wednesday wonderment

it might be a good night when you...
--have a fantastic workout
--eat homemade chili and freshly made salsa for dinner
--scrapbook in the living room with your bf while listening to "love actually" and drinking mexican chili tea (it's yummy)
--are warm and cozy in your twinkling house while outside it is crazy cold -- winter has come!
--finish off the night by reading an excellent book admist all the pillows and covers on the bed

hoping your evening was as warm and cozy as ours... what are you doing tonight?

wednesday wonderments

*i thought it was friday all day
*it is 12:40am and i am still up
*i got my december daily mini book ready to begin
*menu planned for tomorrow, looking forward to hanging out with my family&cooking
*so thankful for the small things
- i can call my parents and talk with them anytime i want
- i live with my best friends
- indoor plumbing
- fun scrapbooking projects
- pictures, they amaze me everyday with the ability to capture a moment
- big frank sandwiches hot out of the oven
- health for myself, family, & friends
- all of my senses in working order
- a warm beanie on a cold day
- all the "lulu's" of the world
- all things pumpkin, cranberry, squash & yams


wishing you a fabulous t-day!!

wednesday wonderment

tonight's wonders---

1. why am i still up?
2. what happened to dairy queen?

answers:
1. i am working on final plans for our t-day with friends dinner tomorrow night -- it will be a busy, but delightful day tomorrow -- starting off at 6am with a delicious latte and grocery shopping with my very best and favorite girl, not to mention roommate, and then moving on to some cleaning, cooking, play list making and all the good stuff that comes with a get together...

2. i don't have an answer for this -- there are several possibilities... first, the story--tonight the messerapp's decided to have a dq run -- off we went to our local grill and chill -- we started out by ordering 2 blizzards -- turtle & cookie dough -- then we saw the poster for the new nuts waffle bowl, and decided to try that -- someone was ready to eat a lot of ice cream -- the cookie dough blizzard did not have very tasty dough, the turtle blizzard did not have very tasty pecans and the caramel was all at the bottom, the nuts & fudge bowl did not have very tasty peanut butter and only a drizzle of fudge -- so, now that we were quite disappointed, i sent jon to see if they still had my staple favorite, a pumpkin pie blizzard-- and we ordered yet again-- oh the torture when the pumpkin pie blizzard did not have very tasty pumpkin... now for the possible answers

-- 1st - it is possible that we ordered all the wrong things
-- 2nd- it is possible that our dq did not properly cover their food this week
--3rd - it is possible that:
a. we are too picky
b. we have overactive tastebuds
c. we are crazy

-- now i am off to sleep -- with all my heart and prayers going out to a special family in our community during the very difficult and heart breaking time they are currently facing --


i am so thankful for family, friends, and each moment of the life i lead

wednesday wonders + photo booth is fun

it's beginning to feel a little like christmas (said in a sing-song way of course) -- i always try not to give in until after thanksgiving -- sometimes it doesn't work, but that's o.k. -- kim tells me that is all the "holiday" season. somehow in my brain it is thanksgiving/christmas and not thanksgiving-christmas... oh the debate, however, since starbucks practically rules the world, and they are already selling peppermint mochas and eggnog lattes... it might all be a "holiday" season wrapped up and tied with a bow--

... and with holidays comes the joys of "sharing the holidays" -- the ever familiar -- "it's my families year" -- "it's your families year" bucket of fun -- jon and i have it fairly easy and it usually isn't a headache, however this year, my little sister has added in her "sharing of the holidays" -- apparently this year is "our year" for thanksgiving... which means our whole family christmas will be sometime in the middle of the week after christmas -- i would say "o bother" except i am pretty sure i did the same thing to my parents in 2002-- eeegads...

so the wonder (as in "i wonder") of the day is... is it a sad or glad that i already have my christmas movies scheduled on my december calendar, along with looking at christmas lights, gingerbread houses and more?!?!...

p.s.

speaking of christmas -- i love love this site for cards-- minted: the freshest designs on paper

wednesday wonders

excited for december fun here...

ready to go here...

and here...

and also wishing i was here -- love this little town of bandon, oregon -- hoping next year i can make it for the cranberry festival. have fun mom and grandma!!

thinking about making these fall lovelies

it's wednesday, which means puppy class for these two pooches-- hot dog love= 1 hr of following directions

so many fun things happening right now and so much found love this morning, such as:

i think i need one -- possibly found in the ikea catalog

i just love love these wedding invites -- because they are two of my favorite colors, always loving orange and fall seems to bring about the grey love -- i think i best do something with the color combo, scrapbook page, room color, the endless possibilities...