lake life

Happy Tuesday! I'm still recovering from our fantastic weekend--we headed to the lake for some much-needed R&R.

It was Daisy's first time at the lake, so we eased her into the weekend. She grew to tolerate the water (a step in the right direction) and got a chance to run and explore off-leash. The lake was deserted, so we got the place pretty much to ourselves, which meant that we all got exactly the weekend we needed.

On the way home, we stopped in on a winery we'd discovered in December. We stopped in for a tasting as well as a glass of wine, which was the perfect end to a perfect weekend!

In other news, I've been busy as a little bee getting my shop started. I've had the pleasure of making hangers for three weddings as of my Grand Opening on Friday--six hangers total! I'm so thankful for everyone who has been so supportive!

On that note, have you entered my giveaway yet? Want one of my sweetheart hangers for FREE??!  The giveaway ends on friday, so h ead over to this post and enter now!

nostalgia

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you have probably heard about "The Lake".
Tim's mom has had a cabin on Lake Nacimiento for almost 25 years; Tim grew up there, and when I came into his life, we began making our own memories there.

It was where we got engaged, spent part of our honeymoon, and celebrated our First Anniversary.
Throughout our dating and married life, the cabin has become a fixture. Such a retreat just three hours away! Anytime we needed to "get away from it all", we'd hop on up to the lake. Memorial Days, Fourth of Julys, St-Patrick's Days, winter days, random need-to-catch-up-on-work days, backbreaking work days and lay-in-the-sun all day days. Even the drive home brings back so many memories!

This year, though, Summer will be different for us. Easter Sunday, the cabin sold. We all thought it was an April Fools joke at first, but no. We're heading up today to pack it up.

There are still two "family" cabins up there, so our days of memory-making at the lake are not necessarily over just because "our" cabin sold. But will it be the same?

Growing up sucks sometimes.