quilt dream

i am absolutely in love with these new textile designs from heather ross's collection far far away. my favorite is the princess and the pea. also pictured: t. the frog prince and b. unicorn meadow.

if i am ever able to spend some time crafting around the house just for fun, i think the princess & the pea will have to be incorporated in to a rings quilt. we just got a pillowy white comforter that is in need of a duvet cover... too girly?

not so great

i generally try to keep it lite here at pms, but geez, we had some not so great stuff happen this week and i am feeling a little beat.

nathan got in to an accident riding his bike to work on tuesday morning and i spent most of the day at an emergency room half way across town. he survived with just a few scrapes and bruises which is a miracle given that he basically head-butted some guy's windshield sans helmet. sincere thanks to michael, our dear friend, for being on-call all day.

maybe now, nathan will cave and let me buy him this styling helmet i've had my eye on.

look busy

boy, we've been pretty busy since we got back from new orleans. i'm still backlogged with more wonderful photos from the big sticky in addition to more recent snaps.

what are we up to? we're apartment hunting, car hunting, job hunting, cooking more, exercising more, reading, laughing, and yep, crocheting. i have a small vase collection that i've been wanting to make protective cozies for. it's coming along!

birthday boy

it was nathan's birthday last week, but i didn't get a chance to bake him anything until sunday. here is a batch of guinness chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting waiting for daddy to come home. i finagled the recipe from nigella's domestic goddess baking compendium, which is a masterpiece.