Every year around this time, Colleen and I start to get busy…real busy.  What happens is that Halloween party preparations are in full swing and we start realizing that we have once again bitten off more than anybody should probably chew.  But this is our process and so it will be.  On top of that

There is really no question that this has been a pretty great summer for me.  With an exciting trip, spending lots of time with friends, and making an effort to do some new things, along with some other happy occurrences, I am really not sure it could have been much better.  But with the unseasonal

Last week I pretty much felt like I won the lottery when I realized that these little stick things in our backyard had transformed into lush peony bushes.  I had never even seen a peony in real life – they were like this unicorn flower that only people that live in California seemed to have.

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some more random bits from my life lately… I finally bought myself some ranunculus from Trader Joes and boy are they good lookin.  I feel like I need to buy flowers to display in my house more often.  Not a big financial commitment and yet they seem to improve the

Aside from the mundane events that make up my every day life like doing dishes, completing paperwork, driving around all day at work, refusing to take out the trash and watching the Bachelor, here are a few recent happenings… Books have quickly become one of my favorite items to decorate with.  Because of this, I

I seem to have had a little bit of a hard time getting back into the swing of things after the holidays.  I have a to-do list a mile long and have still not taken down my decorations.  I feel like no matter what I do I will never actually be able to catch up