Thursday, December 29, 2011

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

our little house in the woods

a few days up at the cottage...

Sunday, December 25, 2011

on candycane lane

on candycane lane

a fantastic recreation of disney's small world just a couple of blocks away from us on the infamous candycane lane.

word has it they are working on a sleeping beauty's castle too.

merry christmas!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

holiday lights.

hanukkah lights


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hanukkah'd it up a little for our annual family party.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

by the numbers

Corbin Palms/Eastwood Estates Progressive Dinner 2011

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counted at least 60 participants this year

- and a resounding "best ever".

bit more here.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

dressed for dinner

prepping for our annual progressive dinner...

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baking: lemon tart, nanaimo bars, molasses crinkles, whipped shortbread, rum balls, butter tars, cannoli

brewing: hot chocolate, coffee, champagne and brandy

Thursday, December 15, 2011

everybody's doing it.

the "fauxdenza"

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a much needed boost to our dining room.

we are on a roll!

and tomorrow...

paint the baseboards!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

the big guns

the walls and hallway ceiling got me. lucky the fates recently connected me with a wonderful young family - of which one member is a professional house painter.

he started on the high open-beam ceilings today. and will be done tomorrow. a job that would have taken me the next couple of weeks.

{note to self: karma}

so for tonight our home is shrouded in drop-cloths. and dinner had to be out. (the girls were thrilled by the novelty!)

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it seems to be waiting more patiently then i am.