Improvements to Our "Water Closet"

Improvements to Our "Water Closet"

We didn't buy our house because of its bathroom but there are certain features about it we like.

23 days ~ I Whine. I Move On.

23 days ~ I Whine. I Move On.

I'm feeling maxed out mentally with this move. I'm tired of attending to details upon details. Tired of lists and organization. Tired of trips to Goodwill nearly every week. Tired of creative plans on hold, school on hold. Tired of compromising certain values. Tired of the sorting, decluttering, packing. Tired ...

Spring Feels Like

Spring Feels Like

look just left of the middle, see that sweet bug? Spring feels like sunglasses, forsythia, ponds and frisbee. Yard clean up, muddy driveways, yellow blossoms. New life. Frogs serenading, catkins, and lilac buds. Seedlings and new shoots. A sunny day spent outdoors with friends. This feels like the first week ...

Going to the Woods

Going to the Woods

When life is most crazy that is often the point we most need to "check out". To go to those places that restore, refresh and recharge our batteries. Nice in theory, hard in practice. We make a point of being outdoors and unplugged once a week together and that hasn't ...

Pinky the Stuffed Cat

Pinky the Stuffed Cat

A couple months ago I saw the book Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves featured on a blog sidebar. I honestly don't recall the blog or I'd give credit where credit is due. I knew my kids would love that book and I was ...

Apple of my Eye

Apple of my Eye

I love my girls. They hold that special mother-daughter (on the way to becoming my best friends) place in my heart. But Laurent, he's my boy. And the apple of my eye. (In case you're curious, Laurent is using the watercolor opaque paint set from Stubby Pencil. A relatively new ...

The Door That Damien Built ~ A Change in Housing Priorities

The Door That Damien Built ~ A Change in Housing Priorities

Realizing that you only get to raise kids once we decided to invest more in building family than renovating a house. (Truth be told: we'd rather do other things with our time.)