I started grad school in May! I am getting my Master's in Education in Divergent Learning.
It's only a year long program, but it is very intense.
It's not all serious business though.
Last night, we made cookie people, choosing the different toppings according to our personality styles.
I apparently have a yummy personality because all of my personality style toppings were among my favorite treats! Yay!
(my cookie didn't last long...obviously)
On a serious note, I am learning SO much in my classes. I'm glad I started in the summer and not this fall because I'm able to transition into the work load. However, it's a bit frustrating at times because I want to implement these strategies right now.
Patience, dear teacher. Patience.
My homeowner-ness is continuing to stretch my handy woman skills!
I put in a new doorbell several weeks ago.
The original one that "came with the house" had part of the plastic button part missing, so people feared for their lives when they came to my house, choosing to just knock instead of risk electrocution by ringing the doorbell. No need to worry any longer, my dear friends!
Right after I finished changing out the doorbell, the UPS man came by to deliver a package (containing a grad school book - woohoo...). I was so excited and proud that I very enthusiastically exclaimed to him, "I just changed my doorbell!!!"
Yeah. I get excited about small things. But it's just me. I don't have someone to run to for an impromptu celebration...because you know. Adding another notch in my tool belt as handy woman calls for impromptu celebrations! So this would be why my life is often on Facebook.
Just in case you were wondering!
But anyhow -- back to Mr. UPS. Upon hearing my jubilation in a new doorbell that I changed all by myself, he turned around, gave me two (not just one!) thumbs up and said, "Alright!!"
Yep. I'm a dork! At least I'm a smiley dork though, right? :)
So, along with my grad classes and my brand spanking new doorbell, I'm also experiencing empty nest syndrome...
Sad times.
I had become so accustomed to checking on my little feathered friends every day that I was super sad to see them gone.
Ever need a reminder of God's love for you? Yeah, me too.
The church down the road from my parents has this great reminder for all the world to see! It's on their ball field fence.
It makes me smile every time I drive by. And makes me wish I had an obnoxious chain link fence in my front yard to broadcast love to all as well.
Okay, maybe not to that extent. But it does make me happy. I love it!
And look what I have on the windowsill above my sink!
Baby marigold plants! I've been plucking the seeds out of my [dead] marigold flowers in my flower boxes (another post about that soon-ish!).
I'm excited to see that the seeds I "harvested" are growing! Woo!
I also planted LOTS more, but they're on the deck rail in the back yard. I'm experimenting a lot with seeding flowers. We'll see what happens!
I also have some squash, sunflowers, morning glories, celosias, and forget me nots planted to grow some before putting them in my flowerbed.
Speaking of...
I now have a GORGEOUS flowerbed in my backyard! (Thanks, Mom and Dad!!!!!)
It has some of my grandpa's lilies (my brother had them in his yard, then shared them with me) along with some plants I bought at Walmart for 50% off.
Hope they don't die!
I have a knock out rose bush, two tomato plants, and two other perennials that I'm not sure of their names.
So this has been my life lately. We finished up the school year this past week, so now I'm focusing on church, grad school, and my home.
Sleep is always nice too.
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