I have a strong desire to throw out all my random "mugs and kisses" coffee cups and fill my cabinet with these...They're from Crate and Barrel and only $2.50!

Inspired

As we all try to get back to normalcy from the excitement of hurricane Ike, I am find myself with lots of creative inspiration.  I picked up a new embroidery book and some fun new thread.Then I saw this picture on one of my all time favorite blogs. If the resolution isn't good, it's a bunch of tiny french knots all clustered together and then they thin out, so cool!

{making me so happy today}

Mike and I have gotten in the habit of lighting candles lately. I have always loved to have candles around but never was in the habit of lighting them so they would collect dust and I would end up throwing them away. Here are my two current favorites:

Orange Vanilla is so lovely, and never overpowering!




Wild blueberries and Vanilla smells like heaven!



On my wish list for when these guys are all used up:

The sent is called volcano, but is smells amazing...its what they always have burning in Anthropologie when I go there.

Vous voulez parler français avec moi?

I am trying to follow through with some of my New Years Resolutions, and brushing up on my French is next on the list. Mike and I have been talking about taking french lessons for about a year and we finally dove in and bought a program. Its called the Rosetta Stone language program, and it comes highly recommended. I was very skeptical at first, but its what the CIA uses to teach their operatives languages so I figured it was good enough for me :). There are three levels and several sections in each level. And it used visual and auditory techniques to help you learn. There is no memorization of vocabulary involved but a lot of sensory repetition. Our goal is to be conversationally fluent by Dec. when we go to Paris. So next time you see me feel free to ask what I am learning. I get really nervous speaking to people in french so I want to practice on my English speaking friends first :).