{this moment}

Inspired by soulemama: {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week.

A simple moment to savor...

happy birthday babe!

Love you! Happy happy day and year! 37 is going to be awesome!

stable, YES!

Well, another 3 months of status quo...I had a CT scan and it was stable - everything looks the same with no new suspicious spots!!  Fantastic good news!  I came out of the doctor's office and the sun was shining strong.   I don't have to get one of those scans for another three months!  Party, people!

whirlwind weekend

We made a quick run to RI this past weekend to see the family and it ended up includying a little st. patty's day party at mo and dad's, a little auntie and orion time while his parents were otherwise engaged, and a lunch party at mom's.

the builder 

block city

nanni and orion fish watching

little nolan being extremely cute

chillin in the corner with lion and cat

pretty st patty's day table

brunch table

a few of my sisters enjoying the sun

dessert table!

weekends passing by

The warm weather appeared and all of a sudden, the flowers are popping up and it seems like weekends are just flying by.  I love the warm weather for a hundred reasons but I always feel like warm weather months go so much faster by me.  Do you notice that?

Two weekends ago, Donna made mini cheesecakes for dessert.   I think I ate about 6.

A few sewing projects on the weekend...

Donna's kitchen table with birthday table runner.  

Picnic mats for Jessie's birthday!

random product placement here

I am not big on advertising but I just found the most amazing product.  Before getting it in my hands, I was reading through my blogs quickly and saw this post.  I thought...goat cheese, my fav so I went into the website of Belle Chevre and found that they have BREAKFAST goat cheese.  Hello, goat cheese, breakfast, and figs? Yes please.  Oh and cinnamon?  Come on! So I decided to see how much it was.  It was about 5 bucks for a tub of breakfast goat cheese, so I put the cinnomon flavored one in my cart.  When the shipping was calculated, I realized the shipping was 3 times the price of that tub because they iced it all the way to your house! Darn, I couldn't spend $23 on this tiny tub so I left that site quickly.  The next day, I was in my local grocer and there was Belle Chevere Fig Breakfast Goat Cheese sitting on the shelf, waiting for me!

And voila!  It really is the little things...

I was greatly in need of a restful weekend.  We didn't even leave the driveway on Saturday.  And I thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast!

i heart sewing

I think I have told you that my newest hobby (addiction) is sewing.  I learned early last summer.  A friend of mine started a business teaching sewing classes right near my office.  I took a tote bag class and before I knew it, a sewing machine was in my dining room ready to go.  I have taken several classes with Melissa since.  It is a great way to get together, chat, learn, and create!  I have made quite a few handmade gifts since that first tote class: table runners, placemats, cloth napkins, fabric buckets for the smallest nephews, a paint brush holder, and a few totes.

Reversible!

I made my first quilt, baby size, for a friend's little one.  

I just finished a bag and table runner for moi!

With lots of pockets!

I think the pancakes look so much more appetizing with Lotta Jansdotter fabric underneath!

{this moment} but with a few words

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.


Just a few words here...this moment was incredibly important this week.  I moved into a new office this week so my office is completely unorganized, piles everywhere, tripping me as I walk around trying to find my work.  Then, I was fighting with construction workers all week, who were smashing cement in my office hallway so I was inhaling cement dust for 3 days.  It is a long story, not for here.  But I finally carved out some time for this yesterday.  Ahhhh...

Jasmine pearl tea break