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Two Step Lavender Wreaths
If you’ve been following along since Monday, you know that we have an abundance of garden lavender that’s no longer blooming that I’ve been using up for different little projects. This cranberry...
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Our Home for the Holidays, 2014
We hosted a little Christmas party this weekend and I took advantage of the opportunity to take a few photos while our house was in a festive (and clean!) state. It turned out to be such a lovely night...
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A Festive Holiday Punch, & a Merry Christmas to You!
Merry Christmas! Hoping you and your family have a relaxing and restful Christmas break as we celebrate the reason for the season. We are staying close to home for Christmas (no expectation of an early...
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Winter Maintenance, Preparing for Guests & Outdoor Updates
Sorry for the radio silence over here. As a part of my recent design update I’ve also been working on transferring host servers and, long story short, the site rolled back to a version from three weeks...
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A Snowy Day Trip to the Mountain Town of Idyllwild
What does one do when it snows in the mountains near San Diego? A family trip, of course!Our 60 degree weather broke routine just around New Year’s when a big (for us) storm blew down from the north....
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A Snowy Mid-Week Getaway
Maternity and paternity leave just wouldn’t be complete without one little getaway as a family. At the invitation of friends we headed up to the mountains this past week for a little cabin time. And to...
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Sweater Weather Is Here. Yesss.
Sweater weather has made it to San Diego. It’s a glorious thing and while I know that parts of the rest of the US are already below 40 on a regular basis, I am heel clicking that I wore my uggs for the...
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A Winter Garden Update (and CSA Boxes Filling in for the Win)
Back in the summer, our garden took off. Big strong plants everywhere! Lots of bright green foliage from my squash, zucchinis, peppers and cucumbers. Not to mention the HUGE tomato plants. :)But this...
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A Winter Cocktail: Coffee Stout White Russian
Can I share a little discovery? Apparently this isn’t new in anyone’s book, but coffee and kahlua and cream are an amazing combination :).This homemade kahlua recipe is still my very favorite and I’ve...
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Liv’s 5th Birthday (and a Trip to the Snow)
This past weekend Liv turned 5! One big request was to visit the snow.We loaded up the littles and the dog and headed to the mountains surrounding San Diego. It was just barely cold enough to hold snow...
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Heyyyyyy Winter.
fleece-lined leggings | flannel buttondown | wool socks cabled pom beanie | rubber boots | fingerless glovesA little winter inspiration today. Weather has actually been in good spirits here in San...
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Our 2016 Holiday Season Captured in Moments.
In 2016 I practiced a new memory keeping ritual that included capturing one second snippets of everyday life and pulling them together with the 1 Second Everyday app. I shared more about it here. More...
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A Warm & Cozy Fireplace Update.
I started to share our fireplace story last week so I’m back to finish it up. We used to have some really awesome fires in the above fireplace back when we first purchased our house. It was amazing!...
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