Crystal Madrilejos

It’s been awhile, right? I don’t even know where to start. Where have we been these past 3 months, you ask? Just livin’ life I suppose.

I won’t try to remember everything that has happened since we last posted.

Christmas has come and gone. I have presents to post about. The gifts weren’t too elaborate this year. Since Q was born my productivity on the crafting front has dropped significantly. But I did manage a couple cute things. This was also the first year that our gift wrapping has been sub-par. Usually, I like to do the wrapping all fancy-like because I think it makes opening the gift even more exciting. But this year nothing fancy, just store-bought paper. Not even nicely wrapped, I have to admit. Christmas really snuck up on us this year.

I guess the biggest thing to happen was that I lost my job at the end of November. But, don’t worry I’ve found a new one.

Also, Q’s first birthday is fast approaching! So, lately I’ve been trying to plan his party. I’ve been torn between theme or no-theme and whether we should go all out and make it a big event or just keep it small and intimate. Decisions, decisions…

Here are a couple images that have been inspiring my birthday planning:

I wish I could remember where I found these photos, but I think I searched “lots of balloons and streamers” in google images. Pretty general, I know.

-c.

Last week I wrote about the new blog that I have been contributing to, wiseUP and the “10 to Change” challenge. Today, my post is up about my “10 to Change” idea. Here is the link to the entire blog where you can read other people’s “10 to Change” ideas as well as other inspirational posts. And here is a link directly to my post.

Enjoy!
–c.

I’ve been noticing that images that I’ve been posting recently will disappear. And to get them to show, I have to re-publish the post. I’m trying to figure out how to fix it and hopefully it won’t be an issue for much longer.

–c.

I apologize if you had problems viewing the site this morning! I forgot to change it back to “public” last night.

–c.

I love this photo. It was originally published in the December 1955 issue of House & Garden. You can buy a print of this Richard Rutledge photo (and many others) directly from Condé Nast here.

–c.

Is anyone else ready for winter to be done? In the past, I’ve never actually minded winter that much. But this year both Andrew and I agree that winter has worn out its welcome. The cold and snow is really getting on my nerves. Personally, I think winter should officially end the day after Christmas. Or we can draw it out to the New Year, IF necessary. I’m tired of being cold and I’m tired of having anxiety driving to work. Sorry, I just had to vent there for a second. I’ll just dream of the time when our porch looked like this:

And not this:

–c.