Ramblings

What a crazy week! I wish I could have a whole day to just lay in bed, do nothing but watch movies and eat oreos. Hm. So yeah, last wednesday I went to visit Nate at McInnis to get tattooed! Lorena joined and it was a long almost two hours, let me tell you haha. Driving home was a miserable experience, but after a day or two it was already starting to heal up. I love my teacup! Came out perfect.

Another big change: Gabe and I are actually together. We hung out over the weekend and basically it just got to the point where yes, I want to be with him so f it. Gonna give it all I've got for the last time and if it doesn't work out, at least I won't be disappointed this time. So far, so good.

On Sunday we went to Ikea.... Ugh. I love too much stuff, I wanted to buy everything. In previous posts I mentioned doing some redecorating? Yeah. Ari and I went to Lowe's last night and got paint to start the pantry. The color is soo not what I was expecting! LOL. It's interesting, very retro; I'm going to keep it, but paint the accenting wall and cupboards white and ice gray.

I don't want to think about work right now, but I'm getting a little bit stressed out. I've been accomplishing a lot but there's still SO much to do. I was given a bit more responsibility and I can't really fall behind on that task. I can't really fall behind on anything. Hm.

This week I attempted to dye my hair red. Didn't really work out that well. I still like it, but it's not how I expected. The color didn't take anywhere except the top of my hair so, yeah. Back to black I guess! haha.


Ari and I had a very interesting night/morning. First, at 3am, I heard what sounded like snapping twigs. I got a little nervous, and got out of bed to check the kitchen. Walking out of my room, my feet are crunching on something, and I see a little blond head sticking out of the closet. Ari was holding a box of angel hair pasta, and with a huge smile on face, was breaking it all in half. I literally stood there in ambivalent shock. Like, three in the morning, and decides to go and break spaghetti? What the hell? So, back to bed I bring her. At around six, I'm awoken by this loud clunking noise coming from the kitchen. I honestly did not want to get out of bed to see what it was because I knew it was going to be Ari, making some type of mess I did not want to clean up that early, on top of the spaghetti still everywhere. As she gets closer to my door, all I see is her flailing about with her rollerskates on. At this point, all I can do is laugh. She sees me laughing and starts laughing herself. ♥ She seriously makes my mornings, even if I went to work with spaghetti pieces in my shoe.



I'm seriously just loving my room lately. More specifically... bed.


now picture the above walls this^ color. Blackberry Jam


Yeah..... hahah I'm hoping it looks a lot better once it's all finished


Teacup! Peeling but looking rad.


So long, red hair.



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A Week in Review {+ my weigh-in & thoughts!}

Not such an interesting week, unfortunately. Every day ran together. The sad part is when I actually had motivation and topics to blog, I couldn't because my computer charger shorted out. SO it's back to holding the broken one until I order another one. FML.

{I think on wednesday} I made Ari a cute polka-dotted skirt/ dress/ shirt thing! haha It was originally supposed to be a skirt, but I made it too long, so it's more of a dress/shirt right now. Made a matching headband too :) My first time working with elastic, and I can tell it's going to open up a whole new range of options!








Ari twirling with her daddys shirt on her head


Cleaning the kitchen, hear her whining.. Look in the bathroom, ta-da! At least it's clean.


How she enjoys her 'seeds' {sunflower seeds}


We decided to hang lights in the living room. Maybe it looks a little college kid-ish, I don't know, but I like the chill vibe I get when I have them on. Plus I can see my books better now ;)


Anyway, almost 3 weeks ago I made a post called The Body Post. I detailed about my weight, etc. On May 15 I was at 114 pounds. Weighed myself this morning, and I'm at 111! It hasn't been as fast a drop as before, but I'm doing it the right way.

Let it be known: I have been struggling!! This is a challenge!
Not gonna lie, it's been so hard. I rarely have an appetite before 5pm. It's pretty amazing, cause I don't get thirsty either. But it fucks me all up, and keeps me on my night eating schedule.

The first week was the worst, I was going back and forth between restricting and starving, to binging and feeling sick. Depressing, but it was automatic. I needed to change how I thought.

The second week was a little better, but I was still on my night schedule of eating.

This week, however, was great! I believe most of the weight loss happened this week.

