blog it forward

2010 February 9
by peanutzarch

I am excited to say I am participating in sfgirlbybay’s blog it forward event! It’s basically a ring of 300 bloggers who will blog about what inspires them personally. This should be a fun event! Thanks to Victoria at sfgirlbybay who organized this. It was a first come, first serve basis, and I’m so glad I emailed in time!

Coincidentally, the blogger before me is someone I know! Small world,right? My date is March 15, so stay tuned and feel free to follow along on this event–it begins Wednesday. Check out the blog it forward page for more details and a complete schedule of bloggers.

construction cont’d

2010 February 4
by peanutzarch

A few more pictures from the construction site.  Hope no one is bored with the job site, but I’m enjoying sharing the updates so I will continue.

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project update

2010 February 2
by peanutzarch

A few days ago I shared a project I’m working on, and at my latest site visit I took a few more pictures.

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Jessi @ 28 Weeks

2010 February 1
by peanutzarch

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It’s time for the Jessi belly watch again!  This sunday Jessi and I embarked on our monthly photoshoot to document her pregnancy.  It’s been really amazing to watch her grow and change through this process, and I’m so happy she’s allowed me to be a part of this all. Today we snapped some pictures along the Embarcadero and then over by the Jewish Museum.

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Happy Birthday (to me)

2010 January 28
by peanutzarch

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Today is the one week-iversary of my birthday.  Better put, my birthday was a week ago.  We didn’t do anything too fancy the day of, just our typical Thursday night pizza and champagne with the addition of some celebratory cupcakes. It was the perfect quiet evening on a midweek birthday.

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On the weekend, my parents came in with my sister and grandma to celebrate the birthdays–my mom and I share a birthday, so we always try and do something special.  Facials, drinks and delicious food made for the perfect day.

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midweek laugh

2010 January 28
by peanutzarch

My friend Jessi sent this link over to me today, and I’ve been giggling ever since.

Come visit the Unhappy Hipsters

The captions are just brilliant.

work, work, work

2010 January 28
by peanutzarch

These past couple months, work as been pretty consuming (in a mostly good way).  I really enjoy the project I am working on and I am beyond thankful to be employed in this economy, it’s just been a lot of long hours.  Visiting the project, however, makes everything worth it!  I am so excited to see the project unfold.  Here are some pictures from my latest site visit:

the rear balcony overhang
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the bathroom skylight

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the hall skylight

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the kitchen

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under balcony framing/light

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the master bedroom

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Claire’s Nursery on Young House Love!

2010 January 27
by peanutzarch

A few months ago I submitted Claire’s nursery to Young House Love (one of my favorite blogs), and yesterday I got the surprise of seeing the post live!  I was so giddy and excited.  You can see the post here:

Reader Redesign:  Baby Bliss

Also, just a little jaunt down memory lane, here are a few posts of how we arrived at Claire’s nursery in its final state:

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CAD Drawings (yes, I’m a nerd)

The Sneak Peek

85% Reveal

Nursery Complete

the drive home

2010 January 26
by peanutzarch

Well, it’s been almost a month, but I’m just now getting around to documenting our drive home from Portland with the cats.  I was quite impressed–by the drive home it seems like they got the hang of traveling in the car.  We waited out a storm in Portland to avoid snow through the mountains, and it made for quite a beautiful drive home.

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pink & chew

2010 January 24
by peanutzarch

So over Christmas we had not two, but four cats hanging about–we kept Ben and Stuart quarantined in our bedroom so we didn’t have any kitty fights while Pinky and Chewbaca roamed the house.  Pink and Chew are Brandon’s parents’ Himalayans.  Without further ado…

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