Craving cranberry everything right now!

     I am so excited about the holidays this year I could burst!  I feel like a five year old, seriously.  I have been grooving in my car to Christmas tunes for the past week and I can't quit thinking about all the delish things I want to make, particularly things with cranberries.  The next five weeks are time to pull the fat pants out of your closet people because the proverbial feasting is about to begin.  I have been pinning all kinds of cranberry delicacies that may have to be tried very soon, because well, they look incredible!  They also look like they have significant ass widening potential as well (I mean it is the holidays people, bring out the butter) therefore requiring said fat pants to make an appearance.

Like these Cranberry Scones from Shop Girl, I want them with a nice hot cup of joe!

Or some Glazed Cranberry Orange Bread from Rumbly In My Tumbly
Or how about this insane Cranberry Crumb Cake from Hungry Couple
Yum...

Countdown to Thanksgiving is on!

     Thanksgiving is so very late this year!  I love Thanksgiving and look forward to it every year.  This year especially because all of my kiddos will be home for a few days before it's time to head back to school.  It's such a special day starting with my favorite thing to watch first thing in the morning, The Macy's Parade followed by spending the day cooking, baking, and preparing the table for a the best kind of homemade family dinner.  It seems kind of nuts to spend so many hours preparing something that gets eaten in a matter of minutes, but I think that is what is so special about Thanksgiving.  It is a once a year kind of thing that we love to go kind of nuts about!


     This is one of the few days that we actually use our dining room, which makes me sad because it's one of my favorite rooms in the house!  My baby girl is in charge of setting the table and she usually comes up with a super creative and time consuming way to fold the napkins via Google, which is crazy, but she loves to do it.  I like to make my own flower arrangement and table scape, and switch it up a bit every year.

Two years ago I used a mix of greens with yellow flowers


Last year I went more autumnal using different colors…


Pinterest has a ton of adorable ideas for tables…
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Thanks giving outdoors?
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With blankets?  I love it!
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The most perfect day...

Chilly nights, Les Mis and Beach Cheeky updates...

     There's a frost warning tonight and the pups and I are snuggled up by the fire watching Les Mis, which is only possible because Big D is out of town and well he's not so much a fan of it.  In fact when I was watching it one night Big D strolls through the room wondering, "What kind of trash is this?"  I'll take that as a compliment from his Fast and Loud man crushes, and Gold Rush reality TV obsession...

Who am I?  Who am I? I am Jean Valjean 24601!!!!!

Snuggle time...
Beach Cheeky updates…The floors and driveway are in!!
Love this room, the beams still need to be stained in Minwax Driftwood...


The original plan was to put these pale blue pavers in like they have at Water Color to accent the gray pavers, but they ended up being waayyyyy too expensive so we went with the white, and I think it looks nice...
In other news I decided to go with the bar stool that I liked the most and gave up my swivel option…
I had it slip covered in Nantucket Chambray, a super soft stripe which is washable thank you very much and picked a stain that was close to my floors for the base…


Let's get this beach party started!!