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road trip to minneapolis

Over Columbus Day Weekend, J and I took an impromptu road trip to Minneapolis to check out furniture options for our new house.  The plan was to go to West Elm, Crate&Barrel, Room&Board, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn and IKEA (of those six stores, we only have Pottery Barn in Omaha).  Of course, a trip to the Twin Cities wouldn’t be complete without a stop at the Mall of America, to which neither of us had ever been.

The nearly 6 hour drive was mostly uneventful until we reached Minnesota.  Suddenly there was vibrant orange and red foliage that I tried to capture as we sped along toward our destination.


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PJ 23 October 2008 traveling 2 Comments

midweek findings

J and I saw quite a few churches in Italy, but none that were as unique as the Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Chodovice, Eastern Bohemia. Check out those chairs! (via Miss Jane)

I’m not much use in the kitchen. Perhaps Martha Stewart’s Cooking School could change that. J would certainly appreciate it! (via The Speckled Egg)

Mrs. French has added a few new beautifutl photographs to her Etsy shop. I love the warmth and the softness of the colors she captures. (via Bliss)

I love this calendar cushion by Lotta Jansdotter. (via Oh Joy!)

Not to get too political, but if you support Barack Obama (or just enjoy good design and typography in general), check out Design/ers for Obama, where you can submit your own Obama design or download and print any of the 200 free posters on the site. (via More Ways to Waste Time)

PJ 22 October 2008 in the news 1 Comment

the keys to our house

With everything that’s been going the last couple of days (our new puppy, a visit from my MIL, closing on the new house), I’ve been totally exhausted and too tired to write long posts. Luckily I have enough energy at the moment to share some photos with you. Here are some from last Friday after we got the keys to the house.

Enjoy!

Our first time opening the front door of our new house as the official homeowners.

Romantically carrying me over the threshold.

I seriously don’t know what to do with all of these keys! They all open a different window or door.

PJ 21 October 2008 being domestic 1 Comment

coming up this week

In between packing, writing and training the pup, I’m hoping to have some time to edit and post photos…

… from our trip to Minneapolis (IKEA and the Mall of America) over Columbus Day Weekend

… of our first day at the new house and the paint colors we’ve chosen

… of Briscoe being a wild and crazy puppy

… from our honeymoon in Italy (hopefully!)

(image from flickr)

PJ 20 October 2008 working girl 1 Comment

do one thing today

Life would be much less stressful if my To Do list only had one item on it…  

(via the SCOOP)

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