Welcome to December’s Ultimate Coffee Date! I had so, so many plans for this year, but there have been a whole lot of wrenches thrown in.
Ultimate Coffee Date: December 2025
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…there’s a cute craft space that opened up recently kindasorta close to m + I made some holiday postcards and 2 little bracelet/bag charms there!
(There’s something so satisfying about all those colors of beads! :D )
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I went climbing with my friend again out in Pinnacles National Park! :D
(This looks a lot more impressive than it actually was as far as climbs go, but props to my friend for making this/me look so epic!!)
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I took my family to watch The Monkey King opera in SF over the weekend! It’s a beloved/famous Chinese tale (Journey to the West) and I think they did a great job of preserving the message from that while blending western/Peking opera + Chinese instruments.
I think this is the first time Mandarin has ever been sung in an opera in the U.S. The costumes , puppetry, and the staging were beautiful (one of my favorites = the celestial horses).
See past ultimate coffee dates here!
- Do you have any holiday plans?
- I missed doing My Month Is Booked earlier this week, but am thinking of moving it to the last Monday of the month so it matches more with that month’s reads!
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That climb definitely looks very epic! Wow! I love the holidays and how packed they are with everything. So many plans all month including baking, the nutcracker, brunch with santa, the kids holiday concerts at school, and more.
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It’s been so, so busy/hectic! Most of it in a good way though, so I’ll take it! :P Hope you had a wonderful holiday season!
That is truly an epic shot! I’d think of getting that printed as a poster. ;-)
I’ve been reading really slowly lately, so I haven’t linked up in a while.
hehe, I’m thinking of doing it! :D Just waiting to find a good deal! :P
I still need to write this one!
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Um, I’m going to say that doesn’t just LOOK epic- it was epic! What a great photo.
I love the bracelets, and how fun that you made holiday postcards!
Aww, thank you! :D
They were so fun to make! :]
Well that definitely looks impressive to me! What a fun hike to do! I’m not familiar with that book challenge will have to check it out
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It was a fun adventure! :D
I think I’m coming up on 72 books read this year so I better get to writing!
That photo is epic!! Looks like it was a great climb.
I’ve been doing a lot more reading this year so I need to check out your link-up!
Thank you! It was a lot of fun!
Yay! I’ll be posting it on Monday! :D
That climb does look epic. And those bracelet are cute.
I always make phot cards for Christmas (and special birthdays.)
I need to check your book link-up too.
Thank you! :]
That’s awesome! I’m hoping to make more handmade cards next year. :D
I’ll be posting it this upcoming Monday!
That pic is the definition of epic! I agree with the beading project…all those colors emit total happiness :-)
Agree! :D Inspires me to decorate my hobby room (a work in progress for the last few years, haha — maybe next year will finally be the year that I do it!)!
Your pup is so cute! Mine love to sit on me, too, to impede my movement.
I am going crafting with my mom today and I am so excited!
We have plans to see the lights via catamaran, a few holiday pop up bars, and a cookie baking day. Then it’s off on a cold weather vacation, which is a huge treat for us.
Aww, cute!! :D Mine likes to insist on pats so he parks on me to make sure I have no other choice, hehe.
I hope you had fun!! :D!
I suspect you’re being modest because that does look like an epic climb and not for the faint of heart!
I do love the colors you used in both of your bracelets. Very pretty!
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hehe, I guess in the sense that it looks a lot more epic than the difficulty of the actual climb was. :D..
Thank you! :] They were so fun to make!
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