John Lennon Quote Mural Project Update: Phase Three…Done!

Unknown

John Lennon Quote Mural Project Update: Phase Three…Done!

So here it is! My John Lennon Quote Mural Project is done! I was so excited to finish this project and see the quote painted in it's entirety. It fit in the space just perfectly and I think it makes good use of that awkward foot and a half between the shelf and the love seat.

Just in case you missed it, you can find Phase One of the project here and Phase Two here.

Below are some pictures, enjoy!

My New Job

Unknown

My New Job

So after having to quit my job in January (more on that in another post?) I was pretty down...I loved my job as a dance teacher and I still hope to be able to teach in the future. But jobs locally in that field are pretty hard to come by sometimes, so I spent the entire summer looking for something that would be reliable and have the hours I wanted.

I instantly ruled out retail and waitressing (making the pickings pretty slim...)

I applied at the local library (5 minutes from my house!) and was hired!! I was so excited. 

As I'm sure you know, I LOVE books. I love to be around them, I love the way they smell, I love to read them, I love to hold them...

Okay, this just got awkward...

Anyway, I started working on October 1st and I have to say I am really happy. My hours are perfect, I don't work weekends or holidays and everybody who works there is really nice. I feel so blessed and grateful to have been given this job and this opportunity. 

As a side note, working at a library just makes my want to write.

I've always loved creative writing...well, any kind of writing really. I'v written poems, short stories, long stories...and I desperately hope one day to be able to call myself an author.

If anything, working at the library has fueled this desire and turned it into a real, tangible, dream.

Until then, I will start to put lots of effort into my writing. I have two ideas for books and I believe that if I put the time and effort into, could really become something.

I guess we'll see!!

Hurricane Sandy

Unknown

Hurricane Sandy

10/30/12: There is the sound of generators all up and down my street right now. Hurricane Sandy hit last night and we were very lucky. Our power is out (I'm typing this on my laptop and am going to post it as soon as I have internet again) but our house is not damaged and even all of the beautiful trees in our front and back yard have survived. (Although they all had the rest of their leaves very forcefully blown off their branches.)

We might be a week or more without power and while both our cable and our cell service is out, my parents insist on having a landline for our home phone, so thankfully we can make calls. We also have a small generator that we share with our neighbors next door, that we use to power one room downstairs, our sump pump and an extra refrigerator to keep some food from spoiling. 

All in all, I just feel very lucky. There are many places where they are much worse off than we are, many houses flooded and destroyed.

Right now, my dad is out trying to get gas with a neighbor. Some of the streets are blocked off and before, cops were giving people tickets for being on the road during a state of emergency and telling everyone to go home.

Another neighbor works at a power plant and he was saying that there was flooding and explosions and that his plant won't be up and running again for months, with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage…

11/1/12: Our power is back on as well as the cable and internet. Our power was restored much faster than we expected and I feel very lucky.

11/3/12: Last night we went though all of the clothes we had in the house that don't fit my siblings anymore as well as my clothes. My mom belongs to the Mom's Club and we're donating them along with diapers and baby formula that my mom picked up at Wal-Mart. 

I feel blessed and I am praying for all of the families who lost their homes. New Jersey will recover and come back stronger than ever. :)