jilliangomez, Author at short + loud

Printable: 2020 Oscar Ballot

It’s that time of year again! The time of year that if you live in Los Angeles, most of your small-talk is based around awards season. We’re talking about what we liked, what we didn’t like, how it’s possible that so-and-so did or didn’t like such-and-such. Basically, we can’t stop talking about movies. And all of this energy and gossip culminates on February 9th when a bunch of fancy (see: mostly out of touch) industry people get even fancier and hand out the fanciest of trophies to those they deem worthy.

Basically, I love it.

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We Bought a House!

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This post should really be titled, “We Bought a House (3 months ago)!” I had grand plans to post about “the best ways to pack for a move”, a “moving checklist”, etc. and then the actual packing, moving, and renovations started happening (more on the renovations later) and I decided it was best to not add another item to the to do list. But hey, better late than never! So here’s a little tour of the new house with some ideas of what is to come.

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DIY, HOLIDAYS

Free Pattern Download: Make a Modern Christmas Tree Cross-Stitch Ornament

December 6, 2019December 5, 2019by jilliangomezLeave a Comment

It’s the holiday season and I truly had high hopes of getting lots of projects and posts out to you guys this year but life had other plans. Instead of devoting all of my time to Christmas DIYs, we ended up BUYING A HOUSE and spending every minute of our free time working on all the fixer upper stuff you could imagine. I plan on getting a big post out to you all that explains all of the house stuff that is going on but right now we’re covered in paint, caulking, piles of lumber, and everything else you can think of when it comes to renovations. So more on that eventually!

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HOLIDAYS

8 Modern Halloween Cross Stitch Patterns

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019by jilliangomezLeave a Comment

How is it already 3 weeks to Halloween? This fall is flying by for us. Not only are we currently in the process of buying our own home (aah! I’m a grown up!) but we also found a stray dog in Griffith Park this last weekend and we registered her for Los Angeles’ new “Shelter at Home” program – you know, because we decided moving wasn’t going to be enough of a life change! So it’s fair to say, I’ve completely missed out on the Halloween fun so far this year.

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