What in the heck have I been doing?

I know, I know, I was MIA again! So what have I been doing? Let me show you:

Raising these. (My baby ducks!)

Painting (a lot-more pics to come!)

Spending as much time as possible with my niece, who just turned five. I took her to the Sugar and Spice Salon to get a birthday make-over. She started kindergarten last week. I cried.

And staring at a whole lot of this. Gorgeous.

And of course, the obligatory start of the school year, setting up my classroom (and Mr. M's, because he is wholly unorganized). We had a full week this week, and I am TIIIRRREED. I went to sleep at 9pm twice this week.

Coming soon: some amazing furniture that I refinished. Hold on to your seats.