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Friday Link-Up

by Jessica on December 28, 2012

in Friday Link-up, Holiday, Weekend

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Family holiday photo outtake. I’m special…

It was so nice to relax and catch up with my Google Reader over the holiday break. It has been the unfortunate victim of my travel and work schedule, and has had the dismal “1000+” sitting next to my “All Entries” for far too long. Having around 500 RSS subscriptions probably doesn’t help, but I just can’t bring myself to un-subscribe from anyone.

Here are some fun links I came across:

Food

DIY

Other Reads

Have any big weekend/New Year’s plans? This weekend we have some client work to do before we jet off to Springfield for New Year’s Eve. Well, scratch that. As I was writing this post, Neil realized he was on-call and we’re now home for New Year’s. Any suggestions on fun ways to make a relatively quiet New Year’s at home special? I definitely think all his favorite foods will be on the menu. What a bummer!

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Mini Projects: Cereal Edition

by Jessica on July 12, 2011

in Crafts, DIY, Food, House, Kitchen

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We’re quickly learning that when you undertake a massive project like an older home, it is necessary to interject some fun and easy projects between the larger ones so as not to lose your sanity and/or marriage. After reeling from news last week that we will most likely have to rewire our entire house over the next few years, I decided I needed a few quick project fixes to avoid feeling like I was sinking into the floorboards. It’s not possible for wood floors to liquify is it? I’m starting to believe that anything could happen in these old houses.

Anyhow, my first little weekend quickie project was to tackle a little problem Neil and I have with breakfast cereal. By problem I mean that we LOVE cereal. Clive loves cereal too, so we’re always stocked with about five different kinds of cereal. Very Seinfeld-esque huh? The problem is that it makes our little makeshift cereal home very cluttered, so I decided to replace the battered, multi-size boxes with two classy glass containers.

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We snagged these gallon glass containers on sale from our local Hobby Lobby for $10 each, and they are perfect for what I eventually see our kitchen looking like. For now, they keep our cereal fresher and better looking.

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Coupled with some artwork from our adorable pint-sized artist in residence next door, our “cereal nook” (read: ex microwave cabinet) is looking better for the time being.

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Our First Renaissance Fair

by Jessica on October 18, 2010

in Clive, Friends, Jessica, Neil, Weekend

Waiting to Fight

Announcing the battles to the audience

The Knight Goes Down

He’s down!

Bostons in the Renaissance?

Apparently there were Boston Terriers around during the Renaissance! Here’s Clive meeting his ancestor Brody for the first time. Apparently the name Brody has been around longer than we thought.

Theatre

The Olde-English version of ‘Castaway.’ Ye Wilson!

Clive's New Girlfriend

Clive met a girl

Ann Boleyn?

Anne Boleyn was learning how to belly dance

Weapons and First Aid Station

Weapons and first aid station. Makes sense to put them next to eachother.

Funny Label

Enough said.

Singers

Singers, all thoroughly intoxicated by 10 a.m.

Double-handled Goblets

Neil was eyeing these double-handled tankards

Armor

A suit of armor

We had a lot of fun at our first Renaissance Festival this weekend. It really is like adult dress up! We saw a lot of epic battles and admired the costumes and artisan vendors. We were definitely out of our element though. Neil chickened out on wearing his knight costume, but said that if we hit the bigger Renaissance Fair in Kansas City next year that he would wear it. I plan on holding him to that don’t worry! It’s pretty crazy to see grown men so engaged in dressing up and acting like a particular character. Our friend Bob is a regular on the “circuit” and we enjoyed visiting him in Pirate Cove. All in all a good, albeit weird time.

Sorry about the color in these, I forgot to change the settings back and there is only so much Photoshop can fix.

Have you ever been to a Renaissance Festival? What did you think?

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Why I Need to Learn Knitting: Knitted Pups

October 7, 2010

I know these are way beyond what I could ever hope to master, but I love them anyway. Especially that bulldog! {via Craft}

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Veggies to Cuddle

September 7, 2010

These adorable fruit and veggie baskets from Ikea are so cute I can barely stand it. The veggies are especially adorable don’t you think? {via Meg Kat}

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Origami Roman

July 21, 2010

I hope to share a little more about our packing for Montana later in the day. I would have been more on the ball, but I’ve been distracted by my over 1k unread blog posts in Google Reader. How cute are these origami animals from Origami Roman? I’m in awe! I love paper bears, but [...]

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Our Fourth of July Weekend

July 7, 2010

Paint!? Okay, let me explain. This weekend we got a lesson in making plans. Sometimes the plans you make are not the plans that happen. Sometimes what you think is cement is water, and all you can do is make the best with what you’ve got. Our original plans to head south to Springfield for [...]

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