Back to the grind...

These past two weeks have just flown by and now to my dismay, Spring Break is over. It's also the last time HI state schools will have a two week Spring Break as next year the calendar will change to accommodate summer school resulting in a shorter Spring Break and Christmas Break.

I had such high expectations of myself during this time off. Some of them materialized and others did not. I spent a lot of time just relaxing and doing things I wanted to do and avoiding things I did not want to do. I did manage to refashion some thrift store draperies and sheers into something cute and appropriate for my sliding glass door and jalousie windows. The other draperies that came with the place were HID-E-OUS! Think Sears burlap-style pinch pleat things. They were dry-rotting on the rod! I have a very tall sliding glass door, it's about 8 feet tall and 12 feet wide. I got lucky at Savers (one of my favorite thrift stores) and found 2 drapery panels that someone very talented had handmade. I needed about 4 or 5 of them, but since they were a great price, I had a coupon, and they were the right size I bought them. I thought about it and remembered seeing 2 panels of amazing embroidered vintage sheers there also and went back and got them. I have a window a/c unit at the bottom of the jalousies and it's irritating to have the curtain blocking it when I need to use it. I realized I could cut off about 2 feet and hem it to graze the top of the a/c unit, use the cut two feet to make some sort of valance to fit between the two panels, attach the sheers to the valance, and have the other full drapery panel hanging on the other side. It took me about 2 days to sew them and then another day to have the Boyfriend come fix the traverse rod. I am in LOVE with my new curtains, seriously! I love to do that kind of sewing where you just cut and sew and hope it works out. That, sadly, was the major accomplishment of the whole two weeks. I still have taxes to do and a work project to accomplish.
I also did a lot of thrifting during the break. I should say, a lot MORE thrifting. I usually thrift on Thursdays and Saturdays, but I love to go during the weekday mornings when I am off. Not that I found anything extra special on those days, but I just like going then. I have a lot of cool finds I'd like to share if I could ever figure out how to post photos and then link to all your cool blogs I've stalked over the past years.
Well, I probably need to go to bed so that I can be all refreshed for my return to work tomorrow.

Hello there!

I've been wanting to start a blog for well over a year now. I'm a pretty good procrastinator, I guess? I'm a single girl here in Hawaii. I teach 2nd grade and have a mortgage. I love all all things in the domestic realm. That fact alone sets me apart from a lot of my collegues, younger and older. When I'm not working, you can find me trolling the thrift stores or curbside shopping for treasures to use to decorate my little space in this world. I also cook, sew, and redo furniture when I have time. Now that I have the "first post" under my belt, I hope to post more about my adventures in home economics! Aloha, Surfergirl