LAUGH with ME!

So, James shared his favorite cartoon with me. And oh my goodness was it funny. I had a definite Sorensen laugh attack while watching this clip. I have been listening to Musicals all day long and am in the greatest mood ever! Life is WONDERFUL. I hope that you take time to laugh EVERYday and enJOY it! Just as in Mary Poppins, "I love to laugh!" Thanks to my family, my awesome boyfriend and each of my dear friends I get to laugh all the time!

Freakazoid Clip that will make you BURST in laughter!

On the Seventh day of Christmas...

...We had an Unrehearsed Christmas Party!

A bit of silliness, song, chimes, piano and reading filled the night with laughter and fun! We had a few wonderful people over to join us in our Seventh Day of Christmas for an unrehearsed party where we all got to share in celebrating the season. It was an evening of pure delight!

On the First day of Christmas...

..my family gave to me...

A night in Seattle watching a Christmas Carol and looking at Gingerbread homes! This is a WONDERFUL family tradition that I treasure! We go and usher at the ACT theater and then get to see the play for free, quite a deal. The play is always amazing every single year! Then we took a jaunt down to the Sheraton Hotel where they have an annual Gingerbread House Contest. This years theme was Classic Movies. My top 3 favorite were: Muppet Christmas Carol, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Charlie Brown Christmas. What a wonderful way to start December. I even got to wear my Grandma Cahoon's old fancy shoes for the classic evening! I just love the olden times and this night was a celebration of them from the classic story of Scrooge to the Christmas cheer of Gingerbread homes decorated and glistening...so wonderful!!

the Bazaar.

I just had the opportunity to sell at a Craft Bazaar here in Redmond Washington. It was a ton of work but a lot of fun as well. I sold card and stickers of my photography, watercolor alphabets and bookmarks, prints from printmaking, and my "Quotings" which are quotes painted onto canvas. It was a lot of fun to do a fair, because it was a whole new experience for me.

Theodosia was there as well :) Mom and I helped her get all ready and set up. Mom really was the instigator of it all and really got Thea prepared. She is a total angel in my eyes! Thea got to sell her pine-cone stars and Mango Seed Santas and Donkeys. She did great and it was a really good experience for her!

I got to meet an 88 year old woman who was born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania :) I bought a scarf and neck warmer from her to use on my mission!

Pumpkin Delights

I love Fall! And it is the perfect time of year to have the color orange everywhere. These are some of the most delightful pumpkin ideas i've seen.
They all just make me excited for the halloween season.
Found on Martha Stewart, of course.

The Great East Coast!

I just got to go on a once in a lifetime trip. Thanks to my very hard working and wonderful father! We got to see NYC, Baltimore, Williamsburg, Monticello and DC. Some of the greatest cities of America! I absolutely love visiting these early sites of America, we got to see and learn so much while we were there! Every time I think about being an American I just get chills of gratitude. It is amazing how our nation was founded. I could just not get enough of these great cities! I loved walking till we could walk no more! This was an incredible trip never to be forgotten!

Highlights:
NYC- Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, St.Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero, Brooklyn Bridge, Strand Bookstore (where Julie goes to in "Julie & Julia), Going up the Empire State Bldg., Riding the Subway (and spotting 3 rats), Seeing Mary Poppins in the old Ziegfeld Follies Theater, walking through Central Park, eating Magnolia Bakery cakes, BUSY Times Square.
Baltimore- Evening boat ride and dinner with dad, wearing crab hats, the book fair, free art museum, Hiking up the first architectural monument in America with mom, riding in my very first taxi, staying in the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in for 1 night.
Fort McHenry- We ran over here right before they closed and I am so glad. It was so neat to see the site where the star spangled banner was inspired from. I loved seeing this sight and picturing how that day would have been. Pretty miraculous!
Williamsburg- Walking around with costumed people, Going to an evening of dancing, harpsichord playing, and pirates among us! Watching live theater events acting out the events of early Williamsburg, eating at Kings Tavern Inn. This city was SO fun, I would go back any day!
Monticello- Going to Thomas Jefferson's home. This was Incredible!! His home was so neat and it was amazing to see his gardens. They were huge! And it was wonderful to hear more about him.
D.C- we were here for 1 night and morning. We went to the monuments at night which was very fun, I think I have decided my favorite is Thomas Jeffersons. But I do so enjoy them all. Then in the morning we ran to the American History Museum, Natural History Museum and then mom and I ran to the Art Museum (of course) it was wonderful!!!!!

I Love America!!!!

the Brollie

Ok. So I love old fashioned shots...
I had to also include these wonderful "Brollie" photos.
Brollie is what the Scottish use for Umbrella.

I do not think one can overuse a good Brollie,
they are truly a delightful accessory.

More Brollies here.

By the beautiful sea.

I love these wonderfully classic shots by the seaside.
What wonderful style they had back then!
See more here.

Whoops, I forgot my favorite letter!

" C "

The Letter C is a delightful one! For it is the letter of both my initials and it is the letter that stands for MANY of my favorite things. But I will only list one: Cows! For Cows bring about my favorite foods in the world. Namely Cheese. Yes. Cheese! It is the most wonderful of all things on earth.

A few of my Favorite things!

D is for Dresses!

I am moving along in my ABC's of my favorite things. I really do love dresses. When all the other girls talked about hating wearing dresses to church I just smiled inside! Maybe it is because of my love for old things, and from all of those Musicals I watched and still adore today. I love Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Jones and Julie Andrews. They are the ideal women in my book. And they all wore beautifully adorable dresses! What a joy a fun dress can be! How lovely to be a woman!

Row, Row, Row...

Row, Row, Row your Boat!
What lovely and fun juice box boats to float down a stream.
Find directions here.

"These are a few of my Favorite things!"

I have decided to include a new list on my blog; the ABC's of my favorite things. There are so many wonderful things to be grateful for in life and I wanted to share a handful of some my favorites. The first two letters would be A and B. So, here goes the beginning of a lovely list of delightful things.

Apples: for their delightful colors, crisp skin, sweet taste, wonderful pie filler and they are the most delicious of all the fruits, orchards, markets, and it keeps the doctor away.
Baskets: for their homemadeness, wonderful way to contain things, fancy storage, on the front of bikes, for throwing together picnics and tossing freshly picked flowers into.