Craft time is one of my favorites! This week while nannying, Emma (age 8) and I painted hearts to decorate for Valentine’s Day. I created some symmetry hearts last year for my mom’s class. She had her students decorate them last week, and I thought it would be fun to make them after Emma’s math lesson. My […]
22 Adventures While 22
Twenty-two. It was a year full of trying new things. I nannied for a several months in Snohomish, my hometown, for a fun and energetic family with 3 kids. Then I travelled to England for the month of July to nanny for one of my professors, who quickly became a great friend. Her daughter was 3 at […]
A month without Netflix – challenge
I spend too much time watching shows on Netflix. So much that I couldn’t remember what I had watched. Last year, I watched every episode of Bones on Netflix. That was all I wanted to watch. I remember a friend asking me what my favorite song was. I couldn’t think of ANY song! All I did in my […]
Create Joy
The other day I was thinking about this New Year’s Eve. I stayed home alone. I was up in the loft of my tiny house, journaling and watching Bones or Buffy the Vampire Slayer – I can’t remember which, David Boreanaz is my favorite. I felt like I was missing out. It was a friend’s birthday and […]
Preparing for the New Year {Day 5}
I hope all of you had a happy holiday with your families! I know I enjoyed going home for a few days. I left my computer behind, for a much welcomed break. Now I am back and eager to start planning my goals for 2016. Have you been thinking up any New Year’s Resolutions yet? This […]
Preparing for the New Year {Day 4}
How many of you are like me: on New Years Eve you think of five things on the spot, call them ‘resolutions’ and expect yourself to wake up New Year’s Day with the magical motivation to accomplish them all? Like, I am going to do yoga every morning, I am going to read my Bible […]
Preparing for the New Year {Day 3}
During the weekend, it is easy for routine to be thrown out the window. I notice this especially with my sleeping habits. I stay up late, and sleep in too late. Then, come Monday morning, it is so hard to get out of bed energized and ready for the day. That is why I not only […]
Preparing for the New Year {Day 2}
A cold cup of tea. It happens when you set yourself up for a moment of relaxation but then life happens. What we set out to do gets forgotten quickly and the day is ready to start with out us. We come back home later to a cold little reminder of the good intention we had […]
Preparing for the New Year {Day 1}
Thursday morning, I woke up well before sunrise. I had to be bundled up and ready to milk the cows by 6:30. At other times of the year getting up early is not so hard, but in the winter when it is dark and cold, all I want to do is stay in my warm bed. […]
Wondering what if?
November 3rd, I went with two of my oldest friends, Elizabeth and Erica, to see the Broadway Musical IF/THEN starring Idina Menzel. I absolutely loved the musical. Beginning on the day a woman (also named Elizabeth) arrives in New York to begin a new life; the story divides into two possible outcomes of one simple […]