Summer goals

coming to you from Pullman

you might feel like spring has just started and are thinking that my summer goal making is a little premature - but i am still a student, and as such measure the seasons by when my breaks are.  my last semester of lectures...in veterinary medicine... at WSU (...because who knows where my life will take me and i love school so much i will undoubtedly go back [somewhere] listening to more lectures [about something] eventually) is over in a week and although i do not actually get a summer break this year (or ever again in my life unless i really switch things up and become a K-12 teacher) i will still measure the beginning of summer as starting the minute my last final is over. 

so!  making goals.  i have some for this summer.  because summer and break have always been an inseparable idea in my head, i am having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that i will not have extra time to get stuff done (that stuff that i usually put off..."i'll have time to do that in the summer...").  nevertheless, i'm going to make some summer goals with the intent of having a little extra time, and maybe just having the sun out will make me more productive.  some things about goals that i have been told: write them down (i'm doing that now and in a very public manner, which equals more accountability - even though these are sort of silly goals i expect you to hold me to them), they should be attainable, specific, measurable, realistic, and there should be a deadline. 

Deadline: August 27, 2012

Goals:

• find a one piece swimsuit that looks good on me...like these

poka dots; stripes and bow; black

• stop twirling my hair (seriously, i'm practically an adult.)
• start a joy jar (i have a joy journal, but the thought of reading random cool things at the end of the year sounds fun, and i would be more likely to make a "deposit" every day)

sorry, uploaded by user on pinterest so i don't know where this idea came from

or should i make this instead...?

unique calendar seen here

• finish my quilt: it's much further along than when i took this picture, but i still have a lot of work

look how cute ellie is!

• see a dermatologist: before my good insurance expires!  Dr. Travis Stork told me today that i shouldn't ignore things about my health - doctor's orders!!
• go through all of my clothes and decide if it stays or goes - sex in the city style.  maybe i'll decide that it all stays (i doubt it) but i at least need to remind myself what i own. 
• plan a trip to go skydiving: like actually book an instructor because just planning it in my head and saving some money didn't do the trick - but i guess i'm half way there.  i just have to convince someone else to go with me - a few months ago, i realized that skydiving is something that i imagine i will do in my lifetime...you know how when people find out they are going to die they have to do certain things...like skydiving...and i just decided i don't want to wait until i'm dying to live. 
• make something like this...anything really.  just be a little crafty at least one time. 

  

  "A"; marriage is...; what a perfectly stupid time we would have; i love you...; maps

• go to Glenn and Yasmin's wedding: obviously i'm already doing this, but i wanted to add something to the list that i know i will for sure be able to cross off :)

i guess we have a while to see if i'm successful. 

m.

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Coming to you from Portland

I got this idea from Pinterest.  There are no directions so I just kind of guessed what was going on in the pictures.  I don't know what that mesh stuff is, but I went to the craft store and they sell rolls of tulle for $4 - I'm pretty sure that's what it is. 

I picked some small clovers and flower petals from the garden and placed them on the eggs and then wrapped them in the tulle.  I tied the tulle in a knot, becuase I was lazy and didn't feel like sewing the end together, which made it kind of loose around the egg.  This resulted in my plant stamps not leaving a super clear print on the eggs, because some of the dye was able to get underneath them. 

Then I dyed them using brown onion peels.  I have used these before for dying and I love the natural, warm brown color it makes.

And here is the final product!  Again, my designs don't have hard lines and aren't completely white, but for something you are going to crack and throw away, I think it is reasonable to take a couple of shortcuts.