Around the House
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Don’t Mess With the Nest
I’m 30 weeks pregnant today. Which means I’m 10 weeks away from having this baby girl. Which means I’m entering my third trimester. Which means I’m nesting like a giant, puffy, round bird.…
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Pregnant Groceries
I ran into the grocery store on my way home from work today. (Side note: By “running into the grocery store” I mean I circled the lot three times to find a parking…
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How to Tie a Bow
Every Christmas, my gift wrapping is put to shame at Chris’s grandmother’s house. In my family, we use the bag of pre-made bows on our presents. Wrap the gift, shove the bow on…
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Marry a Handy Man. Trust Me.
I love many things about Chris – his ability to scratch the exact spot of the itch on my back, the way he stays so calm and collected during a crisis, how he…
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Christmas Week, Part Three
After a week of preparing and waiting, Christmas morning finally came. Bean’s little eyeballs lit up when he saw what Santa had left him and thanks to his visit earlier in the week…
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Life Changing
If you should know anything about me, know this: Laundry is my nemesis. Laundry and I do not get along. I neglect it and in turn it multiplies like rabbits and takes over…
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The Bane of My Marital Existance
When I was about sixteen years old, I told my mom that I wanted one of those 1940’s vanities for my bedroom. You know the ones with the big mirrors and the dropped…
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Marital Spat
I have a cold. I think we’ve established that. In fact, if you closed your eyes and listened really carefully, you might be able to hear me coughing all the way down here…
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Technical Shhhmechnical
We love our new site. Love it. I just keep staring at it. I think it’s the bows. The bows done did me in. But, like all new homes, there’s a few kinks…
