Another snow day, another baking adventure. This morning, I had a hankerin’ for peanut butter cookies and I decided to make them into hearts in honor of Valentine’s Day.   

Here’s the original recipe, courtesy of my trusty Better Homes & Garden cookbook:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 [...]

As I was getting ready for work around 6:45 this morning, I got a call that I didn’t need to go in today, due to the winter storm we had last night.  I had really been needing a “mental health” day, so I was pretty excited. 
One of the things I decided to do this morning [...]

So far, 2009 has not been how I expected.  I don’t mean that in a bad way.  I actually think it’s a positive thing, but it’s been pretty challenging.   
I tend to avoid change and I prefer when things are predictable.  I always have a “plan” for how things should go. And right now I [...]

Some wonderful Valentine’s Day inspiration I found on etsy:

((Etsy sellers from top: heartspeak, able & game, armato design & press, Earmark, OceanDreamsStudio, Eartha Kitsch, Mia Nolting, bunkleberry studios)).

These are some Holga photos I took at Michele and Joe’s wedding, nearly a year ago. 

I love how they came out.  The color, the uneven vignetting, the dreamy skies.  I am going to be using the Holga at all of the outdoor weddings I shoot this summer.
And I know of one wedding photographer who markets [...]

 ((photos taken last summer with my Holga 120N))
I am sitting at my desk, looking at the white scene outside my window.  That’s the only place I really like to enjoy winter from - a window, with a mug of hot-something warming my hands.  For the most part, I really do hate wintertime - scraping ice off my windshield in [...]

 
Upturned Barbie gave me a blog award!  I’ve never gotten one before… thanks so much!! :) 
Here are the rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 5 blogs which show GREAT ATTITUDE and/or GRATITUDE!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by [...]

goodbye oh-eight.  I am a little glad you are leaving me.  You challenged me and beat me up a little and although you gave me some great memories, I’m ready to put you in the archive.
hello oh-nine.  I wonder what you will hold for me, what challenges and trials and loss and ”movie moments” I will experience, [...]