Finishing up the Challenge and the Year

Day 29:

I had to wait until I had a photographer to get the full effect of this picture. Here is my newest blanket scarf.

Ha! It's actually an afghan that my Grady gave me for Christmas. I really like it. The colors are gorgeous and it keeps me warm and cozy in my chair.

Day 30:

I thought about combining these posts since I just posted a photo of myself, but then I realized there's another aspect of my life I wanted to share. I brought all my friends books back from my mom's house which meant I had to buy a bookshelf. After perusing all of the discount stores in Richmond, I settled for a Walmart shelf because it would fit into my car and my budget. So here I am contemplatively looking at my books. Fair warning, I have more books in my apartment than this. I was an English major.

Day 31:

How is it already the last day of the year?! And this challenge is almost finished. We all did pretty well. I'm proud that we all made it through the challenge (I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that you will all finish). The challenge actually says to reflect on 2013, so I did. It was fun to look back at what was only two years ago.

In 2013, Martha S. got married to Marvel's Dad (well it was before Marvel, the dog was in the picture, but it's a good psuedonym for her husband). Unfortunately Captain couldn't be at this event because she had just gotten a new job. I'm sure the picture would have been more fun with her help as well. Wasn't it cool that I happened to wear Martha's other wedding color to go well with the two bridesmaids (Miss Ellaneous and Farmer's Daughter). It was such a nice wedding. Of course I only had one real-life wedding and movie weddings to compare it to.

I also spent the summer of 2013 in England. This photo is from a trip to Dublin that some of took one weekend. It was jam-packed and included a crazy chance meeting with one of the travel buddies old elementary school friend who had moved to Ireland. In this picture we had just decided to use our bus passes to ride until we felt like getting off. We ended up in a park.

Now for a picture of 2015 to really reflect.

In January, I was housesitting and there was a kitty. In February, I hosted an Un-birthday party which turned into a sleepover. In March, I walked to Sonic. In April, I moved to Union City. In May, I met a sloth. In June, I moved into my own apartment. In July, I learned to be a super VISTA. In August, I and some other lovely ladies welcomed the freshmen. In September, we went to First Friday and had Ale8. In October, I hiked the Pinnacle on Mountain Day with my co-workers and Gunner. In November, the freshmen bonners gave me cookies and nice words. In December, I saw a friend graduate; it seems that all of my friends are slowly graduating college.

Well that's all for this year. Until next year.

Cheers!

Day 29: Scarf

If anyone knows me well, they probably know I have a large collection of scarves. In fact, I ordered another blanket scarf recently and just got it in the mail today. I was pretty excited but it wasn't quite cool enough outside to wear it today. But I did wear this light brown scarf today and took a selfie..

                                                                                                                           -The Farmer's Daughter

Scarf Organizer & half baked

I have been debating on what to write about on the blog this week and I decided to go ahead and write about various topics including a DIY and icecream. 

Ben & Jerry's half-baked. This ice cream is awesome, it has lots of large, yummy pieces of cookie dough and brownie batter and it combines chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Another plus, many ice cream brands include high-fructose corn syrup in their ice cream, but B & J's does not. Ben & Jerry's is also committed to non-GMO and free-trade. I'm just sayin', you should try it! 

Secondly, my latest organizational and craft project. I LOVE scarves. I've recently bought a couple of scarves and as my collection grows, I continue to want a new organizational method for storing them. I found this idea on pinterest and I thought it was worth sharing on here too. 

Supplies I used: 

• hanger
• shower curtain rings
• electrical tape (other tape, ribbon or yarn could work too)
• ribbon

All I did was attach the shower curtain rings to the hanger using the electrical tape. Then, since I used a plastic hanger that could potentially bend from the weight of the scarves (wooden would be sturdier), I reinforced the hanger with ribbon. The ribbon also made it look cuter. I considered wrapping the whole piece in ribbon or yarn to make it more attractive but I thought the scarves would cover up most of it, so it wouldn't really matter. Here's the finished product: 

And now it's hanging in my closet...It feels good to be organized!

Go make one of these and then enjoy some Ben & Jerry's as a reward! :) 

-The Farmer's Daughter