annnd that's a wrap, folks! i cannot believe another 365 days have come and gone and we're already at another new year's doorstep. and while i'm always grateful to have been gifted another chapter to fill my life's novel, i will say that i'm very ready (maybe more than in previous years) to say so-long ...
i did it all for the nook(ie)
so in anticipation of a not-so-distant international trip, i set aside my disdain for non-leather bound reading materials and asked santa for a nook. because when it comes down to wanting to smell the musty goodness that comes in peeling back the front cover of a freshly printed book and, you know, carry-on space (not to mention the ...
merry christmas to all and to all a good night
merry christmas. perhaps you're reading this little note from the comfort of your couch or better yet, bed, cozied up under a sea of blankets and fleece pajamas. perhaps you're sipping a cup of warm coffee or hot chocolate or maybe green tea and perhaps, yes, there is even christmas music faintly playing in the ...
selfishly single
lately i've been thinking a lot about marriage. as in i've considered it and have decided that it looks like fun. what it also looks like is a lot of work. and even harder work if spent with the wrong person. now i'm not naive to the fact that marriage isn't just a fix-all. i realize that ...
merry & bright
call me scrooge or just plain lazy but i haven't decorated my house for christmas since 2010 when a boy showed up on my doorstep with the cutest miniature christmas tree that you ever did see: cute little tree. i mean, i'm not gonna lie, flowers are nice, but nothing says "oh hey, i like you" ...
no happy happenstance
image via: quozio. unlike what this quote implies, i don't think it's a happy happenstance when you're gifted the kind of people in your life that simply "get" you. i think God intentionally sprinkles them across your path as various points in your life and in various forms and fashions. in boyfriends, in girlfriends, in ...
blog crush friday: a lover’s anthology
i don't claim to be a beauty expert. i mean, i know how to apply a decent smokey eye and entertain a red lip every now and again but as far as knowing what brushes offer the best application or mascaras offer the best come hither lashes, i usually rely on, well, blogs like today's ...
the great christmas day movie debate
as you may know, (since i've only mentioned it here and here) every year on christmas day my family ventures to the cinema (said with a british accent because it sounds fancy, like this cinnneeemahhhhhh) to take in a matinee. it started with patch adams in 1998 and ended with last year's not-so-christmas-appropriate django unchained. and now ...
recreate what i ate/made: pumpkin butter
around this time of year growing up, my mom and i would begin to draft our game plan for operation christmas cookie. we'd select about five or six different types of confectionery creations -magic bars, emma's bark, something non-traditional like a rice krispie treat, and of course, the traditional chocolate chip. then on a december ...
throwing a shrimp on the barbie
hi. so i have some pretty exciting news to share. and by "pretty exciting" i mean, this may or may not be some of the most exciting news i've shared in a really long time. no i'm not pregnant. my friend had the audacity to ask me that the other day and he certainly got a look, ...
