Burritos and Bubbly – Home Improvement, Design & Family

The view from here

Just a quick update to show you what we’re up to this week. The color we chose to paint our rumpus room is Valspar Sea Air (5006-9A), which is a nice sky blue with a hint of mint. It looks like grey in this early-morning light but...

Moonrise Kingdom Screenplay

As you probably all know, I love the movie Moonrise Kingdom (remember this and this?). Focus Features just released an illustrated and interactive screenplay that includes a lot of Wes Anderson’s original handwritten notes and stills from the movie. It is so much fun to look through....

Decorating for Halloween

Hi everyone! Ok. Ok. Halloween is totally over, I know. But I still really want to share pictures of our Halloween decorations with you. We had a great time painting, taping, hanging and cutting. We re-used a lot of our decorations from last year and added...

Cabin Bedroom + Bathroom — Photo and Video Tour!

Welcome back to PART TWO of our cabin tour! Hopefully you saw our kitchen and living room tour on Monday — did you? You did, right? Go look now if you haven’t, we’ll wait! …. Alright, now that you’ve seen part one, today we’re going...

Our Visit to Excellence Playa Mujeres in Cancun, Mexico

Last week Andy and I spent three nights/four days in paradise at Excellence Playa Mujeres* in Cancun, Mexico for some much-needed R&R after a hectic past few months. This was actually our second time at this resort (and my third because I went with some...

Burrito Baby: Two Weeks Old

Our little Joanna celebrated her two-week birthday on Monday. Clearly she was not at all interested in having her birthday photo taken! I feel like the first week with Joey we were all in a daze of sheer exhaustion after four sleepless nights in the hospital, so...

New House Tour: The Back Yard

Sorry about the lack of posting on Monday. As you can probably imagine, it’s hard to keep up with everything these days, between moving, packing, unpacking, cleaning, and also getting ready for my baby shower this weekend (which I’m so excited about, btw! I can’t...

S’mores party ideas

Every summer Andy and I say that we’re going to throw a s’mores party, and now that my house (and tummy!) is full of s’mores marshmallows, I can’t stop thinking about it. We have the party all planned out, down to the different toppings and flavor combos...

Happy Halloween and Hello November!

Trixie wants to wish you a Happy Halloween!! She’ll be dressing up as a spooky black cat. And since today is Halloween, that means tomorrow is November, already! So as you know, at the end/beginning of every month, I always like to take a minute to check...

Happy Day at the Happy Dog

We celebrated Andy’s mom’s birthday last weekend with tater tots, friends and shuffleboard at Happy Dog. The menu here is simple: hot dogs, french fries and tots … along with dozens of not-so-simple toppings and sauces. You can choose from the usual (house-made ketchup) to the...