Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Yards

Joel and I have neglected our yard for quite some time. Mainly because we didn't have a lawn mower for the longest time nor did we have the money to purchase a new one. Due to this we decided to hire our teenage neighbor across the street to mow our lawn every other week. Long story short...he did it twice and just stopped. That's when our yard started to look like a jungle. We bought a lawn mower off of Craig's List for $35 but it's not in good shape.

I finally got on a kick and did some yard work. I was able to coerce Joel to mow the lawn w/ the crappy mower. Well...while he was mowing he noticed that someone mowed a message in our lawn. But now it's so over grown that we can't tell what they wrote and he mowed half of it before he noticed it. We are assuming it said something like "Cut Me" or "Mow Me". Our neighbors (on the side where the message was) are trying to sell their house so we're wondering if they are annoyed with us and perhaps they are the culprits. I want my house to look pretty and I don't want to be the annoying neighbors who don't take care of their property but it's just not a priority. We don't have the money to buy a mower quite yet...I hope our neighbors don't hate us too much!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Soon the boredom will end...

Woot Woot...I have a little less then three weeks before I start my new interpreting job. I am excited for many reasons!
1. I will be working with a student who relies on an interpreter.
2. I will be getting paid way more more than I ever have.
3. I will have a job and the boredom will end!
4. I am driving to Texas to see my cousins. It will be a blast.

Can't wait!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Mayfest


In May, Joel and I went to Mayfest. It was a small festival in a nearby town. It was so hot, so we sat under a tree and drank lemonade. A woman took a picture of us for a local magazine called Southern Mississippi Living. Joel's co-worker told us that they saw our picture in the magazine. Not only are we famous...wink wink... but I guess this officially makes us "southerners" as well! Heehee! Above is the pic!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

My new creation





I've been trying to fill my time with new things. I decided to hand sew this bag. It took a long time but I think I like the end result. I bought a similar bag in Israel and wanted to replicate it. Of course I had to take the Israel bag apart to figure out how to make another one, but it was worth it! I know my sewing buddy, Jill, will be proud :)

Next endeavor...finish putting pics in my already made wedding scrap book.