You are probably sitting on the edge of your seat, wondering what's going to happen in this world now that Facebook has gone public!! (Yeah, yeah, humor me). Well, you can kiss Myspace goodbye, (does anybody really ever use Myspace anymore)? and you can also kiss iGoogle goodbye as well. However, Apple is always going to be alive and well, and Facebook is gonna skyrocket too. The economy boost that we have all needed so much has finally happened, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg.
And you've probably also been wondering "What is Rebecca doing to keep herself busy these days, waiting for camp to start?" Well my goodness, Stephen, I didn't know you CARED so much! I'll be happy to tell ya! (Yes, sometimes a one-sided conversation can be fun). Wait a minute, what did you say?! You wanna do WHAT to my WHERE?! Goodness, Stephen, calm yourself down. Let's get back on track, you silly perverted human. God I love ya to pieces, I really do.
Well, to answer your most burning question, YES!! YES YOU CAN DO THAT TO MY WHERE!! No, no, wait a minute, okay, back to the OTHER burning question....what have I been doing....
Well, I've been making baby stuff for my best friend's daughter's baby shower. See, because there really IS life after camp *(vanilla and boring though it may be), and so I'm planning on doing lots of cute stuff even though the actual shower isn't until August, and I won't be there. We are going to have a little shower of our own when I do go up to Michigan in June though, so that is still going to be a nice time.
I showed you the centerpiece that I made, the umbrella thing, with danglies all around. Well, now I've branched out into the following items....diaper cakes....yeah, here's another one....it's easy, really. You just roll up each newborn diaper, put a rubber band around it, then wrap a larger rubber band around a group of them to hold them steady, (the ones in the center have little cars on them, the ones on the outside have a green and blue argyle design), and the rubber bands I bought for the outside diapers have tiny blue pacifiers on each one. I cut out 2 foam core bases, *like you would for a wedding cake*, then I glued some baby blue tulle and some lime green tulle around the edges of each base. I put a small amount of glue in the center of each base to keep the diapers from falling off, BUT, not enough to make the diapers unusable. (Those little suckers are expensive). then I just made some little bows out of baby feet ribbon, and put a large blue bow on top. Tah Dah. They sell these damned things for $45 or more on Etsy.com, but really the diapers cost $17 for 72, and I made 2 of these for under $25 each.
I also made another diaper cake with zoo animals....
I love love love giraffe's....don't know why, really, but they are just so darn CUTE. So, I had this stuffed giraffe that I bought for the baby already, then I found other zoo animals along the way, to add to the collection. So I figured, since I had extra diapers leftover, why not make another diaper cake, and add these zoo animals to it?! (By the way, my best friend told me AFTER I showed this to her that she's decorating her nursery room for the baby with ZOO ANIMALS, which is very cool). We think alike, I guess. (NOTE: If I ever had a baby, or a nursery of my own to decorate...which will never happen...I would use the artwork of John Lennon. He drew some awesome stuff and I have a book of his drawings that would be perfect for a baby's room). But hey, that's just me; you can stuff the whole "Winnie the Pooh" and "Bambi" crap, no Disney stuff for MY kid, thankyouverymuch.
Anyway, here's the other sides of the same zoo animal diaper cake...
That's the giraffe's butt on the left, then an elephant on top, *(you can see the edge of some of the diapers with little cars on them), and a wooden lion on the bottom.
You just HAVE to put a wooden elephant on there, and a little stuffed animal lion on top....
But you also GOT to have a MONKEY! And a tiger too! And of course, a wooden giraffe on the back. A rubber band around the animals, a little basket filler crinkle around the base, some ribbon and a yellow bow, and TAH DAH! I found that, even though I've never really done much baby stuff before, I enjoy making it a lot.
Now I wanna make one of these....(Someone else posted this photo on the camp web site, I love it)!!
Ah well....I told Pete last night that I'm already feeling a little bit bummed about camp being "almost over" (even though it's a week away from starting). I've been living it in my head for the past month! So I've made our parade float stuff, I've sewn a corset back on my tea party dress, I've done all sorts of projects related to camp, I've even PACKED....and now, in 2 weeks, it'll all be over with! SAD!! Nevermind that I haven't actually BEEN there yet, I am already sad that it will have to end!! Weird, I know. But, that's how my crazy brain works sometimes. Sometimes the ANTICIPATION of something fun makes the actual thing seem more awesome---until it's over...then it's a bummer.
Well, sooooo let's do a checklist for camp, shall we?? (And stop grabbing my butt, ya perverted slob). Yeah, I like to imagine that you're here in the same room with me sometimes, so sue me. By the way, I actually enjoy being around perverted slobs, so grab my butt if you must!! *WINK*
AIR MATTRESS --- check (inflated them both, let them sit overnight, seems they both have no leaks).
BEDDING --- gotta gather that together yet.
2 PLASTIC 3-DRAWER DRESSERS --- check (packed with clothes. Easier than dealing with a suitcase, and they make a great side table by the bed too).
