEEE

2009-12-10T09:54:31Z

I got an A in Biology, now I just need to wait for my final chem grade. I just got home from Jimmy's. I probably should have just stayed at his place (he offered to sleep on the couch so I could sleep in his bed, awe) because I ended up calling him lost and sleepy yelling "BUT I JUST WANT TO GO HOME".

OH MY GOD I JUST CHECKED MY CHEMISTRY GRADE AND IT'S AN A.

Anyway, back to what I was saying. I'm looking forward to seeing him again on Saturday. He's been really sweet so far, so we'll see. I'm just confused and scared, especially because I'll be moving in a month and I'm not sure how that's going to affect whatever I have going on.

OH MY GOD DID I TELL YOU GUYS I GOT AN A IN CHEMISTRY.
I put myself through hell for that class. Probably like, the past month, I'd cry at least once or twice a week (or like the last week, when I cried pretty much every single day because of that class) because of chemistry. I tried so so so hard and I never got the grade that I wanted and it was just beyond frustrating. I just wanted to be able to understand it! Was all that stress worth it? Honestly, I don't know. But I do know that if I got a B in that class after putting myself through all that, I would go hunt my professor down and punch him in the nose and then probably crawl into my bed and lay in the fetal position for several days.

This is madness!

2009-12-09T17:17:32Z

NO! THIS. IS. BULLLLLSHIIIIIIIT.

So, I am .1 pts away from getting an A in chemistry. I'm so pissed off!! I have tried SO HARD in that STUPID STUPID class. I don't know how I got an 83 on the final, I should have made at least an 87, I think. I already emailed him requesting to see it and explaining that it is so heartbreaking to be within a fraction of a point to get an A. UGH. I hope I can get that slight bump, because I think I ended up getting a B in biology, which is all sorts of sad.

oh no!

2009-12-09T05:35:28Z

I think I ended up getting a B in biology! She doesn't have any of my grades listed anymore, and it just says "b" :-(
Hopefully I make an A in chemistry to make up for it, but who knows.

:-D

2009-12-08T18:56:22Z

I ended up with an 86 for my final trig grade. It's bittersweet. It ruins my perfect 4.0, BUT, I was really paranoid about somehow ending up with a C in that class, because towards the end it started to get a little hairy, because I was taking so many classes and I honestly don't really understand math all that well.

I have my chemistry final in an hour, but I honestly don't even care anyomre. I'm sooooo close, I just want to get in there and get it finished, I don't care! Worst I could do in that class would be a high B, but I'm still hoping for an A.

YES YES YES

2009-12-08T03:59:28Z

I got an 81 on the trig final! That brings my final grade for that class to a solid B. That was the only class I was legit worried about. I guess I'm slightly worried about biology and chemistry, just because I know I'm right on the cusp of an A, and it'd be really disappointing if I missed out on it.
SPEAKING OF CHEMISTRY.
I got 100 on the lab exam, THANK GOD. I also got 100s on the remaining lab reports he graded, so my lab grades are ridiculously high, which is good because it's 25% of my grade. I think I can end up getting only one B this semester! That would be super wicked awesome, consider I took 18 credit hours of all really hard classes and worked.

ahh

2009-12-07T16:14:54Z

Please think good thoughts for me as I take my trig final! I NEED to get above a D+ on it. Easier said than done, though...

giving myself a pat on the back.

2009-12-07T09:05:42Z

I just brought up my trig homework grade from like, a 68 (and that's giving myself some credit, it was probably a little lower) to 89. Now I just need to get better than like... 67 on the final, and I'll have a B. I think I can do that. I really want to have my confidence, but I thought I could squeak out a C on this last test, and I completely bombed it. I would have cried and felt terrible about it, but she replaces our lowest test grade with our homework, and I've spent so much time crying over chemistry that I didn't have anything left for trig.

Now I'm going to study some Chinese, and then come back to math to review before going to get some sleep and waking up to do it all over again. Tomorrow (well, later today, actually..) I have my Chinese and trig final, then my biology and chem final on tues, and lastly my US history final Wednesday afternoon. I can't wait for it to be all over. I'm going to be able to relax, go out, finish up my sewing, start new sewing, hang out with my cat, bake, SLEEP IN LATE. oh man. Two and a half more days.

It's snowing!