The secret? I've been eating all day. Choking down breakfast and lunch and 2 snacks, even though my head is screaming at me to stop, then on to dinner. I've been eating adequate portions of good things (fruits, veggies, granola etc.) and no bad stuff (candy, excessive bread + carbs- except last night, ben +jerrys, mm!).
I've been walking everywhere, doing yoga, and being a mom - I think I'm doing pretty good burning the calories. The best part of all this is I pretty much always have a satisfied {not full} feeling, no in-between snacking, and a stable energy level. I'm not really calorie counting anymore, just estimating.
I'm just following a timed schedule, and picking healthy options, but it's still things I like. This is soso important, you'll be totally not into eating healthy if you just choose things because they're healthy.



So far so good, guys! I'm aiming for 100 for the end of June, think I can do it? Xo


Ps, give me a vote pleasee?

Ari's Upcycled Shirt!

It's seriously so weird to be at home this week. I am so used to waking up and having a workday routine that all this free time* is foreign to me now.

*Side note: free time is not really free when you have children.


Lucky for me today, Ari was in an easygoing mood and quietly played (and 'did her toes') this morning while I sewed her that summer shirt in the photo above! Last night I felt inspired so I got out one of those vintage dresses and started cutting away.

I'm actually pretty thrilled at how it turned out :) It was my second sewing project, I learned how to make buttonholes too! I had buttons on the back of the shirt but unfortunately that wasn't really working out, so I improvised and got out some ribbon, made extra holes and used that instead. The shirt is ruffled on the front, and the fabric is a cotton/ polyester mix. The straps button for easy on and off - I was contemplating making holes so she could grow with it but it fits her really good now so it was deemed not necessary / extra work!









Mid-way through the afternoon I was daydreaming on what I could use the scrap fabric for, when I decided to make her a matching headband. She really liked that idea, and got upset when I took it off her to take a photo of it!




We had a good day today, lots of giggles :) had vegetables and diced mango for lunch. I'm hoping I start work on monday though, because no matter how much I love my baby, I just don't feel accomplished nor satisfied being at home. My depression is pretty much non-existant at this point, and I'm thankful for that. Took long enough! But I need to be around adults or I go crazy, lol. Kudos to all the baby sitters in the world/ parents of more than one, I could never do it!

Making an Old Thing New

Tuesday when we went thrifting, I picked up this old wall-mounted coat rack for $1.



I was very excited to bring it home and get to work on it :)

The first thing I did was take off the hooks, set them aside, and sand down the wood.


Next I painted the wood white, let the first coat dry, then painted a second coat on. I painted the hooks too, to give it a base to help the purple paint stick better.


After the white, I washed my brush and painted the hooks a dark purple (2 coats)



The final product:


I left the wall screws black, I think it gives it some character :) All in all, this project cost about $3! Our downstairs neighbor is a painter and gave us access to his storage room of paint, the brush was $2 from Ocean State Job Lot and the coat hanger $1. It was a fun project, too!

Do you have any good projects that came from thrifting?
Xo

Even when the sun don't shine...

Wonderful week, right? Clearly this is going to be one of those at home productive weeks. Which is all well because C's stepmom just gave me a bunch of vintage dresses that were her mothers, so I can't wait to start making more things for A!




Yesterday I spent the entire day and part of the night cleaning and organizing. So happy its done! I found time to do some yoga and Jaxon joined me:




I got around to fixing a plate that has been broken for about a month now. These little French plates came in a set of four, and I just love them so much. This one was being used under my mint plant, and C broke it one day (men..). It sat in pieces until saturday, when I cleaned them in the sink and sliced my thumb open length-wise! Glad it's done.



I also got around to sewing a pillow that's been waiting to get put back together



It cleared up a bit yesterday evening, fooled me into thinking it would be nice today, but hey at least the sky was pretty for a little while




You know it's Spring when the lilacs are in bloom. We have plenty around our house right now! We have a dried (well, currently drying) bunch hanging in our bedroom, and fresh ones in the kitchen, dining room, and living room. It smells like a garden in here haha




This is also my last week as intern! It seems so recent that I was blogging about getting accepted into the program and how I was feeling. It's been a very self-reflective time and I've definitely grown as a person, student, and employee. I finally have confidence in my abilities, totally a good feeling :)

Hopefully it's sunnier weather where you are? Xo