Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

New Year, Old Me


welp.  we're 1 day in to the new year and not much has changed around here.

so far my new year has consisted of:

crying during a movie.
cuddling on the couch with earl snuggs (the best blanket ever).
painting walls.
coffee for breakfast and lunch.
wine for an afternoon snack.
picking up malaria medicine for a trip to africa.
forgetting to buy toothpaste while i was at the store to pick up previously mentioned medicine.
fighting with comcast over service charges.
leggings.
more leggings (who needs pants?).
eating ice cream in bed.
laughing at myself when i say that josh's new resting heartbeat of 42 bpm thanks to swimming laps might actually make me want to go to the gym.

pretty par for the course around here.

i'm off to the paint store to pick up my new wall color, french linen.  chic?  no.  it's going over knotty pine walls... don't jump to any classy conclusions.  i've already tackled the cabinets and now i'm on to kitchen and den walls.

see?

cabinets before:


dark and dreary.


love my original stove, hate the pine popping out from behind it.


lighter and brighter.


kept the original hardware and distressed the finish.


so cozy.  like leggings.  but for your kitchen.  i'll keep you guys posted on the progress with the walls because i know you won't be able to sleep until you see the final product.  this is riveting stuff.

knotty pine wishes,
m


Sunday, January 1, 2012

The Year Of The Gold Glitter


new year's eve nails.  and i like 'em just as much the next day.  i plan on adding this much amazingness to my life on a regular basis this year.  in fact i think the chinese calendar should really call this the year of the gold glitter.




knock our socks off 2012.  no pressure or anything... but do it.





Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas

 christmas with my family has always been exactly, completely, entirely...  
this:



and even though my parents traded snow for surf and moved...
here:



and instead of having aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, priests (yes, priests) and friends over for dinner we started passing out gift baskets at my dad's hospital in... 
these:



and candlelit midnight mass on christmas eve has become us one by one trickling into the living room to watch my crosspoint family on...
this:



and us "kids" no longer wait at the top of the steps for our parents to get the coffee and camera ready before we get to see what santa brought us like...
this:




not all that much has changed like...
this:




merry this and happy that to everyone and everything.
'tis the season.


ps - i got the most bestest biggest outstandingest terrific amazingest supercalifragilisticexpialidocious gift ever this year.  more on that as soon as i can share details...