My weekend…

Hello everyone,

It has been a few days since I last wrote. This was a busy week and even though I made sure I got pictures of my outfits I did not have much time to put a post together. Here I am, with my different outfits of this week. I have to say, this might be my favorite streak yet, when I look at these pictures I don’t see myself as a big mess; in fact, these outfits seem very flattering. I am not going to lie, getting up in the morning, putting an outfit together and looking at myself in the mirror is not always easy and looking at these pictures a few days later has helped.

I would like to point out that in the picture in the middle, I am wearing a yellow and white scarf that I made myself. Very proud of that fact since it had been over 20 years since I had knitted anything. I do a lot of crafts and creative things on the side because that is what keeps me sane. I need a creative outlet so that I can continue to produce at my regular job. I took up knitting just this year after many years without touching a knitting needle. I have quilted some, I do mix media art, I can do oil paintings, paper crafts and so on. The sky is the limit I guess. We all need to find something that helps us alleviate the stress from our regular jobs and lives. I know that my job is very demanding and even though I love it and it is the best job I have ever had, it still has those stressful days or moments. I have also found that it is really easy for me to fall on the trap of working 24/7 and that is not healthy. We have been doing some mindfulness activities at work and I have made a commitment to myself to find creative things to do on the weekends so I can take care of myself. This blog is one thing I have found that is very helpful.

On another note, but still in the creative realm, we went to see the Broadway show Beauty and the Beast yesterday and it was amazing. My favorite character was Lumiére and I would say the Beast has a much more funny side in the musical than the movie. Here are some pictures of the event.

It was a great family outing and I got to get my boys dressed up which is next to impossible. But they do clean up well and looked great in their dress up clothes. The show was beautiful and totally worth it. We are hoping to go to more shows from now on and already have tickets for Les Miserables for the summer.

Thank you for reading,

Juliana