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Happy holidays!

I hope everybody has been having a lovely holiday season...we sure have over here! Fairly low-key, with a few big surprises thrown in...

I haven't taken a single photo. (!) Shame on me! Aside from a twin toddler photo shoot I did a couple weeks ago, my camera has been collecting dust on a shelf. Anyone know where I left my photo mojo? I didn't even document my darling toddler's Christmas shenanigans! Help!

I've been doing some knitting (hats galore! toddler mittens! socks!) and some sewing and some quilting. Maybe if I find my photo mojo, I'll actually remember to snap a few photos of the finished objects and share them with you!

There's a few recipes in the queue to share - cashew tamari dressing, for starters. (Oh, the yummy...) But largely we've been eating a lot of truffles and cookies and popcorn and other festive goodies. Hopefully that will change now that the holidays are approaching an end.

This is a vacation week over here and I'd like to say that I might catch up on some blogging but in reality I will probably be doing a lot of napping, a lot of knitting, some reading and a bit of baking. Now if that pesky photo mojo would just show up, I could document it all...

Hope you all had a decent 2011 - I have very high hopes for 2012!

30 days of thanks: day 22, 23, 24

Oooops.

I forgot!

Well, on the 22nd I was thankful for a relatively healthy child, despite the fact that she woke up with a cough in the middle of the night and coughed so hard she puked all over me, herself, the bed... All in all, she's a healthy kid and I couldn't be more grateful!

On the 23rd I was thankful for our mere dusting of wet, slushy snow, instead of the 6-10 inches that was forecast! I am already missing several work-at-home days this month, due to holidays, and I couldn't afford to keep E home from daycare so I was really glad she was still able to go!

Today I am thankful for everything in my life this day: my beautiful daughter, wonderful husband, fantastic family, pie, mashed potatoes and especially...stuffing. Ah, my favorite part of turkey day.

Happy thanksgiving to all who celebrate it! And happy Thursday to all who don't!

:: photo friday :: autumn market

happy new year!

That's how we spent our New Year's Eve. Dancin' it up at a baby dance party in the early evening! Oh, how times have changed... We had a blast!

I've decided that this will be the year of efficiency. Yes. Efficiency. I believe it's going to involve some sort of white board and some careful habit-forming on my part. I feel like my life has gotten away from me a bit lately, and not only due to having the wee one. I'm not spending my time as wisely as I should and I aim to change that! So hopefully 2011 will see me and my household being more efficient with out time, money, food...and everything else. Most of my other resolutions (if you can call them that) are small, day-to-day things...

take my vitamins
do the laundry on time
meal plan
try to get enough sleep
go ice skating
devote more time to the yarn business
eat more Brie
make time for M
take more photos
etc, etc, etc...

:: photo friday :: one week ago

One week ago, we were celebrating E's very first Christmas Eve...she loved the lights! And the bows. Have a safe and happy evening and a wonderful 2011!

:: photo friday :: light up the season

shoppity shop

Just a reminder that today you can get 15% off any order from my shop with coupon code THANKYOUTURKEY.

Also! Lulu is having a sale as well and I promised I would pass along any Lulu sale info as I got it... They are doing 25% off any order today with code CYBER305. (How generous!) So pop over and grab a calendar while the price lasts!

Cyber Monday!

I'm getting in the "spirit" of the...uh...shopping season...with a Cyber Monday sale over at the wee shop. Use coupon code THANKYOUTURKEY to get 15% off your order! The code is good from now until I wake up Tuesday morning...so get yer shop on!

Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. Ours was a blast - good food, fun family and a baby full of pureed squash. Nothing better.

2011

As some of you may remember from previous years, I usually make several calendars each year, featuring different photos that I've taken over the course of the year. Well, this year was kind of hectic, for obvious reasons. But...this year I managed to get the calendar done before it's almost too late! Yay me! On the other hand, I also realized I didn't have enough quality photos that don't involve the squishy face of my child to make more than one. And even that one took just about every good food-related photo I could unearth from 2010. But here it is! It'll be on sale over here until, well, forever really. (I mean, technically you can go buy the past years' calendars too...not sure why you would but, y'know, gotta have options.) If you pop over there, you can see a preview of all the lovely photos included. So enjoy some delicious food photography in 2011!

I'll post discounts and such as I become aware of them, as usual...

:: photo friday :: give thanks

I hope that if you celebrate Thanksgiving, you had a lovely one. We were thankful for time with family and some delicious food!