well, it's already february and i have yet to write my first new year post...old habits die hard? yes, they do!!!
*just a note: this is more of a personal update post for today...crafty, shop talk and creativity will follow shortly...
Christmas was quiet around here...anyone who has a split/mixed family can probably feel me when i say that the holidays can be...difficult, sometimes. the girls {"his and mine", for lack of a better term} were all with the "other" parents this year, which made it a very low key holiday, but we were totally ok with low key! little buddy {"ours"} wanted to write just one thing to santa this year...
to the side you can see my super-rad lamp that i found at the thirft store! little buddy accidentally dropped it on the floor while we were decorating the tree and instead of breaking it, like i thought he did, he actually made it work...see the spiffy built in night light? didn't even know it was there until it was dropped - cool.
my annual Chirstmas morning breakfast got postponed until the girls got home the next day...
yummy vanilla, banana waffles with whipped cream.
not long after Christmas, i got my "annual" haircut. it was a pretty substantial cut!
ok, so, i am SOOOOOO SUPER excited for this next part! for new years, we went to the bay area and spent a few days with my family. i gave my daddy, my hubby and one of our daughters tickets for the raiders/ chargers game for Christmas, so we all went along for the ride. i went to THE most AWESOME super market, EVER! it is called Mi Pueblo and it is in San Jose. i have never in my life seen a cleaner, more organized store, EVER.
the bakery was amazing...no simple icing roses here. the cakes and tarts were perfect...
don't laugh...it's the little things that excite me in life :)
while i was freaking out about super markets, the dads were at the raider game with my little diva. i guess she made quite an impression on the "regulars" and was being asked if she would mind taking photos with other fans! they nick-named her "the raider angel"...oh boy...
apparently, they thought her bow was wings...
also on this joyous day, i got to go to santana row....*sigh, so rad! i got to shop at some of my favorite stores, maido and paper source, but since it was new years day, everything closed early - boo!
oh paper and office supplies, how i love you so :) eh, now i'm sounding like a weirdo....oh well.
early in january, i was asked by a new dear friend to make a star wars cake for her son...i had never made one before, but thought, what the heck, so here's what i came up with...
horrible photo :/ everything, including the plaque is edible. i thought it came out quite nicely :)
been busy baking other things as well..such as...
best ever choclate chip cookies from HERE
came out perfect, no?
usually, i get the fever for baking all winter long, but with this awefully dry, warm winter, it has been different. i feel like spring has been knocking for months! this was one of the only snows we had all year...so sad :(
and last, but not least....my baby girl is grduating this year, so we decided to take out an ad in the year book with a photo of her and her longest friend...
THEN... {on the right}
how time gets away from us...
*sniffle, sniffle...
and that's all for now folks! thakns for stopping by and getting through such a LONG post!
i'll be posting a crochet pattern and maybe some other fun stuff tomorrow :)
have a wonderful evening!
~r


