2011 Reading List

In 2011 I listed on the side bar of this blog books I read as I read them!
I'm going to clear out the list and start again for 2012, but just so I have a record of it here's what I read in 2011!

1. An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
2. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
3. Who Moved MY Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
4. Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
5. Life After God by Douglas Coupland
6. Leaving Home by Jodi Picoult
7. Sugar & Spice by Lauren Conrad
8. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
9. Bossypants by Tina Fey
10. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
11. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
12. Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
13. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
14. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
15. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
16. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
17. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
18. Room by Emma Donoghue
19. Vaclav & Lena by Haley Tanner
20. Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger
21. The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
22. The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
23. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo & Lynn Vincent
24. Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
25. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
26. These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
27. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
28. This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
29. Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
30. I Remember Nothing By Nora Ephron
31. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling

2011 in an instax...

It's actual insane to me that 2011 is coming to a close. Like, UM, wow.
2011 has been nothing short of amazing. It is, of course, the year I went to see Oprah and the year Tristan & I got engaged!
I also started a new job in 2011, and spend most days doodling hearts and sayings around Justin Bieber's face. I have Bieber Fever, and I'm not ashamed to admit this.
Last Christmas Tristan got me an instax camera. Every month we rotated out photos into a wire wreath that my friend Rachel sent over after I fell in love with the one she showed on her blog. We've saved them all in a keepsake box, Some are hanging at my work desk and a few are being sent to friends, but for the most part here they are...

The best books I read in 2011 were the Hunger Games series and Room by Emma Donoghue.
My favorite actress of 2011 was Zooey Deschanel (also my style icon)
My favorite color- YELLOW
My favorite accessory- engagement ring :-)
Guilty Pleasure- Taxi cabs & The Kardashians (I know, I know, I knowwwwwww)
Beauty Trend- Gel Manicures
Shoes- Frye Boots
Snack- Blueberries
Electronic- Iphone (how did i not have this earlier??!)
App- Instagram & Words with Friends (I'm Margot531 on both if you wanna play!)
Hobby- Working on my children's book
TV Show- RIP The Oprah Show....I'm a Chelsea Lately girl through and through now.
some photo highlights of the year....











I'm greatly looking forward to 2012, I have a feeling it's going to be an amazing one!
:-)
Happy New Year!

The Merry Millers

The Merry Miller's annual holiday card gets a little more tricky each year! I keep trying to have the current year outdo the prior year, and find myself thinking about what to do for these cards as early as February.
***thinking, not doing...I don't actually do them till after Thanksgiving, when there's the frantic holiday card rush!***
Here is 2011's! It's definitely one of my favorites and shows our growing family :-)
If anyone wants the template I made for this to use for your own family next year, please just request it in the comments and I'll gladly do a post with it!
Wishing you a far out holiday, and a groovy new year!
xo!

cuckoo for the holidays!

This might have been the most amazing Christmas/Hanukah to date for me! Between some really special, amazing gifts & spending times with people I love it was a really great couple-o-days! It's really amazing how fast time flies. I can't believe the holidays are over. Before ya know it our wedding will be here!
Here's a picture of a really really special ornament from my parents. I'm hard at work on a project that involves a cuckoo clock, and so this ornament will stay on display year-round! I'm lucky to have an amazingly supportive family! :-)
I hope you also had a great holiday!

a very audrey holiday!

just came across this illustration i did the first year i lived in manhattan...crazy to think how quickly time passes! there really is nothing like christmas in nyc!

and among my christmas blog hopping searches today i found this lovely image in the same spirit!

source
merry, happy & joyful whatever you celebrate!
:-)

happy holidays!

it's been an instagram filled holiday season! the above are some of my favorites. :-)

Back in town!

Am back from a great long weekend away. Was in Las Vegas with Tristan, his sister & brother in law. We had a lot of fun, played a lot of bingo, and drank a lot of bloody marys!
The photo above is the view from our hotel.
Now back to the city madness known as the week before Christmas! Let the holiday festivities begin!