Los Porchs

I may have to get over my fear of my sewing machine as well as my tendency to leave half-finished shit everywhere.   We just accepted a $20 Christmas challenge; we're only going to spend $20 on each person when we celebrate our Richmond Christmas.  Plane tickets have been purchased and we are super excited to spend some time with Porch's mom and sister. The $20 Christmas Challenge: Spend no more than $20 on a gift Must be air-travel friendly OMG.  I just realized what I agreed to & feel the compulsive need to get on Pinterest and find something acceptable to create between now and December. Wish me luck! xoxo,

Well folks, I think I did well this year.  I think I saw a look of genuine surprise on his face when he opened his anniversary gift.  This man is near impossible to shop for and it gets a little stressful since his birthday is coming up next month...  but alas!  I win! This year, to celebrate our 3rd anniversary, I bought Porch a wooden relief map of the Great Lakes.  This is especially meaningful to us for two reasons:  we're both from the Midwest and grew up with a love of the lakes and we've admired a similar map in different stores and different forms for the past year and a half.  I knew he was into this wooden one we had seen but when we went back, it was gone and the store wouldn't tell us the artist (trying to maintain middle-man status I assume).  I did some Amazon shopping (omg, if I could just buy everything on Amazon, I would) and found something that looked comparable.  Wasn't sure what to expect when the box arrived.  Did...