Category: christmas

my weekend in pictures.

{b.l.a.t. at oddfellows. it was time for a change-up from turkey.} 

{does anyone know how to darn a mitten?} 

{pouring down rain = wellies.} 

{apple cup. bow down to the huskies!} 

{thai take-out.} 

{you know it’s the holiday season when TJ’s carries candy cane green tea. my fave!} 

{thanksgiving leftovers.} 

{hot cocoa & a walk around the neighborhood. don’t know what we would do without a coffee shop right down the block!} 

 {baking the apple pie.}
{this is how sadie sleeps. all. the. time.} 

{after making turkey stock, we made turkey stew with wild rice, pancetta and crimini mushrooms.}

{date night at the nutcracker.}
we had the laziest weekend ever. but then today i got a million-and-a-half things done before noon. does that ever happen to you? how was your weekend?
M

a pinterest christmas.

{via pinterest}

pinterest has become a wonderful platform for users (pinners? pinteresters?) to memorialize images and ideas of everything from home decor to first birthday ideas to how to clean your dishwasher. if you are a pinterester (i like this one best), i am sure that you have numerous boards full of numerous pins of things that you want to do. or that you think that you want to do. or that you like but have no intention of ever completing. (mine fall into all of the above categories.)

i spend far more time on pinterest these days than i care to share, but lately, i have been more motivated to actually complete pinned projects than to just continue pinning to my heart’s content. and since (1) i have mucho time on my hands right now, (2) its nearly christmas time, (3) christmas is my favorite holiday, and (4) a new family = hardly any christmas decorations (this will only be our second married christmas), i have decided to tackle a few DIY projects to celebrate the holiday season!

so, over the remaining weeks until the BIG DAY (um, that’s christmas for those of you who aren’t following), i will post a few of my own versions of my favorite  pinned pinterest projects. i hope you enjoy this little blog segment i have affectionately named “a pinterest christmas” (it sorta has a nice ring to it, huh?).

{sidenote: i realize that some of you are appalled that i am actually talking about christmas decorations. i know its not even thanksgiving yet. so, if you fall into this category, just flag these posts and read them closer to christmas or december, whichever you prefer.}

have you ever made anything you have pinned on pinterest? are you planning any DIY christmas or holiday projects?
M

happy november first!

one step closer to winter. the winter that i am dreading since it is slated to be a bad one. a “bad” winter in seattle is more than one inch of snow. seriously, in the last three years (starting with finals of my first year of law school) i have seen this city completely shut down because there are a few inches of snow on the ground. people get stranded on the freeways, buses get stopped on the side of the road and everyone takes refuge at the local starbucks. cross your fingers they are wrong about this winter…

on a happier note, with winter rapidly approaching it means that christmas is on its way! unlike nordstrom (which refuses to decorate for the christmas holiday until after thanksgiving) starbucks appreciates a little early celebration of the merriest of days with the release of the red holiday cup every november first!

{short soy decaf vanilla latte – lunch of champions!}
thanks to my husband for the shout out about this little blog on facebook – now the pressure is on! 
and also thanks to my newest (and first!) followers: Jen Everson and my husband!
M