Fall Daze

The air is becoming crisp. It is lovely. It has such a distinct difference between the freezing temperatures of winter and so it makes for an ideal transition. Besides, who doesn't love the sound of crinkling leaves that carpet the sidewalks and the prospect of candlelit pumpkins flickering at doorsteps?

I am becoming adjusted to my life without my grandma. It's entirely different,yet still very much the same. I miss her greatly, but luckily I have many bits and bobs of her around me; I have the quilt we made together on my bed and other small mementos in my room that keep her near. I can say that I am truly grateful for the heartache of my previous summer because it prepared me to fully love my grandmother with every fiber I have and also gave me the perspective to know how to deal with the emptiness that has followed.

Oh dear, I didn't quite mean to make this such a weighty post after my extended break, but I think it was just weighing on me more than I realized...

In a more positive direction, I have been exploring many new jobs and activities to fill my time. I am tutoring some of the students at the college and have applied at a few local places to add some hours. But, the most exciting of all is my attempts at making connections with people in the writing community. It is so daunting that I do not even know where to begin, but I believe these conversations will be fruitful. I am looking for something which will replenish me and writing seems to be the most fulfilling.

Cheers,
Mattie Jo

It's night o'clock. Let's go to bed...

Thank goodness I was interested in crafting up a few more wreaths because this movie, How Do You Know, isn't all that great. I love Paul Rudd (I mean look at that adorable grin!), but he's just not cutting it here. So I have been consuming this movie time by wrapping straw form wreaths with ribbon. It's so enjoyable and I love knowing that the people I am giving them to will have a lovely reminder of special I think they are because of the value they bring to my life :)

This one is black and yellow with a few buttons and a bit of tulle on the right. I love the mix of flora, polka dot, and stripes for interest!

This one is a classic black and white combo with a cute yellow bow (it actually looks like a tape measure) and a few black buttons. So lovely!

Have an enjoyable Thursday evening and wake up to your Friday with a spectacular outlook on the weekend ahead of you, dolly!

Accept what you can't change and change what you can't accept

Well, well, well dolly it has certainly been a long time since my last post. Many things have happened. I've been slaving over papers--gah thank goodness that 25 page fucker is out of the way and so are the 5 and 10 page ones also due this week. Imagine my pretty that Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday you have multiple pages of your brilliant thoughts and writing due to turn in. It's been driving me crazy! So now I have this abundance of creative energy that is no longer being re-channeled into research writing.

Also, Grandma Bev is back home after a three week stay in the hospital back in January. I have been staying with her ever since. Its a bit of an emotional roller coaster as each day is filled with finding the positive, but I feel blessed to be able to spend time with her. She taught me how to sew <3

Speaking of fabric, I bought a kindle as my graduation-with-cum-laude gift (I graduate in 17 days!!!! with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a minor in Environmental Studies). So I bought some fabric to make a cover/case to hold my wonderful treat (I'll post pictures in a bit). Also, I picked up some ribbon, a straw wreath form and tulle circles to make a spring-summer wreath. Take a look!

Bunnies are of the family Leporidae

Does anyone ever consider that there may not be enough cute,fluffy bunnies in the world? (How adorable are these bunnies?!)

I know, I know there is a carrying capacity for the number of bunnies which can inhabit a particular biome while at the same time meeting all physical and nutritional needs.Besides, with the increase of bunnies there would also be an increase in predators; the prey-predator relationship follows one another closely.

Either way though, who wouldn't want a large population of bunnies to happily hop along meadows? Don't identify yourself; I would only have a pouty face as a response (Interestingly enough the succession to a meadow goes something like this: from pond to marsh, to meadow as the area fills with more sediment and vegetation). I suppose though the increase in such adorableness could potentially lead to something disastrous as well. Could you imagine the public uproar from the overwhelming power of such sweet,fluffy faces? (I know I could possibly overdose on such an experience)

Gah I am sitting her at Off the Leaf to get my internet connection and not only am I sitting next to a guy also named Mattie (awkward), but he keeps throwing his phone into the sink while his friend drums on the table. Could this get any more ridiculously annoying? Oh god now he's chair-dancing. Could I throw my lip-burning tea in his face to make it stop? (From out of the corner of my eye it doesn't look like the scars from geyser-hot liquid would be too detrimental).

Well there was no definite reason for this blog post other than I have finally gotten my replacement laptop after my previous one (along with my iPod, books, and purse sans wallet and important identification) was stolen from my car after a trip (a lovely, lovely skiing trip) to Missoula. So that's a little something to celebrate!

Enjoy your weekend, lovely!  

 

These are NOT cute bunnies, but would probably be the most likely result of too many bunnies populating the world with their cuteness.