When I wake up in the morning and make my way downstairs, this is the view that greets me. There are so many things I love about our new home, but the yard, with its mighty oak, is right up top of the list. I have visions of it filled with daffodils that I'll plant this fall. … [Read more...] about Feels Like Home
Home & Garden
A Bird in the Hand is Worth 3 in the Dryer.
I like birds. I might even have a thing for birds. I like to take pictures of them. I like to look at them. I like to decorate with them. I really, really like Twitter. What I don't like? Birds in my house. More specifically, I don't like birds in my dryer. We knew that … [Read more...] about A Bird in the Hand is Worth 3 in the Dryer.
Four Walls
We said goodbye to our old home on Monday. Over the weekend we moved all of the big things and a lot of the little things. I don't consider myself a cluttered person, but by the time we packed the last belonging into the car I felt like a hoarder. Where and how do we … [Read more...] about Four Walls
The Winter of Our Displacement
So this moving thing is really happening. Every day the stacks of boxes multiply like frisky rabbits. Every day I get a little more anxious, a little more excited. I still can't give you all the details, as we've gone about this entire process in a bass ackward … [Read more...] about The Winter of Our Displacement
Moving On
We left for vacation with just about the cleanest, most tidied-up house I've ever lived in. We returned with this thing in the front yard. Like many things we do around here, it's a convoluted story that gets all the proper steps mixed up. We're just hoping it turns out … [Read more...] about Moving On