right now: on my radar

My big sister's music. Her arrangements are getting more gorgeous all the time. Case in point.

The Honest Toddler. I don't really go for humor blogs, but this one is hee-larious.

French onion soup sandwiches, aka heaven on a plate.
Southwest-style sweaters in bright colors. This one's sold out, anyone know of something similar?
Seedfolks. A beautiful little morsel of a book. It would be amazing for a book group.
Field Study + simple strip quilt. I need to make this happen.

Safer birth in a barn. Oh yes.
Growing out a pixie cut, month by month. Rachel is my hair muse.
aaaand...
These guys.

joyful noise

Christmas came early, WOOHOO!

For some reason I don't really blog about piano,

but it is a big and happy part of my life.

And thanks to my amazing, generous, wonderful man, I finally have my very own.

(((ahhh!!)))

It's nothin fancy, but believe me, it's been here 5 hours 

and has already brought so much joy.

It's wedged in the kitchen between the bathroom and the pantry

until we start/finish drywalling the dining room next week.

Classy.

Christmasey posts and home improvement updates coming soon, mkay? 

{hope your merrymaking has been beautiful!}

on balance

Last night I just about sliced off the tip of my index finger with my rotary cutter (like for serious). Since then there has been blood, gauze, tape, and more blood, gauze, and tape. Ben & Jerry's totally balances that, right?

Esquivel is also making me feel super jazzy tonight. Best listened to when doing mundane tasks, like scrubbing a toilet or something, because it will make you feel exotic and sexy in a Mrs. Incredible kind of way.

I'm working on a new little freebie for you (and a button for all these freebies! woohoo!). Hope you are as sung as a bug in a rug tonight!