Making another effort- but I have a lot to talk about!

So, it appears that I can't keep this going.  I feel like I have a lot to talk about though.

Here are the things I plan to cover in this blog:

Things I cook
Things I make
Things I do

And whatever else tickles my fancy.

So here's the scoop.  My best friend of 15 years and roommate of 5 years just moved out.  I was bitter.  I cried.  Then I realized I have a whole new room to redecorate to my fancy!

Here's what I've done so far:

Bought a huge oak teacher's desk off of craigslist and refinished it.  It was no easy task but, amazingly I found it fun.  I often find strange things fun.  Like going to the dump up in Meredith and sorting my recycling.  I digress.  Anyway, it was amazing to results from my hard work and I'm thrilled to find that I can actually finish things I start.

Here is my desk before:

After hours of sanding, staining and poly, this is what it looked like after:

You can see that the cat is still enamored with it.   I added to my $10 investment with a $100 piece of glass for the the top and the chair, which I got for five dollars at a yard sale.  I put pictures and memories under the glass, so it's almost like a scrap book.

Here is the final product:

I have to say, I'm just super excited.  It's gotten me back into the job search now that I have a place to base my efforts.   I have an interview next week in fact!  Fingers crossed!  I graduated in May with my MSW and the adjustment from school to, well no school, has been tougher than I imagined.    I need to get back into the field, because I know it's work I love.   For now, I am immersing myself in projects. 

In my next post I will show you the other projects for my office.  Might not be tomorrow though. I am thinking of taking an urban hike and then I have tickets to see Jason Aldean at Fenway park.

Addictions.....

I'm sitting here in Assessment and Diagnosis.   We have a guest lecturer on Addictions and all I can think about is a cold beer.  What is wrong with me?

I REALLY want this to work

Let me be clear.  I am avoiding my paper on Trauma right now.  Even though it's due in nine short hours.  I have to ask myself why I do this EVERY  TIME.   I only have 11 more months.  Then I'll be an MSW.  

So.....let me see.  There's so much to talk about. My crazy family, school, my pets, my very own crazy. 

I am fantasizing about moving.  To like Kansas or Alabama or something.  Somewhere I can get lots of land for cheap and maybe a horse and a donkey.  I don't want much.  Here's my list of goals:

1.  Horse
2.  Donkey
3.  Chicken Coop
4.  Goldfish Pond
5.  Rewarding Social Work Career
6.  Significant distance from my family
7.  Greenhouse

Does anyone know a place where I can go and have all those things?  Any help would be phenomenal.  For now however, I'll continue my tireless internet search and continue to avoid the very paper that will help get towards goal number 5.  Fascinating, isn't it? 

Welcome!

I'm a girl in her thirty's who just wants to write a blog. It will not be about anything in particular except the stupid stuff I find fascinating.