design envy

LETTERPRESS.

What I would do to own one...

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Seriously. Where can I get my hands on a letterpress that isn't a million dollars? 

That and Adobe Suite? WHY are the coolest things so expensive? 

I feel I have such a creative mind with no tools to put it to use. Sigh... maybe someday...

Or you could buy one for me. :)

love you e,

love, t.

treasures

e let me dig through her old things one day and allowed me to take whatever I wanted. each little piece had a story that she shared and I sat captivated by all her tales of her treasures.

these are some I have with me in my apartment. there are many, many more, but these are my favorites:

thanks for sharing all your stories with me, grammie! I love hearing them.

love you e,
love, t.

the place I call home

Frustration

As I've had a lot on my mind the past week or so, I have been clinging to this psalm that David *wrote in his confusion and frustration to God:

"How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

I will sing the Lord’s praise,  for he has been good to me."

I'm not usually one to post such things, because I'm a person that thinks faith should be personal and intimate; however, David's words are literally the words I've been crying out lately. 

I'm at a place in my life where I have no idea if I'm making good decisions or not, or doing "what is best" for me. I'm tired. I'm frustrated. And I just want answers.

Keep looking up I guess?

love you e,

love, t.

*Psalm 13

Moments

My Easter weekend was spent in Chicago. I ate, drank, and laughed a lot with my family. And gave probably a thousand kisses to my niece.

It was her six month birthday last Saturday and we kicked off the day with an auntie/niece bonding moment over her morning bottle. That babe starts kicking and grunting as soon as she sees her milk in the bottle- it is the cutest thing. Her mouth opens to a big "O" and reaches for it with all her baby might.

My sister and I talked about our dreams of owning a business one day- after all our kiddos leave the nest. How Maddie will be when she's older. How she wants to redecorate a new house. How she wants me to move to Chicago so. badly. We also shared smiles as we watched Maddie fall asleep on the living room floor.

I realized last weekend how much these little moments mean so much to my heart. I only spent 48 hours with them, but I was overflowing with joy when I left. They really fill me up to carry onward.

What are your little moments, and are you noticing them in your life? Slow down to appreciate them for your heart may feel just a little bit fuller. 

love you e,
love, t.

it's all or none

Gram once said to me: "I like you, Teresa. You are footloose and fancy free!"

If you're going to do something, dive in. DO IT. Learn as you go, think as you go, and enjoy as you go.

All or nothing!

To self-- Teresa, never stop living life this way. It's so (freaking) wonderful.



love you e,
love, t.

Oh, hello

What? I haven't written a post for a few weeks? Whoops. I'd say that I'm sorry, but I know that no one really cares and that most of you only visit my blog from a link I post. :) And I don't hate it- not one bit! I'm glad you are a link clicker. Welcome, link clickers that are bored at work or are sitting around doing nothing. You are welcome here.

So, hi. I don't have much to update you on. My life is very simple. You see, this is normally how my weeks are spent: work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep.... and so on. The weekends look a little different: sleep, eat, play, sleep, eat, play... and so on. Truly, the life I live is very complex.

I did, however, get a promotion at work! I am an official "Project Coordinator." For those of you that haven't the slightest idea of what I do, I work for Thermo-Scan Inspections, and we are a green energy-efficiency centered company that performs a wide range of inspections on homes and commercial businesses to help save them money. It's nothing I ever thought I would be doing out of college, but I'm learning something new everyday. I work with new homes on the residential side of our business. I work with builders (Ryland, Beazer, Drees, etc) and coordinate new home projects so that we can go in and *energy certify them. We are just a tiny piece to the gigantic puzzle of building a new home.

Side note- For those of you that watched Ashley Hebert's season of The Bachelorette, Ryan and I would have had a lot to talk about in terms of energy saving. Perhaps I need to track him down, although I did think he was too nice...creepily nice. 

Life is good though. I'm looking forward to finding a new apartment in the next few months and doing another move. I'm visiting my sister, bro-in-law, and sweet niece every free weekend I have, and I'm **saving as much money as possible. I've got a sweet vacation coming up with my parents at the end of May, which I've already told you about, but I am so thrilled to go to the beach. It's been a while!

Because every good blogger posts pictures, here are some snapshots of a recent face time with baby m:

That girl makes me weak! More pictures to come of this little one for I will be in Chicago this coming weekend. :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend. Talk to you SOON this time!

love you e,
love, t.


*I do not energy certify homes. I simply organize the process for our field techs to do so.
**more like trying to save