H A P P Y V A L E N T I N E ' S D A Y !
Whether you're part of a couple or you're single, know that someone loves you! xox
Yesterday was a busy, busy day. Above, are bags of homemade candy we made for the kid's friends at school + for our family. There is a special one at top just for my blogger friends! If I had your addresses, I'd send you each a bag :)
I packaged up the goodies and sent them on their way. William thought the car needed to be in the photo, "mum, it makes the picture!" how could I not indulged him?
What's in the bags? Dark chocolate lollipops tied up with ribbon. We also made little chocolate hearts that we covered with pink foil. The kids loved helping. {+ eating} We bought the chocolate from Williams-Sonoma. So it's especially good. Neal + my dad are chocolate snobs... if the chocolate isn't good or dark, neither one of them will eat it. Hey, it's important to have standards, no?
Cuppie Cakes with homemade vanilla frosting and red sprinkle hearts. I used a small cookie cutter {most likely it was a fondant cutter} to make the hearts. Surprisingly the kids were very meticulous with this part. They were very careful not to get the red sprinkles everywhere. I was impressed!
More cuppie cakes to take to School.
Neal surprised me with roses :) They are beautiful + smell amazing.
I gave Neal his own lucky bamboo for his office – here's to love, and financial success my sweet!
Next week we are kicking off his new software! He's worked really hard and long for this and I'm hoping it's a great success. The lucky bamboo is suppose to bring financial success, so I thought this would be a good gift. Hey, if any of you out there work in the environmental field and use the software EnviroQuant, then his software is built just for you! Next week I'll post more info, but in the meantime, if you know anyone who might be remotely interested, or in this field, please let me know :)
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It snowed last night, but we did not get the big nor'easter that they predicted. Which I'm happy about. I don't mind the snow, especially if it's going to be this cold.
Does anyone watch Top Design? I've been DVRing it, and watch the last episode on Sunday. I'm not sure if I'm digging this show or not. First, can I say, that as much as I admire Todd Oldman + Jonathan Alder, they freak me out. Something about them is just plain creepy. And what's up with the younger judge dressing as if she stepped out of Flashdance? Did you notice her attire? Seriously. The judges are also so not consistent with their criticism. The first week they dismissed the pair who worked on the "asian themed" room. It was... "too themey" but who do they select for the Top Design for the last challenge? mmmm, well, why not the over-the-top pirate themed room... because you know, it's not "that themey" is it? Again, seriously? My kids love pirates, but if I came home and my kid's room was that, I'd be upset. Goil is the real deal. Personally, I loved his design + clarissa's design. I really hope the next challege is more realistic and a real challenge. Enough of this, here's $50,000 + here's an empty room. Why not find real people who need some design help. Give the designers a realistic budget and realistic constraits. I would love to see how someone could make a certain piece of ugly artwork or furniture work in a room. Now that would be worth watching.
Today I need to finish up some work on a logo + some other design work, then I need to finish up my projects for a swap I'm participating in. I'm so excited. It's my first swap. Kelly, from "hoping for happy accidents" organized it. It's called a "beautiful use project" and I need to send three objects that are at once utilitarian, simple and beautiful to my partner. I'll post what I send after I've sent it. {for obvious reasons!}
Well, have a super valentine's day + realized how lucky we all are :)
