for several months (i think), my hiking pal heather has been talking about trying a trail she heard about near boone called elk knob. i’m game for almost any hike, so when she offered to pick me up and chauffeur me to the trailhead, i was glad to oblige. we were a little surprised to […]
hanging rock hike & failed photoshoot.
somehow, on a slightly less cold february saturday, i talked anna into going on a hike with me. ruby requires no coercion, just a mention of a car ride and there’s no shaking her. we opted for moore’s knob, which is probably my favorite hike in the park at this point. we usually opt to […]
scrappy strawbs quilt
for quite awhile, i had been admiring the super scrappy strawberry blocks and quilts filling my instagram feed, at the hands of sewmaryhappy. finally, enough was enough, and i set out to make my own. i pulled together all of my pink scraps and got to work. it was so much fun to fussy cut […]
january of 2024
lets see here. apparently kicked off 2024 with a photoshoot with the christmas tree at derek’s parents house. i do not recall this happening, but the pics don’t lie. we took the kids to a carolina thunderbirds hockey game. it was fun. cold. but fun. the score was like 15-4 or some nonsense. we spent […]
somehow seventeen so soon.
you guys. this kid turned seventeen in january of 2024. seven. teen. feels like this was yesterday. like previous years, his birthday aligned with exams and the semester break at school, so he got to spend his day doing what he loves. gaming. the boy agreed to homemade nachos for dinner and then opened his […]
a gift for a quilty friend.
for. my work pal kathy’s birthday, i made a rainbow-y paper pieced old timey sewing machine mini quilt. it turned out way better than i expected and i think she loved it. and now i’m reminded that i need to start thinking about her birthday again… the pattern is by quiet play designs. i quilted […]
kicking off 2024 with a bills cake.
hopes for the bills were sky high when we rolled into 2024. they had just won 5 straight to overcome a 6-6 record to finish the season 11-6 and win the afc east. so, obviously, when my fellow western ny ex-patriot friend requested a bills cake for her husband, it made perfect sense and i […]
december hap-hap-happenings.
now here is the part where i try to remember all the little moments from last december. the day to day stuff. when it wasn’t actual christmas or hazel’s birthday or cookie baking mayhem. let’s seeeeee. i always love the first few mornings after the tree is up and i have my coffee in the […]
christmassy. twenty twenty three.
we waited until christmas eve to do gingerbread houses in 2023. not sure why. i assume time just got away from me. but it made for a lovely christmas eve activity. messy. sugary. but lovely. i premade the houses with graham crackers, added a sugar cone tree, bought a million decor items, and we got […]
christmas cookie extravaganza of 2023
once again, i/we WAAAY overdid it with baking for christmas. i say it every year, but NEXT year, i will tone it down a bit. (and i can confirm that last years declaration went unheeded and i went off the rails again this year. but NEXT YEAR….) last year though. 2023. i had helpers. eager […]