Category Archives: living

Still simplifying

I’m still plugging away at reduce reduce reduce (with a little reuse and recycle thrown in for good measure). Going forward, one thing I’m planning to cut back on for 2009 is magazine subscriptions. I love when magazines arrive in my mailbox (some might say a little too much) but I spend waaaaay too much […]

Felted Acorns

photo from lilfishstudio’s etsy shop I adore acorns, and these felted versions are really appealing. Gilly pointed me in the direction of lilfishstudios. Who doesn’t need pale duck egg felted wool acorns? (And I love the photo!) photo from lilfishstudio’s etsy shop The set above is brown, white and apple green. It’s also reserved (aka […]

All things coffee

I love coffee. My morning can’t start without two cups, prepared at home. I’m a cafe au lait girl so there has to be steamed milk: currently I’m using 2% and adding a touch of sugar. I kicked my Splenda habit a month ago. I also love coffee shops, and so the recent NYTimes article, […]

Ina’s New Book!

photo from barefootcontessa.com Tuesday is becoming bookstore day for me this month. Today, I’m picking up Ina Garten’s new book, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics. As her recipes are always straight forward (and delicious!) there is no way I’ll be able to wait two months for it to appear under the tree. I love Ina’s […]

Back on Track

I am feeling much better on many levels this morning thanks to an ultra-productive weekend. For starters, my new laptop is now fully functional. (Only took seven days!) Getting that accomplished was a huge relief. On Friday night, we went to a frame shop in Libertyville to see local artist Lev Kublanov‘s “Scenes of Libertyville” […]