tea time!

my collection of tea cups has finally gotten substantial enough to start planning high tea! 

but after searching for inspiration, i am starting to realize that i am surprisingly alone in the desire to sip tea with friends while munching on cucumber sandwiches.

i guess its a good thing that i have about 4-6 months of pre-tea party, kitchen remodeling time, during which I can come up with something memorable.

at least i can count on martha for some cute ideas..

i also got some stuff from midwest living magazine..

all of these flowerly patterns make me yearn for warm weather and some post-tea croquet.. perhaps i was born 50 years too late.

home, sweet home..

trying to get rid of a lingering cold that has been around since tuesday. not the greatest way to spend a 4-day weekend, but it gives me an excuse to relax under a blanket and surf the net.

found a couple fun items that would make my time at home even more comfy..

love this mega doily rug!

.. and this fun wine holder .. mmm wine...

time to take the lead from kingsley and get in an afternoon nap!

what i love about snow..

i'm as ready for warm weather as anyone, but doesn't the snow make the most adorable back drop for puppy pics...

i guess Kingsley and tulips would be pretty cute though too.

Columbus Addy Awards

kicked off a 4-day weekend of rest and relaxation with the annual Addy Awards celebration last night. among the big winners were fahlgren for their napa auto parts tv- which won best in show, resource marketing, mlicki, and of course sbc advertising- we ran away w. 7 awards.
its always a great time hanging out with my sbc colleagues and seeing some former co-workers from the hms/tenunited days.

now contemplating the rest of my day!

happy valentines day to my hubby, my puppy + all my wonderful friends and family!

to whom this note is quite fitting...

february flurries and four-wheel drive fun

hijacked from our couch last night while watching idol i had one of the most fun nights in the snow that i can remember.

four friends showed up at our front door with snowboards and sleds.

we headed off to the park in snow jackets, hats and gloves,
... and rode through the snow pulled from a 4 runner....

here's the documentation..

puppy bowl!

the game didn't turn out quite as i had hoped.. but that doesn't mean it was a total loss!
pete and otis came over to meet kingsley.. and the boys had a good old time.
such a great time that my little baby was out like a light as soon as his friends left.

green, green, green

i'm getting excited about my brother's summer wedding. silver dresses and green shoes-
so cute.
in my excitement- and need to double task while watching american idol, i did a little web searching and found some adorable green accessories.

{instyle.com}

{etsy.com}

i may need to add some more green to my wardrobe!

mom and pups

enjoying a saturday night alone with kingsley catching up on Vampire Diaries.

the perfect couch companion!

if the wild man is good.. he may get another batch of homeade biscuits!

shoes!

how far away is summer again?

just makes me want to get a pedi and go somewhere warm.

v-day is just around the corner

trying to think some special little treats for my favorite boys.

i found a valentines dog biscuit recipe for Kingsley..

and for my hubby, don't these strawberry shortcake cupcakes look delicious!

{more treats.. so cute}

maybe I should do some taste testing to decide for sure.

in an indy state of mind.

go colts!

rain rain go away!

i was all excited for Kingsley's first official puppy play date today until I woke up to see all of the muddy puddles and rain!

i even made delicious pup pizza biscuits from the organic dog biscuit cookbook (bubba rose biscuit company) !

brown rice flour, oat flour, basil, oregano and mozz cheese.. they smell good enough for human consumption.

maybe i will spend the day trying out some more recipes.

sundance 2010

reading celeb tweets about park city reminds me that sundance film festival starts today...

oh what memories!

i was lucky enough to head out there three years ago to help run the zoneperfect bar for my then-client. 

we worked our butts off, but also had so many experiences that i will never forget.

the highlights:

- chef dance- a gourmet 7-course meal where we sat next to joss stone
- hanging in the green room while babyface warmed up
- meeting daniel powter (the "had a bad day guy")
- seeing jessica biel @ a pizza joint, & *nearly* asking for a pic
  (you see a theme here)
- my first- and only- sundance movie premier

..... and of course the breathtaking beauty of the city

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**i miss you park city!

time for school!

kingsley is excited for puppy classes with deb tomorrow at beechwold animal hospital.

new friends + a chance to show off his genius.

maybe they will have delicious books to eat.

he's starting at week # two, but that's ok- we think he's advanced.