So, back on December 27th Tom & I passed a significant milestone in our life together – we’ve been officially hitched for 20 years! Just saying that seems a little unreal. 20 years is almost half of the total time I’ve been alive. Somehow I’ve gone from sharing my life with someone I’m “getting to know” to sharing my life […]
First off, there will be no pictures in this post because I am that type of lame blogger. Just picture to yourself the splendor that was our home this month – the beautiful tree (that is now drooping because we only watered it once and it is merrily flinging pine needles into the far reaches of our family room in […]
Well, we jumped from remodeling the kitchen to full-fledged Christmas preparations. As the mother and tone-setter for the family, I proceeded to lose my mind and take my family with me!! There are entirely too many things to do in December. It sounds innocuous enough – just a class party or work party or band concert – none of them […]
So, here are the most recent photos of the kitchen. Backsplash is grouted, under cabinet lighting is installed, even the quarter-round trim has been installed along the toe-kick. It looks pretty darn good – just a few places to touch up with paint and we’re still waiting on the cabinet repairs. Hope we get that done before CHRISTMAS!! Without further […]
The kitchen is the first room I’ve ever tried to “decorate” without a clear picture in mind. It has all been decided as we go. I first wanted antiqued cabinets because I thought they would look nice with our counter tops. As soon as I saw the samples, I knew I didn’t like the cream colored doors, but I really […]
First – don’t ever believe the time line you are given when someone is going to do major work on a part of your house that requires you to take apart a portion of your house. Increase the time about 3-5 times and then you will be close!! So, the night before our cabinet installers were due to arrive, we […]
O.K. Here go the remodeling posts … first up, the lighting. In our old kitchen we had this very eighties dropped light “fixture” that disguised the fluorescent tubes. A very big, built in box that had those awesome plastic sheets that covered the tubes. Here’s the best picture I could find (because, of course, I didn’t take any “before” pictures). […]
I’m posting all the blog posts I thought about writing but never did write – and I know some of you (Erin, Mom) are dying to see the posts about our kitchen (and I promise they are coming) but in the meanwhile, I’m going to use those pictures I took and get these entries posted (I think this is the […]
Last spring (I think) I was watching my sister and her almost three-year old daughter. Kate would come and say, “I love you mama” often while she played. Just popped in to connect and then back to the fun. I was feeling particularly discouraged about my parenting experience. Spencer, while a mostly pleasant teen, is understandably moving towards independence. He […]
So, I’m back with some pictures of my handy-dandy scheduler. First, the binder I’m not ashamed to take into the grocery store! From 2011 WordPress Pics Isn’t it nice? I especially like the closure (and it’s padded, which you can’t really tell from this picture, but I like). Here’s my weekly menu planner – I’m trying at least … From […]