Hats!

My current project! 

The Heel Stitch Hat is super adorable! I made one for myself last week. This week,

I'm making one for an adorable little girl.  My sister made her mittens with 

these colors for her birthday, and I decided she needed a hat to match!

Now all I need is for it to get a little bit colder and stay at that temperature. 

I love Purl Soho! I suggest you follow their blog as well! 

Rewards

Today I rewarded myself for studying for one out of three exams and actually going to class.  Since it doesn't make sense to drink a delicious pumpkin spice latte on a warm day like today, I opted for the iced chai latte! Yumm! Not to mention, I biked three miles to get here.  I feel accomplished.  

Space and Time

It has been so long since I have been in this space.  I keep finding that it is harder and harder to avoid the daily grind and find things that make life exciting.  I'm not saying that this is bad, but I need things to look forward to to get me through the days and weeks.  Since I have last been here, I have done some fun things!

I've been babysitting a lot and decided that when I'm a parent, I want to keep an activity chart for my kids. Not just a chore chart but a place for them to keep track of how often they read, play instruments, and participate in activities.  I'm big on time management now and I wish I would have been when I was younger. 

I got the chance to read one of my Children's books! Madaline! "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines..."

I've been finding protein in nuts! Hooray for buying roasted, unsalted nuts in bulk!

And one of my favorite activities, I got to meet my goddaughter! 

She's precious and I am thankful for the time that I got to spend with her.  I'm looking forward to many more days with her. 

I hope to be back in this space more consistently in the coming weeks.  I miss it.  It is a nice reprieve from homework.

Hope you're all doing well and enjoying the fall! 

Yum Yum!

I made cake mix cookies tonight! Apparently, having bigger spoons than at home didn't occur to me.  So they're huge! But they're delicious! A big shout out to Kelly for sharing her secret recipe with me.

Beauty

My Brief Absence

Remember that I was excited my parents were here?
I had in mind a nice relaxing weekend.
Those were interrupted on Saturday morning
when I woke up and couldn't get comfortable
with my left eye open or shut. After six hours
of fighting with it, I finally woke my mom up.
Another hour later, she decided that we couldn't
fix it and brought me to the ER.  I found out that
I had a large abrasion in my cornea.  (How the
heck does that happen?) So! I've spent the past
couple of days with my eyes shut a good part
of the time! Last night, I was able to go to a
low key dinner party and had a great celebration
for a new year! Today, I made it through my classes
alive.  My vision isn't back to normal yet but

I'm 90% healed! Hooray! Thank the Lord for
painkillers and antibiotics! On the right, you'll find a great picture of my "souvenirs."

Rainbow!

My parents are here! Hooray! My momma bought flowers.  

They're so pretty :) Happy Friday!

Laundry Day!

Today, I decided that since

 my parents are coming 

tomorrow, that I should 

probably get a move on 

my laundry.  It has been

 two and a half weeks.  

I'm proud of my laundry 

heap, not gonna lie.

If you ever feel the need

to do laundry, you are most

certainly welcome to come

do mine. You can probably tell

that I hate doing it.