Sick Week

I was a sick girl this week. It was just a bad cold, but I still hated it. How did Casy react? Well let me tell you. He made me homemade soup, he ran out by himself to get meds because I was already in my pajamas, he was a dish washing machine, he waited with me at the pharmacy while they took forever to fill my prescription…he’s basically the best fiancé ever. And it’s so much easier being sick when you have someone there with you like that.

I know I'm on a huge winter kick these days, but another reason I love it so much is because it creates awesome reading conditions. I’ve been inspired to reread Little Women by my friend LG, who is a Little Women fanatic! She says I’m Meg and I say she’s Jo and one of these days we’re going to come into work with our hair up, dressed in big-skirted dresses, carrying our sewing baskets and fountain pens, and ready to attack corporate America as the little pilgrims we are!

Also on my list: A Christmas Carol (I start reading this every year after Thanksgiving…haven’t done that for very long, maybe the last 3-4 years, but I love the book, I love the tradition, and I love the mindset it puts me in), Someone at a Distance, The Two Towers, and Dracula.

I wish that I could show you what my hands have been up to these last few weeks. I’m so excited about what I’m learning (knitting-wise) and what I’m making. But you and I will just have to wait until after the holidays for that.

Clair is coming home next week and I am so super excited to see her. It will have been 5 months since I last saw her! The thing she'll probably be most grateful for on Thursday is her big sister. I just know it.

Finally, LG and I are doing a walk for arthritis in the beginning of December. It was LG’s idea and when she asked me if I wanted to do it with her, I jumped on the opportunity. This is obviously a cause that matters a lot to me! <3 Click here to see my donation page and stay tuned for pictures of the event in early December!

Our paperwhite is growing quickly! We'll probably have flowers next week...

And I found this at Home Goods this week...I was so excited I couldn't help but post a picture of it:

Here's this year's advent candle and the mushrooms I'll put on our wreath:

And where ever there's a photoshoot, Curious Wilbur isn't far behind:

Love, T.