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+i’ve had a bit of cabin fever lately… i’m really looking forward to our little road trip next week
+enjoying bags of frozen zucchini from the farmer’s market, from this past summer, & making loaves of delicious bread
+making too many sweet treats: the best chocolate chip cookies {recipe soon, i promise!} & lemon bars {i ate these from the pan yesterday!}
+listening to {this} on repeat
+walking in the deepest of snow i’ve ever seen
+dinner dates & crafting nights with the dearest of friends
+not cooking dinner! only dessert…
+dreaming about gardening plans for this summer & what herbs to plant
+inspired by {this} entry
+learning to felt… new earring ideas are in the making!
+preparing for the love fest art show at the end of january
+quiet moments spent looking out the window
+{this} new series from shari
+sipping on my new favorite- earl grey tea
+working on knitting a new scarf

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i almost wrote this entry last night when the day had kicked me hard, but then decided to simply go to sleep & wake-up this morning to write. i am so happy i did. i feel so fresh… a new beginning today. so much to look forward to. so much that i won’t get to. but it’s okay. because it always is.

have a wonderful day, friends.

2010 has greeted us with so much love, assurance, joy & good news! on new year’s eve, we spent the evening over at our favorite new {neighbors’} home. we enjoyed drinks & good conversation, talking about health care, sustainable living & food. i absolutely love the conversations had with friends. we left around 11 & brought in the new year tucked under blankets & in a deep sleep. i wouldn’t have asked for it any other way.
on new year’s day, i cleaned & he cooked. it felt so good. he made black-eyed peas with cornbread & local bacon. i scrubbed the bathroom, reorganized the closet, boxed up the christmas decorations, & bagged up some things to take to our local thrift store. at the end of our day, we spent the evening setting up luke’s new record player & dancing to frank sinatra’s “tell her you love her.”
now, i’m enjoying a quiet evening of baking zucchini bread & working on our meal plan.

as for good news, please visit {him + her} tomorrow afternoon for our new year’s resolutions & new beginnings!

september

october

november

december

can you believe it is new year’s eve? i still cannot! although i’ve been reviewing 2009 all week, i feel like i could review for a few more months… so much happened & it all flew by like a whirlwind! but oh- am i thankful! i am so thankful for all of these special moments…

photographing for {mustard seed} & their new website, celebrating grandad’s 90th birthday, spending hours in the kitchen with {kelsey} making delicious apple butter, meeting illegal chickens & truly falling in love, harvesting arugula from the garden next door, sharing conversation & food with one {amazing girl}, having too good of a time with luke on halloween, collecting a bounty of goodies from the farmer’s market, feeling so proud of a project that i completed, visiting my {best friend} & ending up at a cafe that was not a cafe at all, taking long walks to fight winter’s gloom, savoring every bite of uprise’s goodies, enjoying the time luke & i spent together putting up our christmas tree & decorating our home.

love & peace to you in the new year! i’ll see you in 2010 😉