enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: life

  • It felt like a quiet week around here. We're in that "prepping for Paul to leave stage" which is hard. All of our routines are about to come to a screeching halt and I'll be figuring out what the new normal looks like around here. I am working on staying in the present and thinking…

  • Enjoying the sunshine and some bonus time with Paul today. Have a good one.

  • Oofta. We saw 17 properties in San Diego this past weekend. A little bit of everything – some places we couldn't quite afford. Some places that need a lot of work. Some places that just need a coat of paint. Some places that were totally empty and easy to visualize. Some places that were filled…

  • photo details : do your best pennant from three potato four, letter stamps are super old from Michael's, brave cards are for my one little word album and are part of a lesson from Ali's one little word class. First, I cannot thank you enough for sharing in my joy and excitement about the launch…

  • I have been getting a few emails about the difference between setting goals and accomplishing the normal day-to-day activities. What do I consider what? How do I stay motivated to do the mundane or routine stuff over and over again? How do I tackle large goals? I thought it would be a fun topic to…

  • Twenty thirteen, you, my friend, are going to be a good one. Let's roll.

  • Heads up, this year, you can click almost every photo to be taken to the relevant post that will give more information on the project or event. If you click a photo and nothing happens, that's because there is no corresponding post. I've been doing best of round-ups for the past few years (here's 2009,…

  • fun facts about the photos : that love wood chip embellishment is by Freckled Fawn. I get my flair badges from Evalicous, Hello Forever & Ormolu. We are so excited to start Homeland. Annnnd, we made it to Friday. Busy week, getting things wrapped up around here (in some cases literally). The blog is always…

  • displaying a small baby bump at 15 weeks. so excited to see our little one moving around at my ultrasound yesterday. hearing that heartbeat is total magic. still reeling from the horrific events in Newtown last week. finding this quote relevant this week (and always). appreciating this sweet list of simple acts of kindness. reading…