At it again?

After almost 2.5 years I think I will try my hand at blogging again. Why the revived interest? I recently finished reading a "book" that my grandma wrote for her family. Entitled Travels with Grandma, the book was written on a type writer, copied, lovingly placed in 3-ring binders and distributed to each of her family members. It is not what one might consider fancy or well-finished. But it is her simple thoughts and memories, along with a few pictures, of the 20 some travel-filled years that she got to spend with my grandpa. Grandma wrote in her journal as much as she could possibly take in during her trips around the U.S., Mexico, Australia, Germany, Italy, and many more countries, and from these journals and photo albums she compiled her memories to share with us. As I read I was struck by how much she loved learning. I love that she put the effort into sharing her experiences and impressions with her loved ones.

My aspirations to once again blog are likely to only be read by my sister and sister-in-law at this point (after I remind them of my blog address). And I am completely fine with that. I am horrible at journaling or anything like that, but I truly enjoyed reading about my grandmother's experiences. I realized that I do not remember details very well right now, let alone 10 or 50 years down the road. So I will attempt to have this blog be a simple space for me to record what is happening in my mostly mundane life. Hopefully this way I will be able to look back and remember thoughts and times of life that God has taken me through, be them interesting to other people or not.

I just began my 2nd year of occupational therapy school. I was ready for the daily routine that school provides but sad to see the summer go. I've thoroughly enjoyed my 1st full summer break in several years. Unfortunately, I believe it may be my last summer break as next summer I will have classes and Chris will likely be moving to start his residency. So I have tried to fill up my spare time with crafting. This was the perpetual state of our dining room this summer: I made hair clips for my new niece, Ruby, who arrived on August 23rd, myself a dress (not a great view of it, but I'm wearing it below)and skirt (notice anything familiar from the bows?), another skirt that I probably won't wear and may give away (cut slightly too small), a swimsuit cover-up dress, and a little make-up bag. I also made a birthday gift with an actual pattern all by myself, which I cannot explain further at this time. A couple of weeks ago I hosted two of my OT friends so that they could make skirts as well. It's fun to be creative. And since my time is worth pretty much nothing at this point, these items are pretty cheap to make!

A couple more photos from summer:


The above is $7 worth of fabulous estate sale finds! The side table thing is now used to store my fabric that was previously spilling out in all directions in our office/guest/storage room. I use the purse and wallet all the time. The floral fabric is actually an old lady skirt that I bought with the intention of hemming for a new summer skirt. instead I've worn it belted as a dress.


The hubs and me celebrating our 3rd Anniversary in June. Looking forward to many more anniversaries!