At the beginning of the year, I wrote about how this was the year to create some space in my life. After a good start, it all seemed to fall apart. New habits crumbled as the stress and pressure of life came back into full force and J. Crew continued to flood my inbox with… Read More
Am I dreaming? Is this a cruel joke? I came home today to find Pete laying the LAST piece of hardwood. LAST. No more air compressor and incessant pounding! No more dust on everything! No more contemplating whether to throw him out the window! I never thought that I’d be more excited about a floor.… Read More
I myself have 12 hats, and each one represents a different personality. Why just be yourself? ~ Margaret Atwood When I first moved in with my husband, he did the most “Big” thing he could do to make a Carrrie like me swoon. He turned a spare room into my closet. Are my Sex and… Read More
Wall galleries are awesome – in theory – for someone who isn’t a perfectionist. I’d been staring at this big blank wall in our foyer for years, thinking that it would be the perfect place to display photos. But every time I started the project, it intimidated me into quitting. What photos do I hang?… Read More
In addition to one of my nearest and dearest being back in the states today, friends of her and her husband will be staying with us starting tonight. Remember the flooring project that Pete started a few weeks ago that he promised would be done in time for our guests? He really has been working… Read More
Am I the only one that still finds this scene from Friends highly amusing? Let me start this post by saying that I love my husband. Ride or die. We’re in it to win it. HOWEVER… He has this unconscious habit of starting home improvement projects immediately before we host some sort of gathering. One… Read More