Twenty18
Happy New Year! Back from holiday and feeling refreshed, ready to tackle the year. No goals, just hopeful for lots of love, laughs and life. Bring it on, 2018!
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O Christmas Tree
It’s been some time since I’ve had a real Christmas tree. Dave and I both agreed we wanted to find a real tree with “real Christmas tree smell” for our first Christmas as a married couple. We headed out on a crisp December Saturday and wandered amongst rows and rows of firs, looking for the […]
read more…2015
Thankful
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’m thankful to be home and celebrating. And for how easy it was to find pumpkin and cranberries! (It’s the little things…) Here’s hoping you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, too.
read more…Something to remember
I will always remember February 24. I’m writing this on February 25. I don’t know when I will actually post this, but I want to make sure I capture it while it’s most fresh in mind. Though I don’t think I’ll ever forget. I was getting ready for bed and Dave still had some work […]
read more…Italian Valentine’s Day
I’m always looking for a good excuse to try new recipes and Valentine’s Day seemed like the perfect occasion to force Dave to be my guinea pig make Dave something wonderful for dinner. I got it in my head to make a traditional Italian meal. Maybe something reminiscent of Friuli, I thought. We went to […]
read more…Turning 31 in Udine
I hear California is entering official drought status. Meanwhile, here in Udine… So I turned 31 this week and Udine celebrated the occasion with buckets of rain…like sheets of it. I even tried to take a photo of these torrential downpours but the rain was so solid, that it was hard to see individual drops— […]
read more…Twenty Thirteen
2014 is almost here and obviously, I took a bit of a blog hiatus since mid-September. Being home in California kept me busy, trying to grow a new business and all. I was fortunate in that I was able to make the most of my time at home in that regard. I didn’t get to […]
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