CARDBOARD SHOE HOLDER --- because I never know what mood I'm in, I need at least 9 pair! Camp is, after all, 9 days and 8 nights. Nine pairs of shoes is actually pretty conservative for me!!
TOILETRIES --- Gotta pack those yet, but I have a nifty folding bag with pockets to put stuff in, that hangs on a hook near the showers for easy access.
STUFF --- Like, corsets, tutu's, stockings, garters, lingerie, sexy bra's, panties, etc. to wear to the dungeon and to various events during camp. (Pete wears naughty t-shirts all the time, they are funny).
SARONG'S ---probably the most worn item in everyone's wardrobe! Naked underneath, but tastefully covered during meals at the mess hall. Can't live without them!
COOLER -- yes, we'll have bottles of water, Atkins shakes, and apples...our own snacks...but mostly we will have dry-ice packs surrounding the popsicles and ice cream that we're giving out during the parade, so we've had to prepare for that.
BALLOONS -- Yes, I need to go get those blown up at the local party store, to bring along for the parade float. I have 2 ice cream cone-shaped balloons, and 2 popsicle shaped balloons. No point in buying a helium tank for 4 lousy balloons, why pay $20 or more when you only have 4 and they charge 69 cents each to blow them up FOR you?! Seems silly to me.
PETE'S WOLF SIGN -- He got this free cardboard stand-up thing that had a Halloween theme, of a werewolf eating a Tombstone pizza on it...but of course, with my creative prowess, the pizza he was munching turned into a sheep, getting munched orally....yelling BAAAAA....hehehehehe....we love that kinda kitschy stuff. On the top of the stand I made a sign that says, "Tastes like CHICKEN!" and then another that says, "Ewe Betcha!" and Then on the bottom, a sign that says, "Bring your own KY mint jelly!" I think the campers will get a kick out of that. We are all a bunch of messed up perverts!!
BOOKS -- Yeah, I know, sitting and reading a BOOK while at CAMP? Am I CRAZY?! Well, sometimes, I like to lounge at the pool and read for awhile. So I took a trip to Barnes and Noble, and bought the FIFTY SHADES OF GREY trilogy. Should be an interesting time...hehehehe....woooo! I've always been a voracious reader, though, and now that I'm free to read more, I want to read more.
STICK PONIES --- YESSSS, we have managed to find and purchase 10 stick ponies, to bring along, to "rent" to the Littles for auction money...they can ride them around camp, (they actually whinny), and have fun with them, while we make a buttload of auction money to bid on sexy stuff later on! It's a WIN-WIN!! We love the Littles, so we had fun with this surprise....can't wait to see how they react! They might even use them in the pony show or something, so hopefully they'll get used well!
DECORATIONS --- Yes, I have amassed all sorts of decorations to bring along, flowers, tulle, pillowcases, ribbon, glue guns, tape, markers, etc.....after all, we are on the decorating committee!
BUG SPRAY -- Yep, got it covered. First aid kit too. (Though they do have a First Aid station with certified health care people on duty 24/7 with radios who help wherever needed).
MEDICATIONS -- Check. Got them all set and ready to go.
Anyway, I think that's about it. But as you can see, our minivan will be packed FULL. Not to mention the screen room divider that we have to bring, and the "Ham's Hedonistic Heaven" sign that I'm making, for the side of our cabin...the head of our cabin is a staff member whose nickname is Ham. I drew a picture of a ham, sitting on a cloud, with flames underneath it, and the ham has wings, devil horns, a tail, holding a pitchfork, and a halo on top. Kinda cute, eh?? I'm too creative for my own good sometimes, lemme tell ya.
Well, I am going to get busy doing some more camp-related stuff, but OH, last night, Pete got distracted by something and forgot that he had left the WATER ON in the kitchen---(a camp-related goof, he was trying to inflate the dry ice packs in water for the ice cream we're bringing to the parade, but he had to use the bathroom, so he went upstairs. But then, when he was done, instead of going downstairs to turn the water off, he forgot all about it and started doing something else).....so then I walk in from another room, and find several inches of FLOOD everywhere, on the counters, all over the floor---and then I hear my mom yell from downstairs, "SOMETHING IS LEAKING!" And her entire basement apartment had water flooding in, to her living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom. It was a friggin' MESS. We all grabbed every towel we could find, and Pete got the wet-dry vac, and had to soak it all up. I just hope it doesn't turn moldy down in the basement or anything. What a boneheaded man. But, there's no use in yelling at him about it, he felt awful as it was, so we'll just chalk it up to CAMP and let it go.
Camp really does take over your brain, Stephen. It truly does. It is an addiction like no other. A strange medicine, perhaps, but the BEST medicine EVER. I wish I could share some with you. I'd love to convert that vanilla conservative butt of yours into a hedonistic hellion...that would be a HOOT!
Bye for now. T-MINUS SEVEN DAYS AND COUNTING!!! Campity camp camp!! WOO HOO!!
Love, Rebecca
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