a tree grows in brooklyn.

i have yet to find the time to finish the book a tree grows in brooklyn that i started ages ago. one day when i was little i stayed home from school and my mom and i watched the old movie version of the book but i've yet to actually read it. but i do really love this quote in the book:


"'dear god', she prayed, 'let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. let me be gay; let me be sad. let me be cold; let me be warm. let me be hungry . . . have too much to eat. let me be ragged or well dressed. let me be sincere--be deceitful. let me be truthful; let me be a liar. let me be honorable and let me sin. only let me be something every blessed minute. and when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost."

spring fun.

what started out to be a strictly homework-only weekend turned out to be a productive, fun, relaxing, enjoyable, springtime-fun weekend.

i spent friday and saturday in the library developing lesson plans for kindergartners, typing up parent letters, and writing about playgrounds. zach was working in bentonville on a project called helpportrait on saturday so i thought this would be the perfect opportunity to stay in russellville for the weekend and get some work done. but sneaky little zach decided to pay me a visit saturday night and a break from homework was just what i needed.

what followed was an adventurous game of disk golf, playing sand volleyball late into the night, lots of laughing, and enjoying time with fun fun friends.

weekends in the spring are just really the best.

mamaw.

this is my mamaw's house. she passed away this summer but on my way home for spring break i decided to stop by and pay the house a little visit. when i was younger we use to spend every spring break here. we would bake mud pies, feed turkeys, walk to the little gas station and get ice cream, and never once realize that there was a lack of tv at her house. three generations of my family were raised in this house. i wish it could whisper stories that occurred within its walls. the house looks quite a bit different now, but the memories are still there.

"the most relaxing recreating forces are a 

healthy religion, sleep, music, and laughter. 

have faith in god--learn to sleep well--

love good music--see the funny side of life--

and health and happiness will be yours."

coming soon.

last night zach and i were driving from his house and began to talk about some of the plans, hopes, and goals for our future together. besides careers, owning a home, and having children, we got on the topic of someday owning our own little business nestled somewhere in an old downtown district. that’s all it took to get the little wheels in my head spinning!

since then i’ve been thinking of cute little shops filled with flowers and pastries, art gallery stores with prints, cards, and stationary, woman’s boutiques with clothing and home décor, and vintage book stores with coffee counters set up in the back. all day I’ve been creating my own personal perfect downtown filled with all of these types of shops.

daydreaming about the future is beginning to become one of my favorite pastimes these days. 

sewing.

in an effort to avoid working on a project, i'm sitting on the couch, drinking a nice cup of hazelnut coffee, and blog surfing.

one of my goals for 2010 is to successfully sew a dress. a wearable dress. i've always loved being around beautiful fabrics with fun patterns and i decided earlier on in the year that this was the year to dust off the sewing machine and get busy.

i stumbled onto this book the other day while i was at barnes&noble and immediately put it on my "i really really want this" list.

101 projects!? yes please!

4 weeks.

drinking pots of coffee at midnight can only mean one thing...it's the end of the semester. 
i have 4 weeks left, 10 big projects to complete, and 0 time for a life.

on a positive note, the weather has be beautiful. when i get out of class all i want to do is lay outside in the grass and take a nap for an hour or two. in 4 weeks, that's exactly what i'll do.

but for now i'm home for the weekend. enjoying family, a little break from school, and playing with these two little ones.