♥ ♥ ♥

ooooh and one more....

for good measure, of course...

{so excited i learned how to do these!  wahoooo}

i did it!

i wish i were from downton abbey

it is official.  i'm hooked...

details

wild thing

lost lander

 crafting at her tern

 blue bird skies & sparkly white branches on mega cold days

 forest in the front yard

 friday night entertainment

 lonely tree branches on a cold winters night

 favorite winter accessory

new jammerjams makes lazing kinda cute

 liquid jeansssss

 and maybe a gold finger or two?

eeeearly morning breakfasts for gluten free girls

yrintrouble

boooo on YOU.  you know who you are... one who bought my size!

i want

this hair.  i really, really, do.

craftings

 

last week was craft week....

i was back home from vaca and all by my lonesome at the shop

since br was gone, i had to find some way to entertain myself

 so i did this...

 i made 40 of these...

which may not seem like much, but holy cow... it took a lot more time than i was expecting.

 i dipped old invoice, scrap paper and catalogs in coffee

let them dry

cut them up into various petal shapes

hot glued them

and walla!

 a window filled with paper flowers!

since i had to drench around 250 pieces of paper with coffee

i had a little bit of waiting time in between.

while i was waiting, i had a spray paint party

 i painted lots of letters...

 and a frame.

after i painted the frame,

i screwed in 10 loops to the back side of the frame

then added wire across...

to make a sunglass display

{i've been wanting to do this project for a while and realized i finally had all the materials to do so!}

 so there you have it.... my first productive week of the year! go me!

precious moments

found here

love her paintings...

gritty hands

remember in arrested development when tobias gets hair implants and his implants begin to reject his body?  well that's what ak is doing to me. it's rejecting my life. it all started with my car...

for the last two months, on my days off i have planned to take my car in for a check up and to get my battery replaced and on every single one of my days off it has either a}snowed so much that i can not drive my car or b}been too cold that my car will not even start.  my poor, poor car has just about had it and can no longer handle this crazy ak weather.  this weekend it was dead for 4 whole days... after about 8 hours of charging the battery, i was able to get it started {thankfully!!}... crossing my fingers it will last through this terribly cold week!

not only has ak rejected my car, but it has begun rejecting my home.  this weekend, while my car was freezing to death, my house was also doing so and then my pipes froze.  booo.  nothing worse than literally being stuck at home with frozen pipes...

what will be next??  

i'm hoping ak begins to let down a little because as nice as it may sound to be in a warmer, more friendly state,  i can't leave juuust yet. :)  

ok, enough complaints... now for some snaps!

gluten and egg free {not exactly vegan} breakfast hash.... nom.nom.nom.

       biggest potato chip i have ever seen.  can you believe that humongous genetically modified potato chip made it allll they way to my mouth without even a wee bit of cracking??  i certainly can not.

best.ice cream.
combination.yet.
hooooly. mooooly.
it was so dang good.
picture this:
banana pudding ice cream
mixed with
chocolate peanut butter ice cream
mixed with
coffee ice cream
mixed with
heath bar crumbles.
....
heaven.  absolute heaven.

in the midst of the most bitter, cold weather... we are teased with beautiful blue skies and sparkly white trees.  one of my favorite things about ak. ♥ ♥ ♥

frozen pipes

adustygoal

in the next year {or so} i'd like to ride the train from seattle to san francisco {or the reverse}.  

who's coming with?

woods

Sounds of the Woods - Nadinoo AW11 Film from WishWishWish on Vimeo.

{so.pretty.}

can you complete this mission?

new years project number 2: make my very own gif

the back of yo head is ridiculos

and unto us, an ashley was uncovered...

 and boy, oh boy was she!

we started my visit proper, with none other than a photo booth session for one and all....

and then.

i got sick...

luckily, i was feeling mostly back to normal for sweet abby's birthday!

 birthday girl got to go on a birthday date with one of her besties! 

...

in the mean time, the gang and i went to adventure downtown.

 after downtown exploring came to an end,

kaylo, momma and i began craft project numero uno!

 {unfortunately i didn't take a before picture :(}

 apparently spray paint isn't handled well in the munson home... two bloody noses at one time!

and a sweet, tired pup.

 FINALLY, i get my very own birthday date, with the sweetest Abby of all!  Not always do we get to have these sort of dates, and when we do, they must be extra special!  Abby made out like a bandit, I made sure of it. 

 Craft project numero uno finished!!! 

 AND THEN we found ourselves celebrating birthday number TWO!

birthday boy. birthday boy. he's a he's a birthday boy.  birthday boy. birthday boy. birthday boy! birthday boy gets celebratory jack-in-the-box at midnight.... as every birthday boy should.

 

then birthday boy got to go to rockies diner, where they serve you on rollerskates!!!   {every birthday boy's dream}

 strawberry peanut butter shake... how did i not think of it first??? can you say todiefor?

 baby brobrobear in the finest of brobrobear form for the birthday boy!

 birthday boy. birthday boy. birthday boy. birthday cake. birthday boy.  birthday boy.  birthday boy!

 how now brown cow?  that's what i asked them.

good ol' boise.  best of all winters yet.

next stop:: fanci freeeeeeeez

{sosososososo yummmmyyyyyy} 

 {snap}

 bringing in 2012 munson style.  

{fortunately, no cops were involved this year}

 clear blue skies and perfect idaho sunsets.

 beautiful big trees and lingering winter foliage

fanci freeze round 2... done always and only in the {HEATED} outdoor tent provided.

 kids gettin crazy

 three words:

Boise.Fry.Company

one word:

BOMB

4 different types of potatoes made 4 different ways

10+ seasoning options

10+fry dipping options

{including blueberry ketchup, cajun fry sauce, apricot curried ketchup AND more}

nom.nom.nom.

craft project number dos

 crafters.in.action.

 while paint dries, we dye mom's hair and do facials!

{never a wasted moment while i'm in town}

 child labor in action...

 craft project numero dos FINISHED!!!

 {first attempt at the crackle effect and it worked beautifully!!}

{snaps}

 eventually, all good things must come to an end... 

 good bye sweet idaho... until next time.