i cannot help but brag… {luke} saved up his allowance for three months & bought me a wonderful copy of {3191: evenings}. i had been talking about it for months & last week, the lovely package arrived happily in our mailbox. we were both so excited! the book, by {mav} & {stephanie}, is a true delight- simple yet intricate, made with great attention to detail & care, & filled with such wonderful photographs. it calms, inspires, & puts me at ease.
thank you, luke. you know how to make a girl feel special!

also, in other news… we made another entry to {him + her}! we hope you’re enjoying the adventure as much as we are! it is a highlight to our sunday mornings + afternoons.

enjoy your monday. i’ve got to head downtown & search for the perfect pieces for my halloween costume…

its one of those mornings.
one of those mornings when you wake up far too early, & its difficult to leave the warm blankets. you finally manage to crawl from the bed & then realize- there are to do lists to get done, commitments that need to be met, & not enough time in the day to finish it all. you start to feel tense, become overwhelmed. then, you close your eyes & find that peace. that peace that you know has been there all along.
it will all get done. & if it isn’t completed today, it will be left for another day. it will all be alright.
so, you take your time. you enjoy that cup of warm coffee. you write, you read, you notice.

there is beauty within us & around us always. let us find time to seek it.

{my “office”}

{charlotte, grandpa riley, & simon- our newest friends}

i haven’t had a life for the past week… well, three weeks, really. classes have consumed my life. i try to highlight the ups in my life on my blog, but there is nothing lovely or beautiful about a desk piled high with books & old coffee mugs, a girl who hasn’t had time to take a shower in three days, or the intense back aches from carrying around so much stress. so lets be honest, my life isn’t always about the latest cake i baked or the quiet time spent knitting. i’ve been a crazy lady.
but- luckily, i’m starting to feel some relief & see the light! i was able to clean the kitchen, scrub the bathroom, & organize the “office.” yesterday, for just a few minutes, i flipped through my wonderful copy of {3191: evenings}. it is so lovely. also, luke + i did manage to find little succulents {featured above}. we might be crazy, but we have named them & formed little personalities for them…yes, we’re crazy.
for the rest of the week, i plan to get life back in order. it is too short to run around mad, helplessly begging for a bit of time to do something not expected of you & failing miserably. life is about noticing & appreciating. that’s what i’m hoping for in these next few days.