Sunday Happy

This past week went by so fast. I can’t believe it’s Sunday already but at least it was a super productive week so we all good.

And really, nothing to extravagant took up my time. I threw a shit ton of pots, the mr and I (mostly the mr) hooked up the new cast iron radiators in the downstairs, I spent a bit of time ripping shit out the garden, and we carve pumpkins with Coco. (Judah ditched us and the girl wouldn’t get out of bed so just the three of us. It was nice. It was easy.) The tops of the week (besides the pumpkins, duh), has been the weather..Super freaking fantastic! Vermont done good.

Today is suppose to be another gorgeous fall day. I am super excited and really sad because it is our last camp if the year. What is weird is that this will probably be the first time that our last camp isn’t going to involve snow and honestly am kinda sad about it. I enjoy waking up in a tent freezing my ass off. And snow, I am ready. Just think in a few weeks time… That makes me happy.

I don’t have any links or pictures this week, I am slacking! But I am going to start posting a few new recipes soon so get ready!

-C

Sunday happy

Dang it’s been a long few weeks. Market season is in full swing and I am kicking my ass! But I am not complaining because no, even thought I have basically lived in the studio for the past month, spent days standing for hours on end sling pots at markets, and basically sleeping 3-4 hours a night, I freaking love it. And really, it is just getting busier so I need to give myself a good cushion of time to complain later. HA!

That said I haven’t had much time to do much else. The mr and I are still camping every weeleknd (This is the second to last weekend and I am getting sad about it already!) and we are still trying to get in as much time with the littles as possible, but yeah, nothing much crazy going on.

And I am still trying to get my computer functioning at a normal pace (it takes like 15 minutes to get a single picture to download onto the site) so I will leave you with a few of the pictures from the past few weeks that I can get on here.

Also I will leave you with one VERY IMPORTANT link.

-Get at it! STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS APPLICATION.

Have the best week!

Sunday Happy

I am over it. It being summer. And don’t at me about it because I don’t care. I am over heated to the deepest parts of my soul and I just can’t even more. I’m done. And cranky as all hell.

The week was busy busy. Sunday we went to a family birthday party (Happy 1st Birthday Tan!!) before camping. It was stupid hot, I was exhausted from the market, and I tripped and fell by the river directly onto my shoulder right before the party which when I look back at it was lucky for me because I was able to grab some ice from the cooler. I was that girl walking around with a melting bag of ice on her shoulder. It is a look. After the party we went back to the campground. We didn’t do much after that but it was still great, even if I thought I broke my shoulder (I didn’t but there is a nasty ass bruise). Anyway, we mulled around, ate, had a tiny little fire, then crawled into the tent early, watched the fire flies, passed out, woke up, and came home.

The rest of the week was more of the same as always. Lots of pots thrown, lots of veggies harvest from the garden, lots of me being super cranky because it is too damn hot. I dropped off a batch of mugs to an art gallery/shop!, cleaned the fridge out, and spent as much time as I could laying on the floor of the kitchen trying to save my soul. On one of the hot days the mr and I took the littles, Megan, and Barb to the pool. That was fun, even when they had to shut one of the pools down because of a dead animal. Yeah. But there are two pools so it was fine. After the pool it was our house for peanut butter sandwiches, chalk drawing, and coco walking around with one shoe because why not. The boys ended up sleeping over and the next morning was pancakes, more chalk, and playing with clay.

And that was it. I worked at the studio, sweated threw all of my clothes, ate lots of fresh tomatoes (only redeeming thing about summer) and slowly got my shoulder to stop hurting as much.

Another Sunday and the heat is worse. I am not exactly sure of the plan beside camping somewhere but as for activities go, I am not kayaking as we had planned because it is just to hot to be out during the day. A small hike maybe, but really if we just end up at a river for the day, well I am ok with that. Stupid summer….I am so cranky.😁

Internet from the week.

-I leave so much crap in library books (bills, money, rubber bans, pictures…)but I never return a book without shaking it out first. It’s a good habit. From Lists to Love Letters, What Do People Leave Behind in Library Books?

-Huh. Why do so many bikes end up underwater? The reasons can be weird and varied.

-Carnivalcore Has Arrived to Bring the Fun Back Into Our Homes.I am here for it, just not in my house.

-This is gross and I sure the hell hope I don’t spent that much time on apps. ( I definitely do not!) Study shows most of us spend more than 4 hours a day on apps

-I am exited for some good viewing! Get ready to look up in the night sky at all those meteor showers

-California: visitors to world’s tallest tree face $5,000 fine and possible jail time. I agree, stay away from the tree folks. Humans destroy enough as it is, just leave it alone.

-I don’t eat these but I know the littles do. Which Vegan Chicken Nuggets Actually Taste Good? A Blind Taste Test of Whole Foods, Impossible Foods, and More

-Working a Shitty Job Is Linked to Mental Decline When You're Old, Study Says. Yeah no shit.

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

Is it really the last day of July? Are we happy about that? I know I am because it means August, then September and hopefully that means it will not be so hot. And also it means apples and pumpkins and sweaters and I will stop now because it is only the last day of July. HA!

