coming out of hiding.

{milano photography}

10 things to explain my absence:

1. this perfromance took just about every second of every day, there for awhile.
2. a lovely girls trip to san francisco. rain or shine- we know how to shop, eat and have a good laugh.
3. midge's visit that was long, but still not long enough. mother's are the best visitors, especially when she's your best friend, too.
4. indulged in the time to sleep- or rather caught up on the lack of sleep from the last busy month.
5. lovebird's spring break seemed to have distracted me with kisses, a gossip girl marathon, an adventure or two, a temple trip and an unusual amount of heart to heart talks.
6. truthfully, i needed a slight break from technology. i did the whole "unplug" thing for a little while. it was beyond refreshing. instead, i've been on a big reading kick.
7.  san francisco, again. and again. we have literally been up there every weekend for the last two months. {now, i'm trying to convince lovebird to move up there. help me please!}
8. mowgli is quite possibly been my biggest distraction. his need for attention has grown rapidly. but, i don't mind; days at the dog park, walks around the block and never ending games of fetch- i love them just as much as he does.
9. teaching and then more teaching. between teaching piano and pilates, my days seem packed. however, i wouldn't want to be doing anything else. i love it.
10. my mind has been somewhere else lately, trying to make sense of the future and the unknown. while it's been slightly exhausting and stressful, it leaves me eager and excited to see what's next.

i'm so sorry to have been gone for what-feels-like forever.
life seems to happen so fast, and it takes us with it sometimes.
i'm back and here to stay.
at least for awhile.

tell me what i've missed. catch me up, pretty please. 

spring break, baby!

hello to a new week.

{a spring break week.}

my mother is in town,

so blogging will have to be on 

the back burner for a couple more days.

{so sorry}

i hope you had a lovely easter.

we sure did.

even though it was spent mostly indoors due to lovebird being so sick.

a day full of church, an easter dinner, cuddles, movies

and a drive to the country roads to visit the baby cows.

i promise to post pictures as soon as i get the time.

until then, have a happy week- 

i can't wait to read up on your fun weekends.

xo

a little "midge" is coming to visit.

{adorable wreath my cute mom made and sent me for easter}

happy weekend.

{and happy spring break to me}

today is a quick post due to two things:

1. i woke up with lovebird's sickness. 

2. my dear mother is flying into visit us today.

{a very last minute decision.}

can you say awesome?

what a perfect way to start spring break:

sick and in the arms of a mother. my mother. 

surprisingly, i'm not joking.

this is a dream come true for me. {okay fine, minus the sick part.}

now, if i can just boot the sickness by easter that will be perfect! 

please send happy and healthy thoughts my way,

as i will send them back to you.

xoxo

"the sun will come out tomorrow."

{nerd alert}

it's thursday already. 

this week has been quite lovely all in all.

{minus the fact that lovebird is sick}

i have been a little too busy this week.

but a good busy.

the type of busy where i throw my hair up in a pony, 

put little {if any} makeup on,

grab my glasses and wear the first thing i see in my closet.   

rehearsals for romeo and juliet have picked up,

my school load as seemed to doubled,

and racing to a from to teach piano has been crazy.

however, i think knowing spring break is just around the corner 

has given me motivation to plow through.

spring break starts tomorrow. 

thank goodness.

i have grand plans of doing one thing:

relaxing. 

{and reading a book or two of course} 

i would ask what your plans for spring break are,

but i feel like everyone has already "been there and done that".

for some reason, california schools seem to be behind schedule. 

it's odd. but i'm not complaining,

because a break is a break.

and we all need one no matter when it comes. 

so the countdown has gone from days hours...

27 more hours until spring break. 

what a lovely thought.

xo

recap

here is a little recap of the last few days.

lovebird brought me baby roses to work.

we shared a cheap din din at costco. you know what that means: hot dogs.

we went to spamalot. with these lovely people. 

we saw "morning glory". cute movie. 

lovebird enjoyed his last few days of spring break.

while i worked. every. single. day.

we looked at a few pianos. yes, to buy. yay!
we had our dear friend from germany over.
and we woke up with happy bodies from fixing our bed.
what a delight.