Overgrown

Welcome to Georgia in the spring, where it rained for 9 days straight this month.  No wonder our backyard is a bit overgrown!  The good news is that the irises I scavenged from a fellow stitcher's yard last summer are blooming all over the place.  I thought they didn't survive the transplanting process when the leaves all shriveled up in the heat last year, but fortunately I was wrong.

Feliz Navidad

Favorite Fall Delivery

It's the most wonderful time of the year--new planner time!  The pretty box from Erin Condren arrived on my doorstep earlier this week, and I was super-excited that it showed up a few days early.  She added a new feature to her planners this year--interchangeable covers--and when I ordered last month, there was a promo to get an extra cover for free.  Don't you just love the happiness quote?  I chose the charcoal/pool color combination because I thought it would be a nice contrast, and it turned out great!  My planner also came with a pull-out perpetual calendar for annual events like birthdays and anniversaries, which was a nice surprise.

Instead of my usual month-by-month planner, I decided it was finally time to upgrade to the Life Planner for 2015.  With the same monthly planner style I'm used to and the addition of a detailed weekly planner, I hope to be able to better keep track of me, my husband, my Tastefully Simple business, and substitute teacher jobs!

Skeeter Yarn

I call this particular color variation of Sugar 'n Cream "Kitty Cat."  I think it will make nice dishcloths...

Positivity Challenge: Day 5

It's the final day of the Positivity Challenge (well, technically it was yesterday, but I forgot to post), and today I'm grateful for:

1. Technology that allows me to stay connected to friends and family by just swiping the tip of my finger across a tiny screen...
2. A written budget--as hard as it was to get started, it brings such a sense of accomplishment when we stick to it and have money left to save at the end of the month
3. I am now on the substitute teacher list for a private school right around the corner!

Positivity Challenge: Day 4

Oops, I appear to have skipped a day!  I'll pick up where I left off with day 4, so here are my three positives for today:

1. Making new friends with the Jamberry Nails ladies at the consignment sale I'm working through next Thursday.  They kept me awake during a slow afternoon!
2. Mid-afternoon naps.  They are awesome.
3. A few hours relaxing on the dock at Lake Lanier with my husband, my sister, and my brother-in-law.  We saw lots of fish and a few ducks.

Positivity Challenge: Day 3

For the third day of the Positivity Challenge, and my 3 positives for the day are:

1. Love and support from friends and family
2. An upcoming beach vacation to look forward to!
3. Getting my crafty time in with both the library stitch group and the IHOP stitch group in the same day

My current cross stitch project and another knit dishcloth