I think this looks delicious...

Blueberry parfait

1. Layer yogurt and blueberries in 2 wine glasses.
2. Top with chopped walnuts.
3. Sprinkle grated chocolate and diced crystallized ginger, if desired.

Loads going on in my head & for some reason I can not find a way to express it. My life has felt chaotic lately...and as my husband pointed out...every few months I feel this same way. I am so incredibly happy with my jobs, but they are still causing us some craziness at home.
In short, I take on too much...always have. I'm hoping to apply for school in the fall & something is going to have to give. Its not so much that I work too many hours, but that I am stretched across such a wide range of things (jack of all trades ;) that I can't keep on top of each duty for each company/client and so on. Its all the little details...I am having trouble keeping up.
I don't want to be this always too busy, always overloaded person. I can't survive like that in the long run. Sooooo the decision is that I must simplify...streamline...create some consistency in my work. This change will probably occur in the fall so that I can get my applications rolling for a master's program. I'll keep you posted!

Matthew is home from throwing Jake's bachelor party. Sounds like they had fun. I'm jealous I have never been to cedar point! sigh. Tonight we're going to a bday dinner for Karah & tomorrow actually going to make it to church!

Sometime this week...I'd like to begin the framing projects I've had sitting in our spare room for months. We shall see...I also need to re-pot my plants & write a couple letters. I am so behind on life. Seems like all I've done is work on work stuff & then sleep this month! Time to get moving on other things...

Much love to you all.

heat wave

Summer is definitely in full swing,; 91 degree days with high humidity. The kind of weather that makes me drip sweat all day and jump into muddy lakes just to take the edge off. It really works, by the way...swimming in lakes. Add some good friends to that & its good for the soul too. However cheesy that may sound, it is undeniably true.
Anne & I threw a bachelorette weekend for Christina last Friday-Sunday. We all met in Brown County, IN for dinner & to pick up breadsticks. Most of us are IU alumni, so it was great to just be there...like another hometown or something. I adore Bloomington. Sometimes I feel like I still belong there, other times it seems like I never lived there at all. After dinner, we caravaned to Anne's family cabin near Nashville, IN. We spent 2.5 days w/ a great group of ladies drinking wines, laying out in the sun, swimming, shopping in Nashville, watching cheesy movies, & oooo-awwing over the bride-to-be. I got to spend some MUCH needed time with friends & relax a lil myself. I am not a good enough writer to express what it felt like to have some time with them all. I loved being there, in the cabin, with all of them.
As all great weekends must, the trip ended on Sunday. I was lucky enough to have time for a lunch with yet more old pals before taking off to my home and husband and cats. It was good to be home - to see Louie, my dad, on father's day & to deliever jam that Sarah made to our Grandma. The jam, by the way, is FANTASTIC! It was good to sleep in our bed after a couple days. Its funny how quickly that man being next to you becomes normal & how strange it feels to not have him there when you're apart. This Wednesday- Friday, Matthew will be gone throwing Jake's party (for Jake and Christina's wedding - we are the besties). This means time apart once again....but for good reason. Guys must be guys and all...I kind of like the idea that I can go be with women & recharge and he can go do his thing w/ the guys too....I think everyone needs that once in awhile. Even us old married fogies.
Work will keep me busy this week anyway....Summer program is definitely a challenge. I am learning so much about our kids. I am learning so much about the business of being an ABA Therapist. I am also hot & tired at the end of each full day there! haha. It helps though, to love what you're doing & to enjoy your co-workers too. My DWW adult clients are back from vacation this week....that means getting back on track with our regular routines. My schedule will be back to normal too. Part time at the program, part time at DWW. As you know, I love the variety.
Okay...definitely time for bed. It looks like they are going to re-run the Secret Life of the American Teenager again tonight....I've been watching the show all evening & well....I wish I wasn't but I am hooked on this unrealistic portrayl of selfish, stupid, oversexed kids. Tonight, the Christian girl had sex with her bf after giving this speech that made pretty much no sense as to why God was cool with it. Then they killed her dad off the show. Lol....I guess the moral of the story is teen sex = daddy dies??? Also, if the girl with the baby gets any more whiney.....I might throw something at the tv. You screwed up, so no...darling...you will not get a "normal" teenage experience. get over it. I really have to stop watching that show.....

Sweet dreams, friends.

Twenty-something

I have gone MIA from the ymca lately...again. ARrrrgggaarrr. I really hate it when I let myself be so inactive. Its the story and battle of my life. blah. I could blame my busy life, work, keeping up with the house, etc...but the truth is I just havent made time to go.

Summer program started at Meaningful Day Services this week. "Its all happening." I really love being an ABA therapist. I love working with kids. I love having a schedule that is consistent each week. I've been overwhelmed a little the past 2 weeks...but now that we're getting things going, I know I will get in the groove & be less stressed. I still also have 2 Dreams with Wings clients and they provide a nice balance for me with the kiddos. I've always loved having variety at work.

Matthew has been reading nonstop since FC got out of school. He's in this class at IUS that requires him to read 50 books before the course ends. Nuts. He's getting thru about a book a day. Nerd! I'm really proud of my hubby.

Other than work/classes...we are putting some solar lights in the yard this week! I'm probably more excited than I should be about this...its fun though. We are also throwing bachelor & bachelorette parties for our dear friends who are marrying EACHOTHER !!! yay...in less than 2 months. We're throwing them early b/c we have to attend like 4 July weddings....and our friends live a few hours north of us. We're honored to be their best man and matron of honor! :)

Loads of other things in the works in my mind...but Matt is on his way home from class & wants me to put a frozen pizza in the oven. Classy, I know!