Whoops. Oh, hi blog! Didn’t see you there. Must have lost you in the shuffle of all the doing nothing last week (it was school vacation week here in Massachusetts which meant my first paid vacation as a nanny – sweet). You know, it’s funny. Most of the non-bloggers I know say, “Well, I’d love to [...]
We celebrated our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple in style. I made him this painting using stamps I carved out of potatoes. And this lovely plate of chewy, chocolate-y brownies. He came home from his business trip on Friday with this lovely bouquet in hand. Then he took me to an Italian dinner [...]
While our house still feels very much like a work-in-progress (next project? The office!), there are some spaces, little corners, shelves, furniture gatherings and tablescapes (Tablescapes?! Dear god, I have been reading too many design blogs.) that I just love. It helps to look at them after I pass by the wreckage that is our [...]
Andreas left for Tennessee yesterday morning at the crack of dawn. I always hate when he goes away on business trips but for some reason, the crack of dawn goodbyes are the hardest. We’re all warm and cozy, and then it’s beep beep and tired sighs and quick kisses goodbye and before I know it, [...]
My apologies for that short blip in our regularly scheduled blog posts. I’ve been taking some time to think and adjust and rest. I’ve been working on, get this, not making myself feel guilty for taking time to watch Mad Men or read Anna Karenina (which I’ve been whittling away at for nearly six months [...]
