We took a trip. Washington DC. That was great and awesome too. I come back from vacations and I feel this renewed energy and optimism and I just want to be happy and move forward in life. We had a great time in DC, and I'll have a whole post about that soon.
We're going on another trip soon. One I've been waiting for since I met Hunter! Then I got a great assignment to be the head cook for the girls camp food. Things like that challenge me and get me excited for some reason. I love all the planning and organizing and providing some really great food for all those wonderful girls and their leaders. That'll be the beginning of June. Then at the end of June, we get to sit at the beach for a whole week!
Hunter and I have also been really good at doing projects in the mornings. Since we got back from DC we got on a way better schedule and actually get up in the morning. We extended our garden a little bit and freshened up our house. Remodeled our closet. We also painted the neutral walls in our house a clean crisp white.
Simple things like the white walls really just make me excited. Excited to get up in the morning just to go look at my house.
Some lovely girls in my ward have also invited me to walk and rollerblade late in the evenings. It's been the perfect time for me to get out and exercise and I absolutely adore our chats. I do not absolutely adore the rollerblading, but I'm trying to fit in. Peer pressure. Just kidding. Actually I prefer walking to rollerblading simply because we can talk more. I just love talking.
I made a list about 100 things long, no really, of house projects that Hunter and I can do the rest of this year. I emailed it to him right as he got to work this afternoon. He hasn't responded yet. That might be a sign. Just kidding again! Hunter is so great and supportive of all my ideas and trusts me and knows that they'll will turn out so good.
Here's some pictures of what's been going on lately:
^^started our closet remodel. It should also be noted that Hunter was very excited about this project because he got to get a bunch of new tools ^^
^^ took a break from the closet remodel and went to Washington DC. More on that later, remember?
^^Came home and smiled because our garden is looking like this. ^^
^^A week later we finished up that closet and painted it white^^
^^ this picture is actually from Christmas. It was the fastest one I could find to show you the old color of our walls. In real life it was seriously a mix between pink and brown. Yuck.
^^ threw the house together as best as we could in the middle of painting so I could throw my student's spring recital. What a rewarding time for all those weeks of lessons! These kids looked good but they sounded even better! What a great privilege I have to work at home with these talented young people.
^^ and here, these pictures were taken just today! We put our house all back together and I'm just seriously basking in the light- literally the actual light- that comes from these beautiful white walls.
Maybe my house is symbolic for my life. Because just as our sliding glass door got shattered a few weeks ago and it felt like everything around me was shattered, this week after some hard work I can see freshness and optimism- fresh paint.
