sometimes a love of craftiness and creativity can just go a little too far:
because i love pinterest and snarky things…
24 Tuesday Jan 2012
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24 Tuesday Jan 2012
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sometimes a love of craftiness and creativity can just go a little too far:
07 Saturday Jan 2012
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i am trying out some daily photoblogging on tumblr – for a girl who dislikes routine, we’ll see how this exercise goes
04 Wednesday Jan 2012
I need these bookends of time – that sense of finishing and starting again. So invariably I love this time of year. I don’t make resolutions, but I make a little list of those things I want to attempt – all the while leaving space for what will and won’t happen in these next 12 months. Here’s the wrap up of a few things I did this past year from last year’s list (and a couple of new things we didn’t even anticipate!)…
31 Saturday Dec 2011
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we had a really good december – worked hard at trying to keep things fairly balanced between obligations and opportunities for quiet + reflection + fun. here are some of my favorite highlights from this past month:
23 Friday Dec 2011
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one part of our family performs a Christmas program every year – after candlelight service + before opening gifts. The first year Josh met my family was the year we decided to mix it up a little and do Veggie Tales Christmas. Little did Josh know that it included a role for him – featuring a solo. and a Jamaican accent. maybe it was the folly of youth or his desire to have everyone like him – but as I recall he fearlessly rocked it! I still remember listening to him sing as some kind of Jamaican fruit or vegetable with a look of surprise on my face – so much for the quiet and behind the scenes guy that I thought he was!
21 Wednesday Dec 2011
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20 Tuesday Dec 2011
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here are some of the items we made/baked this Christmas season. The now-named “peanut butter uglies” did not make the cookie plate this year – strictly a behind the scenes treat for people who are at our house…too unattractive to give away! Perhaps I can re-conceptualize the recipe for next year as Josh thought they tasted decent. still haven’t gotten to the krumkake but might attempt that next week since we have some time off at home + a new year’s party to prep for.
19 Monday Dec 2011
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08 Thursday Dec 2011
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Its Christmas baking time again at our house – almost time for the annual cookie exchange and this is gonna be my year to actually distribute treat packages to people – at least ahead of the game a little bit! Thankfully Alison bestowed a few covered cookie pans to me this fall + was extremely convincing in my purchase of a KitchenAid mixer – I have been giving that shiny red mixer a workout this week and am thrilled I bought it! I’ve been propping up with ipad in the kitchen and started streaming Felicity via netflix and have been cranking out the goodies. I never got into Felicity when it was on tv and it makes me wonder if we were all that self-absorbed and impulsive when we were that age!
Here’s what we’re making at our house. okay, let’s be honest – i am the primary baker + josh is functioning as the dishwasher and treat taster (though I tried to give him the title “sous chef” in order to make his dishwashing duties seem more glamorous – he wasn’t buying it and last night asked if he could help with something besides cleaning up my messes…)
Pictures of the final treats will be up next week…
you better believe these are going to be making their way into the hands of people we know – too much temptation for us to keep them around the house!
07 Wednesday Dec 2011
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as part of my preparations for Christmas this year, I’m spending time remembering those moments and things that I keep in the little box marked “christmas” in my brain. sharing them here helps me keep them a little less dusty!
Christmas Remembered #2
The Opheim side of the family has always incorporated a lot of games into family events, especially Christmas – board games, bingo, sledding races, ping pong tournaments, the olympics, that Pong game years ago…When I think about it, its kind of a commercial for family time! Not that we have always gotten along – there are inevitable disputes (water balloon toss anyone?!) or someones feelings get hurt, but ultimately things are kept in a healthy realm. We’ve done these kinds of things since probably before I was born and we are still doing them to this day. There are almost too many stories over the years, but some of my family game favorites are:
any other of your favorite’s Opheim Family that should be mentioned?