My Tote Bag

This adorable tote with veggies embroidered on it was made by my amazingly talented cousin, Aimee Ray!  She is a wonderful artist and has quite a few published books!  She gave this to me as a wedding present, and I have been using it to organize and transport my papers back and forth from home to my church where I work part time.  Tarcil apparently wants to come with me to work today.  :)

You can check out Aimee's artwork at aimeeray.com, follow her blog at www.littledeartracks.blogspot.com , and buy original art at www.littledear.etsy.com.  This particular pattern on the tote came from her book: Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection which can be found on Amazon.  You really should check out her stuff... it's amazing and adorable!  :)

My Favorite Blanket

This quilt is probably one of the best Christmas presents I have ever gotten!!!  I absolutely love blankets in general, and there is nothing that can beat a beautiful quilt like this one!!  Seriously, this quilt is so beautiful that I was nervous of even using it when I first got it.  I just wanted to look at it.  Haha.  I have had it for over a year now and decided that despite its beauty, it serves a wonderful purpose which I also love.  Recently, I have been spending about an hour each evening cuddled under this quilt while I read a book.  There is something so relaxing to the point of melting away stress when I spend my evenings like this.  And of course spending time with Tarcil is always so much fun!  :)

This quilt was made by my Aunt Harriet.  :)  Maybe someday I'll have her teach me how to make quilts because I am seriously in love!  :)

Happy Birthday Joe!

Today is my husband's birthday!!!   I love celebrating birthdays!!  I think my favorite part is making special food.   I love making cake, pie, cookies, or whatever is the favorite!  This year, Joe asked for me to make him a spice cake with cream cheese frosting.   We decided to wait until Friday to have cake so that we can share it with some friends that we have coming over.   It sounds so yummy; I can't wait to make it and eat it!!

To Joe:

Tarcil and I want to wish you a very Happy Birthday!  Oh, and Tarcil wanted to apologize for that one time when he bit your ear...  He wants you to know that he definitely still loves you.   :)   And of course I love you so very much too!! :)

Bubbles!

Today I am photographing a wedding!  I love weddings!!  I was reminded of my own wedding and how awesome it was!  I decided to look at some of the leftovers that are still hanging around my house from my wedding.  It didn't take me long to find the bubbles!!  I decided Tarcil would probably enjoy playing in the bubbles.  Don't worry; I kept all the containers closed.  :)

Home Sweet Home

Tarcil's favorite place to be is his home.  He used to use the tree stump, but he seemed to outgrow that one.  He has been absolutely loving his new two-story home!  Okay so it isn't really that new... he has had it for quite a while now.  You can see where he has been crewing on it.  :)

I left the old house in his cage because he likes to climb on top of it and he still sometimes goes inside of it.  He mostly sleeps on the bottom story of his new house, but I like when I catch him explore the second story too.  :)

New Camera!

So I actually got this new camera a couple weeks ago, but due to the business of holidays, it has mostly been in my camera bag.  Today I had some fun messing around with taking pictures of a camera taking pictures.  :)  Tarcil of course was the subject matter.  :)

My Camera Bag

Tarcil LOVES exploring new things.  Today I realized that he has only seen my cameras, but he hasn't really seen the rest of my equipment or the inside my camera bag.  So of course I let him rummage through my camera bag.  :)