Archive for November, 2010

Gratitude.

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

It is Thanks­giv­ing, and I am so excited to begin a new tra­di­tion with my grow­ing lit­tle fam­ily… a grat­i­tude jour­nal. A friend of mine, Jess, who blogs at Brix­ton Lane, shared the idea about a week ago on her blog, and I absolutely loved it. I didn’t have much time to throw one together (espe­cially since it’s not pos­si­ble for me […]

Some notes on camping.

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Last week­end, Matt, Cora and I went camp­ing with some friends of ours, Chris and Car­rie. We spent one night at a camp­site at Sil­ver­wood Lake (located in the San Bernardino Moun­tains, about forty miles west of Big Bear Lake—I didn’t know where it was either). As a kid—a Girl Scout, and the daugh­ter of a Cub Scout mom—I […]

Etsy!

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Ok, I’m sure a lot of you out there are think­ing… she’s just now dis­cov­er­ing the won­der­ful world of Etsy?! And yes, it’s sadly true. I’ve heard of Etsy before, but have never taken the time to dive into all of its won­der­ful­ness until recently. My lit­tle dis­cov­ery (not really, I know… per­sonal dis­cov­ery may be more […]

Painting the Road Ahead…

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

I am so excited to share about a brand new design blog that my good friend, Rachael, recently cre­ated… Paint­ing the Road Ahead. Rachael and I met when we were both in eighth grade, and have been close friends since high school. We (along with a hand­ful of other girls) have remained BFF’s through­out high school, col­lege, marriage, […]