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Olympia trying to be sneaky and steal the thread from my sewing machine.

Also check out that adorable picture of my mom when she was 5.

I love blog posts that give you a little insight as to what the blogger is currently thinking about, into, planning for, etc. It makes the writer feel a little more maybe just human. However, whenever I see this blog post I want to do it but feel like I am ripping the original author off. Silly. So I am just going to go for it.



Loving: Feeling little lady move around a lot more. Pregnancy is a weird journey and most of the time I feel like my body is a giant science experiment. One of the pay offs is feeling her move inside of me. For the longest time I kept wondering if I was really pregnant. All I could see was this belly growing in front of me. I longed to feel her moving around in there. It is so exciting to feel her little kids, flips, and minor adjustments.

Reading: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Every summer I try to pick one classic novel to read along with the all the other books I check out from work before summer break. The Fountainhead was written in the 1920s but I am surprised at how relevant it still seems today. The characters are really interesting to me and I find that this book isn't at all predictable It is taking me a lot longer than normal to read. It reminds me of older movies sometimes where the dialog is stretched out longer than it needs to be. The copy I have is over 800 pages long and it has traveled to San Diego and is about to go camping for 5 days.

Watching: I started out really strong watching the Olympics but I seem to have dropped off recently. I can only take so much of beach volleyball and water polo just makes me want to go swimming. I think I was only really interested in the gymnastics so now that is over I find my attention waning. I have also been watching the new seasons of True Blood and Breaking Bad. I am super disappointed with True Blood this season. It has the weirdest timing. Luckily Alexander Skarsgaard's face is enough to keep me watching.

Thinking about: Going back to work and graduate school. My first day back to work is next week. Yikes! We usually have a few days to get all our ducks in a row and then school starts on Monday the 20th. I am having more anxiety about it this than I normally do. It is just cloudy in my head how it is all going to come together, how I am going to fit in 1, possibly 2, classes for graduate school, setting up lesson plans for a long term sub, being on my feet for full days, dealing with high school kids while pregnant and tired. I will figure it out but it is just weighing on me heavier than normal.

Anticipating: The yearly end of the summer camping trip that my friends and I go on every year to Lake McConaughy in Nebraska. I know...Nebraska. Somehow they ended up with an awesome lake with white sand beaches. We have done this trip for 10 years now. It is interesting to see how it has changed. The first year there was 7 of us, minimal camping supplies, and a lot of shenanigans. The largest group we ever had was over 20 people. That was the year it rained the whole time and we were all miserable! Now when we go we have an awesome system of setting up camp. We always have a kitchen area complete with a dish washing area, pop up tents in case of rain, tons of water toys, a bathroom tent and all kind of cute little kids running around. This year I am going by myself since Bradley is driving to Illinois for a wedding reception. I bought a bunch tarps and clothing line to set up a changing area so I don't have to crawl around in my tent more than I have too.

Listening: Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures. Boy was she was a train wreck but her music was so good. This album is a bunch of songs that she recorded and never released. It has some great covers of older songs. My favorite is the 1963 cover of "Our Day Will Come" originally by Ruby and the Romantics. It also has some different versions previously released songs.

Working on: I have been sewing a lot this past week.  My mom has been helping me sew some maternity clothing for when I go back to work. I have been making tops and she has been making some pants and a dress.  I have been trying to find clothing that doesn't look like a stole a tent from the local circus and cut some arm holes in it.

Wishing: The nursery would magically finish itself. I don't think that is going to happen.  We still need to put up some shelving in the closet and put up blinds. We have stopped buying stuff for the baby till my baby showers happen next month and we see what we have left to get.

Camping and Port-a-Potties

(image via weheartit)

When I was a little kid I would ask my dad if we could go camping.  He would say sure and then add the stipulation that there had to be a Holiday Inn sign in front of the tent.  Such a joker.  So in other words... No.  More like hell no.  I remember my mom taking me camping once.  Before we left I found a piece of carboard and attempted to copy the Holiday Inn logo onto my carboard in markers.  I was so excited and quickly dissapointed when we sent up our tent in a row of 50 other campers.  There was no cozy camp fire.  Only park designated bbq pits, port-a-potties, and a million other campers crammed into one space. It was cold at night and the ground was hard.  I remember rolling around trying to find a comfortable spot more than actually sleeping. It was a dissapointing experience to say the least.  Around 19 I had moved in with Rachel and attained a rather large and awesome new group or friends.  They started taking me camping with them in the mountains.  I fished out the tiny tent my mom and I once camped in and my sleeping bag from elementary school and followed along.  It was liberating and amazing.  It was everything I had been dreaming of since I was a kid. Warm fires, lots of laughing, good food, and absolutely NO port-a-potties.  The next year we started talking about a 5 day camping trip but we weren't sure where to go.  Strangley there is a giant lake with white sandy beaches only 3 hours away from here....in Nebraska.  Yes Nebraska.  If you never have been there let me tell you it sucks just as much as you think it would.  Good corn though.  That year 5 of us piled into Rachel's minivan and went.  I still remember a friend showing up right as we were about to leave him with an apple, a blanket and no shoes.  Thats all he had.  He proceeded to by to 40s and drink them by the time we were there.  He also had no food so he bought 2 cans pork and beans at a gas station and no can opener.  The first morning there we found him by the beach in the hot sun with the blanket over him.  The best part was there were a lot of big trucks and campers driving up and down that beach.  He was a gem that guy.  My friends and I are all about traditions.  No matter how busy we are we still manage to make too a few key events every year.  This 5 day camping trip has been one of them.  It looks a lot different now. People have come and gone.  There are lots of little kiddos running around now, we have much better camping equipment then we used to and we all seem to go to bed a little bit earlier than we used to.  But it was definately the experience I was looking for as a kid.  And although there is a bathroom in the parking lot far far away from us there is absolutely NO port-a-potties. 

So I leave today for my 8th time going to to same amazing camping spot we go to every year  (The only year I took off was the year we were married)  I will see you next week!

Too Many Projects Not Enough Time

Okay so I might be squealing a little bit over some new projects I found on Design*Sponge.  I have so many projects to do.  The hardest part is finding the time to do them all however the thought of summer and three glorious months to do what I want when I want keeps me brainstorming.

botanical silhouette paper art

This one is insanely easy and something I can do at work while my classes are working.  I always try to work on something with them even if it isn't what they are doing.

bliss’s colorful log caddy

I was standing in my basement yesterday looking at the explosion of my camping supplies.  Wouldn't this be nice to have while camping?  Not that I am ever in charge of the wood.  I mostly let the guys do that and then start throwing logs on the fire later but still?

framed silhouettes from thomas paul

Just to damn cute.

Also....So funny and I know I am guilty of this!