How I Spent My Winter Vacation

The company that I work for closed for the week between Christmas and New Years Day, allowing us a total of 10 days of winter vacation. The husband's company also had a similar shut-down, but he's currently on a project that requires engineers on call 24/7. He worked a few days in between the break but his schedule was nothing intense. We had no travel plans, so the week was basically spent enjoying our free time at home. It was heavenly! Here's a peek of some activities from the week.

I spent an afternoon at the day spa with my mom and sister. There were a couple days of sunshine early on in the week and we took full advantage of it!

Enjoyed leisurely breakfasts at Urth Caffe accompanied with our favorite morning drinks in large, over sized mugs on multiple occasions. Soy Matcha lattes for me, Moroccan Mint lattes for him.

Uploaded music to my new ipod shuffle. I've never owned an ipod, but am the first to complain about not having any workout music. I guess the hubs got tired of hearing me complain, so he included the shuffle as part of my Christmas gift. It's exactly what I needed: something simple & compact. I love it- thanks hubby!

Flipped through the pages of our Bon Appetit holiday edition magazine and was inspired to bake two pies: Pumpkin Pie with Pepita, Nut, & Ginger topping & Vanilla-spiced Caramel and Pear Tart. Many thanks to our big families for helping us devour these.

A few days were spent running errands and taking care of random tasks. Oh, and catching up on sleep. That was awesome. Most importantly we took time to enjoy each other's company in the middle of the afternoon doing absolutely nothing at all. sigh...

It was so nice to have a break and recharge before the start of a new year. Here's to another year filled with similar relaxing moments and simple joys!