Today was such a great day! Normally I transition slowly from summer to classes, but I have loved today. Yesterday, I moved into my apartment. My roommates are the best. I have seven roommates which may seem like a lot, but it’s all I know.

Ashley made us breakfast this morning!

How perfect.

After starting my day off with delicious gluten/wheat free waffles, I checked my blogroll quickly (it’s up to 400, seriously), only to find that I won a giveaway at Sarahndipities! I am so happy!!! This means that I will be featured on her blog as a “sponsor,” but for free, until the end of October. Hooray! Unfortunately, I don’t have a 100×100 button so I’m working on that right now. Then I am allowed to sleep.

Today was awesome for other reasons, too. My classes were nice. I received Photoshop and a make-your-own stamp kit in the mail (fun times are headed my wayyy). I saw friendly faces after a long summer. We had campus communion. Then finally, Ashley and I walked to the gym, worked out slightly, got Starbucks, and came home. This was such a productive day! It may not last for long, but it’s refreshing to finally be busy again after a summer of lazing away in a pile of crafts.

Still, I want to make time for crafting. I need to. For the sake of my health. The cool thing is I am leading a small group focused on arts and crafts (and Jesus. cool guy.) that starts on Monday. A couple of guys signed up for it. That’s cool! I wasn’t expecting it though, so I may have to scratch the diy flowers from the syllabus.

I’m feeling thankful. Thankful, thankful, thankful. Would it be cheesy to jump on the “Thankful Thursday” bandwagon or am I overdoing it with alliteration days?

PS. no Color Wheel Wednesday this week, but I am digging green today :)

P.P.S. I may be driving back up to Portland with my mom this weekend because my grandpa isn’t doing well. We are praying lots. It will be nice to spend some quality time with him.

I’m spending this weekend at my aunt’s lovely cottage! She and my uncle own 95 acres of wonderful land, full of big trees, goats (lots of babieeesss), mules, dogs, etc. I am happy to be here. It is the most perfect way to spend my last weekend of freedom. Right now, my mom is deep cleaning the cottage and listening to her funky African music. She just began singing like Snow White too. That explains a lot about me, I guess.

Like my mask? I don’t want to inhale any fumes.

…and I am making pretty things this weekend! Really. Not just talking about how I want to make them. Things are getting done.

(sidenote)

Yesterday, my sister Danali turned six so we had a small get together. Adalin, my other little sister, presented Danali with this beautiful scarf:

Adalin is so talented and she’s only seven. I taught her how to double crochet, but I didn’t know she actually understood it. The hippie headband is courtesy of the birthday girl herself!

One thing I will miss about the summer is getting to have craft parties with my sisters whenever I want. My schedule for the semester turned out to be quite perfect, so I may have to take weekly trips home to see my family. If there is anything I’ve learned during my college experience, it’s that family time is so, so important. And I have the most amazing family ever. Seriously, I feel like I should dedicate a blog post to each member and just ramble about them for days.

(Also! Happy World Photography Day! And I just found out that tomorrow is National Honey Bee Day? This might be my favorite weekend. Ever.)