enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

IMG_9362 IMG_9373
IMG_9369
IMG_9379

Happy Monday.

This past weekend stretched on for so long. It might have been because Paul was home. He just finished his internal medicine rotation and started dermatology. Which means his work weeks dropped from 80 hours to about 40 hours. It goes without saying that 40 hours makes a big difference. Especially if you've gotten used to such little time together. I'm loving the extra hours.

And it was so warm. Like in the 80s. I wore shorts and flip-flops Christmas shopping. That's nuts. The sunshine and the heat made the days seem to pass slower still. I'm a fan. To sneak in a little holiday spirit, I made paper snowflakes and played Christmas music.

We cooked a big breakfast and took our time drinking coffee on Sunday. I caved and gave Paul his birthday gift early. It's a guitar. Suddenly, he's all about the guitar. It must be all the extra time on his hands. We bought gifts for others and chose our new year's resolutions. And made wish lists. Topping mine : a couple of books, my first pair of nice sunglasses & a new camera lens.

Last but not least, I tried a new clarifying shampoo that I am pretty sure saved my hair's life.

If all weekends rolled like last weekend, I wouldn't mind a bit.

Posted in

17 responses to “from the weekend.”

  1. kimberly Avatar

    I use that exact same shampoo about once a week and LooooVe working with my hair that first day! Isn’t it funny how such a simple thing can make such a huge difference? 🙂

    Like

  2. DawnS Avatar

    You are going to fall in love with that camera lens! I hope Santa is listening 🙂

    Like

  3. Linda in KS Avatar
    Linda in KS

    You are going to love that lens! It never comes off my camera… well unless I’m Free-lensing:
    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2073914&id=1026879836&l=e664a2e354
    But otherwise I use it all the time:
    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2051613&id=1026879836&l=1e44b719ac
    Have fun!

    Like

  4. Funnelcloud Rachel Avatar

    That quiche looks delicious!

    Like

  5. Ana Avatar
    Ana

    It’s my first winter back east (in DC for most of Dec and Jan) and though it’s cool to have seasons, I find that I miss Cali waaaaay more than I thought I would! Sounds like you’re enjoying being back 🙂

    Like

  6. elise blaha Avatar

    snow was fun that first winter. but the novelty wore off and I realized 80* winters are more my speed. 🙂

    Like

  7. Johanna Avatar

    Ooh, a new lens! That’s on my list (for sometime next year …), too. Although I was considering going with the metal version, which is about 3x the price, but still pretty good for a lens. I think. Any specific reason you chose this one?

    Like

  8. elise blaha Avatar

    The reviews were great and I am not a professional so $300 for a lens still seems like a lot. 🙂

    Like

  9. MelissaD Avatar
    MelissaD

    I just got my 50 mm f/1.8 on Wednesday of last week and I AM IN LOVE. It’s got a steep learning curve (for me anyway) of focus and depth of field, but I’m loving the learning. 🙂

    Like

  10. amy tangerine Avatar

    sounds like a lovely weekend. our cups of coffee look much the same (JC takes his black) and so glad you got to enjoy the warm weather. it was so nice to come home too, as i froze in nyc.

    Like

  11. sophie Avatar

    sounds like you both are going to a have a lovely Christmas. enjoy and make every extra minute P is home count! LoVe the KS shades….i’ve never bought any of her sunglasses but i’ve got tons of her handbags, and love those.

    Like

  12. Chelseabird Avatar

    Looks like you had a lovely weekend! Glad to hear Paul will be home more often :]

    Like

  13. Amy Avatar

    Not missing that MD weather at all, hmmm? I am a MDer now living in the south, and I live seeing all the snow reports (like today) from my friends on facebook. Happy holidays!

    Like

  14. elise blaha Avatar

    lol, not a bit. I dont think I was very good at dealing with snow.

    Like

  15. christi Avatar

    Could you share the name of the shampoo? The link goes right to the Redken home page. My hair thanks you!!

    Like

  16. elise blaha Avatar

    Hair cleansing cream by redken. Life changing!

    Like

Leave a reply to kimberly Cancel reply