It *definitely* feels like Spring has sprung around here – in more ways than one! Temperatures are warmer (love it!), days are longer (love it even more!), and we’re starting to see the classic Texas spring weather in our forecast as well – storms, hail, tornadoes… While those things are not *typically* a laughing matter, they are to me because the beginning of Texas spring storms seems to coincide with the beginning of the new Dancing with the Stars season each spring! I’m patiently waiting for the first time they go to commercial, and the first thing we hear is Pete Delkus telling us he’s not going to interrupt Dancing with the Stars unless he has to – then I will know that spring is truly here! hehehehe
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Speaking of Spring, it seems to have hit the middle school crowd HARD. Now, I can’t tell any specific stories due to privacy laws, but let’s just say I’m seeing some truly silly, wacky, and unexplainable behavior right now. Luckily, since they’re 13 and 14 year olds, they are still fairly shy about public displays of affection – so at least I’m not seeing too much of *that* kind of spring behavior. However, everyday there seems to be a moment where I just have to shake my head and laugh because some of the things they say and do are just so random! Love them, though!
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Major progress is being made on our natural light studio! I think the painting will be done very soon (maybe even tomorrow!) which is a MAJOR step in the right direction! The other major step will be to rip out the carpet and stain the concrete, which is actually a project that will encompass the majority of our house. We’re leaving carpet in the bedrooms, but that’s about it. We have yucky, white, low grade builder’s carpet that seems to keep every. single. hair. from Max’s body. We go over it with the Dyson all of the time and just can’t seem to get it all out of this stupid carpet. I’m concerned about it being a health/allergen problem when the baby gets here, so out it must go! I *love* the stained concrete look and feel it will fit our lifestyle SOOOO much better. I can’t wait for that project to start (and be completed!)
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Speaking of studio plans… if you’re a Twitter follower or Facebook friend, you saw that a couple of weeks ago I taught myself to “knit!” I put it in quotation marks because it’s the round loom style of knitting which isn’t exactly rocket science, but I’m pretty pleased with myself nonetheless! I took up this little hobby to not only outfit Arabella with some majorly cute homemade hats, but also to stock our studio with cute, cuddly knit items that can be used in newborn and baby shoots! I’ve purchased some knit items from the “pros” on Etsy, but I’m excited to be supplementing my stockpile with things I’m making myself! I’ll post some photos soon when I finish up a couple of projects that I’m currently working on!
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Okie dokie… I think that’s all for tonight. I have about a billion and one projects that I’m working on / thinking about / thinking about thinking about these days! I’ll be posting more random thoughts soon!
