DIY
How We Live Through Home Renovations As a Family
“How do you live in a house under renovation, as a family?” Chris grew up building houses with his family during the summers, and I grew up doing lots of DIY projects with my family. My sisters and I still talk about the summer we hauled railroad ties from the driveway to the backyard and […]
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January 11, 2024
family
Casual Friday: Our Family Grew, Greta's Room, Dining Chairs, The $3 gift I can't stop gifting, 2 favorite skincare picks, and MORE!
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Our Family Grew, Greta's Room, Dining Chairs, The $3 gift I can't stop gifting, 2 favorite skincare picks, and MORE!
I still haven't sent our Christmas cards out--partly, okay mostly, because they haven't arrived yet--and half of our house is currently covered in plastic because the painters showed up YESTERDAY to paint the entry and Faye's room and the hallway and Polly's room and our ceilings, finally. We're still short a shower door and even […]
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December 18, 2020
Lifestyle
Some Holiday Highlights | 2015
I hope you don't mind if I step away from our usual talking points today to share with you some highlights from our holiday in a mostly picturesque way with some disjointed text thrown in for memories' sake. It was Faye's first Christmas and she spent most of the morning just observing, as she normally […]
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January 9, 2015
Lifestyle
Yankee Doodle
Since Chris is off work all week, our 4th festivities got a head-start and will most likely last through the weekend. We partied yesterday with Chris's family--all 36 of them (!), where Greta saw fireworks for the first time last night (I have never seen her that excited. ever) and held onto a flag until […]
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July 4, 2012
