coming out of the daze

I get sick at the beginning of school every year. Never fails. Always sucks. I've been nursing some version of the allergy monster / stomach bug / achy joint old person crud preeeeetty much since the beginning of September. 

BUT it's October now, and I am claiming that this mess be gone. Done-zo. Not gonna do it anymore. 

So there. 

I will say there are some parts of being sick that haven't been so bad. There have been lots of puppy cuddles, cool nights with spicy candles, and quite a few afternoon naps.

I'll leave you with a picture of my favorite napping buddy. 

She's my favorite. Happy October!

this weekend I...

hosted an old roommate and dear friend for an evening

decided it may be time to reread the Harry Potter series

had the laziest saturday afternoon on the planet

watched so much football I thought my head might explode

received hand-written notes from friends (and replied!)

started decorating for fall

completed THREE crafty pants projects

took my winter clothes out of storage...even though it's still triple digit temps around here

a successful weekend in my book! tomorrow is back to work, and i'm definitely wishing we could relive labor day every monday. i'll be back later this week with some new project recaps. hope you all had wonderful weekends! 

weekend recap and some pictures of life lately

Now that it's back to work time, I take advantage of every opportunity in my brief, precious long weekends. This weekend my mom came into town!

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You just don't know how much you'll miss your momma until you move away, y'all. I'm telling you. It was so, so good to have her here. Even if the weekend didn't go exactly as planned.

Promptly after my sweet madre arrived on friday night, our air conditioner compressor decided to die. Welcome to Waco, Mom! On a friday evening. Of a long weekend. During the hottest week of the summer. The temperature in our house at midnight was 90-freaking-degrees. Gag. We moved our adorable industrial fan into the living room and snacked on watermelon while we discussed what in the world we were going to do if the air conditioning man couldn't visit us until tuesday. Did I mention that is was opening weekend for football in our sweet little college town? Three cheers for sold out games and no vacancy hotels! Sic em.

In a beautiful twist of fate, Mr. Air Conditioning Man was working the weekend! And we had a beautifully working AC by dinner time on saturday night.

We spent our day hiding out from the heat in shopping malls while we looked for the perfect fabrics to knock out a little ottoman slipcover diy. (Curtain panels are where it's at!) And we spent the evening watching a little Baylor football with some dear friends. On sunday, my sweet mother-in-law came into town for breakfast and then we spent the rest of the day being gloriously lazy, which is truly the best way to spend a sunday.

We broke out the sewing machine on monday and ended the day with two new slipcovers. I loooooooove them. And will post pictures soon.

Having family in town makes me a the happiest. They should probably just move here.

Some pictures of life lately. :)

life recently according to my iphone

a simple breakfast/sweet in-laws/a homestead tour/visiting a greenhouse/my weird sleeper/a sweet father daughter dance/cool mornings on the harbor/family visits/a new pillow

It's my birthday weekend! I'm excited for pool time, a new book, and maybe a sushi date. I guess life really does simplify with the age.:)

life recently

We made it to May! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, y'all. In special education (and maybe just education in general) spring is definitely the busy season, and I'm spending most of of my days keeping my head down and trying to power through these next few weeks to that blessed summer vacation. It.is.so.close.I.can.almost.touch.it. !!!

I've felt very lucky this year that I haven't had to bring a lot of work home in the evenings or on the weekends. It's been nice to have that time free to spend on other things--like nesting. and gardening. and meals with friends. and episodes of the office.

We've been rocking the art of furniture making over here lately (we being Tanner), working hard on creating our backyard oasis, and soaking up all the warm weather we can stand. I'm excited to share some of our projects in a bit more detail soon.

Until then here are some photos, courtesy of the iphone, of life around here lately.