#2026me

Omg once I got all the piecing done, this came together so fast!!! There's plenty of imperfect corners, but I am so stoked about it!

Now I need to choose a backing and binding, get some batting, and make it a quilt!!

03.28.26

Real selfie photo dump lol. I spent part of the day putzing around town, seeing what they had to offer in the black formal dress category. I wasn't expecting much, because even though it's a college town, it's a RURAL college town, and the dominant style here is very homesteader chic, to say it as nicely as possible. Nothing available really spoke to me at all, it all seemed so... boring? Unoriginal? The corset top style is very in right now, which is cool, but Idk, I feel like my shoulders are too broad or whatever for spaghetti straps, plus I'm not fond of the idea of showing off my farmers tan (burn let be real lol) or my gross veiny work arms. I have self image issues lol.

I was frustrated at the end and sent my older sister the selfie in street clothes and said I'm going to show up in tired old punk lady chic lol.

I really hate ordering clothes online, I don't like the try on and return and try again process, or the misleading advertising, etc. But I figured if I was going to have to rely on online shopping, I should just focus on something I actually like and would wear again etc. and since living in south Texas, I've been trying to find a way to blend the local culture, which I am inherently a part of now, and my own personality, and it's been coming out very southern gothic punk esque.

I found the brand Boozelele on TikTok for their cute modern western-dickies-style embroidered dresses, and was perusing their website for funsies, when I saw this gorgeous full coverage lace dress. I asked my older sister and husband if they thought it would be worth a try and if it was 'formal' enough for the dress code, and they both said yes, so I bought it!

I also bought an adorable bee cameo locket (!!!) and a sick ass belt, the black version, with an attached pocket knife?! Who wouldn't want to go to a wedding armed? Lol. I plan to pair it all with my decades old black Laredo cowboy boots, and now I need to figure out how to style my hair. I want a clip, or a small, 50s style veil maybe? I am going to cut and bleach my hair again before the wedding, so I won't have enough hair for a dramatic do, but I also want the fit to look purposeful, ya know?

Anyway, I feel like a crazy person obsessing over all this lol, but my attendance is supposed to be a surprise for most of my family, especially my little sister, the bride. I haven't been home, even to visit, in years now 💔 I feel like I have a new self to share with my loved ones, you know? I gotta represent myself right. Without being a bad, dramatic, selfish wedding guest lol.

04.25.26

That's my selfie for the day, as a quilt top lol. Got distracted and never took a separate selfie of the day again, oops 😬

03.21.26

What a day! Pretty much just farted around the house slowly doing chores while waiting for an event this evening. We have friends that run the local PSL chapter, and they collaborated with BIIN and the Migrant Justice Network to throw a fundraising and awareness show at our local alt dive! ❤️

Our friends in The Gobblinz were playing, plus an incredible band from Houston called Jump Rope and a talented rapper named Grasshopper from Beaumont. It was such a fun, motivational, and supportive event. I love my local alt community, they will always fight for justice for others. We donated as much as we could to help with legal council and bill pay for local families affected by ICE raids. Recently, 12 people in my tiny town were abducted by ICE.

The gal in the jean skirt with the kaffiyeh is our friend Bec, she's an incredibly talented, intelligent, and tactical organizer. She made it all happen. We had some great conversations about what we can do in times when we feel like we're being gaslit by society with how bad things are, when things feel hopeless, when we feel like we don't have anything to offer, etc. It was very encouraging.

I decided to wear makeup again lol, twice in one week?! And went for like a, idk, casual femme vibe? Trying to bust out of my dusty ag worker look lol. It was surprising for our musician friends who always come over and see me in stinky bee clothes or sweats and hoodies all day lol. I used to be cool!! *Shakes fist at cloud*

I bottled up some honey to give out to friends at the event, and bottled and back sweetened some of the American Beautyberry Mead I made way back in August 2025. It's had plenty of time on the rack to round out, and holy cow, it's STRONG and dry. But that's how I prefer it, not syrupy as most meads tend to come out. I always use a strong yeast for the fermentation process, and allow it to naturally ferment until it either consumes all the sugar or else-wise dies on its own. I'm bringing the mead out to our friend's family get together we've been invited to tomorrow! It's been a busy week for socializing!!

05.07.26

It is finished!!!! 🎉

04.27.26

Finally some bee work again! It threatened to rain all day, but thankfully, it didn't. I am going to do some more tomorrow too, if the weather holds.

05.19.2026

I will have to backlog selfies of the day, I'm having too much fun to be online! Lol

06.03.26