Summertime and the livin's easy...

My kids had their last day of school yesterday and we are officially ready to kick back and relax. The best way to start a restful day, in my opinion, is with crepes. They are sweet and (sort of) healthy and they remind me of wandering the streets in Paris and Italy. So, after dropping one of the foster dogs off at the vet to be spayed, I ran right home and made some. I use the following recipe:

2 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp melted butter
A dash of salt

Whisk eggs and flour together, make a ball of dough
Slowly add milk and water, stir until it's not lumpy
Stir in butter and salt

I use about 1/3 cup of batter per crepe, spread on an electric skillet as thin as possible, when edges begin to curl flip it. I also keep a little ramekin of nutella on the skillet so that it's melty and easy to spread on the crepe. If you are not a fan off the berries, slap some peanut butter, Nutella and banana on there. Delicious!

Time to relax....almost.

Is it ever really time to relax? I'm not talking about me. I mean do any of us ever relax?

Obviously this blog has been neglected, but between yoga classes morning, noon and night, the kids school, the 5 dogs (yes, there are 5 now- I thought it would be a good idea to foster dogs so we have 2 extras,)weddings, brides, birthdays and laundry I don't have a lot of time to sit down and write. My friends are in the same boat. They may not have 5 furry friends, but between all their stuff they too are stretched to the limit. I think it's time that we all make a commitment to doing less. Summer is coming, school will be out and we all need to make a pact here and now! Let's agree to the following:

I will find 10 minutes a day to sit in the sun (or shade if it's too hot) and enjoy my surroundings.

I will ignore the pile of laundry and eat ice cream, drink lemonade or draw on the sidewalk at least one night out of the week. The laundry will wait, summer will fly by.

I will say "No, sorry, but I cannot help," the next time someone asks for just a little favor. Unless you actually want to help, but that's a horse of a different color.

Certainly we can all take a little time for ourselves and our mental health this summer. The world won't end if you are not involved in that next fundraiser, your kids will still have clothes to wear tomorrow if you don't do the laundry (bathing suits totally count as clothing,) and you will feel better after soaking up some rays and just breathing for a few minutes. Who's in?

The Purple Skirt

I finished the skirt today that I started over the weekend. I'm pretty happy with it. There are a bunch of flaws, but being that it's my first attempt at making a piece of clothing for myself, I don't think it's too shabby. Also, I love the little hook things I used. Not only are they cute, but they helped me avoid making a button hole, which I am fearful of. I have two more skirts to sew, so I'm thinking my house will be condemned by Fri., but at least I'll have my kicky new skirts.

Easy like Sunday Morning...

We had a relaxing weekend, which is unusual. Yesterday I made a new skirt, we had dinner at Wild Wings Cafe and I watched The Big Chill for the 8,497th time. Today the kids watched movies and I got some laundry done. I also read. I'm always reading something, but it's been awhile since I have read something new that I really liked. Luckily, I found a book at the library a couple of weeks ago called "The Surf Guru." It's a collection of short stories by Doug Dorst. I was unfamiliar with him, so when I picked it up I was totally judging a book by it's cover. The cover art and title are fabulous. The first story, which is also the title of the book, drew me in immediately. The stories were wildly varied, dealing with an aging surfer, a cake maker who was way nuttier than her desserts and then jumping to tales about teens who burnt down a forest and criminals on the run. As I read I found that I identified with some of the characters and was extremely curious about some of the others. I even found myself doing internet research on Van Gogh after reading one of the selections. All in all it was a great read and a book that I would consider buying in the future just to have on my shelf so I can re-visit it on a rainy day while I drink a cup of hot tea.

Sew what?

Today my buddy Mellissa and I went on a fabric hunt. She has a great new book with some awesome skirt patterns, so we were inspired to make some new duds for ourselves. I found 4 things that I really love and realized upon my return home that I already had 2 fabrics that coordinate with them. Yay! Since we are on Spring Break next week you will find me sitting at the sewing machine and probably swearing because, in all honestly, I'm not a great seamstress. Oh well, at least I have fun with it.

Howdy!

Hi guys! I felt like I needed a spot to park my stuff that isn't photography related, so from here on out I will have my business photo blog and I will have this one too. Here you will find amusing stories about the kids, sewing, food and yoga stuff. Maybe some ramblings about books. Really whatever happens to be on my mind on a particular day. You'll probably see a lot more activity over here, hah!
By the way, if this turns out to be a big snooze- don't say I didn't warn you!