Flooding!

On Saturday Brian and I were out of the house for the morning and when we got back we found the clothes washer hose for the cold water came disconnected and started flooding our kitchen! With some quick thinking I turned off the valve at the washer box and we started sweeping the water out the back door. It was mostly in the Kitchen which is tile so not that bad but some got into the living room carpet about 5' from the kitchen. Luckily it did not get to any electronics or really anything at all. We have been using all our towels to suck up the water from the carpet and having our 2 fans going nonstop since then but the carpet is still pretty soaked, we have to throw the towels in the dryer every time we use them to soak up the water so we can get some more out of the carpet. Our manager is coming to fix the hose on Monday and hopefully he can bring some more fans so it will dry before it starts to mildew. Well at least none of our stuff got wet. It was just crazy when we opened the door to find a few inches of water.

Disney World

I am just so excited to go to Disney World this summer, plus my classes are too easy so that adds to my boredom and impatience.

For those of you who don't know or forgot I am going to work in Quick Service Food and Beverage and Brian will be working in Attractions. We don't know exactly where we will be working until we get there but anyplace would still be fun. We reserved an apartment in Disney's college program housing that is a 1 bedroom for just the two of us. We get into the parks for free so that would be a fun activity to do.

We should be working at least 40 hours a week and it could be more like 50-60 during the holidays and there are a lot of holidays April-August. We are going to drive all of our stuff down to Florida in our Durango after finals so it will be nice to have a car even though we will try and take the bus most of the time because it is free and it would save gas.

We are just so excited to go and we don't have much to do for now because classes are so easy and BYU only lets us work 20 hours a week but I guess we just have to wait out the rest of the semester until we graduate in April. So yeah, I just wanted to post something.

Bodice Horizontal Dart Gathers

It might be a little hard to see because I am wearing a white cardigan and the sample is white. I learned this really cool technique for adding fullness to a bodice. This one involves adding gathers to one leg of a vertical waistline seam dart. I really like how it looks. This is a sample I had to make for my patternmaking class but I think when I get some free time and finish up some other projects first I want to make a blouse like the purple one I made but with these gathers on each side front and back.

Snowshoeing

We went snowshoeing again on MLK day to the same place near Vivian Park in Provo Canyon that we went a week before. We went with Anna & Zach, Adrian and her husband, and Nathan Bills and his date. It was pretty fun with everyone there. It started raining partway through but it was not much and for a few minutes it was hailing and windy so I got hit in the face with ice stuff. The snow was good though and hiking made it not feel so cold, Brian and I were pretty out of shape that we got sweaty but it was really fun. We got good use of our car with 6 people in it and driving in the snowy parking lot. It is so nice and works really well.

Snowshoeing

Brian and I went Snowshoeing today at a trail up past Vivian Park in Provo Canyon. It was really great, the snow was pretty deep and not too compacted but enough to make it easy to walk. The trail was uphill with switchbacks. We only went for about and hour and a half but it was really fun. We plan on going next weekend with some more people.

Here is a map of the trail we went on. It is at the parking lot at the end of the road. It was about 1.5 miles round trip.

Thinking about Moving

Brian and I have been thinking about how we are going to move all of our stuff in April to California. So we have been trying to sel a bunch of stuff that we never use and don't want to haul with us. Some things we have been selling are a lot of books, my bow and arrow set, and a bag full of belt buckles. We want to not rent a u-haul and fit everything in our big car and the boat, hopefully the couch will fit in the boat. At least we have a while to get everything sold so we don't get desperate and sell for less.

Sewing Projects

I am making a white dress shirt for Brian in my sewing class. I am excited to see him wear it when it is done.

I am also making a pair of snow pants for myself, I need to get around to altering the pattern.

I am also making swimsuits for Shannon and Emma, I just ordered the fabric and need to find some more time to work on those when I get a chance.