Out of Hibernation.

Apologies to our devoted fans! We've been lazy/busy lately, hence the no posting. I just finished my finals (haleighluyah!) and have sworn off school for the summer. I really thought I had it in me to do 1 or 2 classes but then I went on a Target shopping spree and decided on something else. Ha! You can usually find me wandering around the Target on Lomas from 8:15-9:30am Tuesday-Friday since I take Tim to school and don't want to waste gas by going home before work. Needless to say I am extremely knowledgeable in the whereabouts of the Target bargains. In my wandering I found a Singer Sewing machine HALF off!!! $45 dollars later I took home my brand new sewing machine and just recently joined an online sewing group that I'm super psyched about. I blame the stress of the semester for my Target spending addiction. On the bright side I found some great dresses for $15 or less! Isaac Mizrahi is my new found favorite!
In view of my school free bliss I have made some summer goals as to not let my brain turn to mush:

1. Work out 2-3 times a week. This is a must if I want to have any dignity at the half marathon come October. Also, I need to work off the weight I put on this semester with my no time/pizza eating habits. Yikes. :-S

2. Bake/Decorate a cake at least twice a month. Another Target find! My mother used to decorate cakes when I was little and I'd spend hours watching her and flipping through her cake magazines. You can imagine my excitement when I saw a Betty Crocker ("As seen on TV" even!) cake decorating start kit with 100 pieces for only $10! (Poor Tim! I bought so much that month!)

3. Start growing my garden. Theresa Nuckols and I have been talking about starting our garden for weeks and finally bought each other some seeds to jump start our projects. I haven't started yet but we have some spring flowers, & lavender that I will attempt to plant. Hopefully they survive, most plants get suicidal around me.

4. Read at least 3 books. I was a nerd from elementary all the way thru high school. I was the dork who when the teachers asked if we'd read any good books over the summer always said yes. First up, "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. Read it before but decided to revisit his genius while waiting for my hold at the library for "Predictably Irrational," to come up.

5. Try a new recipe every week. With the farmers market so close and my love for cooking smothered by the endless semester of hell, not to mention my BRAND NEW subscription to Better Homes & Gardens Magazine, I figured we could all benefit from this.

It's only been a week of freedom with my new goals and I've already started reading, and I baked 6 mini cakes for the women at work for mothers day and our favorite friends Theresa & Nate. I'm finding that I like my domestic summer much better than school. I can see why some women for-go school for babies! I have to admit though had it not been for my crazy 18 credit semester I would've really loved my classes. With the obvious exception of math. I think that goes without saying.

Moving on, poor Tim's finals are starting tomorrow and neither of us have been getting much sleep with his studying til the wee hours of the night. (I'm one of those needy wives who can't fall asleep without their husbands next to them. Yep, that's love for ya.) We'll be sure to celebrate his freedom with a trip to Elephant Bar after this week as well.

Hope everyone's summer is starting off well!