the weather …

It’s no secret that I live in Minnesota. And here, the weather is a constant topic of conversation… “Can I go shovel the walk? You betcha, hun!” “It’s not so much the heat, it’s the humidity.” “Did you see those storm clouds move in last night, Sven? What a soaking we...

a glimpse of winter?

… why not. I mean why not have threats for the only snow storm MPLS has had all year the day I’m supposed to leave for a trip to Mexico? I have my fingers crossed real hard there are not glitches in my travels!!! Hopefully things don’t turn out like this … … this was...

2012 … the year of the gift

** note … this is a much longer post than I anticipated when I settled on the title and edited the photos included. In a nut shell, it’s about making people happy in 2012 with {handmade} goodies but for more details, read on*** Well, the 2011 Holidays have come and...

amazing and leafy

I love this tree. I’ve loved it for a while. When I first went to ‘my Iowa vacation home,’ Mur showed off the land by way of a 4Wheeler trip. As we went past this tree he told me he had always loved it and that he thought if he ever had a job in Hollywood he would...

i’m not a jewelry kind of girl …

That is a very true statement in the blingy sense. Ask anyone that knows me and they will tell you that rarely am I seen without some big obnoxious necklace (often an owl, a turtle, the state of MN or some old locket). But ask those same people if I wear anything that...

life

If I didn’t believe it before, I sure believe it now … Life throws curve balls. Unbelievable curve balls. The kind that knock you off your feet and make it hard to get back up again. I am not in a place where I am ready to talk about things just yet but I wanted to...

iowa summer

  not much to say … just back from our weekend in the country at our ‘vacation home’ 🙂 it was lovely! happy monday to all!

big news…

so I’m not a big person to gush and share too many personal details with many people but this seems like something I should probably share … this is my beautiful new ring. a lot of people might say this is a long time coming. and really, family would definitely say...