snapshots of our weekend.
a bath for our favorite angus.
a library magazine-reading date.
an early shopping trip for our summer garden at our favorite natural general store (sun people dry goods).
and an oscar date night in front of the tv.
<3
no closer to spring.
last night’s snowfall and blizzardy winds drew us no closer to spring. they did, however, grant me a snow day. one of the (many) perks of working for a university.
nothing much else going on around here this week.
mr. halloran and i have made good use of our meal planning this week. i find that planning [...]
a funnier surprise.
apparently i’m in the mood for sifting through old family things these days.
i haven’t really gone through my mom’s recipe box since before she died, but decided to sift through it while mr. halloran was going through another recipe box looking for his precious pizza crust recipe.
inside i found these little gems.
judging by the handwriting [...]
a welcome surprise.
so this is going to demonstrate my oblivious nature, but i’m going to share this surprise with you anyway.
i inherited all of my mother’s and grandmother’s jewelry when my dad moved to virginia three years ago. (sadly, this collection isn’t what it was thanks to some jerks who burgled our family home when i was [...]
a happy girl.
how do you make a happy girl?
put some cream in the food processor along with some vanilla and powdered sugar.
turn it on for just a minute or two.
add it to her favorite fruit.
and give her some sophie time.
a happy girl indeed.
<3
hello sunshine.
this morning mr. halloran and i took a little trip up to mt. spokane to do a little nordic skiing. a little windy but an otherwise glorious day. it’s hard to believe this is all within 45 minutes of our home.
<3
snapshots of a workspace.
hey y’all.
i decided to take a little break today at work and take a couple of snapshots of my workspace.
i manage community data projects at a local university, and while i like my job, everyone needs a little reminder of what makes them happy outside of work, no?
mr. halloran and i plus some (very) outdated [...]
you guys, these are awesome.
a photographer named irina werning has been inviting people to re-enact their childhood photos for a project called back to the future. this is genius people, genius. how awesome are these??
LOVE.
oh my gosh.
oh my gosh, and speaking of my kind of valentine’s day, look what i just found.
npr valentines!
i am smitten.
which one should i send to mr. halloran?
my kind of valentine’s day.
my hometown (moscow, id) has produced some amazingly talented people, one of whom is josh ritter, a folk singer-songwriter who is getting a lot of praise for his most recent album so runs the world away. my fave song on this cd is an epic love song between an archeologist and a mummy, which has [...]