the morning benders

I really like this band a lot.. or at least I really like this song and the way it is sung.

I really like that voices like this still exist.

This is our daughter, Olive (middle name TBD) Lee. I guess I knew it was possible to feel this much love for someone you haven't met yet, but I could never have imagined this feeling. It's almost as if there should be a different word for it other than "love". You "love" a lot of things on a lot of different levels, but this goes far beyond that. It's unreal.. and I still have 4 more months to wait before I get to meet her. :(


A lightbulb went off in my head today. An enormous, dazzling, blinding lightbulb. I can't say much about it yet because there's not much yet to say. I know the basics, but the kinks.. they'll work themselves out along the way (they always do). But I'm verrrrrry excited about it!

ch-ch-ch-changes

Many things have happened since I last wrote. I moved into a lovely home (pictures to follow) with my wonderfully amazing HUSBAND. Yes, we got married in Eric's Mom's backyard in a lovely early-summer ceremony complete with our closest family members and a judge (whose 26th wedding anniversary happened to be on our wedding day which took place on the 26th of May. Coincidence? Fate? We may never know). 

Well just as we were getting settled into our little love-nest, another little surprise landed on our doorstep. I'm growing a little baby inside of me! So many changes in store for us, we'll be moving again into more spacious accommodations and I'm very much looking forward to "nesting". 

So here are the past 6 months in photos!

yule

        

        

        

        

i've been working

all 3 are ink on cardstock (on cardstock, on cardstock.. it's a bit of a process)

otis

If I was the sun, way up there
I'd go with love most everywhere
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I'm still around


That's how strong my love is..


I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears
You can go swimming when you are here
I'll be the rainbow after the tears are gone
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm


That's how strong my love is..


I'll be the ocean so deep and wide
I'll get out the tears whenever you cry
I'll be the breeze after the storm is gone
To dry your eyes and love you warm

That's how strong my love is.

millie does it okay too.

rosy, cozy, home

so in a few short weeks i shall have a new home for myself which excites me to no end. empty houses are basically blank canvases (for the most part, we will be renting). so i keep a rather extensive collection of home photos that inspire me bookmarked so that when the time comes, i will explode into a mad woman, adorning every nook and cranny with beautiful, ornate objects. i will, i will!


this is a holiday-editioned smorgasbord of house pictures (alright, i'm taking a break from my "funk") and yes, most of these are of dining spaces.. but there's so much you can do with a good eat-in room! tables and chairs and centerpieces and place settings and lighting and well, you get the idea. 

**i acquired 90% or more of these pictures from livingetc.