enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Currentlymarch

trying to figure out what my next craft project is going to be.

working on getting up the energy to finish a quilt I started last spring.

eating egg salad. ('tis the season, I guess?) We really need to dye eggs next week.

listening to the 99% Invisible podcast. I explained to Paul that it's short episodes about stuff you use/see all the time but don't think about. I'm learning so much!

heading out to Craftcation at the end of the week! Excited to sit on a few panels about business + parenthood, podcasting and confessions of an entrepreneur. Planning to write here too about all that I share and learn.

adding a bunch of new books to my library queue after seeing this great list of recs.

pulling tiny hairs up into a ponytail because 21 months (!!) seems like a good time to try one out.

preparing for the GTWB pre-order. If you're thinking "ELISE! This is taking for-ev-er. Just launch already!" then you are about half as ready and anxious as I am. 😉 I cannot wait either and it's driving me insane.

watching a lot of Frozen.

looking forward to a weekend trip to Chicago to see my college girlfriends and then a trip to Hawaii with our families in May. It's our first huge family vacation and we're so excited. We're also stocking up on sunscreen and trying not to think about a long flight and a three hour time change.

loving my spring wardrobe. Easiest one to wear yet.

recovering our coffee table (with just a rug from Ikea, stapled to the underside) after Ellerie crashed head-first into it last week.

enjoying the extra hour of sunlight so much. DAYLIGHT is my love language.

marveling that we're almost one quarter through this year. (And even crazier that a month from TODAY Paul and I will have been married for five years. It feels like just yesterday that I had a fridge full of orange roses.)

Posted in

18 responses to “march : currently.”

  1. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    hooray March and sunlight!
    Every time I see you mention your wedding day, it makes me smile. We were married on 4/24/10 as well (and my bouquet was orange tulips!).

    Like

  2. Misti Avatar

    “enjoying the extra hour of sunlight so much. DAYLIGHT is my love language.”
    YES! I get my kid to sleep and spent 30 minutes pulling weeds in my very neglected garden!

    Like

  3. Kelsey Avatar

    99% Invisible is SO GOOD. We found it a couple months back and listen to it (and a bunch of other random podcasts) during our “puzzle nights”…you know…because we’re 20-somethings going on 84.
    Here’s a link to some of our favorite podcast finds from the last few months…there are some really interesting episodes from some off-the-wall podcasts 🙂
    http://www.lifeoutloud.kelseymcevoy.com/category/puzzles-podcasts/

    Like

  4. Carly Friesen Avatar

    ah the sunlight! it is definitely keeping me smiling right now 🙂

    Like

  5. lisa valinsky Avatar

    Can’t wait to see the launch! I’m very curious. 🙂
    I am loving my morning walks with our pup. We’ve been getting out most mornings, and I love the early sunlight and quiet.

    Like

  6. Kyriam Avatar

    i’ll try 99% invisible ! thanks 🙂
    K, effervescentlifebyk.wordpress.com

    Like

  7. Brianna Avatar
    Brianna

    Enjoy Hawaii. I find myself dreaming about a few days on a tropical island regularly lately (and plotting 35th birthday plans in 2017 to possibly do just that).

    Like

  8. Karli Jo Avatar
    Karli Jo

    I am not quite sure yet if this recommendation would fit into your taste in books, but Outlander is AMAZING! It is a long one and there are 8 books in the series, but if you are the type of person that doesn’t have to read them all back to back then the whole series issue is not an issue. I read the first one (Outlander) and could not put it down! I just requested the second book, Dragonfly In Amber, from my library and cannot wait.
    P.S. – It is a lot better than the back of the cover sounds. Time traveling nurse really makes it seem unappealing, but it is way more in-depth than that. It’s a mixture of WW2 era and 18th century Scottish Highlands… Loved it 🙂

    Like

  9. abby - little city adventures Avatar

    I am loving listening to your podcast!
    And I love the idea of covering a coffee table with a rug to baby-proof it. We don’t even have a coffee table in our living room because my 9mon old son is a crazy monkey ha

    Like

  10. Brooke Avatar

    “Daylight is my love language.”
    Ha! I like this. I’m loving the longer daylight, too. 🙂

    Like

  11. Amanda Rose Zampelli Avatar

    DAYLIGHT all the way, mama.

    Like

  12. Theresa Avatar
    Theresa

    I was all set and prepared to have a fridge full of flowers and my MIL just told me she would love to pay for our wedding flowers!! Wooooo. Crazy how fast time flies

    Like

  13. Carrie Avatar

    Yes, yay for more daylight!!!
    Carrie
    http://www.wearwherewell.com

    Like

  14. Joelle Avatar

    Where in Hawaii are you staying? I was raised on the Big Island but I’ve also lived on Maui and O’ahu so if you need any recs let me know!

    Like

  15. Carla Avatar
    Carla

    Ooohhh! A trip to Hawaii sounds awesome! (And will be a great trip to turn into a book as well!). 🙂

    Like

  16. Mishie Avatar

    If you are in Chicago and anywhere in Wicker Park or Logan Square (or possibly the Loop) and you see a dark haired chubby woman screaming ELLLLLIIIIIISSSSEEEE!!! from like, across the street, please don’t cower in fear.
    It’s just me, coming over to say hello.
    Ok? Ok.

    Like

  17. Rosa Avatar
    Rosa

    I am so excited for the planner to come out (Elise I know you are more) but I had a question: do the weeks start on Monday? (which is my personal choice) and you probably explained that in another post but I couldn’t fin it

    Like

  18. Anita Avatar
    Anita

    Having traveled by air with my grands (including to Germany with a 13 month old) many times, my single best advice for flying with children is….put them on the plane tired! Only you know your child and how she may react, but a sleeping child on a plane is much easier than an wakeful one. Ipad, movies, books only go so far when a child is tightly limited on space, faced with a long flight. Buy a seat if possible and put her car seat in it, kids seem to be way happier in something familiar. Have a wonderful trip!

    Like

Leave a reply to Joelle Cancel reply