A few years ago Bear’s cousin Sunny gave us a matching set of cocoa mugs – T for me and J for Jared – and it was one of my favorite gifts ever. So of course they died in the…
Year of Pleasures #11
For my first mothers day, I made sure Bear knew I expected a fuss to be made. I even outlined how my day must be spent, starting with fresh whip cream and peaches. It was a good thing I was…
Long Overdue House Tour, Day Two
For today we’ll start with the staircase. The folks we bought the house from replaced the staircase and railing just before we bought the place, but didn’t bother to do anything with it. When we took over the top of…
Long Overdue House Tour, Day One
Now that I’m starting to get my feet back underneath me, I’m trying to get caught back up on the world. I have a mountain of blog content stacked up waiting for me to get around to uploading photos, so…
Where has the time gone?
Would you believe Bear comes home on Friday? This time has actually been way easier than I feared it would be. In fact, it kind of would have been a breeze if it weren’t for the fact that while I…
Inspiration Wall
Ever since Christmas my nesting has hit hyperdrive. I’ve had a million and one projects lined up patiently waiting for me to finish up construction and painting and Christmas, and I was trying to race through and finish them before…
The preparations begin
I take a lot of crap for my creative endeavors. I really need to write up a whole rant on the subject, but lets just leave it for now by saying that for as many years as I’ve been trying…
More Christmas leftovers
OK, OK, even I’m getting a little tired of Christmas by now, so I really need to wrap up some of these things I’ve got sitting around here. I really wanted to keep all the decorations up until the end…
O Christmas Tree…..
I may have mentioned that we go bonkers for Christmas around here. A little bit. Around the edges. But we come by it honestly. Bear’s parents set the standard that we can only hope to aspire to. Next year I’ll…
Year of Pleasures #7
I found these pajamas at Costco back in January, and I went back and got one in every color. They’re made of a fabric called “Soybu” – part Soy plant and part Bamboo plant. They are just the softest, most…