suziebeezieland

postcards from puffin + postcards from ladybird

2012-01-25T10:40:00-08:00

Have you seen this Postcards from Puffin collection? I somehow missed it (although I had seen Postcards from Penguin at Anthropologie) when it came out in the fall of 2010. This would be such a sweet way to decorate a...

another porch light

2012-01-24T15:41:05-08:00

Do they really? Do they REALLY share my disappointment? Is there somebody actually there sharing my disappointment? Because right under "Dear Suzanne", it says "This is an automated message." No biggy. :) It's just a light. I have ordered a...

adidas

2012-01-23T23:35:50-08:00

I've been thinking about Paris a lot lately. We're going to spend some time there this summer. The last time I was in Paris was 27 years ago. I spent a semester there my sophomore year in college, and turned...

patience, grasshopper

2012-01-23T00:25:34-08:00

On Saturday, when I was running some errands, a guy in a gigantic black Ford Extinction (or whatever they're called) was in a hurry to make a right turn, and decided to pretend there was a lane next to me....

sausage bean soup

2012-01-21T20:14:50-08:00

Katherine mentioned sausage bean soup in a comment below, and I realized it might be good if I reposted that recipe, since the last time I posted it was January 16, 2007, on the old suziebeezieland blog (that was password-protected)....

minestrone

2012-01-20T09:04:45-08:00

I'm not a big fan of soup, usually, unless it resembles stew. It seems like kind of a rip-off as far as meals go. But! I made some minestrone a couple weeks ago because it was such an efficient way...

house painting! whoo hoo!

2012-01-18T11:40:53-08:00

Tomorrow the house painters come, and start painting the exterior of our house! I'm quite excited about that. I chose the same color that my aunt and uncle's house is painted, because I love their house, and it is also...

i just enjoy your company

2012-01-06T10:13:44-08:00

It's January! So I've been organizing like a maniac. It feels GOOD. Cleaning, moving stuff around (sometimes to make things more efficient, and sometimes just for change), getting rid of stuff we don't use. Once that Christmas tree comes down,...

some pretty twenty-twelve calendars

2011-12-30T22:56:25-08:00

My favorite calendar is the Erin Condren 2012 Jumbo Calendar, which I buy every year. It has big squares to write in and is colorful and cute and works well for me. It hangs on the side of my fridge...

the "it's a small world" app

2011-12-29T22:31:22-08:00

Disney has released an It's a Small World book app for iPhone and iPad that is completely enchanting. Some little kids with really cute voices narrate it, and the interface is fun. It's all very sweet and simple and I...

merry christmas!

2011-12-24T11:03:54-08:00

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9)

mary's song by luci shaw

2011-12-15T17:03:04-08:00

Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot naked star fallen to my arms. (Rest ... you who have had so far to come.) Now nearness satisfies the body of God sweetly. Quiet he lies...

what child is this?

2011-12-11T20:45:22-08:00

Tonight during our Christmas singing and prayer time at church, our friend Donny reminded us that there is no fourth member of the trinity during Christmastime! Baby Jesus is THE Jesus ... one and the same! And this morning during...

saturday morning, christmastime

2011-12-10T12:21:46-08:00

a closeup

2011-12-07T16:56:54-08:00

Some of you asked for a closeup. This was taken on that red carpet I was showing you, by a photographer who was allowed on the other side of the fancy people barrier. Our BFFs Gary and Colin looked like...

the los angeles premiere of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

2011-12-07T15:30:58-08:00

You know I'm a big John LeCarre fan. :) I think he is a brilliant writer. My favorite book of his (and one of my top five favorite novels) is Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. So a couple weeks ago, I...

windstorm

2011-12-03T00:11:16-08:00

We had a crazy windstorm come through southern California Wednesday night, and our Pasadena area got the brunt of it. So now we're all mostly just waiting for our power to get restored. Our own house did not sustain any...

what i have to offer the world of physics

2011-11-26T16:36:34-08:00

I've always thought it would be really cool to make an important contribution to physics. Up until today, it seemed pretty unlikely I would do this, because: (a) I don't really understand physics, and (b) I lack federal funding. However!...

happy thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T09:54:52-08:00

the wizarding world of harry potter

2011-11-20T11:31:11-08:00

I took all these this morning with my iPhone in one hand, a mug of butterbeer* in the other, and a huge, gigantic grin on my face. If you'd seen me, you'd have known right off I was a Muggle...