Dave has the week off so...

We left this,

and this,

for this,

and this,

and this.

Thanks to the Sunshine State.

BTW, the floors are NOT finished. They are close, not as close as we would like them to be, but they are progressing. If Dave wishes, I'll let him be the one to write more on the subject. Right now it is just nice to be far removed from the whole thing.

Thanks Ammie and Jonathan for letting us stay at your place while our house was filled with sawdust and fumes. We would have been out on the snowy curb without you.

It feels really good to be getting some vitamin D. We have a day and a half left to soak it up.
See more notes on Florida here.

A Valentine's Dinner

butternut squash soup
biscuits
salad
apple juice
chocolate covered strawberries

by candle light, of course

Welcome Home

It was a full day of airports and airplanes yesterday. 10am-12:30am - Salt Lake City - Las Vegas - Baltimore (we couldn't land in Cleveland due to ice rain) - Cleveland at last. I am just so grateful I did not have to figure out how to spend the night at the airport with a 19mo. old or get to and from a hotel, AND that Dave was there waiting for us when we were coming down the escalator - with food AND chocolate chip cookies. Dave's smile was a sight for sore eyes.

So anyway, we are back. Dave and friends got some good sanding done while we were gone. It tells you a little of the morning we are having to say that Malcolm got two chocolate chip cookies for breakfast (along with some strong food). While Malcolm was happily eating his cookies I had some time to lay down some plastic. I - tell - you - what - when these floors are done, we are going to have a PARTY. But for now we are going to do with out furniture on the main floor. Dave has a week off coming up in a few weeks. Maybe we'll get the floors finished then, in the few days we will have before we fly to a sunny place.

BIG shoes for a BIG boy

Malcolm and I made a stop at my Aunt Paula's house to check out her pots, the night before she would set up for this Art & Gift Show. As I was oooh and ahhhing over all of her amazing pots, bowls, vases, jars, and tiles, I heard some "clomp, clomping". We turned around to find that Malcolm had slipped on Paula's shoes to take them for a walk. As you can see, he was very happy with himself.

I'm finding myself with a whole list of things to blog about while I'm here. If you haven't found it yet, check out my other blog, little starr, a place where I chronicle the creative ventures of myself, my family, and my friends.

the cupcakes

Here are the cupcakes I made the other night for a Young Woman activity. Yum. You should all know about Lars Own Imported Swedish Pearl Sugar, look in the sugar section. It was a step up from sprinkles - if there can be such a thing, sprinkles are pretty great.

Tomorrow morning Malcolm and I fly to Utah for a visit to family. Packing looms.