Good
morning, friends! What an absolute GIFT yesterday was for me. Ryan and I both
had the day off work, and I am so thankful for it. He made breakfast for us, I
worked ahead on all kinds of things – scrapbook, blogging, Christmas gifts, you
name it. I needed that day more than I knew, and it was a complete joy. I hope
your day was also a gift for you!
Today
we are taking our girl to the vet to have her ears looked at. We think she has
an ear infection, and we hope she can feel less itchy again soon. Perhaps you’ll
have more fun perusing these links than we have wrestling a dog at the vet?
When
I worked at WBCL, one of my coworkers loved keeping a tab open on her computer
with a webcam of an eagle nest. Rather than scrolling social media, it was her
brain break every now and then. She’d flip to that tab, look at the eagles, and
return to work. Webcams really are fascinating that way! Not too long ago, one
of my friends shared this link to a handful of webcams on Mackinac Island. The tourist season has
ended there, but I still love looking at the streets and sights, and now I can
absolutely picture it all in reality, since we visited this fall! Can’t wait to
see them in the winter!
As you might remember, Ryan and I collect
Christmas ornaments from our travels and from significant life events. We both
fear that by the time we’ve been married fifty years, we’ll have to buy a whole
separate home just to display the ornaments. A few months ago, while scrolling
Facebook, I saw this idea to display ornaments on an accordion lattice piece, and I love it!
Apparently you can purchase these in larger sizes if you hunt for them, and one
of these years, we may just have to do that! I think it would be especially
pretty to pick ornaments with similar shapes to make it look more uniform. (Or
maybe have multiple lattice pieces featuring different shapes. Now that I think
about it, we may still need the whole separate home. Ha!)
Our kitchen is so quirky in size and layout
(and color scheme) that it can be hard to find inspiration kitchens online that
give me ideas I can actually and practically use. This one is not an exact match, but her style is similar to mine and she has
some of the same elements. I am filing this one away for future use!
I have no need (or space) to have so much
stored in a pantry, but I find the idea of such a pretty pantry enthralling. (Also, I don’t like beets, so no need to
have so many cans of those. Or any cans of those.)
Did you see this story about the eagle that dropped a cat through the windshield of a car? I
ABSOLUTELY believe this terrifying turn of events, because not once, but twice,
since we have moved to the lake, we have found very, very large fish in the
middle of the road in the winter. Some well-versed lake neighbors told us the
eagles are likely to drop them in the winter. New fear unlocked when driving
around the lake! And now I have to hope they don’t find a cat!
I spent all week decorating, and the name of the game for that entire adventure was to use what already existed – to the fullest – before buying more. I saw Heidi’s post a little too late for my own use, but she has great ideas for using the everyday items to add Christmas to your home!
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