Insta life

It's Friday! Today is the end of our second to last marking period, which means the true counting down can begin (only 24 more days of school... just sayin')! Schools are open for a half day so teachers can clean and grade. I busted my butt earlier this week in hopes of getting my grades finished early (which I did) so I could use this time to CLEAN! Man, my work space is a mess! It's hard not having a classroom this year--really hard. I've learned a lot about what you really need to teach, though. It's exciting thinking about how I'll decorate a classroom as soon as I have one. I've been ordering posters and writing down ideas like crazy. I ordered a few posters from Advice to Sink in Slowly that I posted about a few weeks ago--they finally arrived and they are adorable!

I'm looking forward to this weekend because I don't have much going on and I'm hoping that means a hike in the woods, a lot of yummy food and drinks, and some good quality time with that husband of mine. Of course, I'm also thinking about taking my camera out and doing some fun things with it, too.

 

I'm not going to lie, my new LG Spectrum phone has a 8mp camera and I'm sort of in love with it. When I'm dealing with in-the-moment photography, it's definitely my go-to and has eased a lot of shoulder pain from carrying my dSLR everywhere. I know everyone does these, but I sort of love looking/reading posts like this, so I wanted to share snapshots of my life through the last few weeks, too! 

I've been spending a lot of time in the car with Cory, reading and traveling to Virginia for various reasons (a random rainy Sunday trip to Sonic for a special treat or a friend's wedding on a sunny weekend). I've also been taking the time to make sure dinner is always something yummy. Maybe it's breakfast for dinner, a typical dinner meal, or take-out Greek. Either way, I just want it to be yummy since it's usually the last thing I eat every day. 

There's really no surprise that Instagram has quickly become my favorite app on my new phone. It's pretty and refreshing to see what other people share from their lives--so much inspiration and creativity--I really love it!

If you want to join in on the Instagram fun, you can find me under lizmatheny :)

xo,

A few photos from my phone

I have been really bad about taking my dslr out and about recently. I think that I have been carrying so much yarn and so many books with me wherever I go, one more heavy thing just isn't on my priority list. That will allllllllll change once summer rolls around (hopefully).

Here's a look at life from my cell phone:

Breakfast outside on Saturday morning.

While thrifting, I saw this sign yesterday (which was also Saturday May 14th).

I am developing an obsession with all things brass and chandelier crystals.

 Greek Festival!

Mother's Day dinner at the German restaurant, Speisekarte

Sloane wearing my blinged aviators... it's blurry because she was about (this close) to take them off.

My spring/summer wallet above the heap of white... that also seems to be a new obsession.

my FAVORITE. yum. Made in Maryland and sold at Sephora! Perfect!

Me wearing my aviators and rosebud salve!

My friend's chucks that happen to be Oriole themed :)

Oriole Park @ Camden Yards!

Good night!

Liz

My not so good, very bad day...

It has been in the mid-80s all this week and incredibly humid. While I am enjoying the heat, I'm not enjoying my un-airconditioned home at night while I'm trying to sleep. So, sadly, the last night that I got a full night of sleep was actually last Friday when it was a bit rainy. Needless to say, it's catching up to me and I am t.i.r.e.d.

After a wildly hot night last night, sleeping off and on for minutes at a time, and then having to clean up a huge mess my cats made at 3am, I wasn't very thrilled for find a very dangerous combination this morning.

No Breakfast food + Huge dent in my car.

Ugh!

I had heard a huge thud in the wee early hours, but thought it was just the cat knocking something over, no biggie. Oh no. Someone was inclined to pick up their right foot and KICK the right back quarter panel of my car so badly that you can actually see the shape of their food in my car!

After a few phone calls, there was clearly nothing I could do at the time since I was on my way to work, so I decided to put it off until later. A random assortment of other irritating odds and ends appeared throughout the day, but I'll leave them to myself.

So, to turn this frown upside down, I decided to go through my cell phone pictures to see all the happy things I have captured in the last few weeks and share them with you!

Our Greek dinner last night...

The new granny pillow I finished up to sell at my show this weekend!

Crocheting outside = my fav.

My current read:

Pretty Easter church front before service!

Squirt, my Mom's cat we had to put down over spring break :(

Ruffle necklaces!

Crocheting in Starbucks on a rainy day...

What lunch is like for Cory and I... we love to split meals :)

Pretty Carroll Creek in Frederick

My hair salon is YARN BOMBED!

 Mmmmmhmmmm iced caramel latte ;)

New DFW book

The cover remake in Strand in NYC

I love this photo. Darren & Audie in NYC

Strand bookstore in NYC

Harold Square, NYC

My fav. ring

SPRING!

More sushi, please?

Coolest thing I've seen in MD... ZOOmobile!

Cory, when he had hair, with Flip (who loves him very...VERY much)

(ignore the clutter in the corner... we've cleaned... I swear)

New Anthro dress? maybe?

New spring/summer beret

I'm gonna go and finish up some crocheting for this weekend! woo!

xo,
Liz