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No buy June.

I'm re-instituting no buy month.  I feel like things have just gotten out of control and it's extremely stressful.  I have stacks of books.  My room is still full of boxes.  It's time for some action.

I didn't do January as planned, so June is it.  If I want something (and I want things), I have to wait a whole 30 days to purchase whatever the serious want is.  And right now, I seriously want these wedges.  C'est la vie.

Groceries & necessities are all.  Keep me honest blog friends.

Joy.

(from here.)

As I sit here and get a head start on "What my life will be like in 2012," I can't help but think back to the feeling I had yesterday on the lake and how to recapture that feeling long term.

The winds were high.  I was sitting at the front of the boat as we bounced along the whitecaps... wind whipping my hair, water splashing over my face, sun shining down.  I couldn't help but laugh.  I didn't laugh because something was funny, but because of the pure joy and happiness I felt in that moment.

Growing up!

My little man is getting his adult underbite.. he's growing up!

Fiesta.

Wow, two posts in one night?? This is rare.  At any rate, I'm being productive and that's always a good thing.  I've found that I was so busy for so long in my work life that I let things slack at home.  So now, getting things done!

My mom had a conference in San Antonio recently and they gave her some of the metal decorations for fiesta wreaths in her welcome bag!!  I desperately wanted to make a fiesta wreath for fiesta this year, but it was a week earlier than in the past and I just didn't have the time or money as I was in the middle of the move.

In the meantime I thought I could show off the pretty decorations in my room, as well as the cute little piñata that came with them, so I found some lace I purchased for a crafting project to make this little piece of decor to fit in the small space between two of my windows.  It's cute and adds some San Antonio flair!

Stay tuned for more.

(again, all photos by me.  please disregard the iphone quality.)

Home Sweet Home.

This post should've been posted Thurs night, but Blogger was down so I'm writing it today.  I'm pretty excited lately because I feel like my room (and the house) are FINALLY coming together... over a month later!!

After a trip to Ikea on the way back from Dallas last weekend, I picked up this lovely pot rack which just barely fit into the space we intended to use it for.  It makes the kitchen look pretty lived in, so I love that aspect.  We also didn't have a microwave this first month, so the stove was heavily used and it's nice to have the pots & pans easily accessible.

Then I stayed up super late on Thursday (and I had to drive a lot the next day) to get some of the bigger boxes out of my room.  I finally got one part of my room presentable... the closet!  My brother got me an awesome "Keep Calm and Carry On" picture when he was in London for spring break and it fits perfectly in between the closet and the door.  The bucket that my cookbooks and magazines moved into was a purchase the week before.  I also managed to (mostly) condense my large walk-in closet to this small 1920s closet.  I love it!

Hopefully I'll get down to business and clean out the rest of the room to make it presentable.  Can't wait to share it!

(all photos by me.  they're all iphone photos so please disregard the quality.)

On creativity

I fear that I've lost any of the creativity I may have once had... It seems like I had once been able to create characters and feel them. Now I can only mimick real-life situations that I lived trough. How and when did I lose my inspiration?

Starting up 750words again. Maybe that will help me get it back.