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January 2nd, 2011

It’s a NEW YEAR!

I have to be honest, I’m kind of OVER the holidays now, aren’t you? I sort of wish I could twinkle my nose and all the decorations and hoopla would magically be gone. Don’t get me wrong, We had a great NYE and New Year’s Day… but I’m almost too exhausted to recap it. I’m all about the start of a fresh New Year. It’s time to look forward now. With, that spirit in mind, let’s play a game! A dear friend (Thanks K.R.) recently sent me a email with this challenge, passed along by one of her friends: “Pick…

December 30th, 2010

A Homemade Christmas

In an attempt to avoid random retail rip-offs this year, we decided to gothe route of thoughtful and homemade gifts. First up, Gift #1: My husband’s hobby du jour: Pickling. I fully embraced this concept as a gift, especially as classic Ball Jars (that the goods come in), are so cute. They can be used as drinking vessels, as vases, for organizing kids art supplies, for pickling, and on and on. I can’t get enough of them. The actual pickling, he says is easy (my part is more like color coordinating the ribbons as a final touch) The recipe is…

Sweatermas 2010

Wow, I can’t hardly believe it’s the end of December, almost the end of the year. And not much posting. VERY VERY sorry. I will make it up to you with some juicy material from this point forward. It’s a promise. First up Sweatermas. Or in my case, hideous Christmas Dress’mas. Now we have closed in on our 3rd Annual of this cooky holiday tradition. And I have to say, the guests did not dissapoint. As a matter of fact, folks really took it to the next level. Some of the flavor (literally) of the night included a meat tree,…

December 1st, 2010

Laughing All the Way…

Ha ha ha I can hardly contain my excitement for our 3rd Annual Sweatermas Party. See last year’s post. This is your not-so-basic (as each year, I notice the guests taking it to the next level) ugly sweater party. It’s important to set the mood with festive invites like these kitchy snow globe invitations that I handcrafted. If you can believe, I actually glittered some of them! I found the paper at local paper and stamp store, Impress located at my favorite, “open air lifestyle shopping center”, University Village. Or U Village as we call it. (I apologize in advance…

November 29th, 2010

Giving Thanks

I’m not quite sure what my deal is, but today I watched Seattle Marathon joggers buzz right by my house (below), and I got teary eyed. Listening to the onlookers cheer the runners on, watching the runners determinedly slog through the Seattle streets, the whole scene gave me a lump in my throat. Maybe it reminds me of when my Dad ran his first marathon at age 50. Watching him come across the finish line, just made me weep of joy. The human spirit is so amazing, it’s almost overwhelming sometimes. It surprises me to get emotional at moments like…

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