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Hello friends,<\/p>\n

The start of a new school year feels like a great opportunity to make new goals and resolutions, doesn’t it? After all, you’ve hopefully had a little vacation to recover from last year, and then the return to school brings a new schedule, a faster pace to life, a packed calendar with after-school activities and due dates. For me, I’m back home again and thinking a lot about the upcoming year, making plans for our soon-to-be-released fall patterns, and sorting out my To Do list. I’ve been thinking about how much I can realistically accomplish this year. Maybe it’s because of all the changes in our lives right now, but it does seem helpful to enter autumn with a pared-down list of priorities. For example, can I realistically continue with viola classes when I’m still working hard to learn Spanish and simultaneously juggling all my other business and family responsibilities? But can I bear to give it up? And what’s realistic for S now that she has a lot more homework and studying while simultaneously learning two foreign languages? Lots to think about, for sure. Reality and my wish list don’t always match up.<\/p>\n

\"Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n

Here in Spain the return to school and work after a long vacation is called La Revuelta (the return). But Spain is still making the most of summer with lots of parties (including a big party on our street this week), so La Revuelta is still a couple of weeks away.<\/p>\n

I’ll keep it short and sweet this week since I’m still suffering from severe jet lag. (Three flights and 18-plus hours to get home this time, oy.)<\/p>\n

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

If it’s hot near you, take shelter this weekend with a couple of paper crafting ideas to keep you occupied. I love the recycled paper collage below, left. And maybe you can send some secret message in this cute fortune-cookie inspired idea.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a>
pinterest link<\/a> and pinterest link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still thinking about black and white quilts, maybe because we have so much black and white in our new apartment and I have two neutral-colored quilt tops I’d like to finish one of these days. Aren’t these lovely?<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a>
pinterest link<\/a> and pinterest link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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