{"id":50071,"date":"2015-10-02T13:29:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=50071"},"modified":"2015-10-02T07:41:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T11:41:51","slug":"weekend-links-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/weekend-links-6.html","title":{"rendered":"weekend links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, friends! I hope you had a great week. I can’t believe it’s October already!<\/p>\n

I started working with a tutor this week and am already starting to feel better about learning Spanish. It’s really challenging to be so limited in the number of things I can say (“the man drinks milk” doesn’t help much when you need to buy vacuum bags), and last week I started to feel a little discouraged and isolated, which I know is very common when you move to a new country. Once I finish writing this book I’ll have more time for discussion groups that will help me to progress more quickly, but at least for now I’m starting to get a basic grasp of the language in terms of possessive pronouns and things like that. I’ll tackle verb tenses when I know a few more verbs!<\/p>\n

We’re keeping a close eye on Hurricane Joaquin as it approaches the east coast. My sister and brother-in-law are staying in our apartment while we’re away, and so far life in NYC has presented quite a series of challenges for them. I wish I could be there to help out, but I trust that everyone will be well prepared for the storm. If you’re in the path of the storm, be safe!<\/p>\n

Pinterest Picks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such a sweet little Tea Party Sundress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is the next Cappuccino Dress<\/a> I’ll be making. Such a beautiful color! Silk or silk\/linen, or maybe even just linen, we’ll see what I can find.<\/p>\n

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And as long as we’re thinking about that beautiful dusty peach color, I think it would be fun to lengthen the City Stroll Skirt<\/a> to make a skirt similar to this one. Just use the lengthen\/shorten line and add a LOT of length for this look.<\/p>\n

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Isn’t this a cute idea for packaging a gift? I love the sewn detail.<\/p>\n

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Weekend DIY with the kids: hand-made party blowers!<\/p>\n

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Weekend Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. When I pick up S from school at the end of the day, she’s completely exhausted. Learning another language is hard work, and with so many changes all at once I completely understand why she’s so tired. But I still want to know what’s happening in her life, and these questions<\/a> really help to gradually draw her out and get her to talk a little bit about school and her new classmates and teachers as we walk home. By the time we’ve arrived, I usually have a pretty good picture of what her day was like.<\/li>\n
  2. As long as I’m on the topic of learning a new language (sorry!), a dear friend sent me this fascinating article about why it’s more difficult for adults to learn a new language than it is for children<\/a>. All this research makes me wonder: since S is 10–right on the cusp of the brain change that seems to happen–and she has a very strong grasp of language and the meaning of words, which side of the language learning divide will she fall on? I’d love to know. (By the way, S and I are dedicating part of each day to learning Spanish by watching Peppa Pig en espanol together. I know; it’s tough, right?)<\/li>\n
  3. I don’t know about you, but I get tired of hearing the same style icons trotted out all the time: Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Edie Sedgwick, you know what I mean. We need some new style leaders, and I loved this article<\/a> for exactly that reason. Right now I’m inspired by the unique styles of\u00a0 Tilda Swinton, Daphne Guinness, and all the Advanced Style ladies<\/a> for their eccentric looks. (P.S. Have you seen the Advance Style documentary<\/a>? So fun, and I think it’s available on Netflix!)<\/li>\n
  4. Do you make a point of being stopping to be thankful during the day? Lots of research<\/a> has shown that gratitude<\/a> contributes in large ways to our overall feelings of happiness. And that applies to how we approach our work<\/a>, as well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And on that note, I want to tell you how grateful I am to be able to sit here and write this to you. It’s a beautiful day, it’s a Friday, we’re going to the ballet<\/a> tomorrow, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend doing whatever you’re planning to do! See you next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Liesl is here with her picks for the week and some weekend reading for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-50071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oct-2-a.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-d1B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69181,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/04\/this-week-we-introduce-our-new-spring-patterns.html","url_meta":{"origin":50071,"position":0},"title":"this week we introduce our new spring patterns","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"April 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time to introduce you to our new patterns for Spring 2019. 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