I could get used to this...

Classes are done.  One of my exams is over.  I am in full feel-good mood.  Yesterday I had a job interview [FINALLY] then spent the rest of the day crafting and listening to music at home.  Today I started my day off with making cookie dough.  While it was chilling in the fridge, I went for a run down by the water.  I ran the ENTIRE way.  3km of running.  I. Am. A. Champ.  That might not exactly sound amazingly stellar or anything but I was pretty darn proud of myself.  I digress.. I got home, showered, popped the cookies in the oven, and made lunch.  I then proceeded to get things in order so I could dye some easter eggs!  I didn't want to buy a kit so I did some research (after being inspired by this post) and figured out how to dye my eggs naturally!  It was quite an experience and they didn't exaaaactly turn out the way I'd hoped, but hey, that's part of the fun in trying new things!  I am now sitting on the couch thinking about what to make for dinner and deciding between studying [the right choice] or watching more Game of Thrones [the feel-good choice]...  Hope y'all are having a good Thursday!

long overdue...

Why hello there!  Long time no see!  I know this is my excuse for everything but school really has been very busy!  Midterms, papers, quizzes, assignments, there has been a lot going on.

Anyway, here are some photos I took while I was home for reading break a couple of weeks ago.  I'm still learning how to use my film camera so please excuse the gnarly colouring in some of the pictures...  All of these were taken on a very windy day at Crescent Beach, one of my most favourite places on earth!

Although we're a few days in to March, which should mean spring is on its way, it certainly doesn't feel like it.  Two days ago snow covered the ground at home while Victoria was getting pounded with rain.  Since then the rain has not let up and everything has a soggy feel to it.  I am definitely ready for some clear, warm weather!  Hope your week treats you well! Tomorrow is Wednesday which is halfway through the week, so basically the week is almost done!

week 5: string art

This is something I'd wanted to do for awhile, but I'd just never made the time to do it.  Yesterday I decided I'd go to the beach, find a perfect piece of wood and get busy.  Once I picked the word I printed it out, taped it down and used it as my stencil.  Then I stuck in all the nails and started wrapping.  It didn't take long, and I can't wait to put it in my room at school!

Reading break is going by way too quickly!  I can't believe how fast time goes when you're really having a good time!  I've slept over at my friend's house every night except one since I've been home and we've spent most of our days together too!  All the fun times have meant that school work has been put on the back burner, but tomorrow that will change..  I'll be hittin' the books hard.

Hope everyone's week has been going well!  I have a few post ideas so I'll be seeing you again real soon :)

week 3 & 4: orders

I'm a bunch of days late with this post because I've been a very busy bee!  Last week I had a midterm - well a couple of midterms really, but that's a story for another day - and I also wanted to get a couple of toque orders finished.  The one on the left was for a family friend's daughter as a birthday gift and the one on the right is going to one of my dad's best friends.

The weather here has been incredibly cold the past few days so it feels good knowing that I've tried to help keep people warm and cozy.

I'm on reading break for the week and so far it's been fairly busy.  The past few days have been spent mostly with friends and it's been great having time to just relax and hang out without school work being the primary focus.

I hope that wherever you are, you are warm and happy and healthy!

I'm Baaaack

Why hello there :)

It's been awhile... as in three months awhile...

I could go into a long winded explanation as to why I've been absent for so long but rather than dwell on the past I am going to jump right into now and the future!

I've started back at school working towards my psych degree.  Slightly different than what I had planned for in the summer but I think it's for the best.  I'm living in a great apartment with lots of windows, a huge improvement from where I was last year.  I'm working on making more friends but it can be tough.  I've made one really great new friend who is coming to visit me next weekend for Halloween!  Zoe came and visited this weekend and it was great!  We had so much fun together and I can't wait for her to come back again soon!

Which is what I will be doing too.  However, I want this blog to be slightly different than what it has been in the past.  I read a lot of other blogs and often find myself getting jealous of their picture perfect lives.  I'm 100% positive that their lives aren't perfect, that they're just sharing the great stuff but it can be harder to relate to.  Some of the best blogs I read are the ones where the authors talk about the bad stuff as well as the great stuff.  They don't have to go into detail but just by acknowledging that the bad stuff can be bad and life isn't always great and that they're working really hard to survive and provide makes them more relatable and enjoyable to read.  So that is my aim with this.  To share the good and the not so good.  I don't want this to become a blog about me posting things in a self-centred my-life-is-perfect kind of way.  I simply want to share what is happening in my life in a few photographs and sentences so I can look back and really remember what was going on.  Not the sugar coated version, but the real life version.

SO now that I have written my longest post ever I think I'll leave it there.  Hope you have a great week and I'll be seeing you again soon :)

not so secret garden

Today is supposedly the last nice day for awhile so I spent some time outside with my momma!
Hope everyone gets to spend some time with their moms this mother's day weekend!

a weekend for the books

 This weekend was the best weekend I've had in a long time.  The weather was absolutely spectacular and I got so much done!
I started the weekend off by painting my room on Friday night and spending some time with some friends.  Saturday consisted of putting my freshly painted room back in order, basking in the sun in the backyard and having friends for dinner.   Sunday I washed and cleaned my car, went to a few nurseries with my mom and spent some more time in the sun.  Together, our family went down to the beach to enjoy the sunset and get gelato from the best place on the beach!

Home.

I'm home! And have been for quite some time now.. Life has gotten relatively busy and I'm ok with that!  Within the first couple days of being home I became employed and have been working at an insurance company for two weeks.  The work itself is pretty boring but it's all to support the cause... Europe 2013!!  

Hope you're having a good summer so far and are able to enjoy all the sunshine!