2009-12-04T21:06:31Z

In Houston!!
ACTUAL snow! People have little pile ups of snow on their car roofs. Everybody is freaking out about the snow. They ended up cancelling classes today because of it (LULZ), but that's excellent news for me, because I didn't have to do my history presentation! I wouldn't have minded doing it, but sometimes I get real nervous in front of people so it saved me from an awkward situation. I just handed in my paper (which was at a minimum supposed to be 3 pgs, but I ended up doing 5 full pgs, so I think I'm ok) and leaving! I stopped by the fabric store and spent way too much money on the rest of the things I need to make potholders and aprons and all sorts of fun stuff! I splurged and bought adorable cupcake fabric for full price ($9/yd! I normally won't spend more than $6/yd, and that's MAX) because I was feeling saucy today. I'm really excited to get started, but I'm going over to Jimmy for a whole two hours. We have had no time to see each other this past week, so I guess two hours is fine. Plus, I want to get back to sewing. I'm way too excited about this, but I bought SPARKLY purple fabric to go with the polar bear skiing fabric, so I think I have a right to be excited!
Pictures this weekend, PROMISE.

I post too much!

2009-12-04T05:09:17Z

I'm doing another craft swap on craftster. Last one I did I got to pick what items I wanted to make and for whom, this time I just picked a general swap and was assigned a partner. I'm doing "last minute Christmas" where I'll have a week to craft and get this stuff sent out. My partner is requesting gifts made for some guy (not sure the relation), and has requested "nothing girly".
OH NO!! I'm having such a hard time trying to make manly things! His interests are "zombies, scary movies, the show Dexter, big foot, kittens, and bikes.".
First off, let me just say that I am honored to be crafting for a man who likes kittens.
But honestly I'm a little bit at a loss! and I only have until next Thurs to send my package out. It's a small swap, I just need to craft 3 items. I've already started to work on a bicycle bookmark. It says "I want to ride my bicycle" on the front, and on the back I'm doing a little watercolor of a bike and "I want to ride my bike". I think it'll turn out OK. I'm going to get it laminated and junk so it looks nice. Other than that... ?? I'm thinking about making an embroidered big foot ornament, but I'm not confident it will actually come out looking presentable. I WANTED to make a zombie kitty, but that just wasn't working for me AT ALL.

!

2009-12-04T03:24:58Z

So, I'm still WICKED bummed about my chem test, but I got him to bump it up a couple points (because he obviously took away points that he should not have). Not satisfied with it, but I guess I'll have to live with it. Today he gave us a lab exam that only had TWO questions. That is ridiculous!!! We only get TWO lab exams, and it's not fair to give us tests like that were ONE question is worth 50pts. Last lab exam he only gave us like 4 questions, and it caused me to bomb it! I better get FULL credit for BOTH of the questions, or else he's not going to hear the end of it from me!
But on a better note;
I stopped by Joanns today and picked up wicked cute (and wicked cheap!) holiday fabric. And my dad brought me home an entire bag full of cookie dough. I think he bought all the different kind of cookie dough that the store sold. I'll have enough to last me through... the week! haha. But really, it made me so happy!
I also did my history interview with the guy who sits next to me in class. He heard me pleading with my professor for a note to bring to the nursing home (not sure if I updated about it, but I called nursing homes to interview someone, and one never called me back, and the other wanted a letter on an official letterhead from my professor saying why I need an interview, ridiculous!) and volunteered to do it for me. He was in the Marine Corps for 9 years, and was a platoon leader in Afghanistan and Iraq (3 tours). He gave me lots of pictures to use and has made himself available to me to call or email if I have any extra questions. I'm not sure he realizes how grateful I am! It's really taken a giant load of stress off my shoulders. Now I'm doing all the math homework I should have been doing throughout the semester (doh!) and hoping and praying that I have other the weekend to finish my homework, and that they don't all close at midnight tonight, cause if that's the case then I'm kinda screwed.
Soo... trig test tomorrow, and that history paper/presentation is due. After that I just need to get through finals and I'm FREEEEEEEEEE. For a month, at least, and then I'm back to being miserable.

EDIT: My trig homework isn't due til Dec 7th. YIPPEEEEEE!!! So great!

crunk_caitlin @ 2009-12-02T23:58:00

2009-12-03T05:58:19Z

If you want to help cheer me up, comment on this post with cat pictures.

crunk_caitlin @ 2009-12-02T23:28:00

2009-12-03T05:28:09Z

HOW DID I GET A 75 ON MY TAKE HOME CHEMISTRY EXAM???? HOW??!?!?
I swear I did everything (except the last problem, which I TOTALLY should have gotten at least half credit for because it was ridiculous) right. How did I get a 75??? I give up. I absolutely give up. I'm so heartbroken.