I want a fun summer job....

Most people would think that when June comes around, all teachers think, "Yay! No summer work!" For me though, if I didn't work, I would drive myself and everyone I know crazy following them around trying to entertain myself.

In my beginning years I waited tables and tutored then I moved on to summer school and nannying and then last year I worked in an office. Office life was hard for me and by the end of the summer I had enough cubicle life to last me a life time. So this year I decided to find something fun to do. Last weekend I had training for a fun outside job with zip lines and canopy tours- I've found a job to hang in nature with people who love it like I do. Awesome!!

I want to take on the morning....

I love morning! It's quiet and peaceful and there are so many possibilities for the day. I have had the perfect mornings this weekend. First of all, it was beautiful out and so that puts me in a good mood automatically. Yesterday morning, all before 10:30, I took the pup for walk , went to yoga, and picked up my gocery box from the local farms. Great, great, and great! Today was a run, a walk with the pup again, and a yummy breakfast! And now I even have time to relax a bit before the rest of the day begins.

I need to start finding this appreciation of the beauty if morning even on work days. Starting my day off this way not only gets me prepared for the day, but those few hours brings a calming to my day which will hopefully follow through the next 12 hours as well.

I want to embrace the letter "s"

I'm pretty sure this title won't end up on anybody's google search.

I am a school teacher- I live & love the alphabet- write it, read it, sing it. But that letter "s." Oh how it gives me trouble when I'm on crafts. (my sister says crafts are like my drug- which I will be making a shirt that says exactly that- I'm on crafts, haha!)

Lately, thanks to some friends of friends and co-workers, Hermanas has been busy with orders. Yay! Lots of sewn letters I've been a-making and they keep getting better. Until..."s" shows up. I spend triple time trying to figure it out. I am going for a whimsical look, but it just does not work out. So after the first yuck, I tried another approach. Just me, the fabric and the machine. A few turns here and there and we got it. The 2nd picture shows what I ended up with, much better than the first. So I guess I found somewhat of a solution until I get an order for a Jessica or Melissa. With that new approach I have embraced the "s."

I want to give props to my main man...

My man deserves props. He works hard (sometimes too hard), plays hard (sometimes too hard, haha) and most of all gives me support like no one else. He will see something I've made and take time to tell me how much he likes it or he'll tell me that he is proud of me. He supports all 25 of my new hobbies and even encourages them too. He goes with my new vegetable of the week, and gives me my six second  hug and lets the hug last longer too.

There is nothing like a compliment. It can turn your day around, and lucky for me, he loves to give them out! So cheers to my awesome hubby who makes me feel awesome too! I can feel the love in the small moments we share and I hope this makes him feel some of that today!

I want to renew...

Re-new. Make new. Take something, or yourself, through a transformation where what you end with still has the structure of the original, but looks unrecognizable. Here is my try at renewing some worn out furniture. As we worked in the backyard this weekend we took a long look at these chairs. What do we do with them? They were looking like trash but we didn't want them to be trash. Something had to be done.

So, wa-la! After sanding, staining, tightening, and polying, oh and sewing new pillows....here the chairs are renewed and refreshed. They are now ready for cook outs and hang outs all summer long!

I want to support local farms...

Holy moly! Check out these vegetables! Looks like I know what we're having for dinner this week! A local business is now the local pick up for local farm goods. You put our order in on Thursday and it's there waiting for you Saturday morning. There is not a year long commitment and you can buy just week to week- it is awesome! This lettuce is bigger than my head and puts the lettuce we grew in the backyard to shame!! I am in love with this beautiful produce and so excited about how easy they have made it for us. Everyone wins! Yay farms, yay vegetables! I'm not sure I've ever been this excited about salads!

I want my garden to grow..

Check out the garden and the new scarecrow I added. Haha, We'll see if it scares the birds away from my basil. Now we wait for the veggies to arrive. With all the rain we've had, the plants are happy, now all they need is some sun.