enjoy

this sunday evening i am taking time to just "enjoy"...

....this wonderful cup of peppermint mocha hot chocolate

YUM!

 {will post the recipe soon}
**a little hot chocolate with your marshmallows?!**

and this fab book that i got in the mail yesterday...amazing inspiration! 

thank you, ashley {at a blondes DIY life}.

ps. isn't that the cutest blogger name everrrrr?

a pile of accomplished projects. i was finally able to cross something off of the wedding to do list and made my save the dates!

{they're even magnetic!}

our beautifully decorated christmas tree

 {i know, i skipped Thanksgiving.

who cares.

bring it on Christmas}



the love of a hunka man and a sweetie-pie puppy who cuddled next to me all day.
{don't be fooled by the fur. she's a 4 pounder}

and being thankful for all of you wonderful bloggers who take time out of your busy day to stop by and say hello.

 i love each. and. every. comment.

and on that sappy note-
i received a blogger award from a super sweet blogger, Christina at
{Christina's Adventures}
 {who happens to have a cutey cuddly puppy that my lily would love & immediately sniff his butt and hump him give him lots of hugs and kisses}

So the rules for this award are:

1. Thank & link back to the person who awarded you this.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.

1. I was an only child my entire life and thanks to some remarriages, I now have 2 of the cutest, sweetest siblings. Hannah, age 3 and Sean, age 1.

2. I am engaged & am getting married on June 4th of next year {hence the save the dates} :-) We are getting married at a state park next to a waterfall, which I swore I'd never do because of our unpredictable MN weather. But we're trying it and if it rains we'll be cozy in our backup location.

3. My fiance picked out my ring and to be quite honest, it's pretty big. People always comment on it and I just pretend I don't really know how big it is. I just say, "He picked it out.. not me!"  But it's gorgeous & I lurrrrrrrve it.

4. I am a nurse at a clinic and work for a family practice doctor {and love it}. But when I first went to college I told people that I wanted to be a stay at home mom. They didn't appreciate that at my all girls liberal college. whatevs.

5. No one in my family knew about my blog til recently. I'm not embarrassed {ok, maybe a little. just because i never know if my crafts are dorky or not!} But mostly because I like to make a lot of gifts and I was afraid they'd see them all on my blog before they got them as presents!

6. My middle name is Marjalean. I've never known anyone with that name or anyone that can even remember it. I was named after a great aunt that died as an infant. I didn't know how to spell it til I was like 10.

7. This is my first "non-tutorial" blog post... and I'm really worried that you're all going to be so bored & stop following me!

Thanks, Christina, for the award! And also thanks to the other several who have given me these awards. I haven't done them before now {mostly because of #7} :)

Please... ENJOY your day!