My parents are away today, all day for their anniversary trip. They have celebrated 29 years together and I hope they will celebrate many many more. As for me, I have having a few friends over for a movie and pizza.  I'm looking forward to it. I love hanging out with my friends. I hope my parents have a great time on their trip.

Whenever someone replies with "you don't want to know" when I ask them "what's up?" I automatically assume they either just murdered someone or did something inappropriate. For once when I ask someone what they were doing, I want them to say, "I was frolicking in the field with my pet unicorn while i sang with the birds." That would be a nice surprise.

So I have decided to take up a new hobby. Working with empty wine bottles. I will not be drinking the wine because I'm not 21, but I am hoping with the help of my older brother who is old enough to drink, and is a wine connoisseur of sorts, and my parents I will be able to collect empty wine bottles. There are tons of things you can do with wine bottles. Turn them into lights, make candle hurricanes, regular candle holders, oil and soap dispensers, containers for small things like candy, vases, and even the corks can be reused. I'm most excited to try out the Wine Bottle Lights, but also the candle hurricane and candle holders. I first have to order a glass cutter, but after that I should be golden. I can't wait! 

If you're interested in making your own Wine Bottle projects, here is a video to show you how to cut them, some websites that tell you how to make some things, and a link to the glass cutter. 
Video:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMalEDVjJpc 

Glass Cutter:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stained-Glass-G2-Bottle-Cutter-Generation-Green-Recycles-Wine-Bottles-NICE-/330625367297?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cfacebd01#ht_2599wt_906

If you like fresh herbs, here's a windowsill garden using wine bottles:  http://www.designsponge.com/2010/05/we-like-it-wild-bottle-gardens.html

Here's an entire page of things you can do with wine bottles, but I don't think every picture tells you how you can do it: http://iwanttomakethis.com/2012/01/new-life-for-empty-wine-bottles.html

And lastly here are ten things you can do with wine bottles with step by step instructions.: http://www.favecrafts.com/Wine-Bottle-Crafts/10-Things-to-Do-With-Old-Wine-Bottles#

If you just want to know what some of this stuff looks like, but don't want to click the links (which I totally understand) here you go. I found all of these images on Google by typing in things like "Wine bottle ideas" or "Wine bottle candle hurricanes". You can get more specific based on what you're looking for.

 

Today I had a doctor's appointment that I had to be up around Ten am for. If you know me, you know that I don't go to sleep until six sometimes eight in the morning, so I decided just to stay up. I ended up actually just staying awake all day and later on I was laying on the floor and I passed out. I fell asleep somewhere around dinner time when my mom had just finished making dinner. My family and I usually watch a T.V show while we eat dinner so, like usual my parents were flipping through channels. I must have passed out around then because I woke up to them watching a T.V we all usually watch together, so I said, "You're watching it without me?" and both of my parents kind of chuckled and said "we thought you were watching it with us!" I'm not sure how funny that is to those of you who read this, but i had a nice laugh out of it. I personally blame floors for being too darn comfortable.

College Kid

It is official! I am scheduled for classes at college. I am moving on in life. I have American Sign Language 1, which kind of stinks because I have already taken 2 years of American Sign Language in High School but I am required to start over anyway. Then I have Deaf Community and Culture which I am excited for. In my previous ASL classes we learned a little about Deaf culture but not much. Lastly I have English 101 along with Basic Drawing. I have actually taken one drawing class in High School but, again, they require you to start over. I'm really excited to get started but still sort of nervous. I'm not sure who I am going to know in my classes if anyone, but I'm eager to learn more about ASL and the Deaf Community and Culture along with Drawing and anything else I take in the next year. My classes don't start until September 4th, but there's still a lot to do before then. 

Hours

My last post stated that the wait at my doctors office takes a really long time. When i got there today, my mom and I were there for no longer than two hours or so, which is really good considering we are usually there for four hours. I actually had fun there, my doctor is really funny. I'm just glad we weren't there for four hours.

The Doctor's Downside.

I haven't had much to post about the past couple of days. I still really don't. I'm going to the doctors today though for a check up and an update. Keeping my doctor in the loop. Most people don't like going to the doctors, I actually don't mind it. Disregarding the fact the reason people go to the doctors is because they usually don't feel good. Every time I go to the doctor, my doctor tells my mom or dad and I a new joke. One of the things I remember the most about my doctor, is that, when I was younger, like little kid younger, he always used to joke around. He would say things like "have you stopped smoking yet?" or make jokes about how much ear wax I had when my ears were perfectly clean. It was really funny. The only downside to visiting my doctor, is that the wait is... so... long. My doctor is really busy, so even if we go in for just a check up, we are usually there for a couple of hours. I am not looking forward to waiting for hours today, but overall it shouldn't be too bad.