My Little Pony Sick Day

So today I was feeling really awful and basically stayed in bed all day (until 5 when it was time for Wonka) watching My Little Pony. Lets just say that season 5 is amazing ;)
(I got some serious My Little Pony feels.)


I just had to screen shot this. Most amazing pic ever!


-Anna Lynn

Books are Cruel!

I have been in morning all day. I finished the third (and last published) Lockwood and Co. book last night and now I don't know what to do. Fan art is not enough to last me until september! Reading is cruel torture.



Comment the book/tv/game/anything that has given you the biggest hangover...


Oh oh EXTRA for the people out there who actually know Lockwood and Co.
I'd heard this song before but hadn't really paid attention to it. But I listened to it right after finishing and it fits so well with the book characters. I love it! Stand By You

-Anna Lynn

Willy Wonka Tech Week

Today was our first tech rehearsal of Willy Wonka. It was insanity. I don't know how i'm going to do it every weekday for the rest of this week, and then preform every weekday next week! So in honor of tech week this post is going to be about the most important thing at a time like this... How to keep your sanity.

Step one: always have water with you. 

If you get dehydrated you are going to pass out or murder someone. So to stop you from doing either just drink up!

Step two: don't forget to breath. 


This is a good tip for everyone at any time of life. Because if you stop breathing... you're dead.

Step three: Its ok to maniacally laugh.



Better out then in. If you feel the urge to cry or scream or laugh. Go with laugh, it gives the best impression.


I hope these tips help you. I personally have used them many times and believe me lives have been spared, I mean blessed, because of them.

-Anna Lynn

Library mess up!

Sometimes you have to make decisions based on the higher propriety. Like last night I had two options post on my blog or finish a book (The book won). But tonight its the blogs turn.

So like I said I finished my book last night and immediately needed the next one. Thankfully the library had one copy left! So this morning very first thing my sister (she finished her book as well) and I were off to the library. We were the first ones in when it opened. We got there at exactly 9:59. (And I'm pretty sure the librarians thought we were crazy.)

We swiftly located our books and were ready to check out. I swiped my card and the lady at the checkout desk tells me that I have an over due books with a late fee of 15 dollars! She won't let us check out the books until we bring it back. So we walk home without the books and grab the over due book. 

All this time we were under time pressure because we were going to the Provo City Center Temple open house at 11. So we change and our grandpa (who is visiting from California) generously drives us back up to the library. I give her the over due book and then she asks for my library card. I FORGOT MY WALET AT HOME!! 

Soooo we go back home and get my wallet and drive back to the library (its 10:57 by the time we get there again). We finally get our books for the ride down to provo. Well at least I had my book... We went in separate cars and I took my sisters book with me as well. HEHE. 

It was a pretty mixed up morning! But the rest of the day was great. We waited in line for what seemed like hours (it was really just an hour) to get into the temple, but it was worth it.  So beautiful! 

-Anna Lynn

Need Sleep!

Ok is it bad that I have these symptoms even with sleep?

Watch this...
Your Body on No Sleep Video

-Anna Lynn

blaming my laziness on holidays

Don't you hate when you really need a book but its a holiday so the library is closed so you just have to spend the rest of the day doing nothing? Curse you random holiday! Here is something funny I found while being lazy.

Look at the second from last...

WOWWW JUST WOWWW...

Thats all for tonight folks my brain isn't working right today.

-Anna Lynn

1930's Hollywood Glamor

Sorry I didn't post yesterday, it was along day. I worked until 3 came home and was sewing from 4 until 2 am :P Then I got up at 7:30 and finished the project. I was soooo tired today but may I just say I think it was worth it...


This is my 1930's Hollywood Glamor dress :)
Each month I've been studying the fashion through the decades, and made a dress from each (I'll show the others in a later post.)

  - This is what I based the rap off of.

The original dress pattern doesn't have this over rap but I really wanted this style because I makes it feel more time period so at 2 am I was designing this without a pattern. Let me just say it is very important to remember we have shoulders :P

   

 
These details in the back and front are crazy! so much gathering and layering and stitching!!! and the one on the front is making me feel so OCD because the two sides aren't perfectly equal.


And what good is a 1930's outfit without a fur lined coat?
We bought this coat from DI then I hand stitched on the fur around the collar and the cuffs.

This is just another reason why my mom is so great! If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have been able to do any of this! Thank you mother for being so wonderful :)

-Anna Lynn

Winter After Christmas

There are too stages of winter; 1. Holly Jolly Christmas and 2. Bitter Cold Dark Wasteland of Death. At the beginning of winter I always think 'I love winter! its so magical and everything looks like its covered in powdered sugar!' but after christmas my thoughts are more like this; "WHY do we have to get out of bed before the noon? The other mammals get to hibernate why don't we?!?"

So many of the fun winter activities we only do before Christmas, why? I don't believe all of the winter fun has to be completed before christmas, so here are some fun winter activities that everyone should do to keep up the seasonal cheer!


1. Make paper snowflakes

This may shock you but there is still snow after christmas... so why not make paper snowflakes? Its fun! Make some of all different sizes, with different colored paper, hang them on your wall to bring the beauty of winter into your home.


2. Go Sledding

Grab some friends and go sledding. Its a great way to make the most out of a snowy day.


3. Drink cocoa and curl up with a good book.

This is the perfect activity for a rainy day like today. Sometimes we just need to take the time to escape from our frozen world, and books are the perfect way to achieve that.

4. Go Ice Skating!

Ice Skating is one of my favorite winter activities. If you've never gone before find a rink close to you and give it a try. Its a great way to embrace the cold, but still have fun.

5. Take Pictures

No matter how hard you may try and deny it, winter is actually truly beautiful. So after, or during, a snow storm get out your camera, put on a big coat and go photograph it.


6. Nap

I still completely support winter hibernation, but since the rest of the world insists upon doing stuff all I can suggest is napping. My favorite winter activity of them all ;)



Tender Mercies:
1. We found great deals at DI for willy Wonka.
2. We were able to get the things needed for the dress I have to make before tuesday.
3. We were safe driving home from salt lake in the rain.

-Anna Lynn

Healthy Deserts

Tonight at mutual we were watching the Face2Face and we had a lovely table spread with cookies and brownies and doughnuts... the only thing I could eat was a bag of chips. Its only 3 weeks into the year and I'm already dying from this no sugar goal :(

BUT I have something to look forward to. Pinterest has some pretty great looking sugar free treats I'm going to try, and you should try also.

Here are some of my favorites:


Strawberry Frozen Yogurt



(Oh and dark, really dark, chocolate doesn't count. That is the one exception)
Dark Chocolate Coconut Bites




Dark Chocolate Sea-Salt Almonds



Strawberry Yogurt Bark




Tender Mercies:
1. This morning was my first day with my last (Ever) seminary teacher. I was really hoping for a good one, and I got one. He's pretty great already.
2. Right after seminary on my way home I realized I lost my phone, but thankfully it was waiting safely tucked away in my new seminary teachers desk.
3. We bought a dark chocolate bar. Yes that is a mercy because with all the other treats I was surrounded with today I bet I would have broken my goal if I hadn't had that little sweetness instead.

-Anna Lynn

The Donkey and The Well

Its been a long and unproductive day for me (not feeling good).  If your day was as bad as mine well here is a story to make you feel better. 

Now listen to this song that goes right along with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

-Anna Lynn