This season of my life has felt very hectic and with lots of uncertainties. Well, things are certain, but the means to achieving them are rather unclear. I am a planner. I like to make sure I know what the goal is, how to get there, and what bumps may pop up along the way. I guess it is my teacher nature to try and have an escape route to any unplanned situation. It's a characteristic I think is helpful in life, and as long as I don't get worked up when unforeseen stresses emerge, being a planner makes for happy experiences. :)
However, in all my planning and calculating, during these last few months, as well as being loaded down with packing, cleaning, and vacuuming animal hair, I have neglected the blog as well as my craft. My husband and I are moving to the great state capitol of Austin, Texas! While living in Dallas or its 'burbs my entire life, it is strange to embark on a brand new city, to make brand new friends, and to ultimately start a brand new life! I have closed the book on my full time teaching career (for now at least!) and am going to work on getting settled into a new home this fall. I will then be constructing a legit art studio, and begin working full time in clay and watercolor! I am very excited to get going doing what I love. I also have a few little projects planned for illustrating books...but those are just little seeds of inspiration that will need to grow a bit before put into action. I do hope to spend some time teaching art lessons or maybe subbing again. I just won't be able to give up "kid time" completely! I love those munchkins way too much.
Here are a few tidbits from our clean and staged house!
I have found that I am quite a homebody. While I enjoy going out and about seeing friends or having delicious meals, I really find that I like planning fun times at home just as much! So, I am excited to have the time to do just that once we arrive in Austin.
So, while selling our house, I have decided to move my animals (and myself) to my parents' house. They live near my snow cone stand, where I drive to work each day, so it makes most sense to not have to deal with dirtying up an immaculately clean and staged house. I arrived at my old abode 2 days ago and am loving it so far! Some people would hate moving home to mom & dad's, but I just love it here so much!
A few pictures of home. Including a mini work station I have made for temporary creating!
Until next time! Farewell!
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ReplyDeleteI love it at home too! Glad to see you are adapting so well!
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