labor of love

Although my family doesn't technically own a lake house, I feel as if I grew up spending my summers on a lake. 

The combination of many of my friends having lake houses, frequent family trips to Michigan, and summers at Eberhart has left me feeling like lakes were a major part of my childhood.

This weekend I had the joy of spending a very unlaborious Labor Day on Laura's lake.

We spent the entire day on the water and I left feeling completely satisfied.  After hours of boating (my entire body was sore from tubing), bathing in the sun, and mindless conversation, I can confidently say there isn't any other way I'd rather have spent my unLabor Day...



Santé!

My entire life, I've been fortunate enough to live with the knowledge that my mom was, in fact, in labor on Labor Day. 

With a September 5 birthday for me and a September 7 birthday for Courtney, in our house Labor Day is a very literal holiday.

With birthdays to celebrate, the last of the summer sun to enjoy, and the start of my favorite month, there are a number of reasons to indulge this weekend.

I hope you'll join me as I raise my glass.  Here's to a wonderful summer, the start of a fabulous fall, and, of course, to beginning of another year.
Photo via the decorista.

lust list: honey do's

Last week my mom tried to shock us all with recently acquired trivia.  She thought she'd come up with a real stumper when she asked us, "Do you know what food never expires?"

We all answered (in unison) "Honey". To which she was incredibly disappointed.

Regardless, I thought her trivia came at the perfect time, as September is National Honey Month. 

To celebrate, some lust worthy honey-colored do's:

The Matine Toile Duvet Cover from Pottery Barn.  Isn't it lovely?
The Globe-Trotter Centenary suitcase from J.Crew.  Though I must admit that if my honey were this shade, I might be alarmed...
The TokyoMilk Wrapped Soap from Anthropologie. I'm a sucker for anything French, and it's sweetened with honey.