today's task.

note to abby on her wedding:

weekend edit-ing.

made these delicious treats this weekend... needed some more light in the dining room area, so moved some things around... bought some new knobs for our nightstand at anthropologie!

tonight when we got home from work, i put a pair of pajama pants that i never wear.

scott looked at me and said, "your mom's pajama pants?"

yes. he is so sweet to remember such a small detail. i feel so known and loved.

thank you ernst :)

i.love.kate.spade.

A friend of mine said the other day that kate spade was perfect for our generation. she is playful and bright just like our generations personality. i like that. i like kate spaaaaaaade. her store in north park mall exudes happiness!

one more thing.
when i eat salt and vinegar chips and then take my shoes off,
my feet smell like salt and vinegar.
you are what you eat.

3 things.

1. i am picking up sign language again. i learned an entire song this weekend!
2. i watched Eat Pray Love this weekend and i really need to get to europe for an extended stay pretty soon.
3. i entered sheridan french's giveaway on her blog and didn't win. i need to start a savings piggy so i can purchase one of her dresses! see them here. or her blog, here.

i have been meaning to blog about this for about a month. so, here i am.
the Lord has done a good work in me. he has made me a new creation. i am completely overwhelmed by his grace on my life. countless times in the past few months, his love and grace have brought instant tears to my eyes. it could be a song, something someone says to me, or just silent reflecting on how he has changed me.

a current favorite song has these lyrics:
you made a way when there was no way
you covered heaviness with garments of praise
you wrote a song and you're singing it over me...
...Jesus has been sent, and everything is different

this song is one of the many that inspires instant tears. when my mom passed away and my relationship was compromised with my dad, i literally felt like there was no way out; i would never have fullness of life again. but he redeemed me, he resurrected my heart. he has saved me from myself, my selfishness, my ugliness, my guilt. he sees all of this in me and even knows the sins i will commit before i commit them. and still, he chooses me. he chooses to intervene in my heart and show me the correct way, the life giving way. he has covered my heaviness with garments of praise.

why would he do this? the only answer is that he loves me. he came to save the world. to save his people from themselves. i will never be the same. and the best news is that he will continue to make me a new creation over and over again!

psalm 16 says, "I will say to the Lord, you are my Lord and apart from you I have no good thing".

These rooms are so dramatic and yet still feel warm to me.

I could sit/lay in these rooms all day reading and be so content.

1st image from apartment thearpy.

2nd image from stylus.com

essie is the new opi

i got a manicure on Sunday and my nails still look perfect!
love essie.