I’m taking the day off to tote this little cowgirl around trick or treating.  (This shot is yesterday at Jon’s office party.  Cute video on Instagram).  Hope your day is filled with fun, candy, and (a little bit of) fright. Back tomorrow!

I’m taking the day off to tote this little cowgirl around trick or treating.  (This shot is yesterday at Jon’s office party.  Cute video on Instagram).  Hope your day is filled with fun, candy, and (a little bit of) fright. Back tomorrow!

Last year at Halloween, Ruby was a wee 6 months old.  I can’t believe how much she has changed in a year!  As we get closer to Halloween, I wanted to share her costume from last year– I just love how it turned out.  And it was relatively easy to put together.  Here is Ruby’s […]

Eleven years ago tomorrow, Jon and I anxiously held hands, waiting for our names to be called.  We walked into a room, surrounded by our families and friends.  There we were sealed as husband and wife and I jumped the gun more than once saying yes.  It was the most beautiful September Saturday morning.  We […]

Our master bedroom is going through a major transformation.  We’ve completed the other bedrooms on the upper floor, and it finally came time to tackle the beast.  And what a beast it was.  I snapped this photo just before we took ownership. When we moved in, it was purple.  Like Barney the Dinosaur purple.  With […]

(photo from earlier in the day) It’s past midnight now; at this moment when I’m finally able to write.  A little girl as hot as an oven is curled up at my side, sleeping at last.  She is sure to wake in an hour or so, when her medicine wears off, and I know I’m […]

Have you ever stayed in someone’s home and felt completely at ease?  Like you’re staying in a hotel, but more relaxed, comfortable, and at home?  That’s the feeling I want our guests to have when they stay in our small guest suite. Guest rooms sometimes get the “hodgepodge” treatment, don’t they?  Hand-me-down furniture that doesn’t […]

The subject line read simply “lips.”  It had been a very long day– a long week at work– covering the immigration debate and my inbox had been filled with hate mail.  Most of it was so skewed to one side or the other, I would just ignore it.  Occasionally I would respond explaining why I […]

This room has come a long way, baby.  When we moved in, it had green, dirty walls (it was a little boy’s room).  The moldings were 90’s stock, the light fixture was gross, and it smelled like recess (you know that smell…).  Well, after replacing the carpet when we moved in, giving it fresh paint, […]