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We were in the business of breaking records today…

Number of alarms slept through: 11
Calories consumed: 4,200
Money spent on craft material: $205.87
Odes created: 5
Number of yard sales visited: 1 ½
Refills on black tea: 9 (seriously)
Pictures taken: 121
Number of people annoyed by pictures taken: 7
Exceptional hats found: 2
Consecutive hours at Barnes and Noble: 6 ½
Number of items obtained for free: 10
Minutes apart from each other: n/a

Who in the World Wednesdays.

Who: Jeffrey Douglas Johnson aka Jeff, aka Lil J

What: Life coach, Mentor, Spiritual Advisor, Sugar Daddy, Recent graduate, Personal stylist, and boo.

Where: From the blistering winters of Bend, Oregon to the sultry summers of South Africa, this man gets around.

When: July 9, 1985: Welcome Lil J.
April 5, 1997: Attempted to breastfeed his kitten Oliver.
March 31, 2009: Sawubona, Kari.
August 24, 2009: "Hi, Jeff I know who you are, but I don't think we've ever officially met. We never hung out when you were in Africa. I'm Amanda..."
October 15, 2009: Snip, snip, snip. = Goodbye Goldilocks, hello Papa Bear.
January 11, 2010: Departs to foreign country, leaving behind a grief-stricken girlfriend and his mildly obsessive friend...BEST friend.

Why: Because he...
-shows up unannounced to take us on adventures
-finds quality one-of-a-kind youtube videos (Salad Fingers) that inspire our own
-never questions when clothing of his becomes a permanent residence within our closet.
-The closest thing to Barth himself. Contemporary Christian Thought....A+
-his car has seat warmers.
-Ghostbuster. but really, he is.
-he reads our blog.
-he consciously consumes.
-he calls us every morning from Africa...well one of us....but it's always a treat when the speaker phone is on and he is unaware.
-It is written that only God knows the number of hairs upon our heads, we wonder if this also applies to the plethora of couches Jeff has in his house
-tolerates (but doesn't support) our 5 months of Christmas tradition.

Weird & Wacky:
-clips his fingernails into a pointed tip.
-can't appropriately fit into a onesie.
-frequently confused with lead singer of Iron & Wine, Samuel Bean*
-IQ of 240 (that's incredible for those who don't know)



It's always fun to have your favorite people along when promoting Themba. Thanks for the memories.

*
Jeff's twinsie.

Fiddy Cent Fools...

College students need to live cheap,
Into our pockets we dig real deep.
Hoping to find a bit of money,
"Hey is that stuff fo free honey!?"
Disappointed when it's not,
Only asking for refills when we're looking hot.
In other words this stuff you see,
Was not bought full price, the T.P. was free.
Each day at Starbucks we know the drill,
It only takes fiddy cents to get our fill.

Welcome Home.

As we've mentioned before, our apartment has under gone some major changes in the past week. Watch out Ty Pennington, you and your crew have some extreme competition.














Unfortunately we do not have in our possession the before pictures...we weren't able to find either of our cameras underneath the three feet of crap sporadically placed throughout the apartment. Don't get us wrong, it's not like we actually put the stuff away...what once was the cozy office, is now storage. Again, out of laziness and some slight embarrassment we've refrained from posting documentation of this small natural disaster. But if you're curiosity gets the best of you, you know where we live.

P.S. Dear Facilities Management,
It's been over a week since we've contacted you and you've yet to remove this fire hazard. We have accumulated bruises all up our legs since we now only have five inches of maneuvering space to get to and from our bedroom. We'd really like to wear skirts and dresses again. Please know that if not removed soon we will personally deliver these items to you, or you'll find them listed on Craig's List.

Buttons.

Buttons; more than a crafters best friend.

1. Pussycat Dolls. When did they start caring about buttons?

2. Belly buttons. Do you sport an Innie or Outie?

3. Benjamin Button...he was a curious case wasn't he?

4. Don't push our buttons.

5. Gumdrop buttons

Why we believe crafting buttons are superior to any other button.

1. Photo shoot. It's said a picture is worth more than a thousand words. See below...

Don't Be a Fool, Dress Cool for School.

Functional.

According to dictionary.com, functional is defined as, "capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed."

You might be wondering, "What fun is there in that?" We asked ourselves the same question and came to quite possibly the most obvious conclusion...FUNctional! That's right. What's more fun than putting a sticker hook on a closet and calling it a day?



First day of school outfits tend to be stressful. You might have noticed yourself that some people don't believe in the power of first impressions. It's an unspoken rule, that if on this particular day you go to class in jeans and a t-shirt, you might as well have dressed up as the school mascot, at least that way you're guaranteed some fans. So you can imagine what kind of stress we were under as our wardrobe laid sprawled across our bedroom floor. By 1 am we began to contemplate what would be worse...receiving a chapel absence on the first day in order to find the perfect outfit, or picking an outfit that we know we would trade in for plaid and jeans in the morning.

We returned to the only area of our apartment we had successfully accomplished that day...the craft corner. Rummaging through drawers an exclamation could be heard throughout the room, "Idea...Plastic hooks!" It's amazing what a sticker with a plastic hook can do to get the creative juices flowing. Wah-lah! An outfit in less than a minute. And still 10 chapel absences to use. Thank you Jorn Schumann, your re-detachable, self-adhesive hook was an answer to prayer and the definition of functional.

So to conclude, our first day of school outfits were not only FUNctional, but also functionally displayed. Once again thanks to our boy Schumann.

Number of days functional hook attached: 8
Number of days functional hook used: 1

One Fetus Short.

One fetus short. Two remain. While some may celebrate room in the womb, these fe-ti were at a loss with what to do. Attempting to fill the void, our home became a construction zone aka "let's move around all our furniture, only to confirm it does only work one way." Unfortunately, this resulted in late nights, and not so brilliant ideas. Such as, hanging shoes from the ceiling, ridding ourself of the large entertainment system, moving a four foot wide desk through a one and a half foot space. THUD...thud...thud. DESK...body...body. DESK=looking the same. Bodies=bruised, beaten, and collapsed from exhaustion. Bodies then proceeded to knock on neighboring male doors in hopes to find a man of brute strength who could slay the dragon. Special thanks to Josh Olson. Needless to say, the wall is now two-toned...should've written that on our Goldenrod.

Due to the loss of our yummy carrot-top, the remaining fee-ti, have decided to further explore, expand, and better the world of cyber space* (Please refer to link below). This new endeavor has led us to a new avenue of personal expression. This is not a plea for attention, but the youtube gig was (but don't worry, to those loyal viewers of the The Womb 225B, production is still in full swing).

Best wishes in this second trimester ,
Kari and Amanda

*http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWomb225B


"Our recently birthed infant."


"Remaining Fee-ti"