this is february?

here in the south, we have no need of Punxsutawney Phil. We have these guys to tell us that spring is almost here:

apparently they're called anoles. love these guys!

another love of mine gave me this beautiful orchid flower arrangement for valentine's day (i've mentioned many a time that i don't like roses. well, i like roses, but in a garden. in a vase they can be rather cliche):

and wake forest even sent me a valentine! arrived yesterday in the mail. makes the fact that i've graduated just a bit more real...

gotta love february. though i'm nonetheless impatiently waiting for mid march so i can hear from grad schools!

let it snow

while the rest of the country has been smothered in a nasty wintry mix, it's sunny and 60s/70s in Chucktown this week. but the kiddos i work with do miss living up north sometimes, especially when they see cars covered in snow on the news (a different reaction once you turn 16). so i made them a snow mobile of sorts with the paper snowflakes we made and a ceiling fan:

and voila, when you turn the fan on "low":

snow!

but otherwise, we're enjoying the weather outside..

sorry the pictures are so small, too lazy busy to use an actual camera!

wonderful news!

i'm now nannying for 2 families here in Charleston and have full-time employment! next week will be a bit nuts (working 60 hours!), but after that it will calm down to about 40 hours. hopefully i'll be too busy to worry too much about hearing back from grad schools in march! andy's gotten some terrific grades back from last semester, so 518 is full of joy this week.

hopefully i'll be able to post some pictures of some projects i've been working on.. have some fun things to share soon :)