*I changed the background of my blog in honor of the fact we are going to Camp this summer!!! We go ever summer really, but I didn't think we were going this summer. It is my favorite place on earth besides home. It is my home away from home. Some of my best memories come from my time at camp. I can't wait to go!!!
*I have recently learned I am being judged by the titles I have given my boards on Pinterest. At book club we started talking about being materialistic and one of my friends said she hated it when people asked if she wanted to see their house. I said I loved that because I love to see peoples houses. I don't think that makes them materialistic-(not always at least) it just means they are proud of their home and the work they put into. Than another friend says, "this from the woman who has a board called 'my dream home'." Some one else mentioned they had a board about home decor too, to which she said, "yes, but mine is just called 'home' (or 'for the home'...or something like that...)". So, the moral to this story is: People might take you literally when they read your pin board titles so don't name them something other than the norm, because people might think you are being materialistic. I guess she took "my dream home" title literally because if I had all the pretty things I posted I would have a mansion bigger than the Biltmore Estates...I'm not bitter-just venting...but I won't go as far as saying what I wanted to say back, that would just be rude. Don't worry my response wouldn't have had any curse words or anything. It may or may not have referenced...opps! I almost said it. Back to my happy place...Okay. I feel better I just added a robin's egg blue kitchen to my ever growing dream home on Pinterest so I feel better. :) I am really not taking it personally. I just thought it was interesting to learn new ways people can judge you and you not even know it.
*Since Jake was spending the night with my parents and we live in the same town, I couldn't very well go with out actually seeing my child, so we met at the park. We also happened to meet up with some other people we know at the park too. I got there just as Erin and Jaxon were leaving. Which means I was just in time for a little cuddle from our little buddy.
*I am said to say I have only read 11 books this year. That is pretty pitiful...
*I have one more week until I am 37. I have noticed that while I have been 36 that my hands have seemed more scaly when they are dry. I wonder if that means they will get wrinkly while I am 37...
*I kind of love how Pinterest lets you know if you have pinned something before so you won't pin it again. That is pretty much genius if you ask me.
*The past couple of weeks in the news have been pretty depressing. The 693 (that may be a slight exaggeration, but it is close.) scandals in DC about things that have happened that our leaders "didn't know anything about". The horrific killing in England, of a soldier just walking down the street. The terrifying tornado in Oklahoma. The crazy lady that brutally killed her boyfriend and that fact that everyone cared so much about knowing the gory details that it was all over the news... I could go on and on. It is crazy out there!!! One of the sweet mom's in our homeschooling co-op always says, "We live in a fallen world, but the Lord is in charge." Good thing to keep in mind when everything around you in the world seems to be falling apart...
*I am very proud of the fact that I didn't even have to spell check "exaggeration" in that last thought. I can never---correction--couldn't ever spell it right. Until now. Go me. :)
*We have been extremely blessed to have weather like we live a few states North instead of in the South. It was in the 70's today with a light wind...We are usually dying from the heat by now! I am loving it. I could live in this weather year round-with a couple months of a little cooler so we can wear fall clothes too. I guess I could live in a Spring and Fall climate year round. That would totally work for me.
*I almost forgot!! How could I forget?! One day last week, Jake and I were taking a walk to the lake so Sadie could take a little swim...
...On the way we saw this very old sign getting eaten by a tree...
*Now every time I go into the back yard to do this...
*I ran out of space for books (we need to make a trip to Ikea some time to get some cheap Billy book cases) and we had several more boxes of them, so I used the mantel. I stuck a few other things that didn't have a home yet up there too, but they have since been relocated. At some point I will hang something above the fire place but I have to choose wisely. This cute little bungalow is old enough to have plaster walls so once the hole is made it is there for good!
*My mom helped me sew some new pillows. Which really means I designed them and she did everything else because she is way better and faster than I am and she loves me enough to do it for me. Isn't her house so cute in the background? I am in love with the built in bookcases!
Here is an, out of focus, sneak peak of a few of them. I am going to take pictures of our house soon and post them. Not because I am materialistic-because I love to take pictures and make our house a home. And because this blog is kind of like my journal and well....
