So since it is actually happening here are some of the photos you all have been waiting for:
The house.
The view from the yard.
The trail up Mt. Tom.
Friday, July 13, 2007
We Have Lift Off!
We have a mortgage! Yes! I am so very excited to be buying a house. So much work to be done but at least all the work to get the house is almost over. Thank goodness. Buying a house is like trying to disarm a bomb...if you don't cut the wires in the right order you're screwed.
So since it is actually happening here are some of the photos you all have been waiting for:
The house.
The view from the yard.
The trail up Mt. Tom.
So since it is actually happening here are some of the photos you all have been waiting for:
The house.
The view from the yard.
The trail up Mt. Tom.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
I'm in the FRONT WINDOW!
I am so thrilled! Not only are my shirts selling well, but one is in the front window at The Artisan Gallery. I love this store and used to spend time just hanging out and being inspired by all the beautiful items collected together. This makes it even more exciting to have my stuff there!
The display of my shirts.
Another one on the dressing room door!
The display of my shirts.
Another one on the dressing room door!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
How could I forget Innisfree?
I have been longing to return here since my first trip about 10 years ago. My mom and I went last weekend and it was wonderful.
This is my favorite part. Hard to capture, but there are winding small staircases and secret nooks and crannies to explore. I love hidden passageways and stone walls. I love not being able to see the next part of the garden until you find a way in and suddenly emerge into the new space. I'm getting tingly just thinking about how wonderful it is!
Ooo and these gave me lots to think about. I've been doing a lot of thinking about my furniture but not a lot of doing. I got to get on that...
Oh, yes, and I did cut 5" off my hair! (you can kind of see it in the first pic)
This is my favorite part. Hard to capture, but there are winding small staircases and secret nooks and crannies to explore. I love hidden passageways and stone walls. I love not being able to see the next part of the garden until you find a way in and suddenly emerge into the new space. I'm getting tingly just thinking about how wonderful it is!
Ooo and these gave me lots to think about. I've been doing a lot of thinking about my furniture but not a lot of doing. I got to get on that...
Oh, yes, and I did cut 5" off my hair! (you can kind of see it in the first pic)
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
A Sea of Choppy Blues
Kari over at Artsy Mama is doing a series of challenge. The last one was about what colors you are...this is what she got me thinking about:
Colors...right now my life feels like a choppy sea of blues and turquoise. More grey sometimes, brighter other times. I always want my summers to be sunny yellow with my vibrant red hammock and berries and green green grass and life. But it always seems to be more tumultuous and hectic than I want it to be. The lack of a school schedule throws me off...the extra time becomes filled with errands instead of art. Hence the choppy blues. The positive voice in my head reminds me that a sea of grey blue, blues, and turquoise can be very pretty.
Colors...right now my life feels like a choppy sea of blues and turquoise. More grey sometimes, brighter other times. I always want my summers to be sunny yellow with my vibrant red hammock and berries and green green grass and life. But it always seems to be more tumultuous and hectic than I want it to be. The lack of a school schedule throws me off...the extra time becomes filled with errands instead of art. Hence the choppy blues. The positive voice in my head reminds me that a sea of grey blue, blues, and turquoise can be very pretty.
One Crazy Month
Well, I have been out of school for 2+ weeks and still have not blogged...ridiculous!
Highlights of the last month:
caving with outdoor club
end of the year fun in class
last day of school
finishing cleaning my classroom
lifeguarding again
deMeng class in Topsfield and Todd Farm Flea Market
3rd wedding anniversary
offer accepted on house
14 more shirts to the artisan gallery in noho (all the rest sold)
cleaning bedroom closet
lots and lots of ice cream
starting camp again (but only part time)
rarely working mornings
first bike ride of the summer
I'm not quite sure where the last two weeks went. I worked some and definitely slept too. But the art has taken a back burner as I obsess in my imagination about the house...sigh, the house. So much work but so pretty and very exciting. Due to the house on the horizon I am trying to organize and purge the apartment of needless crap. But I really should be doing art because thinking about the house too much makes me crazy. I have so many projects started that need love and attention. I will post more as I move along.
Highlights of the last month:
caving with outdoor club
end of the year fun in class
last day of school
finishing cleaning my classroom
lifeguarding again
deMeng class in Topsfield and Todd Farm Flea Market
3rd wedding anniversary
offer accepted on house
14 more shirts to the artisan gallery in noho (all the rest sold)
cleaning bedroom closet
lots and lots of ice cream
starting camp again (but only part time)
rarely working mornings
first bike ride of the summer
I'm not quite sure where the last two weeks went. I worked some and definitely slept too. But the art has taken a back burner as I obsess in my imagination about the house...sigh, the house. So much work but so pretty and very exciting. Due to the house on the horizon I am trying to organize and purge the apartment of needless crap. But I really should be doing art because thinking about the house too much makes me crazy. I have so many projects started that need love and attention. I will post more as I move along.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
To Do List...through the end of the week
- Buy house
- Plan and prepare for 3 field trips
- Plan, cook for, and host 2 parties
- Finish giant art piece
- Finish year-long Community Service Learning project
- Prepare PP presentation of inquiry project
...this is ridiculous.
