: day 7 : and soooooo many pieces of felt fooooood! :

day 7 :
i like that i am determined. that i re-write my to-do list every.single.day [seriously]. and i knock stuff off. i need to do stuff. and then i do that. i like that.

with that, in the past couple weeks, i have been sewing a lot of stuff for blakes classroom. [he works in a pretty low-income school with a lot of plastic crap character-toys [spiderman.dora.family guy.][these kids deserve great toys. homemade toys that foster learning and imagination.] so, ive been making a bunch. felt food. fabric dinos. felt dinosaur play mats, ect.

the kids have been loving the food i made last week [beans, butter, cauliflower, broccoli, ect]. i decided to make TONS more. it took me f.o.r.e.v.e.r today [so much so that i STILL dont have my friday bag made][tomorrrrrrrrow!]

wheeeeee.
i love all of these things!
4 peach slices. three eggs [over easy], a dozen eggs, bread, milk, avocado, cheese, fish, and bow- tie pasta.
[psst : i am not going to post felt food in my shop, but if you are interested in custom pieces, let me know.]

: motivation challenge : 4 : 5 : 6 :

whoops.
blogging break.
busy weekend.

motivation challenge :
day 4 :
i have confidence in relationships
so, its late and my brain is kinda tired, but i will say this : blake and i started watching the bachelor on abc.com. never seen the show, not familiar. oh my goodness. blows my mind at the lack of confidence these girls have. they all think something is wrong with them. they all 'just want a husband and babies.' they act silly and coy and just want a hot guy to come and save them. barf. breaks my heart.
your job : please please please teach/show/explain to all the small female humans in your life that they are beautiful. and special. and that being independent and confident are so much more important than waiting for a boy to save them. ugh. girls are in a hard spot in this society. its our job to give them confidence and positive skills to learn and grow into wonderful humans.
with all of that : i love blake. i do. i love that he is around. i do. he loves me. and hes soooo good to me. we fit so well together. but i also know that i dont need to be a wife and have a man to be a complete human. we dont need to have a wedding. we are this way, and i love how good we are when hes around.
day 5 : 
i am good at saving money.
today we had a target run. our bill was $86. and then i busted out the coupons. we saved $28. heck yes. i love that i clip coupons and find ways to stretch our dollars.

day 6 : 
i love how environmentally conscious i have become.
another one i could write a lot about. but you dont want to read it all. i have cared about the planet for a long time. but i am learning that i try to support local. and i really read everything i can get my hands on. this is our space. its our job to save this place. to breathe the air. and to know where things come from.


tomorrow : 
*i have 10+ felt food pieces cut out for blakes class.
i am sewing them all tomorrow. pictures will follow.

*i also neeeeeed to finish my last weeks : i totalllly want to make that :  bag.

*annnnnnnd i want to start making some pieces for my new :babypantz: line! this is very exciting. i have quite a few sketches and i bought 10 yards of fabric yesterday. hopefully pictures follow soon.

also, find me here. 'like' me. annnnnnnd tomorrow is THE LAST day to buy something from the shop to donate 40% to world concern for haiti relief. hurry hurry.

[no pictures][thanks for reading]

: motivation challenge : day 3 :

today, i made a monster sale on etsy!
that is very exciting for me.

i have a lot of hopes/plans/anxiety around my future as a business owner/ crafty-human, so its always fun to have a 'high-five! you can do this!' day when it comes to business.

also, day 3.
i know that a lot of different people with different intentions come to this blog, so i dont want this to be too personal, but i will say this : my dad and i have had an extremely trying relationship for the majority of my life. that being said, we have a better relationship right now than we have ever had. ever. and that has just happened in the past few months. its huge. and it makes my heart huge.

today : my dad called. third time in three weeks. that has never happened. ever. in my entire life.
i am so proud of myself for learning how to forgive things that have rocked my being for 27 years. with that, i am so, so proud of my dad for finally seeing what is important in this life.

i had a good chat with my dad tonight. it feels good knowing that i have a sister, two parents and a partner that love me to the moon.

and sara, do you remember this human? hahahahaha.

: day 1 : motivational challenge :

ok, so i have been noticed lately that my confidence has been slipping.
in everything.
in my business.
in my body image.
in finances.
blah blah blah.

i was thinking today :what can i do to get my head out from wherever the crap it is?: :how can i deal with this?:
[disclaimer : i am not miserable in my life. im not crying my butt off. i can just see that my confidence isnt where it use to be. i have noticed when people say : diana, _______ is very cool... i find myself saying :...its not that cool.

so, what am i going to do about it?!?
the 30 day motivational challenge.

each day for the next 30 days, i am going to post ONE thing/sentence about myself that i like/am proud of.
i encourage you to play along. write yours on a piece of paper. on a cardboard box. on your blog. or in the comment section.
we are all amazing humans, and we deserve to feel great about ourselves and our accomplishments.

day 1 : 
yesterday we got 17 inches of snow and 5 more today. i got stuck in the road this morning. and i got out with my shovel and scooped myself out. [i did get a push from a random guy with a shovel] after i got home from work, i couldnt find a parking spot that was cleared, so i parked my car in the road, got out my shovel and scooped myself a parking space.
as i was doing it, i thought : man, i am really strong. 

tell me one positive thing about you!