7/52 :: 2016

this week started with the last few days with my sweet gold stars before they left our nest and flew away to all corners of the country. then there were lots of errands and adulting.

Friday 12 February // day forty-three :: True Love <3

Saturday 13 February // day forty-four :: the beautiful, wonderful, and talented Nici Peper.

Sunday 14 February // day forty-five :: <3 <3 <3 day and a little Bearded Heart Coffee love.

Monday 15 February // day forty-six :: photo editing distractions: coloring, chocolate, chai latte.

Tuesday 16 February // day forty-seven :: time for errands.

Wednesday 17 February // day forty-eight :: I don't want to be an adult anymore.

Thursday 18 February // day forty-nine :: I can't believe he's old enough to write his own name!

xoxo.

5/52 :: 2016

getting ready for Valentine's Day and my gold stars <3

Friday 29 January 2016 // day twenty-nine :: I am so in love with all of these textures.

Saturday 30 January 2016 // day thirty :: new shoes, a lovely line from Artifact Uprising, and a cereal box find.

Sunday 31 January 2016 // day thirty-one :: the coloring page, coming along. {fun with manual focus.}

Monday 1 February 2016 // day thirty-two :: Ephraim winter day.

Tuesday 2 February 2016 // day thirty-three :: lots of snow this afternoon/evening.

Wednesday 3 February 2016 // day thirty-four :: walking in the snow resulted in wet everything.

Thursday 4 February 2016 // day thirty-five :: Valentine's Day prep! <3

xoxo.

the month by iPhone :: January 2016

January was quite the ride, getting settled into my new apartment and into a new schedule, a trip to Chicago to see some friends, and a couple Door County adventures.

some of our guests had seen me out the night before at a NYE party, so they knew that I wasn't feeling the best on the first and brought dessert for me. (:

bedroom <3

coffee prep time!

closet clean out time with thredUP.

I love all of the Valentine's Day stuff at Target, but the Crayola things are my very favorite, and I just love the smell of fresh Crayola crayons.

sparkle snow.

life advice.

IKEA checkout line on a Sunday. I forgot that it might be busy.

my newest friend Tucker.

unicorn love.

updating the mini gallery in my hallway.

a library haul.

colors and shapes.

five years with Luna Lovebug! recreating a picture from that first drive, but this time with a weather-appropriate drink.

it probably wasn't the greatest idea to be out on the pier when it is so ice-covered, but it was so pretty!

working on a Valentine's Day project. as always, the printable can be found here.

this picture is less creepy than it seems.

I would like to know what happened here. was someone trying to steal Fiestaware?

inception, of sorts.

shiny clean tiles.

xoxo.

January 2013
January 2014
January 2015

Luna Lovebug :: five years together

yesterday was a very special day for me and Luna. the first time I ever drove her was January 25, 2011. I drove the GTI to my dad's office before school that morning, and then when I went back over after school to get the keys (I was parking there because I was borrowing the car from his automotive business, which was right across from the school.), he told me that I could take "the pretty car." the Beetle had been there for five weeks getting cleaned and detailed and a new windshield, and it was previously owned by one of our traveling musician friends.

it was a Tuesday, and there was a home swim meet that night. I had this grand plan that when I first got to drive the Beetle, I would drive over the steel bridge for the very first time and go to Glas for a strawberry smoothie, so I did just that.

it was so weird for me to drive an automatic after driving a car with three pedals for the past nine months. it took me a few days to get used to that. I also messed up the driver side window on that first night because I didn't know that I wasn't supposed to roll it down, as they were still working on the door. whoops.

here's a picture from that very first day! baby Teresa at seventeen. (:

I thought that this picture was from 2011, but I guess I only took it in 2012.

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so back to 2016. I ran some errands and went over to Glas between a few of them to get a vanilla chai latte. a little reminiscing music on the iPod.

as I was leaving Target, I decided that I wanted to go to the lake to take some pictures since I had my camera with me. I drove out and parked at the US Coast Guard station, and then I walked down to the North Pierhead. the only time I have ever been down there was with my camp kids, so I was excited. however, I kind of forgot that it would be pretty icy because it's in the water and it's winter. it was sort of unsafe. I only went out about three-quarters of the way because the ice was getting worse and I didn't want to fall.

and a picture of my favorite sign at the canal station...

finally, a dirty Luna.

here's to many more adventures together!

xoxo.

small space living (before)

I wanted to do a little "before" post of the apartment to document the way things were when I moved in. The lighting was a little weird on the day I took these pictures because the weather has been grey and rainy.

The apartment that I'm moving into has been passed down in the "family," and I am so excited to be moving here. There are many special moments that it holds, and it makes my heart happy to know that there have been songs written here.

entryway, bathroom to the right and kitchen to the left.

tiny bathroom with a little storage! the biggest challenge is going to be getting used to life without giant closets! I grew up in a house that was about 100 years old (built in the early 1900s), so there weren't built in closets, and the apartment that I've lived in for the past year and a half had some pretty large closets, whereas this one has two small closets but a lot of kitchen storage.

kitchen. mint green walls painted by a friend from Chicago. there are more cabinets hidden from the left edge of this photo.

two part living room/dining room/open plan space.

small bedroom with tiny closet (to the right out of the photo).

view of kitchen and front rooms from the bedroom doorway.

I can't wait to start getting things moved in and set up here!!!

xoxo.