Thanks to Emily at jones design company I was able to do something that I have always wanted to do…
create my own font!
The cool thing is that you can download it, too!
{just click on the image above and it will direct you to the site to download the font}
If you are unfamiliar with how to install fonts, Emily also did a wonderful tutorial on that…click here to view her tutorial.
Happy Friday!
home is…learning something new and sharing with you!
I’ve been taking part in an Instagram challenge that Ashley and Emily started this week.
{you can read more about it on their blogs…Under the Sycamore and The Anderson Crew}
Here are my photos…
{monday}
{tuesday}
{wednesday}
{thursday}
Today’s challenge is FACES…you’ll have to come back to see that one! (or follow me on instagram)
home is…being challenged.
home is…woods full of fairies.
hello monday!
i think we can get into a rythmn this week…a good groove.
last week we got derailed by colds and strep. reece and lorelai were home from school all week. by thursday we found out that reece had strep and got him onto antibiotics. seeing my kiddos sick is always hard. i feel so blessed to be able to make the decision to keep them home with me on the days they are not feeling well…so thankful for how hard ryan works so that it can be that way.
today we are back to our “normal” routine.
we walked to school as a family today…the fresh air felt so good.
it made me so happy to see reece smiling again with his friends at school.
here are a few photos from this past week…
we were able to take care of some yard clean up after some heavy rain…preparing for late fall and winter.
odyssey and i have taken a break from running the last couple of weeks…he got “fixed” so he had to take it easy for 10-14 days…we’ll get back to it this week!
when the sun shines after the rain everything glistens.
i did some crafting and minimal fall decorating while the kids were home last week.
a happy room.
the neighborhood horses eating green grass in the sun over the weekend.
pacific northwest fall color.
home is…a good groove.
Every few years, since my early 20’s, I decide to cut my hair short.
I think I was 22 the first time I cut it.
I kept it short for a bunch of years after that.
{1999}
{2000}
{2000}
{2003}
I think I started growing it long a year or two before we moved to Portland.
I grew it for a few years until the little guy was about 9 months old.
He kept pulling my hair, so I cut it short.
{snuggling reece and oak during a thunderstorm}
{gorge games 2008}
{reece’s 1st birthday}
That lasted less than a year and I was ready to grow it long.
I’m five years into growing my hair long and other than some color, a few trims, and bangs a couple of years ago there hasn’t been much change.
I think I am ready for a change.
Ryan just laughs when I mention it to him because he knows that eventually I will want to grow it long again, but that’s the good thing about hair…it grows!
I’ve always loved Meg Ryan’s short hairstyles…
I’ve taken many of these photos into hairstylist when getting a new cut.
I also pinned this image twice within the last year or so…I really like this cut.
And, here are a few other hairstyles that are kind of what I am thinking of….
What do you think?
Should I do it?
Which cut do you like?
home is…thinking about changing it up.
Happy October!
10 years ago my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer…during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
10 years ago.
She’s a survivor.
Actually, she’s more than a survivor.
She is a loving, creative, beautiful woman who beat breast cancer.
She’ll be getting one of these beautiful Lisa Leonard Designs for hope necklaces.
You can order one, too…personalized just for you…or your mom…or sister…or mother-in-law…or friend.
home is…awareness, hope, and more than surviving.
Getting into the right routine with two in two different schools has taken a couple of weeks…that’s why I haven’t been writing.
I really missing them being home.
Especially the little guy.
I get time with baby girl a few days a week.
I’m torn.
I have free time that I was desperately wishing for, but I find myself wondering what to do with it.
I have cabinets that I need to finish painting.
I have doctors appointments, haircuts, and brow waxes that I should get scheduled.
I have crafts I want to do.
I have exercise I want to add to my routine.
I have Nordstrom Notes screaming at me to spend them.
Instead of doing any of these things, I think…
Really, my main concern is that I will not be doing the “right” things with my free time…whatever the “right” things are.
If the house isn’t perfectly clean (which it is not) did I fail at cleaning?
If the laundry isn’t done will somebody get upset that their favorite “ballerine” or shorts are not clean?
If I don’t spend time doing things that will make me happy (crafting, exercising, blogging, taking photos) will I just be frustrated that I don’t have enough free time?
I just count the minutes until I get to go pick up my kids.
And, then there is not enough time in the day to spend with them.
And, by the time we get them to bed, I am exhausted and ready to go the bed to start all over the next day.
The answer is just do SOMETHING!
Anything.
But I get wracked with guilt that my choices will displease somebody.
I’m just writing…so, I’d better go do something.
home is…counting the minutes.
This morning I feel frustrated, hurt, bewildered, and angry.
So, I decided to pray.
I did a quick internet search about praying for my children and found this back to school prayer tool.
Although it is called a “back to school” prayer tool, I believe it can be used anytime to pray for my children.
home is…flying anyway.
home is…sometimes needing a reminder.
stephany taddeo 