"Nanny"

The boys who call me nanny.

Okay, so they call me "Kim" or "Kiiiiiiim," as Logan prefers, but their mom introduced me as the nanny today. It was a little strange.

June gloom :(

When June gloom (boo!) settles in like it has, all I can do is bust out my big mug of green tea, turn on Pandora, and clean. Yes, today, my apartment will sparkle. Tomorrow? I surely hope the sun comes out...

The Joy of Living, Part 2

Yes, I still miss my live-in spider killer...but I have adapted and learned how to grab a napkin/paper towel/Kleenex and get those 8-legged arachnids out of my living space. I'm a grown-up now.

Now, the latest excitement? Getting bills from the gas company and electric company that are under $10! What?!?
It's the best, really.
My gas bill for last month was $9.73 and my electricity only cost me $8.19. Unbelievable. Gone are the days of porch lights left on ALL night, 5 girls constantly cooking, heaters blasting because we all had different ranges of comfortable temperature, 5 computers plugged in, etc. Living alone is cheap...well, in terms of utilities, at least. :)

What a view!

A house on a hill in Redwood City (Kjersti's grandparent's), looking out towards San Francisco. Beautiful.

LOVE

Kjersti's bridal shower.
Kjersti and Tim - to be married September 18, 2010!!

The doubled recipe...

I love to bake and eat cookies, but I think I will be taking a little cookie sabatical for a while after baking off 200 of these for Kjersti's bridal shower! Phew. Who knew that a doubled (or supposedly only doubled) recipe could make so many cookies!!

SLO

There's no better place to have to kill time than San Luis Obispo, CA.

Iced coffee? Check. Muffin from Black Horse? Check. Book? Check. Beautiful weather? Check. An open bench down by the creek? Yes, please.

A picture a day? maybe.

Life is full of funny moments, beautiful moments, ugly moments, exciting moments...you get the point. So, I am going to try to take the next few weeks to capture one of these moments each day and post it to this blog.
We'll see if this actually happens, but I am letting you know that I am going to TRY.
Some days might be crazy, so I apologize now if I only post a picture every other day...I'm sure you understand.

Remote control, please.

There are times (like this week) where I just wish that life had a remote control...one with a fast forward button and a rewind button.
I know that if this actually existed, life would be very different and probably very lame, but still, a girl can dream, right?

Since a remote control with such life altering buttons does NOT exist, I am here and now living life and praying for patience.

I am the type of person who NEEDS to be busy. I am a people-person, a "do-er". Well, God is certainly shaping and molding me into someone who is learning (I am fighting this, but slowly relenting to the learning) to be content with NOT having things to do. Ha!
The school year ended and with it went my 5:30am alarm clock ringing and my 7:45-3pm job teaching cute, little children...and now I simply work part-time at WS and (gasp) have a virtually free schedule. Okay, so I babysit 3 nights each week, but I have free days...and I don't know what to do with myself!
I sit and listen to music. I do puzzles. I read. I lay out at the beach. I catch-up with friends. I drink tea. I walk to the library. I enjoy summer...but I am starting to go stir-crazy. I need projects, to help someone, hang out with people, teach people, work, anything.

I know that all things have a time and place. I know that God sees the big picture. I know that a full-time teaching job is waiting for me (some day). I know that love is somewhere down the road. I know that friends will return (and probably leave again)...so now I just need to learn (once again) to breathe and be patient.

The Joys of Living, Part 1

When I moved out, I didn't realize how much I would miss...
1) the live-in spider killer (aka: Dad)
2) walking outside and picking berries to put on my cereal
3) our awesome lime tree

The latest and greatest...

I drink tea. Some days, I go as far as to say that I am hooked on tea...but then I spent 4 days with my good friend and I realized that my addiction is nowhere near an addiction...she is hooked on tea, I merely like it.

White tea, green tea, black tea, decaf, chamomile. It's all in my cupboard. Seriously, if you need tea, come to me.

The latest and greatest kitchen gadget? The Teavana Perfect Teamaker.

My wonderful brother gave it to me for Christmas (yes, it took me 5 loooong months before I opened the box and used it...but hey, I wasn't living on my own yet) and I LOVE it.

It makes drinking loose leaf tea a pleasure. No more floating remnants of tea in your cup. Amazing.

Apricot Tart

(picture courtesy of Miri Leigh)

I cannot wait until apricots are here!!

One more month.