Sunday morning.  I woke up early, weeded the garden, unloaded the dishwasher, rotated laundry, folded and put away towels, cleaned out the chicken coop, gave the girls (chickens and dog) some treats, showered, and I have a lovely stack of books and magazines that I plan to thoroughly enjoy today in the air conditioning.  IT IS HOT OUT!!  Already 85 degrees with 86% humidity.  Really unpleasant.  I'm on my second large water already.

Exercise, check.
Water, check.

Later I'm going to the farmer's market to get some berries to make jam with.  That is so satisfying to me and at the end you have something so yummy.  I'm all about the win-win.

I've been dwelling on the negativity at work a lot lately, and the other night I got a really good night's sleep and when I woke up I knew what I had to do. 

Sleep, check.

I just need to concentrate on my own classroom, make it as positive as I can, and scoop everybody up and bring them with me.  The negativity can stay at the door.  This is a perfect time to do this because I'm getting a new assistant in a few weeks.  We will start out with good vibes all around.  She will be the first one I scoop.

New attitude, check.

I did some good thrifting yesterday.  Went to two Goodwill stores and got a Longaberger basket for 99 CENTS!!!  I adore Longaberger baskets.  I also got a bunch of men's shirts (for half price) to cut up for quilts.  This satisfies the save-the-earth-hippie in me.  I made a couple of little quilted flags for gifts, and decided that I need to re-open my Etsy shop. 

Sewing projects, check.

Feeling happy....check, check, check.

Sunday morning....I LOVE Sunday mornings.  My husband sleeps in, so I have some time to just putter around doing whatever I want.  Not that I can't do that anytime, but it's just different on Sunday mornings.  This morning, I watched a cooking show, made a brine for cucumber salad later, fed the chickens, collected eggs, gathered together the things I need to sew a project later, and thought about what time I want to go to the farmer's market.  (I need cucumbers for earlier-mentioned salad). 

I've been thinking a lot about my life, my health, my job, and my house.  I'm feeling like things need to change a little bit.  The kids are all doing well, and are all moved out so it's time for us to think about just us.  Things are really good right now, but I think they can be better.  The house looks lived in--and I'm feeling like there are only two of us living here and it could be more organized.  My health is okay, but I need to exercise more and I'm trying to think how that is going to work since I have some issues with pain when walking too much.  I'm thinking yoga, stationery bike or gardening (my choice daily), along with walking the dog.  I need to eat more vegetables, so I'm trying to find yummy recipes for that.  My job is good, but I feel like I could be doing some more amazing things with my preschoolers.  As for my life, I would really like to find more time to just BE.  I love to putter around my house and I don't make time for that regularly.  Ridiculous.

Quilting is wonderful again, thanks to my wonderful husband who encourages me to sew when ever I please.  I even take my featherweight sewing machine camping with us and sew outside, which I highly recommend if you've never done it before.  It's already EXTREMELY hot in Orlando, so I limit my outside sewing to early morning, but I love it.  I usually have a quilt cut out and I just have to sit and sew my little heart out.  VERY pleasant. 

So, the garden is completely overgrown already.  The tomatoes are prolific, the cucumbers grew nice vines, but not one cucumber, and they are already wilty and need to be pulled up.  The squash are huge and I get a lot of small yellow squash, but I think it's getting too hot for them too.  The herbs are wonderful--especially the lemon balm and the mint (naturally).  The blackberries are red and I can't wait until the Hubbs can have a nice bowl with milk (his favorite).  Everything else is just so-so.  I need to get out there and weed.

I am going to make blogging a priority, as it helps me to sort out my thoughts, and I think I have a lot to say.  We'll see where that goes.