- Plan and prepare for 3 field trips
- Plan, cook for, and host 2 parties
- Finish giant art piece
- Finish year-long Community Service Learning project
- Prepare PP presentation of inquiry project
...this is ridiculous.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
When do I get the house?
This is what I just asked Ben in my half asleep state...long weekends are great, but they make going back harder.
But we did go see a wonderful house last week. It floats in my dreams as I pray it doesn't disappear like one. It is a small cape, last house on a dead end street where you can park and hike the mountain that it is on the side of, views across the valley, 1/2 acre of sunny undeveloped land abutting a farm, room to expand, character and uniqueness, and in our theoretical price range. All that stands between us and the house is 6 months of reserve funds (about $9,000) that we only have to keep until the closing. Interesting system. Easier than a 20% down payment, but still not just sitting around. So we are brainstorming and hoping and praying.
After seeing the house we went camping for 4 days. Very nice and much needed break. Only 2.5 more weeks of school! YES!!!
But we did go see a wonderful house last week. It floats in my dreams as I pray it doesn't disappear like one. It is a small cape, last house on a dead end street where you can park and hike the mountain that it is on the side of, views across the valley, 1/2 acre of sunny undeveloped land abutting a farm, room to expand, character and uniqueness, and in our theoretical price range. All that stands between us and the house is 6 months of reserve funds (about $9,000) that we only have to keep until the closing. Interesting system. Easier than a 20% down payment, but still not just sitting around. So we are brainstorming and hoping and praying.
After seeing the house we went camping for 4 days. Very nice and much needed break. Only 2.5 more weeks of school! YES!!!
Monday, May 21, 2007
So much to post...SHIRTS
Last week I brought 14 3/4 length sleeve shirts embellished by us to the Artisan Gallery in Northampton and the owner of the store LOVED them. It was so exciting and uplifting. She tried one on and loved it. So here are some pictures of them before they went off to be loved by others and pictures of the beautiful tags that my mom helped me with.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Happy May Day!
This is the beautiful May Basket that my swap partner, Heidi, made for me! Flowers and lots of collage goodies! I was so excited. I've already used some of it. Everything was wrapped up in pretty little packages with beautiful tags, which were very inspiring. Thanks, Heidi! And many thanks to Kari for hosting!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Post for Misty
I wrote a comment in response to a post by Misty and I wanted to share it because it is a lot of what I have been thinking about lately and kind of sums up my day:
I wonder similar things often about children. I teach 8th grade science and my students can irritate me with their irrational behaviors and brighten my whole entire grey day with their jokes and antics. I love them in the end and with 110 of them they all balance each other out (at least this year). Their sense of time is fairly warped and the things they are so completely certain of I see as shifting sand or the ocean itself.
I printed out your post a few months ago with the picture of you and your son and the quote about children laughing more than adults. Ever since you posted that I have been thinking about it and noticing why my students laugh. I will sit at my desk just staring at them trying to figure out why they find each other so incredibly funny. Every little thing is unbelievably hysterical to them. They are 13/14 and they think the world is at their feet and they don't care one bit about the rest of the world. It is so hard as a teacher to get them to comprehend more than their world. And in turn this means that their problems and crisises completely drown them. That is hard to watch and even harder to save. But the joy they have is something to learn from. So why do adults who laugh have to be incorrect and insane? I don't know. All I know is that I have as much to learn from my students as they do from me.
I wonder similar things often about children. I teach 8th grade science and my students can irritate me with their irrational behaviors and brighten my whole entire grey day with their jokes and antics. I love them in the end and with 110 of them they all balance each other out (at least this year). Their sense of time is fairly warped and the things they are so completely certain of I see as shifting sand or the ocean itself.
I printed out your post a few months ago with the picture of you and your son and the quote about children laughing more than adults. Ever since you posted that I have been thinking about it and noticing why my students laugh. I will sit at my desk just staring at them trying to figure out why they find each other so incredibly funny. Every little thing is unbelievably hysterical to them. They are 13/14 and they think the world is at their feet and they don't care one bit about the rest of the world. It is so hard as a teacher to get them to comprehend more than their world. And in turn this means that their problems and crisises completely drown them. That is hard to watch and even harder to save. But the joy they have is something to learn from. So why do adults who laugh have to be incorrect and insane? I don't know. All I know is that I have as much to learn from my students as they do from me.
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