[ happy new year! ]

IT'S 2015! {can you believe it?}. It's incredible how quickly the years fly by. New Year's Day is always a time to reflect back on last year and think about how things panned out ~ did you accomplish what you set out to? Did you live the best life possible? Were you happy?

When I think back to what I knew a year ago, I never would have expected some of the things that happened to happen ~ some great, some not so great. I'm not one to make many resolutions but I hope  to live 2015 as healthy as I can, as happy as I can and as kind as I can. If I can do that, 2015 will be a great year! Happy New Year and here's wishing you a wonderful 2015. I hope that everything you set out to accomplish will come true!

lisa

[ merry christmas! ]

FROM our home to yours...

have a wonderful Christmas filled with joy, laughter and holiday cheer!

lisa

[ best feelings ]

I WOULD add hugging my guy when he returns home from a business trip. What are your best feelings in the world?

lisa

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[ another year older ]

HAPPY weekend everyone!

As for me, I'm celebrating my birthday ~ yup, another year closer to old age! Luckily I still feel like a spring chicken and my guy tells me that I don't look any different than when we met at 16 ~ gotta love him!

Have a great weekend!

lisa

[ it's that time ]

WISHING you all a very warm and happy holiday full of love and laughter. I'm so grateful for all your comments and support this year. Big hugs! 

See you next year!

lisa

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[ happy weekend! ]

WHAT are you doing to be happy this weekend?

lisa

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[ happy weekend! ]

I CAN'T think of a better thing to do on a weekend afternoon! Have a good one!

lisa

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[ happy thoughts ]

Hope your life is pretty amazing today too!

lisa

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[ happy easter! ]

I HOPE the easter bunny leaves you some little surprises! Have a lovely Easter!

lisa

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[ happy spring! ]

I'VE ALWAYS loved spring. Just knowing that the very worst of winter is gone, days are getting longer and everywhere you look, things are a little bit prettier everyday. Mother nature has been playing a cruel joke on many areas this winter. I hope that wherever you are, you'll be enjoying wonderful buds and blooms soon. Happy spring everyone!

lisa

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[ birthday girl ]

SO I'M the birthday girl today! And in celebration, here's a pretty, pink, girly post ~ because birthdays are all about being pretty, pink and girly...

Happy weekend everyone!

lisa

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[ 1...2...3! ]

IT'S HARD to believe that today is my 3 year blogiversary! Doesn't time fly by?

When I started this blog in 2010, I had no idea where things would go. Or for how long. Who knew that blogging would be so much fun, that I'd "meet" such lovely people from all over the world and that it would become such a big part of my life!

My heartfelt thanks to all of you for following along and for all of your amazing support and sweet comments. You are what makes this worthwhile. And as long as you're there, I'll be here! xo

lisa

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[ stairway to happy ]

SOMETIMES I really wish I had a staircase so I could do something fun like this...

Isn't it fun? I love how the colours pop against all the white. Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

lisa

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[ happy weekend! ]

HOPE YOUR weekend is full of good thoughts!

lisa

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[ abstract minded ]

I HAPPENED to be lurking on Etsy and I came across the happiest art by Melanie Mikecz of TWOEMS...

Aren't they great? I love her choice of colours and can imagine them in really any room of the house ~ great if you've got a spot just crying out for a bit of graphic pattern and personality. To see the other great pieces by TWOEMS, click here.

Speaking of happy, it's Happy Weekend time again! And mine has already kicked off with a happy coffee date with a fellow blogger who has just moved to Dubai. Gotta love how blogging brings people together! Have a great weekend everyone!

lisa

[ here we go! ]

IT'S HERE! Time to fly back to Canada to visit our families and then head to Maine to chillax at our cute cottage rental. This will be so weird ~ I'm going to completely unplug {apart from reading digital mags on my iPad} which is sort of freaking me out! But we're looking forward to a little bit of normal life in North America for a while.

I'll share some pics of our trip when I get back. See you in mid August!

lisa

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[ happy monday! ]

HOW WAS your weekend? Ours was, well, hot as usual. The humidity has been brutal and at one point they said it was 44C(111F) with a humidex making it feel like 52C (125F)! Needless to say, we're spending a lot of time indoors, wandering around the malls, checking out the big summer sales and going to the movies.

Over the past couple of weeks we have seen Rock of Ages, Snow White and the Huntsman, Chernobyl Diaries and Spiderman. Movies take longer to reach us here and many of them never do. Which is ok I guess, since it leaves something to watch on the plane when we travel.

Speaking of travel, we've been working on some plans for a getaway at the end of July ~ time to pay the folks a visit and get some downtime. I'll fill you in our plans soon. How about you? Going anywhere?

lisa

[ happy monday! ]

HOPE YOUR weekend was a good one! I'm making some headway on my writing which is great ~ I just need to remember to take a break now and then ~ all this sitting in front of my laptop is giving me a certain type of glow!

Here's to a happy start to the week!

lisa

[ happy weekend! ]

GOTTA LOVE short weeks! I can't believe the weekend is upon us again. Got any special plans?

Not much planned here ~ maybe squeeze in a bit of time by the pool to soak up a few more rays before temps heat up too much. {can you believe I'm still fairly pale?} After all of that slipcover sewing, all I can think about is doing a whole lot of nothin!

Have a great one!

lisa

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[ celebrating ]

SO TODAY is my birthday and my guy is acting very sneaky. All I've been told is to pack an overnight bag. No idea what he's up to but I guess I'll do as I'm told! ; )

lisa