That’s me! Today is my birthday. I’m turning 36, which is just one of those “whatever” kind of birthdays, but I can’t help but think about 40 being right around the corner. Even though I don’t feel a day over 21 (well, a really smart 21), I thought it would be...
A few weekends ago, Kerry went out of a town for a ladies weekend with some of her friends. That left me home alone. The place all to myself. Boy’s night in. I always have these grand plans of partying like I’m 22 again. Staying up late, listening to records really...
One of the things I thought a lot about before our wedding was how to make being married feel different than living together. Like a lot of modern couples, Andy and I lived together for quite a while before we got married — sharing bills, shopping for groceries, spending long...
When I was in 8th grade, we moved from Alaska to Michigan, and my father’s big black couch moved from the waiting room of his legal office to our family room. This couch was office furniture, 1980s office furniture. It wasn’t cozy or warm or even mildly comfortable, which was totally ok...
I’ve been finding myself thinking a lot about what to do in our new pantry/laundry/mud room, which is such a clean slate right now. I’m really excited to shop for laundry soap… said no one ever. I mean, that stuff is boring. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been...
I’m super excited to announce a giveaway today. Christmas is the number one day for couples to get engaged, and just in time I have two tickets to give away for the Boutique Bridal Bazaar on January 20 in Cleveland! Hosted by Something White, A Bridal Boutique, this event is for brides...
Hello, happy Monday, friends! I spent the weekend with a puppy recovering from spay surgery and a husband sick with a cold or flu. Ooph. So let’s talk about housekeeping now, ok? We’ve talked before about cleaning schedules and budgeting, and here’s what’s next in our housekeeping series: menu planning. You guys, I...
Today should be the six-week update on the new baby’s room, but the fact is, there’s nothing new to report! We’re STILL waiting on the dresser. Supposedly it shipped last week so maybe soon?? We also went ahead and ordered a rug. After your votes in last week’s poll, we...
I’m SO excited to finally be showing you some… let’s not call it quite done… but closer-to-done pictures of our renovated kitchen. It took three and a half years of planning, two full months of construction, and eight straight days of painting to get to this point, and we don’t...
This week is going to have two exciting posts about lighting. The post later in the week is going to be inspirational and have a happy ending (okay maybe not “inspirational”), but today’s post is about failure. To be honest, I can’t say that we failed that much, but we...