This week: Morning commute sunrises (ps: this is my LAST commute!) (Taken with instagram)
- 24th May
2012 - 24
- 20th May
2012 - 20
PHOTODROP!
- 20th May
2012 - 20
reading
This fall I made a goal for myself to read 50 books by the end of the school year. You can read about it here.
Well, here is the final list… (in no particular order… I was literally looking back through all the downloaded books on my ipad and nook to compile this list.)
1. Nurture Shock
2. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
3. Prep
4. American Wife
5. Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry (read it 4 times with students)
6. Hunger Games
7. Catching Fire
8. Mocking Jay
9. Wonder
10. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
11. Run
12. Bel Canto
13. A Young People’s History of the United States
14. The Romantics
15. You Deserve Nothing
16. Emily and Einstein
17. The Fault in our Stars
18. Steve Jobs
19. A Visit from the Good Squad
20. I Don’t Know How She Does It
21. Just Kids
22. Book Thief
23. Maze Runner
24. Bloom
25. The Well (read it 4 times with students)
26. Room
27. The Object of Beauty
28. The Paris Wife
29. The Art of Racing in the Rain
30. Happens Every Day
31. The Glass Castle
32. Half Broke Horse
33. Abducted
34. Double Identity
35. Life as We Knew It
36. 50 Shades of Gray
37. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
38. The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels and Tractor Wheels
39. 50 Shades Darker
40. 50 Shades Freed
41. QuickSilver
42. Water for Elephants
42. The Best of Everything
43. Where the Red Fern Grows (read it 2 times with students)
44. How Angel Peterson Got His Name
45. Columbine
45 books. I’m proud of that. Five shy of my goal. Some of these are rereads, some I read with students, for students. I read young adult literature and very adult literature. Nonfiction, fiction… 45 books. I really think I could have read 50 if it weren’t for the stressful middle months of the year.
I’m starting to compile my summer reading list- and will, perhaps, make the goal of … 15 books? totally doable.
- 20th May
2012 - 20
summer goals:
4 more days. and they can’t come and go soon enough. my past few summers have been BUSY- moving, wedding planning, puppy raising…. but this summer, I’m totally going to lap it up and do strictly summer things. We have already moved (save for: a few hours of unpacking, a few days of decorating…), our puppy is not a puppy, and we are NOT (EVER) planning a wedding again…
This summer, I commit to:
1. Walking Teddy in early (cool) hours of the morning. That’s right, I will NOT sleep my day away. This will be hard— one of those, I can do it even if I don’t want to. But, if I really want to enjoy my summer with my husband, we need to be on similar schedules… he’s up, I’m up. He’s in bed, I’m right there with him.
2. Making delicious coffee and ENJOYING it every.single.morning. Coffee time is something I totally miss during the school year, Monday-Friday. It’s a luxury and I plan to treat it as so beginning next week. I’m looking for a place to purchase Canyon Coffee in Fort Worth- It’s my new favorite….
3. Attending weekly/biweekly farmer’s markets. Bri and I have committed to vegetarian dinners this summer. I’ve been scouring pinterest for recipes and plan to buy local and organic as much as I can. My hope is that I can put a basket on my bike and pedal to the market… but I haven’t looked that far into it yet.
4. Sun Dresses.
5. Evenings in our “hidden paradise” of a backyard. Our backyard is total shade and seclusion. We’ll be grilling (fish/veggies) and wining OFTEN.
6. Projects. I have a list of fun crafty/creative projects I want to attempt. I’m hit or miss on craft projects- but they are a nice outlet for me. I am still using my brain- but not too much.
7. Give my husband a break. This is going to be the first time we live together long-term. We’re had a few 3 month runs here and there. I know there will be ups and downs- but I need to really focus on appreciating him for who he is and what he does- and not nag him for who he isn’t and what he doesn’t do.
8. Read every day.
9. Play records- man, I miss our record player! I miss spending Saturday mornings poaching eggs to John Denver, dancing to Cat Stevens across our kitchen floor and sneaking a show tune in, much to my husband’s dismay.
10. Not stress about a single thing. That’s really what I need right now. This has been a hard first year of marriage (situation-wise). I have nothing to stress about this summer and I really hope it stays that way. We have our health. We have each other.
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- 15th May
2012 - 15
it’s beginning…
I’m in total reflection mode this week. I’ve tried to stay positive throughout these last 6 months- what good would complaining do? It was was it was. But, as I reflect, I’m going to be brutally honest.
This has sucked.
This has be incredibly hard.
Just thinking about pulling into our driveway in 8 short days- into a life we get to live together- into a new adventure, just me and him… I can feel my eyes fill with tears completely pour out my emotions.
We deserve this.
We really do.
- 15th May
2012 - 15
**New Name**
Photo Dump “wheneverthehellIfeellikeit”
- 10th May
2012 - 10
Warrior Dash 2012. Dallas, TX.
THIS is what my husband does when I’ve been away for too long. #dirty
((How cute/proud does he look in the bottom pic? priceless.))
- 9th May
2012 - 09
- 9th May
2012 - 09
15 Ways To Stay Married For 15 Years
(Source: almosthalfway, via emphasisadded)
- 9th May
2012 - 09
I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.President Obama Embraces Marriage Equality (via enteekaygee)
North Carolina took a big step back yesterday but thankfully Obama has taken a step forward. Last night I was very upset and for the first time wondered if we would ever have equal rights for everyone in this country. But this gives me hope again.
(via georgiegirlnyc)
- 7th May
2012 - 07
Geeze Louise! I missed Photo Dump Friday (again!)… maybe Friday isn’t the best day to ask me to do something productive? In my defense, I was very busy drinking wine with friends.
- 5th May
2012 - 05
Derby Day 2009
- 2nd May
2012 - 02
(Source: pacificsunwear, via emphasisadded)
- 30th April
2012 - 30
This doesn’t happen all the time. I’m lying in bed and my heart feels as though it’s going to beat right out of my chest. It’s stress. Work. Moving. Job. Life Changes. Family. Why do I let myself feel this way? Anxiety has completely enveloped me tonight. I should be sleeping. I think my biggest flaw is that I worry. I worry about what people think about the decisions I make even when I know I’ve made the 100% best decision for me. I hate that about myself. I’m literally forcing my breathing to slow.
On nights like this, I have to block out a lot of what/who is always present. I have to search deep down into my core and figure out what the hell is causing this. I have to stare myself straight in the face. I have to tell myself that I’m going to fine being just how I am right now.
- 30th April
2012 - 30
I ordered these vintage postcards for a room in our new house… I love reading the beautiful love affairs with some of my favorite cities.