The week. It was a weeeeek. In a good way, or mostly good but also kind of frantic and maybe a little bit stressful, but good. We started off camping and this time we brought the crew. Took them into the woods, rented there pampered little butts a lean-to (it was actually a good thing because it poured that night) and basically spent the entire day either in the water, on the water, eating, or playing with fire. All the exact things one should do will camping. And after a long day of all the fun that was had, they all conched out in the lean-to (the mr and I split in out tent outside the lean-to) and the sky opened up with thundered and lightning and poured all the water. A grand storm and boy were were glad for the kids being in the lean-to. I don’t think we would have made it through the night if they were in their tent. But they did and woke up rested, ate a extremely large amount of food, played in the rain, and then claimed exhaustion and needed to get home. Got them packed and home by late morning, the sky cleared, the sun came out, and it got hot. Blah.

Then the rest of the week was go go go. I loaded and unloaded like 3 kilns madly glazed more pot, threw a shit ton more, and tried on several different occasions (3 TIMES and all fails) to get shit my cards printed out at Staples. Basically running around with my head cut off but whats really new. The mr and I did manage a few minutes together at points, we even took Meg, Miley, and Bean to the farm to pick flowers, but mostly we were bot just busy busy.

Then Saturday was market day. I (and the mr) unpacked, set up and I slung those pots. Saw a ton of people, sold a bunch of my favorites, and handed out the flowers. There was music, free ice cream, and people riding around on bikes dresses as unicorns. All I call, another fantastic successful market. And then we came home, unpacked the pots and stuff, repacked the camping stuff, and crashed.

Sunday. Well I am beat ass tired but no problem because CAMPING and even in y worst state, camping always is the answer. But first we are going to a 1 year olds birthday party which should be fun, if not a little more tiring. I think I will make it. (I just hope no one expects much more then my presence because my brain is mushy and I’ll be moving around like a sloth). So party frst, then camping, and then hopefully a chill evening of sitting by the fire reading followed by an uninterrupted 5-6 hours of deep sleep in the fresh air under a sky of stars. But before any of this can happen today I need to drink the entirety of a pot of coffee so that is what I am going to do.

Internet from the week.

-Something you didn’t know you wanted to know. Why Are My Trees Dropping Acorns Like Crazy?

-How Caffeine Became the World’s Favorite Drug. I am and will forever be an addict. I cannot live without coffee.

-Fucking instagram. 4 steps you can take right now to improve your Instagram feed

-Why some people find pimple popping so grossly satisfying. I am not one of these people.

-The mysterious inner life of the octopus. Octopus intrigue and freak me out. So many tentacles.

-Ok, sure sure. Live Out Your Gardening Dreams in This $770K Greenhouse Home in Sweden

-”A Bike Ride Is Far Better Than Yoga, or Wine, or Weed.”. I completely concur.

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

This is the time of summer that hate or strongly dislike. The heat and humidity. All a bunch of bullshit. 😬

We went on our first camp of our camp season and I give it an A (not A+). Everything was perfect except that it was hot, like mother freaking stupid hot. So hot that when I made dinner (soup as always and forever) the mr refused to eat it .Me, well I ate it and dropped more sweat then I thought possible, So yeah it was stupid hot and yes we did go out in the kayaks at exactly the hottest part of the day (really bad choice) and sure I might have died a little but it was still all good. The stroll through the woods. The tiny little fire that I sat far far away from. My hot soup. All the stuff. And when we woke up the next morning the temperature had dropped enough to be a bit chilled, I made the coffee in a long sleeved shirt, walked to the pond for sunrise then packed up camp and home we headed.

Then the rest of the week. I blinked and it was over. First thing back I went to the dentist and had my teeth cleaned all nice and shit. Then I basically spent the rest of the days running around with my head chopped off. I was in the studio almost everyday loading and unload kilns, glazing all the stuff, and helping transition the new studio manager to the place. Wasn’t so bad given the air condition and all because, as you might also be dealing with, a stupid ass heat wave. Whenever I was home I was miserable and bitchy and cursing the sun back to hell. The house felt like a furnace and I did not deal with it well. Not my finest moments as a human but I didn’t literally kill anyone so I consider that a victory.

Sunday! Not only ar we going camping but we are bringing the crew with us. The 3 littles, Barb, and the mr and I are heading out to the woods this morning to do what we do best. We will hike and swim. They will fish and I will read (or run around with Coco). Got the frisbee and nerf ball and playing cards. And we packed a ton of food (healthy and junk). There will be fire and s’mores and when the wake up the get the full on meal along with breakfast hot chocolate. Sure there is a chance it gonna rain all night but I really don’t care because summer camping rain is just fine by me. We won’t melt, I hope anyway.

Some internet reads from my week.

-The Era of Climate Change Has Created a New Emotion . I feel the “eco-anxiety.” every damn day.

-Glamorous and unafraid are not the two words I think of when I here this design trend but hey, it’s actually pretty awesome. Not for me but I love to see it! Barbiecore Is the New Design Trend to Completely Obsess Over.

-This Is The Most Common Weather-Related Phobia. Can you guess my weather phobia? Yeah it’s definitely 100% thermophobia.

-Do cats and dogs remember their past? Obviously.

-I don’t got to restaurants but if I did I would want to know every single detail of what I was ordering. Is the Minimalist Restaurant Menu Over?

-Sad. Beloved monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered

-Crazy. This goat is all ears. REALLY! They may be the longest in goat history

-The case for caring less. All about caring less or as I like to say, not giving two fucks.

Pictures from the week.