The Collected Works of Nicole Larson

Today I was thinking about all the things I had to write throughout my schooling. Then I thought about what it would look like if they made a library stocked solely with things I had created. To give you a brief glimpse into the library, I will supply you with a short list of titles:

"Loud Mouth Peter and the Big Coloring Contest" circa 1st grade (title blatantly copied from a Nancy Carlson book)

"The Life of Me" an autobiography circa 3rd grade

"Santa Hired Cows" a christmas story circa 5th grade

and more recently....

"How I know Hitler Drove a Volkswagon Beetle" circa 11th grade

and unofficially titled

"A day in My Life at the Prison Camp" circa 12th grade in which I discuss the pros of hard labor, poor living conditions, and little food.


I think I should strongly consider developing this library.

On a more normal note....my life at the moment: my computer died so I had to send it in to get repaired. I'm currently using my old computer which is slow, has a poorly functioning b button, and, and has randomly and inconsistently working volume (perhaps you recall the post about said computer from a few years ago). I should get the computer back in 7-10 business days. I'm not exactly sure what happened to it, but it stopped charging the battery and then started shutting off at random. Now it won't stay on for more than 20 minutes at a time. Stupid.

I also still never got a new camera either, so I don't have any new photos to add.

I finally got my motorcycle moved into storage this weekend. I friend is letting me keep it in her garage up here. I haven't been able to ride for nearly a month because it's been leaking gas. Now it refuses to start, so it appears I have to learn how to fix motorcycles over the winter. I had to load it on to a trailer and strap it down for the drive over to Erin's. It was interesting to say the least.

Work is still going ok, but in the past 2 weeks, 2 people have quit, so we're not doing the best on staffing. Anyone want to work at Mayo?

Other than that, it's been same old same old. Hopefully next time I write it will be on my repaired laptop...And who know, maybe I'll get that camera and add some pictures....

Bag Lady

I've been really bad about meeting my goal of two blog posts a month..... I should have posted this yesterday. Oh well.

I've been doing a bit of sewing lately. I started crocheting again so I wasn't doing much with my machine, but last weekend Andy babysat so I stayed home and had craft time. I made a few tote bag things that I've showed on here before. I got some Vikings fabric from my aunt Tracy with the intention of making Meg a tote (don't tell her, she only knows she's getting a "present"). I had extra fabric so I made another. Then while I was at it I made a strawberry shortcake one with other fabric I got from my aunt. I thought I might try to sell the extra Vikings and shortcake ones on ebay. Then I was telling a friend about the bags and she asked if I could make one for her niece, so I made a tinkerbell one too.

Then after all the bags I though I ought to make something that would let me sew but also crochet. My mom used to make baby blankets that she'd sew together and then crochet around the edges. I happened to have a baby print fabric (again thanks to Tracy) and the right type of floss/thread/yearn (i don't know what the type I used is technically called) to use on the edges so I started working on that. I don't have a picture of it yet because it's not done. I'll try to post one when I finish it. But this will be complicated by the fact that my camera decided to break.

Maybe three Christmases ago I got a digital camera from my grandma. I like it a lot, but was thinking lately about maybe upgrading. Then my camera died, and the decision to upgrade was made for me. When I try to turn it on, the lens will pop out but then it makes an awful grinding sound and the camera shuts back down without drawing the lens back in. I got the picture of the bags using my webcam, but I don't think it would be very convenient to continue using my laptop as my primary camera...I'm still undecided about which camera I would like to get though, so it may be awhile before I get anything.

On a different topic, Andy and I have taken the canoe out a few times in the past couple of weeks. I caught a pretty nice northern on one of our trips. I look silly in the picture because it was super windy, and it looks like i'm going for a fist bump because I'm holding the fishing line up so it wouldn't get tangled in the fish. Notice i'm not even wearing my normal fish glove to protect me from the disgusting slime and smell of fish. I'm such a big girl.

On a different trip my jig got snagged in a tree when I was casting a little too aggressively. When I jerked the line back to get it out, it shot off of the tree ( a good twenty feet away) and wizzed right back at me and smashed into my finger. The skin broke in a couple spots and it immediately started to swell. I put my hand in the water to attempt to keep the swelling down, but I still wound up with a pretty swollen and colorful finger. This was last saturday and my finger is still a little sore a week later.