i LOVE ... THE HOLIDAYS!

Happy Holidays!

 

 photos by me

It's been crazy busy here so I wanted to wish everyone a great holiday season before my computer & I head off on vacay.  My mom is in town and my aunt comes in tomorrow then I'm heading to Aspen/Snowmass and the comp is going into the shop for a little TLC.

I took these photos a few years ago at my mom's friends house.  She has these Nutcrackers all lined up on her mantel and they look magical.

See you all in a few weeks!

Peace & Love.

dear jenny, do you take time to see the beauty?

Took this just about two years ago and I love it.  Hope everyone has a nice Sunday!

photo by me

crafting

photos by me

Happy Thursday!  My friend Kel came over to hang out and she ended up being the best elf a girl could ask for!  I had a few gifts to sew and then she wrapped them.   Since I haven't given the gifts yet I'll post the finished products later.  Have to say I am pretty impressed with what I've done!  ...and that wrapping...its fab!

spinster

In life I really would like to meet my soul mate & have lots of babies with a full house of noise.  However, if I am destined to be a spinster I think this kitchen would be perfect.

What the hell...maybe I'll have it anyway

 photo from honey and the moon

ob.sessed.

Totally loving this & can't wait to see more.

 

Haven't been so in love with a gown since Gwen's...

but Carrie's dress sure did steal my heart.

 & I'll always be stunned by Christian Siriano.

peace, love & nyquil dreams

which i've learned can be a bit whack

old friends

 

photo by me

Yesterday I was so lucky.  I ended up speaking to three old and dear friends.  It was so random to speak to all of them in the same day.

I'll go backwards.  

I ended my evening with a phone conversation with my friend MP.  She was my first friend at Florida State.  People ask us how we met and I absolutely love making it into this over dramatic story.  Thank goodness she is easy going otherwise one day she would tell me to cut it out. 

Like most big girl things I face, there are some tears shed.  Pretty much balled the first few days of college.  It was orientation, back in the Summer of 2000.  We were in the same group and I had just come off a crying binge before I attended another orientation class.  After class I was walking back to my dorm when MP came up and started talking to me...I was THRILLED...a friend!  And we are in the same dorm?!  Oh M Gee.  Do you know why she came up to talk to me?  Oh, that's because she remembered seeing me in our dorm earlier and had forgotten how to make it back after class.  Used! 

But we became the closest of friends and I am lucky to have her.

Plus we are both Aries & have the initials MP...I really like that we share those things. 

My second old friend connection was with a guy I've been friends with since high school.  We were total opposites in high school.  He was cool...I (hello) was not.  But we had a class together and became friends.  We both ended up at FSU, lived in the same apartment building and stayed friends after college.  I love talking to him.  He's VERY funny and mischievous.  I adore him.  We had a two hour banter via text which consisted of topping each others jokes.  Two hours of laughing...we win.
 
It all started yesterday with my lunch break and a phone call to my friend C.  She is one of the first people I feel like I have made friends with as an adult.  We have become friends as women and its a really great feeling.  She's wonderful and I really look up to her.  Smart, strong, kind, level headed & has this WILD side...its fantastic!  What a spark.  

We have both moved in the past few years and among other things, I hear her say so many things I relate to in regards to living somewhere new.  Moving far from 'home' and friends and family is tough.  To miss the familiarity of those people who just KNOW you.  But I guess its just a growing process.  Moving makes you grow and evolve...its not always easy or comfortable but I tell myself that its all worth it.  

When I talked to her wished I was there hold her hand.  For being my GF.  Becoming a new mom.  For being able to be herself to me through all of the words she said.  For making me think I'M NOT CRAZY...someone else feels the same things.    ...and for her to hold my hand too.  

Those connections yesterday were a gift to me.   

I LOVE

I also LOVE the band OAR.  LOVE THEM.  It’s been a LOVE affair I have had through all of my 20’s. 

The soundtrack to the last decade of my life. 

They have been companions by the pool, on drives with my besties, inspiration to fabulous dancing & been the backdrop to good times with people I hold close to my heart. 

One of the best parts is I share my LOVE for OAR with my friend Jess.  We are probably totally geeked out with some of the stuff we do...but the music touches us both.  Concerts with her are a must.  I’ve seen a few without her and I always miss her.

I just missed them in Vail but the last two times I've seen them at Red Rocks here in CO...beyond, just beyond.

 

 

I LOVE the jams

Marc's voice

The lyrics and their ever changing flow

Something really magical about them

I LOVE

So I haven’t posted in about a week...YIKES!  I’ve been sick & useless.  However, I have found a new LOVE…NyQuil.  Since I am a lightweight and just took some I’ll attempt to post as much as I can before I slide down into my comfy sheets.

store brand = cheap thrill

photo by me

weekend

photos by me

My shoes are TOMS.  Check them out...comfy & goes towards an amazing cause.

TOMS

Anyway, good weekend?  Ready for another week?  Yeah...me too.  Just a few more days would be nice!  Right now I just keep reminding myself to work hard bc the year is almost over and then I'll have some time off. 

There was a Santa Pub Crawl this weekend.  We dressed up, brought a toy or two and joined about 1,000 of our closest Santa friends.  It was so much fun to see how people made their costumes into their own. I did a lot of staring.  Here are a few pics.

Ready to see Santa!

 

After seeing a very attractive Rudolph we me the ONE, the ONLY, Jolly Saint Nick!

We also met Giving Santa,

& Wise Santa,

we were protected by Ninja Santa,

& surprised by an Impostor Santa,

 FOUND Waldo Santa,

checked out Leggy Santa,

and snuggled with (fake) Txting Persian Santa.

But Santa wasn't the only one we met, there were Parting Elves 

while this elf was hard at work!

& there was a bunny.

take a look

two videos. 

Happy WEEKEND!  I'm off to play with 1,000+ of my fellow Santa's but wanted to share this link.  The first video is super cute and funny...wonder what about this music moves him....?  The second, well its chilling & phenomenal.  I'll probably watch it 10 more times.

love. 

dear jenny, do you even know good music?

digging.  obsessed.  play it again. 

Animal

I LOVE

I LOVE my hometown.

Sunrise in St. Pete

 

      photo from my madre

Daytime St. Pete view

 

photo from my madre

Daytime Denver view 

photo from me

Sunset over the Rockies view

 

photo by me

I LOVE my hometown, ST. PETE, FL.  It’s paradise.  Really.  My love affair started when I moved to St. Pete at 16.  I moved from Miami and while I think Miami is fabulous, ST. PETE was the complete opposite and just what I needed. 

It’s this wonderful place & the people who live there LOVE ST. PETE.  Like mine, families live there for generations and it provides me a great sense of warmth in knowing that’s part of my family history.  It’s a fabulous family town and have always said I would raise my kids there.  Now…well who knows! 

I also LOVE my friends in ST. PETE.  One of my fav ST. PETE ladies, C , found out today that she is expecting a beautiful baby boy!  Can't wait to see that belly in ST. PETE in just a few months!

These photos my mom sent from her office remind me how beautiful that place is and how much I LOVE it. 

PS i also LOVE holiday treats from friends!  Thanks, Linds!