all Tate Weekend

I was so excited for my boyfriend to be out of town for the weekend because it meant my HUGE to do list of cleaning and laundry, paying bills, website designing, working out, helping a friend and most importantly getting a pedicure…. And as much as I got done I still haven’t padded my dress form… she needs a tushy… this weeks project I guess. Sometimes you just need to have some time alone, time to be productive, to watch an entire season of Gilmore Girls, and time to play with your rarely used craft supplies. I’m not sure the point of this other then to give myself a pat on the back, I have finished all of the boring things from my to-do list and it is all fun things left… until the laundry piles back up!

welcome baby g

as promised.... pictures of the baby shower, my first baby shower, and I am VERY proud to say it went well!

polka dot garlands (I think i am going to make these for my wedding some day, I love them), dot welcome sign, and dot table confetti- what a great excuse to bue a new circle punch!?!, adorable homemade gifts, cookie favors- in adorable bags.... all in all it is done, it was a lot of fun, and most importantly the mom-to-be seems VERY happy!

you are the cheese to my macaroni

Why is it that things from our childhood are always so comforting? Is it because it is something we are familiar with? Or because it is something that carries good memories? I think it is a combo of many things- all I can say is I still love mac and cheese, not real mac and cheese, the blue box. I also still love running errands with my mom, and the local Americanized Chinese restaurant by my parents’ house…. As I grow up I hope I don’t loose this nostalgic feeling, because when the world seems so big a big bowl of mac and cheese will always help me get grounded!

buttons and dots

I LOVE to craft, and what better excuse to craft then a baby shower? Here is a sneak peak at a few of the projects for this shower… I promise later

ten things I LOVE:

1. fresh flowers
2. potatoes- prepared anyway, I have never met a potato I didn’t like
3. 5 o’clock on Friday
4. wrapping a great gift
5. lunch dates on the weekend
6. driving in the sunshine with the perfect song
7. starting a new craft project
8. looking at old pictures
9. weddings (not that I want to get married right now, but I LOVE them)
10. kisses on the forehead

girls weekend

This weekend was girls weekend, I spent Thursday through Sunday with my friends from school- going out, talking and sightseeing in Portland. I had a great time but also had a lot to think about. I miss those relationships, but I am also shocked at how fast things snap back to how they were two years ago when I still lived in Colorado. But, as much as things were the same, I am a different person. I LOVE my life, and it takes being pulled out of it for a second to realize how good you have it! I am to the point where I would love to go back to college and what my life was like, but isn’t if funny that I am conveniently blocking out memories of long nights in the library, and professors that I hated and all of the girl drama that goes with being in a sorority? Why is it that we only remember the good from our history, never the bad?