Novice Lady

It's been over a year and a half since I decided to start this project, and the one thing I did complete a year ago was reading Gone with the Wind. And I can easily say in true Scarlett fashion that I kept telling myself that "I'll think about it tomorrow," with regards to my becoming an accomplished lady. 

Challenge back on...


Here's what I'll be reading, learning, and studying:

Literature 101 – reading list includes....

 Pride and Prejudice 

Much to my dismay unless I’m good, A Song of Ice and Fire series must be put on hold.          Also, Lisa See’s newest book came out and I love her so much, I had to be so strong and resist buying her book.

Gone with the Wind (complete)

My bff at work told me this book was a must for my challenge.

Italian 101 – I know it should be French, but I swear I have a good reason that I’ll explain later

Piano - I do know how to play the piano already, but I play poorly and I really don't remember any songs

Divine Intervention

A few nights ago my roommate and the neighbors we share a wall with got into a noise argument via hitting the wall to retaliate at one another. It got quite nasty (this had been escalating for 5 months), and I could not help but feel annoyed and frustrated. I wanted no part of that situation and didn't condone either party's behavior. I felt quite emotional, which immediately led me to anger. I wanted to storm into my roommate's room and yell at her for her childish behavior. However, I knew that wouldn't solve anything, and I wanted to speak to her in a rational manner.

With conflicting schedules, we wouldn't end up actually seeing each other for a couple of days after the incident.There had been an exchange of voice mails between the two of us, and I was looking forward to clearing the air and to making sure her hitting the wall would not be happening anymore.

I turned to my faith to give me strength and help me stay calm when I would sit down and talk with my roommate later that evening. I decided to go to Saturday evening mass. At the sign of the peace, I turned to shake the couple's hand behind me and to my surprise, the couple that happened to be behind me were my neighbors. I looked up and slightly shook my head, if there was ever a time to believe in divine intervention this was it.

I took them sitting behind me as a sign that this was God's way of showing me I should be the one to talk with our neighbors and apologize to them regarding my roommate's behavior. I muscled up my strength at the end of the mass and introduced myself to them. I was relieved to have a pleasant conversation with them. I was thankful that I had the courage to approach them. I felt so much better after that moment and the anger I had felt slipped away.

I am grateful for God to intervene in that moment, and I like to think I handled that moment with my neighbors like a lady. This has motivated to restart my becoming a lady project.

Very Hungry Caterpillar Puppet Craft

Fun, easy and fast very hungry caterpillar puppet craft for children

Supplies needed:

• Green paper bag
• Red Construction paper
• Glue Stick
• Pipe Cleaner
• Tape
• Yellow and Green Coding Stickers (office depot)

Step 1:

With the red construction paper, cut out a circle for the caterpillar's face. I precut the red circles using a Fiskars circle cutter. 

Step 2:

Using the glue stick have the child glue the rectangle at the bottom of the green paper bag and attach the red construction paper circle.

Step 3:

You'll need 2 yellow and green coding stickers for the eyes. I placed the 2 yellow circles first and then place the green stickers on top so a little of the yellow still showed on the red paper circle

Step 4:

Place 1 green coding sticker on the red paper circle for the nose.

Step 5:

Bend the the pipe cleaner in half and flip the face of the puppet face down. Attach the pipe cleaner with a piece of tape to the back of the puppet. Then you can curl the ends of the pipe cleaner with your fingers or a pencil

Then you're all set