My friend, photographer Emily Hall, wrote a blog post that inspired me. All of us do our best of the year posts, which I’m guilty of as well. Emily did something different, she wrote about all her goals of 2011 and how she accomplished them, or failed. I was reading it on New Years Eve,…
I love Christmas. These last few weeks have been filled with Christmas shopping, tree decorating, and gift wrapping. On Saturday my daughter got to stay out a little later than usually to go see all the holiday lights at the Reston Town Center. She was so excited about the tree and the horses! Last year…
My husband made this exclamation yesterday as we were unpacking the last of our boxes. These last boxes were packed a year ago as we left our house in Oregon, and were full of all sorts of interesting finds. Dan pulled out his old camera. I’m pretty sure this camera came along with him when…
It’s starting to get chilly outside. I am a dark chocolate lover, and tend to drink a bit too much coffee as well. So what better than a peppermint mocha. I’m not generally a Starbucks fan, but I must give it to them on this one, a Skinny Peppermint Mocha for 100 calories! It tastes…
We had a great Thanksgiving, with just enough unpacked to make a big meal. My daughter helped with the mashed potatoes. Of course this meant we were wiping them off the ceilings, floors, and walls! Her laughs were worth it though. We moved just a mile, within Reston. I am super excited about the new…
