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I got here after 10:00 p.m. Monday night. I got checked in and headed up to my room. I unpacked for the week and snuggled into my warm, comfy hotel bed to call Mr. Farmhouse and let him know that I arrived safely. I'm spending my week in a hotel as I attend a conference that will teach me all about the responsibilities that come with my new job. Tuesday, I was up early and ready to take on the day. After a day full of meetings, I made it back to my room about 4:00 and worked hard on finishing some items on my school to-do list. I met some friends at 6:00 for supper and came back to the room to do some reading, call and visit with the girls, and hit the sack. This morning, I opened the hotel dresser drawer to get my clothes out and that's when it hit me...hotel life is amazing. When I was packing to come over here Monday, I packed only what I would need. I was intentional about what I put into the bag, as I knew I wouldn't want to carry anything extra with me. I have one outfit for each day, my school bag, my electronics chargers, and the two books I am reading. That's it. And so, as I was getting ready this morning and packing up my bag to take downstairs to the conference, I thought to myself...wouldn't it be wonderful to live like this every day?
Why can't we be intentional with what we have in our home?
Why can't we only keep what we need? You may recall our KonMari journey that I blogged about when we were still living in the old house. It was a journey where we looked at all of our belongings and asked ourselves, "Does this spark joy?" If the answer was no...out it went. Since then, we've moved and we've accumulated more belongings. I think it's time to go on that journey again. I would love to walk into the house every single evening and think to myself, "Living the hotel life is really grand." Happy Wednesday from the 9th floor, friends. Make it a good one. ❤️🏡❤️
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This has been a year of transition. As you might remember, I have officially left the classroom and am now serving as our school district's Director of Special Services. This new position comes with some new responsibilities and of course much excitement! Since working on some of my new duties and trying to be very prepared to go into the new school year, I have realized that if I'm going to continue to be the best wife, mom, Christian, and educator that I can be, there will need to be some more changes taking place over the next year. And so...here is my second big announcement for 2018. Besides leaving my classroom, I'm also going to put the camera down in the near future.
I have been able to be a part of so many new marriages and family events.
I have spent time with people at the very beginning of their lives and with family members nearing the end of life. I have captured photos for friends and family members who are preparing for deployment or getting ready to announce a pregnancy. It has been such an honor for me to be included in these experiences. But now...it's time to slow down a bit on the home-front as I learn my new position at school. Of course, I still have some sessions and weddings scheduled for this fall and I still have some friends out there with gift cards waiting to be used, so the camera won't be put away for good...but I won't be scheduling anymore full sessions at this time. I will still have a fall mini-session to kind of close out the year and I might still do some sports' photos or other mini-sessions here and there, but I need to take a step back and focus on the family, the farmhouse, and my new responsibilities. I am beyond thankful to all of those clients who have chosen me to capture their memories through the years. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Feeling bittersweet at the farmhouse, Hannah ❤️🏡❤️ It’s been a year since we left our home of eleven years and moved to the farmhouse. What seemed like such a long and stressful process to get the old house sold and the new house purchased is just a distant memory now. We have done a lot to the farmhouse over the last year, including our biggest project of adding a second bathroom upstairs and our most recent addition...the screen door I’ve been dreaming about my whole life. In some ways, we miss the house on the hill...living on blacktop, having a shop, and having the fence complete so we can have our cows on the property with us. However, our new shop plans for the farmhouse property are in the works and the fencing supplies have been purchased, so the cows will be back home sooner than later. I suppose the gravel road is just a trade-off for the four bedrooms and basement we acquired when we purchased the farmhouse. We have been blessed beyond measure over this last year and look forward to many more years making memories with our girls at the farmhouse. Just last weekend, we celebrated our first small town Independence Day with family friends at our home. We grilled out, the kids did the slip & slide, and we watched our town’s fireworks from the farmhouse backyard. We’re so thankful for the men and women who have sacrificed for us to have freedom in this country. We’re so thankful to see God’s hand working in all and through all and for the freedom found through Jesus. Happy 4th of July from the Farmhouse, friends. ❤️🇺🇸🏡🇺🇸❤️  It's been just over a month since I blogged on the last day of school. I had big summer plans for the blog. I would share the continuation of our decluttering journey. I would post about our garden. I would showcase our farmhouse projects with everyone, as we finally marked some of the items off the list that we've been putting off all school year. I would finally get those items finished that we had been procrastinating on. And I will say...we have made progress.
I am so excited and looking forward to my new position for the 2018-2019 school year.
I have thoughts and dreams and a vision for what the Special Education department will look like in the future. However, there are still some responsibilities lingering from last school year and I would like to take care of these things before going back to school in August. This is a time of transition and I need to be proactive in my planning and preparing. I need to be intentional in my learning and my personal summer professional development. I need to be "vision-minded" as I close out last school year and look forward to next year. I want to be able to start fresh in August and to offer a fresh start for my staff members and students. And to do that...the groundwork must be laid now. This summer. This last Friday was my predecessor's final day. He's now retired and already enjoying life in Galveston, Texas. (Congratulations, Fred!) We took him out to eat on Friday and then I went back to school and starting moving my personal belongings down to my new office. When I walked out of the building that day, I vowed to not come back until July 9th...taking this week to relax and enjoy my family. Taking this week to watch our town's annual 4th of July parade, to shoot off fireworks, to get some projects completed around the house, to go to the lake, and to just spend time with Mr. Farmhouse and the girls. There is still much to be done...on the farmhouse and in my new office, but those things can wait. Happy "Stop Week" from the Farmhouse, friends. ❤️🏡❤️ |
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