Cabin Fever

Despite the fact that my car still can't get up the driveway due to the 2 feet of snow and our phone and internet was just restored, I can't help but admire the beauty of pure white everywhere!
Big big thanks to my hubs who shoveled most of it, while we were inside entertaining ourselves the…

Favorites Friday: Something blue

In light of our 3rd large snow storm arriving today (up to 2 feet of snow) I'm craving watery blue in a attempts to bring on spring!

Such a pretty floral dress via americaneagle
via audreyhepburncomplex
beautiful photo gallery
This console table reminds me of an altar, so beautiful via wisteria
Fun…

Gideon's room

Here's Gideon's room! I wanted a departure from a standard boy's blue and any kind of theme, so I filled it with things that are truly him with touches of meaning.
I cut up my Dad's old boating maps for art and pulled the color scheme from them.
The swing chair is from Ikea and I just…

Hooded leather jacket 3 ways

Had my eye on a hooded beige leather jacket for some time and just bit the bullet. I think it may be the perfect transition from winter to spring, if it ever warms up!

Jehovah Jireh

This weekend between my crazy shift, hubs gone, and sister out of town, my prayers ceaselessly uttered, "Please Lord provide." Please provide a way out of the speeding ticket, I sooo deserved. Provide a way for my front wheel drive vehicle to safely reach Gideon 15 miles away in the 6 i…

Favorites Friday: Simplify

Lately I'm feeling an overwhelming need to simplify and slow down. Got the message from a couple blogs this week and Sunday's sermon, someone is really trying to tell me something.
We plan on hitting the library today, one of our favorite slow places.
Japan reminds me of simple and slower li…

Dan in real life

Rhode Island has been on my mind lately, thanks to my dear friend Taryn, who's getting to live there for a year, lucky gal! So for a virtual visit, I turned to "Dan in real life." It's been out a couple years now, but I just picked up a copy at Target. I'm now enamored with Rh…

Full Weekend

Were back from Jersey! We had a fun full time and are so happy to be back home. There would have been a ton more pictures minus the jersey typhoon that greeted us and if I remembered my nikon memory card, grrr. All in all our time was filled with some good friends, good eats, and lots of animals!

Her…