I just realized today is the two year birthday of my blog! Wow we’ve come a long way. When I wrote my first post I’d only lived in this house for a month. It’s amazing to look back and see how much work we’ve done...
Have you ever dreamed of living in a polka dot house? Or maybe just a polka dot room? Like this… Or this… Or maybe something a little more subtle, like a polka dot chair? Or maybe just some cute polka dot sheets… I loooove polka dots. I could have dots...
We have a few go-to recipes around here, as I’m sure most people do. The kind of thing we make every single week and never get sick of. This rice pilaf is one of those for us. I’m unabashedly in love with rice. White rice, brown rice,...
The theme for our Christmas decorating this year is “neutral natural” — white, black, natural woods, a little bit of gold. It’s easy to put together, easy to live with, and most importantly this year, pretty much puppy proof. For the fireplace mantle in our dining...
Many years ago, I had some choice words to say about California. I had only been once, and it was San Francisco. My band had to play a show outside, and it was like 48 degrees. Fahrenheit! All I had ever imagined of California was...
It’s one of those weeks, where I’m feeling so un-inspired and so un-motivated and so like I just don’t want to do anything (besides eating nutella-chocolate-chip-brownie muffins). It’s cold. It’s grey. It keeps snowing. We haven’t been able to finish any projects lately because no one wants to...
Oh, so punny! When I told Andy I had an idea to write a post called “Souper Bowl” this week all about my favorite soup recipe, he was so embarrassed for me. Which just made me think it was funnier! Hahaha. So here we all are, celebrating Souper Bowl,...
Cable is expensive: fact. Cable is dumb: eh, sort of. Maybe. The verdict is still out. The fact of the matter is that Kerry and I were looking for ways to save a few dollars monthly, and around the same time our “one year introductory...
For the last couple of years we’ve kept our holiday decorations really simple and neutral. Last year’s theme was “neutral natural” with lots of bare wood, black and white. The year before it was a “winter wonderland” in blue and white. But this year I wanted to shake...
We put a downpayment on landscaping for our front yard over the weekend, which means something is finally going to be done about our super embarrassing jungle – yay! Our yards, front and back, have taken a serious turn for the worst this year, as...