perfection.

Isn't it absolutely perfect? I would love to wear this dress, all the time, every day.

my wardrobe: organizing.

A little something I devised to assist me in the morning. Since it's so hard for me to figure out what to wear when I get out of bed every day, I thought perhaps it would help if I label the clothing in advance.

snow keeps coming.

Busy, busy snow flakes swirling 'round and 'round... I'm a busy snowflake these days too!

{p.s. i've changed my new year's resolution from doing a full workout every day to instead doing crunches. and i'm much happier for it. maybe it will gradually change to a better workout. but for now, this works for me!}

Happy Wednesday!

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No title. Just looking at some old photos I took last year. Need to remember to take more pictures and blog more.

A blessed mid-week to you! xo

Listening to some Midlake again.

new year's resolutions.

Here are mine...

• Wake up a half an hour early every week day.
  
• Exercise regularly, at least a couple times a week (hoping to fit in a little bit every day).

That's it! You'd think I'd be able to stick to that, but it's a lot harder than it looks. Today I finished the first day of exercise, but not the waking up early part. Oh, well. Good luck to all of you who have New Year's resolutions!

p.s. a few others who are doing their new year's resolutions.

on a cold winter's day.

Today I've been nursing a head cold, and what I've found that helps immensely is to make a pot of soothing eucalyptis tea. It's very simple. All you do is take 1 tsp dried eucalyptis leaves and steep in 6-8oz hot water for about 9 minutes. I made a couple of pots today. You can also boil the leaves in a steaming pot of water and place your head over the steam to inhale. Wearing a towel over your head helps also, although it gets kind of hot, so I don't really like doing it for too long. I also made a pot of the most delicious vegetable soup. I highly recommend this recipe. I left out the pasta and forgot to get red peppers, but it still tastes amazing and is exactly what I needed today. Now all I need to do is make some bread and I'm set!

Any plans for New Year's Eve? I've already been to a couple of pretty great parties and since I don't really have any place to go this year, I think Jed and I are going to have our own little party. You know what I really want to do is make Jed another Christmas present and we can have Christmas all over again! Oh yes, did I mention I had a pretty spectacular Christmas this year? Everyone was so generous! Jed got me this lovely perfume. I've never owned perfume in my life (at least not the real stuff) so I am pretty excited about it. That means I'm all grown-up now, right? I got Jed a pair of much needed shoes. He looks pretty hot in them, if I do say so myself. And I also made him a picture album using pictures from our summer. I used MagCloud to make the picture book and then penned in a few memories on each page. I'm going to try and continue making albums for all the seasons I've spent with Jed.

Hope you have a wonderful New Year's! I'm taking it easy right now due to my cold and also for the holidays, but am planning to be back in full swing by the middle of next week. xo

p.s. are you the type who makes new year's resolutions? i didn't think i was, but am thinking about taking advantage of the new year and getting back into an exercise routine. i have a video called "ballet bootcamp" and i know the title sounds funny, but the one time i tried it i really liked it. thinking about starting it back up again. here's hoping i can stretch myself to get up a half hour early every morning...

merry christmas!

Although this is a picture I took last year, it looked very similar outside today. We had a blizzard last night and the snow continued to fall today, so it's quite the winter wonderland out there! I'm here at my parent's house enjoying an early Christmas celebration and again tomorrow and the next day with extended family. Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!

shop update!

Over at Big Cartel this time!

p.s. to those of you who have responded to my little announcement...all i can say is wow! you guys are incredibly kind and sweet!!! :) xoxo